A lot of people I've seen in Lamborghini cars aren't serious about their lives. They're spoiled idiots who lucked out and got a ton of money handed to them and are driving it around to show off how much money they have as if they deserved it.
I'm an enthusiast with no kids (and a vasectomy to make sure it stays that way) and I've driven both around a track. Glad to have done it once, but I'm not in any hurry to do it again. Wouldn't buy either one over my Miata.
Yeah, that's my thought, though I have a kid. Doesn't really matter if I just want to rent one to have fun driving for a bit (other than if she'd find it cool to ride in one). Would be fun for a bit and then a huge liability to own one. Especially with how much attention they'd get. You'd get random butt prints from assholes taking pictures with it, not to mention some others driving nearby will get more aggressive when they see what you're driving, making accidents more likely. Not to mention everything about it will be very expensive.
And, at least based on video games, you'd barely ever get out of 1st or 2nd gear in normal driving unless you want to risk getting it seized (or worse) for excessive speeding.
Also, make one mistake with the throttle and a video of you spinning into a curb or something could go viral if it's one of the rear drive supercars.
If he didn't realize these things before making the purchase, it would seem like he falls qualifies for the idiot side with a sprinkle of luck.
By chance was he able to afford it because of inheritance? Only a fool takes that kind of money to splurge on a vehicle and he would then fit exactly into the sot op laid out.
Yes. That's why I made it. I use foresight and logic to deduce the mindset of the person involved in the timeline as you've described it.
What you've said is a man with a wife and child who gather the resources to buy m a super car. It was only after he had purchased it that he realized it wasn't a practical family car. This scenario does not contain an adult who is using logic and reasoning skills in a major luxury purchase.
You are free to clarify or correct the timeline you described. Given that you choose to attack me instead, I am going to expand on the scenario by guessing this is someone you admire.
If we're being pedantic, the average man has most of two testicles, and the average woman most of two breasts. The average human will have almost one of each :p
Perhaps I came off as too hostile. I read your comment and I thought it was potentially harmful and I'm incredibly depressed, so I wrote a hasty sniping response. I tend to think of things said as their effects in aggregate rather than the virtue of the person saying it.
I'm also bi and arguably aromantic. And intend to remain childfree.
Yeah, it's rather normal to have a wife and progeny, most people do, that's what normal means. You seem to be fishing for outrage, but you are missing that normal does not imply good, and not normal does not mean bad. Being astoundingly beautiful is not normal, but it's commonly seen as positive.
Notice the implied and unquestioned assumption that “life goals” means accumulating resources and not building relationships or contributing to society. In fact, it’s expected that personal relationships and societal responsibilities shall be neglected in the quest for resources.
Your life can be so much better if you get over the notion of having to own things. Almost every luxury out there can be enjoyed without having to own it, as long as you're able to discard the consumerist propaganda that you've not enjoyed it properly unless you can take it home.
For sure, but there is a vast spectrum of what can constitute a “relationship.” There are many transactional relationships that are absolutely vital to accumulating resources, even for ordinary working people. But being necessary for survival doesn’t mean they are what will bring you fulfillment in life.
Oh you're right, it was his deep and enduring relationship with Donald Trump, as we all know they're BFFs, and not the $250 million dollars he donated.
I think the current online alpha male culture is a marketing tool meant to validate the antisocial beliefs of potential customers in order to convert them into paying customers.
It’s very likely that it’s all about justification of where someone is more than it is about getting to where someone truly wants to be. Making a lot of positive changes is hard but claiming that you actually really wanted whatever shitty outcome is “easier”.
In the ‘80s it was about claiming you definitely weren’t buying your friends and, if you were, that was some kind of cool power thing and not horrifically depressing for all parties involved. These days most of the world hates these losers, and for good reason, so they shift the blame away from themselves in a desperate attempt to pretend that they aren’t at fault.
We’re social animals and we want genuine connection. The alpha males are deeply lonely and angry about it all the time but try soooo hard to pretend they aren’t which only makes them sadder and madder.
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.
I fucking hate people that act like they escaped the matrix because they drive a personally owned vehicle.
Like wow you're really showing us public transit welfare queens what true independence looks like, gripping a steering wheel in a vehicle they can only legally operate with a government-issued license, on a road built and maintained by the government, cleared of snow by government workers driving government-owned trucks, fueled by government-subsidized oil, and parked in government-funded lots.
Let’s not forget they had to go to a government building, talk to a government employee, and pay a government fee just for the privilege of registering their car — which they’re also legally required by the government to insure.
And after all that bureaucratic red tape and recurring fees, they have the audacity to act like they're the icons of self-sufficiency. The cherry on top? If their precious symbol of ‘independence’ breaks down, the government isn’t going to help — they get to shoulder the repair costs entirely on their own.
Meanwhile, I swipe a card once a month and get access to a system that moves people efficiently, doesn’t ask for my blood type, and doesn’t require me to pour thousands into maintenance and paperwork — and I’m the one supposedly suckling at the teat of Big Government?
As someone who owns a vehicle, I feel more like I've escaped the matrix when on public transportation than when I'm driving. I still have to have a car to get places public transit won't go, but I always look forward to the completion of each new station, one more area I don't have to drive to.
I rarely go farther from my home than I can go in a few minutes in my bycicle, so I never felt the need for a car. But once every few months I would need to go somewhere that is two hours away by bus, often with inconvenient bus timings (like either 6am or noon) - so I sometimes take an Uber instead.
When people her about me taking an Uber for such a "long" trip they call me insane, say that I'm wasting money and I should just get a car and those trips would be much cheaper. They never consider all the other costs involved in owning a car.
But then after a while people in my town started giving up on Uber and it became hard to find a driver whenever I might need one, so I finally got a driving license and bought myself a bike. People now were like "you'll see how it changes you, you'll use it for everything, you'll go out a lot more often and to everywhere with it". By the time I had a trip to make it was no longer turning on due to being stuck in a garage for so long. The counter showed less than 20 kilometers when I sold it.
You are definitely singing the song of my people. I bought my car when I was working 2 jobs with heavy overtime, and it mattered a lot that I could drive 20 minutes instead of the 1hr bus ride. I put about 20k kilometers on the odometer. Things changed recently, and I've found myself doing maintenance on it based on a time schedule rather than distance. I could buy 200 round-trip Uber rides per year for what I'm paying.
I tried getting into cycling, but there's a lack of cycle paths and protected bike lanes here. It's one of those areas that has "sharrows." Pro tip: drivers do not share the road even with the sharrows.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That's a good semantic but in the hypothetical crafted above your response is a duo who are implementing designs they create as they construct the full size operational model, therefor they are more engineers than they are designers.
Also, any car body which considers aerodynamics, and runs simulations, is designed by engineers by definition if not by certification (some nations regulate the title, and the simulation softwares are very accessible).
Engineering decisions: how can make something that pollutes to the legal max both in particles, noise, and, come to think of it, any aspect possible? Oh, I know, a car!
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.
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:
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.
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.
When you reach the epitome, with noone to accompany you.
::: spoiler 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 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
This made me giggle. You could really rile up this type of person with that logic.
"Yeah, it's all the same, man. $600k, rear engine, yellow, 600hp. I guess one of them doesn't include a professional driver, but we can't always have everything."
"This is a Lamborghini! It's a big deal!"
"Oh, sorry bro, I didn't mean that as like a dig at you. You'll get there. Just stay on your grind."
Literally met a doctor who owned a Ferrari, it wasn’t a made up thing. To be clear he is a consultant cardiologist.
In fact when I worked for Apple I met many regular rich people who just have decent lives from value jobs and worked hard.
If you think single or double digit millionaires are the problem then you’re misguided. The problem is generational wealth or those with hundreds of millions or billions extracting value from the world.
FYI: A consultant (medical) can earn £100k - £140k per year in the UK. Source Easily enough to finance a Ferrari with low interest or save and buy one, or the shock even lease one.
A lot of single or low double digit millionaires are slumlords on the side. It's much easier to accumulate wealth through capital formation than through hard work. But I'm naive for not believing your anecdata, I know.
Many of the people flying in to try to overturn the election on January 6th were the single digit millionaire crowd you're swearing are all great people on the basis of having met a couple.
I make enough money according to you to drive a Ferrari and lots of others do too. Yet they remain very rare cars. It takes a certain type of wanker to actually buy and drive the stupid fucking thing.
And while we're at it, it takes a certain type to defend the hypothetical owners of a stupid meme car.
Christ you seem that dense that you could be mistaken for a black hole.
Sure a lot can be assholes or whatever, but it doesn’t mean we just assume everybody is. Reddit had a mince problem, it’s likely you came from Reddit, during API gate I would guess, you happy be called a mince too?
Then you’re going in about Jan 6th like it’s apples to apples. I didn’t say all single digit millionaires are good. Furthermore many if those people did that not because they’re rich but because they have fucked up political beliefs.
Good for you. Shame unit someone assumed you were a slumlord too wouldn’t it. Personally if I earned that much I would be retired once I hit £1M. I also don’t judge people based on a singular purchase, that’s bloody insane and really does seem naive.
I’m not defending anybody, I’m merely pointing out the idiocy of saying all X are Y.
Next time I buy a car I’ll be sure to consult you to ensure that I’m making a choice that fits your world view. Do I need to do this with others things too? As I neglected to reach out when I bought a new camera recently.
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DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 180 pts · 1y
A lot of people I've seen in Lamborghini cars aren't serious about their lives. They're spoiled idiots who lucked out and got a ton of money handed to them and are driving it around to show off how much money they have as if they deserved it.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 97 pts · 1y
frezik@midwest.social · 30 pts · 1y
I'm an enthusiast with no kids (and a vasectomy to make sure it stays that way) and I've driven both around a track. Glad to have done it once, but I'm not in any hurry to do it again. Wouldn't buy either one over my Miata.
Supercars are vastly overrated.
PagPag@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Miata Is Always The Answer
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, that's my thought, though I have a kid. Doesn't really matter if I just want to rent one to have fun driving for a bit (other than if she'd find it cool to ride in one). Would be fun for a bit and then a huge liability to own one. Especially with how much attention they'd get. You'd get random butt prints from assholes taking pictures with it, not to mention some others driving nearby will get more aggressive when they see what you're driving, making accidents more likely. Not to mention everything about it will be very expensive.
And, at least based on video games, you'd barely ever get out of 1st or 2nd gear in normal driving unless you want to risk getting it seized (or worse) for excessive speeding.
Also, make one mistake with the throttle and a video of you spinning into a curb or something could go viral if it's one of the rear drive supercars.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
If he didn't realize these things before making the purchase, it would seem like he falls qualifies for the idiot side with a sprinkle of luck.
By chance was he able to afford it because of inheritance? Only a fool takes that kind of money to splurge on a vehicle and he would then fit exactly into the sot op laid out.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Yes. That's why I made it. I use foresight and logic to deduce the mindset of the person involved in the timeline as you've described it.
What you've said is a man with a wife and child who gather the resources to buy m a super car. It was only after he had purchased it that he realized it wasn't a practical family car. This scenario does not contain an adult who is using logic and reasoning skills in a major luxury purchase.
You are free to clarify or correct the timeline you described. Given that you choose to attack me instead, I am going to expand on the scenario by guessing this is someone you admire.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
minibyte@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
All you've got is insults; I suggest you take your own advice.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
musubibreakfast@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
I don't know but I'll happily attack you. Please list your insecurities so I can more accurately ridicule you.
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · -42 pts · 1y
"Wife and a kid" = normal life.
hmmmm.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 1y
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · -26 pts · 1y
I mean it was pretty strongly implied but ok
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 29 pts · 1y
Normal mainly implies average.
The average person has a spouse and a kid. So the statement is not wrong.
Doesn't mean you can't have a normal life without a wife or a kid. It just doesn't mean average then.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
As there are substantially fewer polygamists than there are single people, the average person has a fraction of a spouse.
Cypher@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
5too@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
If we're being pedantic, the average man has most of two testicles, and the average woman most of two breasts. The average human will have almost one of each :p
kinsnik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
wait. so normal means average, or normal does not mean average?
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 1y
Its a normative statement. It contributes to alienating people without wives or kids.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Perhaps I came off as too hostile. I read your comment and I thought it was potentially harmful and I'm incredibly depressed, so I wrote a hasty sniping response. I tend to think of things said as their effects in aggregate rather than the virtue of the person saying it.
I'm also bi and arguably aromantic. And intend to remain childfree.
Voyajer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Do you consider having a wife or a kid not normal?
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
I consider it normative to suggest that such is "normal" and suggests not having a wife or kid(s) as "abnormal". At least by implication.
Damage@feddit.it · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah, it's rather normal to have a wife and progeny, most people do, that's what normal means. You seem to be fishing for outrage, but you are missing that normal does not imply good, and not normal does not mean bad. Being astoundingly beautiful is not normal, but it's commonly seen as positive.
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 1y
Zink@programming.dev · 125 pts · 1y
Notice the implied and unquestioned assumption that “life goals” means accumulating resources and not building relationships or contributing to society. In fact, it’s expected that personal relationships and societal responsibilities shall be neglected in the quest for resources.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y
Your life can be so much better if you get over the notion of having to own things. Almost every luxury out there can be enjoyed without having to own it, as long as you're able to discard the consumerist propaganda that you've not enjoyed it properly unless you can take it home.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Aka take joyrides in other people's Lambos, then ditch the car, but NOT AT YOUR HOME.
Zink@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, and I think that is tied to a subconscious need for good things to be permanent.
I think that truly internalizing the temporary nature of literally everything is an important part of getting to the mindset you’re talking about.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 9 pts · 1y
And if you do have friends, they can laugh at you when you struggle to get out of the car
Slovene@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y
So sexy! 🥵
Aux@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
You won't be accumulating anything without building vital relationships.
Zink@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
For sure, but there is a vast spectrum of what can constitute a “relationship.” There are many transactional relationships that are absolutely vital to accumulating resources, even for ordinary working people. But being necessary for survival doesn’t mean they are what will bring you fulfillment in life.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Yeah, that's why Elon Musk is well known for his ability to form and maintain many meaningful relationships...
Aux@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 1y
Well, yes. How do you think he became the lead of DOGE? With the help of a random number generator?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Oh you're right, it was his deep and enduring relationship with Donald Trump, as we all know they're BFFs, and not the $250 million dollars he donated.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip · 45 pts · 1y
RadicalEagle@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
I think the current online alpha male culture is a marketing tool meant to validate the antisocial beliefs of potential customers in order to convert them into paying customers.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 1y
Soup@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
It’s very likely that it’s all about justification of where someone is more than it is about getting to where someone truly wants to be. Making a lot of positive changes is hard but claiming that you actually really wanted whatever shitty outcome is “easier”.
In the ‘80s it was about claiming you definitely weren’t buying your friends and, if you were, that was some kind of cool power thing and not horrifically depressing for all parties involved. These days most of the world hates these losers, and for good reason, so they shift the blame away from themselves in a desperate attempt to pretend that they aren’t at fault.
We’re social animals and we want genuine connection. The alpha males are deeply lonely and angry about it all the time but try soooo hard to pretend they aren’t which only makes them sadder and madder.
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 1y
man, those guilt coping posts. maybe just do the right thing, so you don't need to make up bullshit to feel good
Szewek@lemm.ee · 32 pts · 1y
You mean just take the bus?
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 1y
Yeah just take the bus
Valmond@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Nooooo, I wanted to ride the bus but someone took it!
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 1y
It's OK my friend, just catch the next one. You can probably make it to the next bus stop even, that's what I like to do.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Keep going until the buss is on a surface which it can develop traction.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I don't know. It seems pretty angry. I don't want to give it an advantage.
trolololol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Pqp vou chegar tarde na aula e a profe não vai acreditar que o ônibus deu problema. De novo.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The public transportation company should gives notes to each affected passenger that explain that the company was responsible for the delay.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 33 pts · 1y
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.
Blum0108@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
But how else can you show off how much money you have and how insecure you are?
ameancow@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Buy a massive long gun to compensate
Rooskie91@discuss.online · 30 pts · 1y
I fucking hate people that act like they escaped the matrix because they drive a personally owned vehicle.
Like wow you're really showing us public transit welfare queens what true independence looks like, gripping a steering wheel in a vehicle they can only legally operate with a government-issued license, on a road built and maintained by the government, cleared of snow by government workers driving government-owned trucks, fueled by government-subsidized oil, and parked in government-funded lots. Let’s not forget they had to go to a government building, talk to a government employee, and pay a government fee just for the privilege of registering their car — which they’re also legally required by the government to insure. And after all that bureaucratic red tape and recurring fees, they have the audacity to act like they're the icons of self-sufficiency. The cherry on top? If their precious symbol of ‘independence’ breaks down, the government isn’t going to help — they get to shoulder the repair costs entirely on their own.
Meanwhile, I swipe a card once a month and get access to a system that moves people efficiently, doesn’t ask for my blood type, and doesn’t require me to pour thousands into maintenance and paperwork — and I’m the one supposedly suckling at the teat of Big Government?
Ok.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
As someone who owns a vehicle, I feel more like I've escaped the matrix when on public transportation than when I'm driving. I still have to have a car to get places public transit won't go, but I always look forward to the completion of each new station, one more area I don't have to drive to.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 1y
I rarely go farther from my home than I can go in a few minutes in my bycicle, so I never felt the need for a car. But once every few months I would need to go somewhere that is two hours away by bus, often with inconvenient bus timings (like either 6am or noon) - so I sometimes take an Uber instead.
When people her about me taking an Uber for such a "long" trip they call me insane, say that I'm wasting money and I should just get a car and those trips would be much cheaper. They never consider all the other costs involved in owning a car.
But then after a while people in my town started giving up on Uber and it became hard to find a driver whenever I might need one, so I finally got a driving license and bought myself a bike. People now were like "you'll see how it changes you, you'll use it for everything, you'll go out a lot more often and to everywhere with it". By the time I had a trip to make it was no longer turning on due to being stuck in a garage for so long. The counter showed less than 20 kilometers when I sold it.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You are definitely singing the song of my people. I bought my car when I was working 2 jobs with heavy overtime, and it mattered a lot that I could drive 20 minutes instead of the 1hr bus ride. I put about 20k kilometers on the odometer. Things changed recently, and I've found myself doing maintenance on it based on a time schedule rather than distance. I could buy 200 round-trip Uber rides per year for what I'm paying.
I tried getting into cycling, but there's a lack of cycle paths and protected bike lanes here. It's one of those areas that has "sharrows." Pro tip: drivers do not share the road even with the sharrows.
twice_hatch@midwest.social · 28 pts · 1y
I'd have so many friends if I had a Lamborghini bus 🤔
Hupf@feddit.org · 25 pts · 1y
Szewek@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 1y
I wonder which one is more expensive, a new Lamborghini or a new bus.
noride@lemm.ee · 22 pts · 1y
Depends on the size of the bus - anywhere from high 90s to half a million for a school bus.
RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 1y
The bus
Cypher@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Overall or per capita?
Szewek@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Overall. I wonder, if somebody gives me a Lambo, can I sell it, buy a bus, and drive friends in it?
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Nice. Maybe the real magic was the car flipping plan we found in the comments - all along.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
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.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Depending on the model of the Lambo and the bus, yeah, you've got a good shot at it.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev · 24 pts · 1y
If you need a meme to feel good about your decisions, then maybe make better decisions.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 23 pts · 1y
You will lose my friendship when you waste a bunch of money on a lambo.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Get a Toyota and use the savings to take all your friends on vacation
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Or, like take your family on vacation or anything else more useful than a fancy car. Build memories rather than flaunting wealth.
Aux@feddit.uk · -7 pts · 1y
No one needs the friendship of a petty person.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
Right, that's why you ditch the kind of shallow loser that would buy a Lambo, we just went over this.
Soulg@ani.social · 0 pts · 1y
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.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 4 pts · 1y
Sure, it's about "the taste in cars," lmao.
Aux@feddit.uk · -1 pts · 1y
Lol, what a petty opinion...
MrShankles@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 1y
Are you saying you need a friend?
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
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.
musubibreakfast@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 1y
Nice, this is exactly why a forest has no car seats. Go achieve your life goals
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Wait, does that mean his actions will make him zero friends? Not even the tribe!? That kinda sucks.
vandsjov@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 1y
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.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Or I could do the work myself. Donating to charity is just throwing money at the rich.
5too@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Depends on the charity.
Also, surely there's volunteer organizations where you can spend time doing that?
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Are they gonna give the land back to the native people? When can I find the time?
vandsjov@feddit.dk · 0 pts · 1y
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.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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.
rabber@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
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.
Tillman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It's cheaper if I do the work myself, which is the only kind of work worthy of respect.
x00z@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Where I live there are initiatives that preserve forests by allowing people to buy square meters. It's only a few hundred euros.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 1y
TIL: The people on the bus are my friends! Yay!
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
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!"
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
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.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, it's a good place to mind one's own business. Also, I would argue that's good general life advice, too.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Commute friends are great. You've got a pleasant conversation for the ride, and another source of information when your ride is canceled.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
The bus on the bus go bus bus bus!
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y
I dunno, the bus I drive costs more than double what that car costs.
Saleh@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
Did you pay for it?
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
I mean, I'm a taxpayer so kind of lol
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Why is no one asking about the bus with no wheels?!
ReasonablePea@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Ha I had to double take but it looks like they're just recessed in the wheel well
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
And blurred out with whatever is in the bottom left of the picture. Could also be a composite.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 1y
I'm pretty sure nobody driving that midlife crisis on wheels has ever gotten "serious" about their lifes
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
It's a great meme, but I do cringe a little bit at the idea of engineers designing the car while already having built most of it.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
That's agile for you.
kossa@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Those engineers just got serious about their lifes. You can crank out way more products if you skip designing them, it is the engineer hustle 🔧😎
And if they didn't decide yet, they could always just bolt more seats to the roof.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Engineers don’t design cars. They enable the cars designed by designers who are employed by marketers.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
That's a good semantic but in the hypothetical crafted above your response is a duo who are implementing designs they create as they construct the full size operational model, therefor they are more engineers than they are designers.
Also, any car body which considers aerodynamics, and runs simulations, is designed by engineers by definition if not by certification (some nations regulate the title, and the simulation softwares are very accessible).
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
If you're choosing life-goals that shut out your friends, those are the wrong life-goals.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Bold of you to assume people like this have had friends.
atro_city@fedia.io · 10 pts · 1y
Engineering decisions: how can make something that pollutes to the legal max both in particles, noise, and, come to think of it, any aspect possible? Oh, I know, a car!
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 7 pts · 1y
It's also a weight decision. If you bring five American friends along, you just doubled the weight of the car.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
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:
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
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:
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
is that a Cossie back there?
big want
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
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
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
RS200, with group-B cat ears.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Love those bbs rims on the Peugeot.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Commas, man. They're important to not abuse. You made my brain hiccup
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
To split infinitives or to not split infinitives, that is the question.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
This shit ain't Latin. English splits infinitives.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
How would you split an infinitive in latin?
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
Was this supposed to be fun?
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Aren't grammar and etymology always fun?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Very carefully.
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
What's Your, Problem?
edit - "You're"
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Commas, man.
stinerman@midwest.social · 7 pts · 1y
My life goal is to not work...which is why I'm not spending my money on a status symbol.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
The car they're working on only has one(functional) seat.....
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
Replace second speech box with “two, because people who buy our cars are losers”
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
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.
ulterno@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
The F1 with a single seat.
When you reach the epitome, with noone to accompany you.
::: spoiler 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 :::
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I bet there are a lot of remote drone racing competitions ...
ulterno@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
I can see who's winning
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Lol, madlads/madlasses
frank@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
This breaks down thousands of hours before an F1 car starts because it takes thousands of people to design them
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y
I'm pretty sure the Lamborghini car also took quite a bit of people-interaction. Road compliance and all, you know?
frank@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
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
tomjuggler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Always making friends on the bus..
Nougat@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
Expensive Rear engine Yellow
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
This made me giggle. You could really rile up this type of person with that logic.
"Yeah, it's all the same, man. $600k, rear engine, yellow, 600hp. I guess one of them doesn't include a professional driver, but we can't always have everything."
"This is a Lamborghini! It's a big deal!"
"Oh, sorry bro, I didn't mean that as like a dig at you. You'll get there. Just stay on your grind."
Nougat@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
Ha, I love that the bus is the one with a professional driver.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
This taught me absolutely nothing about B2B sales!
VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
A smart car has two seats, a bus has 50
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Oh look it's the wankermobile out for an afternoon drive.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y
Where’s the line drawn here?
Like I never like to label all X as Y for a start, but if you own a Porsche are you a wanker? I own a Mercedes
I amam I a wanker?Is it sports car with little utility? I have many things that make me happy with little utility.
Edit: Removed the Freudian slip 😦
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Generally speaking, buying any car that is the median price of a house makes you a wanker driving a wankermobile.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Really don’t get this mindset. A doctor can earn enough money to buy a Ferrari and it’s their money to do with as they please.
My issue is with people with obscene wealth, not rich people who work hard and provide actual value to the world.
Honestly I find your viewpoint to be quite naive at best and bitterness at worst.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I like how you just imagine that it's a hardworking doctor or your other favorite type of hardworking guy and then you call me naive. 😆
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
Literally met a doctor who owned a Ferrari, it wasn’t a made up thing. To be clear he is a consultant cardiologist.
In fact when I worked for Apple I met many regular rich people who just have decent lives from value jobs and worked hard.
If you think single or double digit millionaires are the problem then you’re misguided. The problem is generational wealth or those with hundreds of millions or billions extracting value from the world.
FYI: A consultant (medical) can earn £100k - £140k per year in the UK. Source Easily enough to finance a Ferrari with low interest or save and buy one, or the shock even lease one.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
A lot of single or low double digit millionaires are slumlords on the side. It's much easier to accumulate wealth through capital formation than through hard work. But I'm naive for not believing your anecdata, I know.
Many of the people flying in to try to overturn the election on January 6th were the single digit millionaire crowd you're swearing are all great people on the basis of having met a couple.
I make enough money according to you to drive a Ferrari and lots of others do too. Yet they remain very rare cars. It takes a certain type of wanker to actually buy and drive the stupid fucking thing.
And while we're at it, it takes a certain type to defend the hypothetical owners of a stupid meme car.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 1y
Christ you seem that dense that you could be mistaken for a black hole.
Sure a lot can be assholes or whatever, but it doesn’t mean we just assume everybody is. Reddit had a mince problem, it’s likely you came from Reddit, during API gate I would guess, you happy be called a mince too?
Then you’re going in about Jan 6th like it’s apples to apples. I didn’t say all single digit millionaires are good. Furthermore many if those people did that not because they’re rich but because they have fucked up political beliefs.
Good for you. Shame unit someone assumed you were a slumlord too wouldn’t it. Personally if I earned that much I would be retired once I hit £1M. I also don’t judge people based on a singular purchase, that’s bloody insane and really does seem naive.
I’m not defending anybody, I’m merely pointing out the idiocy of saying all X are Y.
Next time I buy a car I’ll be sure to consult you to ensure that I’m making a choice that fits your world view. Do I need to do this with others things too? As I neglected to reach out when I bought a new camera recently.
Leomas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yes.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · -1 pts · 1y
🥱 👋
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 1y
If the first thing you say about it to everyone is how much it cost, you are a wanker.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Who is even saying that? I don’t believe I ever mentioned cost.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, you lose the friends because you have shitty life goals.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y