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realitista@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The future of cars

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The future of cars

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realitista@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Via New Scientist

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  • daltotron@lemmy.world
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    I mean we technically do have the hot dog car in real life, so that’s neat

    • modus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And Teslas are kinda like the Apple version of a car. But they kill people.

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    Ha! I instantly recognized this art style. it’s Richard Scarry, British children’s book author. I still have a hard copy of one of my favorites from childhood:

    captured_image1915630788186694193

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    It will be nice when the energy density on batteries has gotten high enough and charging times have gotten low enough that we can move on from making cars so aerodynamic and experiment more with funkier form factors.

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    Richard Scarry is awesome

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      Was. Sadly, he left us with all of the Busy Town books he had to write and illustrate in 1994. But he left a wonderful legacy.

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    Richard Scary is a GOAT of children’s fantasy.

    • samus12345@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Quite literally, sometimes!

    • radfrog@lemmy.wtf
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      Roal Dahl was better

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    I know I’ve seen this book in primary school but I can’t remember the title

    • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
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      “The Busy World of Richard Scarry”

  • PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    what’s the hotdog car made of

    • berryjam@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A hotdog

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        Hope it’s 100% beef for the driver’s sake

    • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Hot dogs, what else?

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    I had a giant Richard Scarry book when I was little, that was the shit

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    1 year ago

    Where is goldbug hiding?

  • Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    “Hotdog car isn’t science fiction, it’s science fact.”

    ~Oscar Meyer, probably

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      “To beef frank, hotdog car isn’t science fiction, it’s science fact.”

      • Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Thank you for putting the correct quote.

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    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      Isn’t that the dude from the Harlem shake poop video?

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        Well, he’s the inventor of both Blippi and Steezy Grossman characters, yes.

        Regardless, Blippi is an okay children’s show. The characters’ actor changed over time.

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        🎶 so much to learn about, it’ll make you want to shout…POOPIE!

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    I did not expect to see Lowly the worm on Lemmy today. Nice.

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      All my homies love lowly the worm 🥰

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      Lowly’s brown and that guy’s green. What, you’re saying all worms look alike??

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        Oh shit. Sorry for my inadvertent wormism. I haven’t seen the guy in like 40 years!

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    A pig driving a hot dog is kinda gruesome if you think about it.

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      It’s all beef.

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        Oh, that’s fine, because there aren’t any cow people in Richard Scarry’s works.

        Oh. Drinking milk has gotta be awkward, too!

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          The cows drink pig milk. 😉

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            It’s called pilk.

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              Lmao! “Deloinkful”

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      What are your thoughts on an Ouroboros but the front half is a pig and the back half is a hotdog?

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        That sounds delicious!

        • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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          Well fam have I got a treat for you, this is the drawing I made for my first tattoo:

          Boaroboros

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            Amazing.

          • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
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            That looks delicious!

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      Ever heard of the Tony Hawk blood skateboard? (Or skateboards? I dunno.)

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    I wanted Lowly’s apple car so badly when I was a kid.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    I have nipples, Greg… Can you make me into a car?

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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      You can drive anything with nipples.

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        I mean I guess, but I find it easier to drive with my hands.

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