80 “Absolute Unit” Posts That Show Just How Big Things Can Get (New Pics)

We’ve all been taught that it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. But let’s just pretend for a moment that bigger is better! And that moderation is overrated! Now, I’m not encouraging you to go out and eat an entire box of doughnuts or drink enough coffee to give yourself a heart attack. But instead, brace yourself for photos of massive portions, items and animals that await you down below!

We took a trip to the Absolute Units subreddit and gathered some of their most astonishing pics. Enjoy scrolling through these photos that might make you feel miniscule in comparison, and be sure to upvote your favorite gigantic things!

#1 This Absolute Unit Of A Bouquet


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#2 This Cat’s Arm Size


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#3 King Of The Kidney Stones


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As a Texan, I’m definitely familiar with the idea of things being unnecessarily large. As they say, everything’s bigger in Texas! And my partner made it very clear to me that was absolutely true during his first trip there. Wide roads, massive trucks, large houses, gigantic portions of food served at diners and more. But no matter how many times I’ve seen abnormally large things, I will never be desensitized to them. The Absolute Units subreddit still finds a way to surprise me.


This online group is dedicated to featuring the biggest versions of anything and everything. And clearly, many people do believe that bigger is better, as the group has amassed an impressive 1.7 million followers. That’s an absolute unit of a subreddit! Here, you can find anything from gigantic cars to monkeys who could probably stand to lose 40 pounds. As long as it’s big, it’s welcome here!  


#4 Probably Not As Exciting As Other Posts Here, But Absolute Unit Of Cauliflower My Parents Grew In Their Garden


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#5 This Oyster I Was Served Today


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#6 This Is One Of The Largest Pizzas You Can Buy In New York. With The Pizza Box This Is Actually A Double Unit


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For some reason, many of us find it incredibly amusing to see something that’s not the size we expect it to be. The internet loves videos of people cooking in teeny tiny kitchens and extremely small versions of well, anything and everything. They’re adorable, entertaining and unexpected. But clearly, there are plenty of people who love the opposite as well: absolute units of things.


According to Clever, comically large objects actually make for great home decor as well. You can cover your floor with a huge piano rug that actually plays music when you step on it, or place a giant Rubik's cube in the corner to function as a side table. Massive heat-resistant pieces of pasta can be used on hot pot handles, and huge boxes shaped like Lego bricks can be used to store all of your children’s Lego pieces.      


#7 Hyperion, The World’s Tallest Known Living Tree, Is A Sequoia In Redwood National Park, California That Stands At 380 Feet (116 M)


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#8 This Carrot That I Took From Work


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#9 Absolute Unit Of A Slug Boy


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Some people actually turn absolute units into pieces of art. Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen worked together to create a series of sculptures that turned small, regular items into massive, eye-catching pieces of artwork. These include a massive shuttlecock, a huge sprinkler hose, a giant bow and arrow, bowling pins and a bowling ball that could easily crush a person, a saw large enough to slice through a street and more.


“We feel free to use all the approaches that come naturally to our non-monumental works: variations in scale, similes, transformations, a wide range of materials, and, of course, our use of familiar objects,” Oldenburg told My Modern Met.  


#10 Baseball+ Sized Hail In Iowa Recently


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#11 Everyone Tells Me To Post My Pupper Here


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#12 An Absolute Apartment Unit In Hong Kong


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Bruggen also opened up about what it was like to create these absolute units of sculptures with Oldenburg. “Working together supposes an almost complete understanding of the other, an impossibility in any case, so instead we choose a unity of opposites, a convergence of our different dynamics, of symmetry and asymmetry, of acceleration or implied speed and stillness, of a polychrome and monochrome palette, gravity and lightness — all interrelating and interchangeable elements to be used by either one of us,” she shared.


#13 30 Dollar Burrito I Got Today


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#14 The Mother Of All Pancakes


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#15 This Wisdom Tooth's Root


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Not every absolute unit is to be enjoyed forever, though. Some bring us fleeting moments of joy, such as edible absolute units. If you’ve ever been to a restaurant that advertised a challenge to eat a huge plate of chicken fingers, a gigantic pancake, a mountain of nachos or an entire pizza in one sitting, you were likely surprised (and possibly disgusted). But it turns out that plenty of people love these absolute units of food. There are even entire blogs dedicated to finding these food challenges and conquering them. 


#16 Think He’s Been Eating More Than Just Lettuce


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#17 When A Unit Evolves Into A Unit


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#18 This Breed Of Dog Is Called A Borzoi. It Has An Absolute Unit Of A Sniffer


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FoodChallenges.com, which is run by Randy Santel, features a directory of challenges from all over the world, reviews of challenges that Randy or other “food fighters” have attempted or completed, and tips for those creating or participating in food challenges. It’s safe to say that every challenge featured on the site would be considered an absolute unit. And you can find anything from sweet challenges with waffles and milkshakes to barbecue feasts with various meats.      


#19 This Cheese


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#20 This Keyboard


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#21 This Is Hulk, The Worlds Largest Pitbull


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If competing in a food challenge grosses you out, don’t worry. You can still enjoy absolute units of food without worrying about getting it all down by yourself or in a certain amount of time. There are plenty of places that sell gigantic slices of pizza, croissants, cookies and more. But these are perfect for sharing with your friends and family! If you’re throwing a party, it might actually be worth it to get a pizza that’s longer than your dining room table. You’ll certainly have enough for everyone!


#22 From The U.S. National Tick Collection, Which I Just Found Exists Today


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#23 This Zucc My Wife Was Given


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#24 This Absolute Unit Of A Schnitzel I Ate. Holy Schnitzel Indeed


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We hope you’re enjoying scrolling through these photos of absolute units, pandas. Keep upvoting the ones you find particularly impressive, and let us know in the comments what you’d like to see an absolute unit of. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring gigantic versions of small things, look no further than right here!


#25 World Beer Drinking Champ And Absolute Unit Andre The Giant


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#26 Teabag Mountain


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#27 He Has Risen


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#28 The Largest Leaf That's Ever Been Found


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#29 One Of My Poor Girls Laid This Absolute Unit Of An Egg


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#30 This Brown Bear! Estimated To Be Over 800lbs


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#31 Absolute Unit Of A Pot To Boil 1,200 Eggs At Once


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#32 Arctic Hares


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#33 White House Chef Andre Rush Is An Absolute Unit. He Has Cooked For Clinton, Bush, Obama, And Trump


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#34 Who Was This Made For


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#35 Damn! That's A Thicc Raccoon!


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#36 This Sandwich My Nonno Showed Me


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#37 This Absolute Unit Of A Cell


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#38 Absolute Unit Of A Goat


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#39 This Frog We Found On A Bike Ride (Size 10 Mens Shoe For Size)


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#40 This Tadpole That Didn't Grow Into A Frog Due To Hormone Imbalance


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#41 Imagine If He Suddenly Wakes Up


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#42 The Reel For Oppenheimer


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#43 This Enormous Asparagus I Harvested Today (Normal One + Banana For Scale)


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#44 The Worlds Largest Coin Which Is Legal Tender, Nominal Value Is $1 Million Aud


It weighs 1 tonne (1012kg/2231lb) and is made from 99.99% pure gold valued at $53.5 million at the time of minting in 2012. It currently resides at the Perth mint in Australia.


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#45 This Thick Boy


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#46 Absolute Shark


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#47 An Incredible Hanging Stone In The Sayan Mountains In Siberia


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#48 Dna Came Back 93% German Shepherd. 7% Unidentifiable. We’re Guessing Grizzly Bear


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#49 King Chaz's Absolute Cannoli Of A Finger


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#50 This Nail


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#51 This Freshly Shaven, Fat Cat


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#52 The Lower Body Of Cyclist Robert Forstemann


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#53 How Big This Toilet Seat Is. (Safety Glasses For Scale)


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#54 Book Apparently Given To Every US President


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#55 Absolute Unit Loves His Mum


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#56 14th Century Hungarian Swords. I Can Only Imagine The Unit Who Wielded Swords Like These


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#57 This Front Door My Parents Just Had Installed. Size 11 Men’s Shoe For Reference


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#58 The Bruise On Scott Mendelson—and Scott Mendelson Himself—after Tearing His Pec Muscle While Attempting A Bench Press World Record


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#59 Was Told To Post My Lizard Here. He’s On A Diet


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#60 These Blisters I Got From A Mosquito Bite


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#61 Our New TV Remote


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#62 This Is A Dog With A Myostatin Deficiency, Which Allows For Unrestricted Muscle Growth


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#63 Y E A S T


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#64 Can Hats Be Units? I Think This Counts


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#65 The Legs Of A Bodybuilder Next To The Torso Of A Skinny Person


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#66 The Ford F650 Pick-Up Truck Is A Goshdarned Unit


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#67 Absolute Dandelion


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#68 Hank The Tank


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#69 Absolute Unit Of An Omelet My Husband Made


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#70 Does My Pet Snail Count As A Unit?


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#71 This Wrist Computer


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#72 Australia Is An Absolute Unit Factory


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#73 Absolute Unit Of A Jerusalem Cricket, Which Is Neither From Jerusalem Nor A Cricket!


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#74 Human Compared To A King Cobra


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#75 This Apartment Building In Russia That Houses Roughly 20,000 People


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#76 This Absolute Unit Of A Tic I Pulled Out Of My Cat (2€ Coin For Scale)


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#77 Look At How Much Of A Unit The Big Mac Used To Be Before 1975


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#78 My Hand For Scale


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#79 Orora Satoshi, Former World's Heaviest Athlete


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#80 This Massive Flag That Was Literally Laid Over Hoover Dam


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