Commas, man. They’re important to not abuse. You made my brain hiccup
To split infinitives or to not split infinitives, that is the question.
This shit ain’t Latin. English splits infinitives.
How would you split an infinitive in latin?
That… no… but…
The argument that “you can’t split infinitives”, as I’ve heard it, is because you can’t split infinitives in Latin (since the “to” is a part of the verb itself). This might be fallacious (a straw man) according to Wikipedia, but I’m fine with that. People split infinitives and I’ve never seen a strong argument as to why that’s wrong.
That’s my understanding, too. It’s a fact I was exploiting in a kind of underhanded way for humor. I like the clarity of not splitting infinitives, but I agree that it and a lot of other grammer suggestions don’t really matter as long as good communication occurs. Anything more than that will probably be defined by far more specific conventions in whatever professional specialty applies. Thanks for having fun with me on the internet.
Was this supposed to be fun?
Aren’t grammar and etymology always fun?
Very carefully.
What’s Your, Problem?
edit - “You’re”
Commas, man.
I wonder which one is more expensive, a new Lamborghini or a new bus.
A 28 seater bus is, unless a very high end model which the example isn’t, will be cheaper than that particular Lambo was new.
Depends on the size of the bus - anywhere from high 90s to half a million for a school bus.
Overall or per capita?
Overall. I wonder, if somebody gives me a Lambo, can I sell it, buy a bus, and drive friends in it?
Depending on the model of the Lambo and the bus, yeah, you’ve got a good shot at it.
Nice. Maybe the real magic was the car flipping plan we found in the comments - all along.
This is super wholesome.
Disclaimer: Remember_the_tooth does not advocate for flipping consumable, non-durable, or semi-durable goods for profit. Do so at your own risk.
The bus
TIL: The people on the bus are my friends! Yay!
The bus on the bus go bus bus bus!
Depending on the route, I’d argue that you should be careful what you wish for. Having said that, I found your response extremely wholesome to a Kenneth Parcell level.
“Oh, hi, new friend! Is that a test tube in your mouth? You must be a scientist!”
“Golly, that sure is a big knife! Thanks for defending all of us bus friends!”
“Golly, that sure is a big knife! Thanks for defending all of us bus friends!”
Interestingly, I’ve had a variant of this conversation, on the bus. Lots of people aren’t very aware of how they make the people around them feel, but most people aren’t really trying to bother anyone most of the time.
Yeah, it’s a good place to mind one’s own business. Also, I would argue that’s good general life advice, too.
Commute friends are great. You’ve got a pleasant conversation for the ride, and another source of information when your ride is canceled.
The F1 with a single seat.
When you reach the epitome, with noone to accompany you.
spoiler
This breaks down immediately, because you have multiple others around you, on the same track. They are your colleagues, your friends and your rivals.
And I haven’t checked, but I’d say the F1 is more efficient at running than the Lambos
I bet there are a lot of remote drone racing competitions …
This breaks down thousands of hours before an F1 car starts because it takes thousands of people to design them
I’m pretty sure the Lamborghini car also took quite a bit of people-interaction. Road compliance and all, you know?
I actually do know. I briefly worked in F1, and I also separately registered my own car with a properly hand built chassis to NY state registration standards.
They are orders of magnitude apart. It’s like saying “both this IKEA glass and the space shuttle took quite a bit of engineering”. Trust me, more hours were put into any mundane F1 part than almost any other vehicle out there
Why is no one asking about the bus with no wheels?!
Ha I had to double take but it looks like they’re just recessed in the wheel well
If I had that kind of money, I’d buy ruined, exploited land just to restore it; regrow a clearcut forest for instance. Then just give it back to the native tribe who lived there centuries ago. I have always wished I could do that.
Nice, this is exactly why a forest has no car seats. Go achieve your life goals
Wait, does that mean his actions will make him zero friends? Not even the tribe!? That kinda sucks.
Where I live there are initiatives that preserve forests by allowing people to buy square meters. It’s only a few hundred euros.
Cool idea, this car can be leased for a couple gs a month, what you’re proposing would take a lot of money. This car is for crypto bros who share a condo in Miami.
In prince george they did this like 3 years ago. Gave a huge chunk of forest back to natives. They clearcut it that summer. You can easily see the scar on satellite view. Under capitalism, all humans will exploit nature if they have the technology to do so and race means nothing.
As someone with a similar goal that I actually think I will achieve, that land will hopefully never leave my family and be protected forever. We already own two huge chunks of land on the eastern slopes of the rockies which used to be cleared for cattle and is currently regrowing.
You could always donate money to organisations that do these things. Or use alternative search engines that use profit to support nature. I use Ecosia that plant trees and do other things to have a positive climate impact.
But being able to be Bruce Wayne and save a village in South America would also be a sweet deal.
Or I could do the work myself. Donating to charity is just throwing money at the rich.
Depends on the charity.
Also, surely there’s volunteer organizations where you can spend time doing that?
Are they gonna give the land back to the native people? When can I find the time?
Sounds like excuses for not doing anything - then try Ecosia where you only change search engine and then go do what you normally do. Ecosia won’t go in and buy a big piece of land and give it away, but they will work well local people and pay them to restore trees and plant life. Of cause the work is a little more complicated than one sentence.
Oh spare me your judgement. My plate is full, and none of it is wasted. I described a thing I would like to do if I had the resources that some rich Lambo owning prick has. I get a bunch of suggestions which are not that thing, none of which I requested, and some of which leave me dubious. I do not trust charities not to enable rich pricks to hoard Lambos. I’m weaning myself off the internet, not seeking new ways to engage with it. I wasn’t soliciting for piddly little ways I could sit on my ass to be a better liberal. I was lamenting the sociopathy of those who have such resources, despite zero hard work, yet waste them.
I’m already doing all I can for the environment. What I normally go do is break my body daily in the field in one of the few trades where fighting climate change is central. That’s where most of my time and energy go right now. That’s why I chose this career. Considering the way this world is going, I don’t expect to live long enough to make the difference I intended.
Look, I know you mean well. Thanks for suggesting an eco-friendly search engine. Hopefully they take data security and anonymity with the seriousness we all need these days. Hopefully it’s not just another slush fund for some billionaire’s spoiled brat. But regardless, your suggestion probably doesn’t fit my wants and needs.
It’s also a weight decision. If you bring five American friends along, you just doubled the weight of the car.
My life goal is to not work…which is why I’m not spending my money on a status symbol.
If I had that kind of money I would just get myself a few gokarts and a track. If I wasn’t quite that rich and just normal sports car money l would get a field or some woodland and some quadbikes and dirt bikes.
You will lose my friendship when you waste a bunch of money on a lambo.
Get a Toyota and use the savings to take all your friends on vacation
No one needs the friendship of a petty person.
Are you saying you need a friend?
Right, that’s why you ditch the kind of shallow loser that would buy a Lambo, we just went over this.
I’m sure they’d be just as happy to get rid of a petty judgemental asshat that judges their taste in car this harshly.
Sure, it’s about “the taste in cars,” lmao.
I’d have so many friends if I had a Lamborghini bus 🤔
I dunno, the bus I drive costs more than double what that car costs.
Did you pay for it?
I mean, I’m a taxpayer so kind of lol
But the car on the second panel is a Ginetta G58 (with a Chevy engine) for LMP3, not road legal … witch … ok, it does have two seats, so it checks out, carry on.
The seats:
Nice catch.
That’s a straight up racecar, though. Like it’s built exclusively for entertainment and fun, not epeen.
I’d respect someone driving a Ginetta G58 around (or, more practically, an Ariel Atom, a homogilation special or something) way more than a chonky, overpriced lambo. That screams “I don’t care what you think, I like to drive” instead of “hey everyone, look how rich I am!”
Like this people driving around these monsters. That’s beyond flaunting wealth, that’s someone’s neurotic hobby, and most bystanders aren’t going to realize how special they are compared to the Porsche trailing them:
Love those bbs rims on the Peugeot.
is that a Cossie back there?
big want
RS200, with group-B cat ears.
It’s a horrifically fast 4wd RS200 in a cossie’s skin, heh.
Same with the Peugot. You’d think it’s just a 205 until you get in, and see a worryingly loud engine behind the seat.
Haha the RS200 is the only “Cossie” I’m actually familiar with, as we didn’t get the homologated version in the USA :(
I did not recognize the Peugot though lol. Both sound like a load of fun to drive
People who are serious about life value long term benefit over short term material goods. Public transportation is a public good for all and in the long term will save you a ton of money.
But how else can you show off how much money you have and how insecure you are?
I saw a guy in a Lamborghini just yesterday at the gas station, I remember how it made me feel like less of a man suddenly, and an overwhelming urge to admire and listen to the man driving and respect his opinions.
Oh wait, no I thought “ugly color” and forgot entirely about it a moment later until this post. I always mix those up.
Buy a massive long gun to compensate
Replace second speech box with “two, because people who buy our cars are losers”
