• blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Parts don’t wear out, and, uh, shower I guess

    Edit: actually bread. Just in case the economy crashes and I’m homeless. Forever working car with forever fresh bread.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Slightly hovers would not be a smooth ride, in the car driving sense.

    It would be like piloting a hovercraft, driving on black ice, everywhere.

    You’d be playing bumper cars with everything, have little to no steering control or braking ability… you’d probably die or be maimed if you exceed ~45 mph for any reason.

    Also… weather forcefield?

    Depending on how you define ‘weather’ and ‘forcefield’ … this could potentially amount to a weapon of mass destruction.

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      I think we can assume ‘slightly hovers’ means in a magical sense where it still functions and drives like a normal car.

      Given almost all the rest of the upgrades are physics-defying there’s no reason this one shouldn’t also be.

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        6 days ago

        So… it has less effective mass than it otherwise should?

        Then it has less contact surface area with the ground… it has less mass pressing down on that less surface area, and thus has less traction and control.

        This is an unavoidable physics problem.

        Like, technically, Superman has a magic ability to alter the surface tension / tensile strength of large objects he lifts… because if he did not, he would simply puncture them, or they would collapse around where he is lifting them.

        You’re gonna need better defined magic.

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        6 days ago

        He openly stated he’s anti abortion and spouted off a whole bunch of Liars For Jesus propaganda about it. That’s was some time in the late teens, iirc. Facebook or Twitter, can’t remember which.

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            it’s also not true btw

            his wife went to an anti abortion rally and he’s supportive of his wife.

            not super awesome, but a huge step down from “vehemently spouting the rhetoric”

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        6 days ago

        Yeah. When his alien comics first started blowing up he made a big deal about it. Hadn’t heard from him since, so I assumed he’d niued his fanbase and gone away.

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          I thought this too from my time on reddit but looking into it found it was nothing other than him being supportive of his wife who went to an anti abortion rally… not very cash money but I think I had an overreaction to the reality of what happened.

          if there are actually tweets of him doing that id like to see them (didn’t find anything of the sort when I looked like a year or two ago)

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            No.

            There is no overreacting to toxic forced birth morons.

            Just having said a polite “good morning” to a forced birther is enough to put someone on my shit list, marrying one is certainly enough to expose someone as actually agreeing with them but not wanting to say so and lose a career.

            Fuck him, his wife, and anyone else who has anything to nice to say to or about those fucking psychos.

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    7 days ago

    Trunk of holding, bread and shower.

    I barely drive (work from home), would put all the extra shit in my house in trunk and drive with my kids every night for 10 mins so we all get out showers done and well free bread.

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      7 days ago

      How does the shower work? Does it just magically grant you the same effects as a hot shower, or does it just literally dump a stream of hot water on your head as you drive?

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    6 days ago

    Folding into a light suitcase is 100% the best option.

    That and bread; I don’t want a hot shower in the car…

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    I don’t see any situation where I don’t go with the parts never wearing out. Like, it could have stated that your parts never wore out, but you hit every red light you ever come into, and I would have still jumped on that one.

    So the parts never wear out and then probably the bread one because I like bread.

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    Folds into a (light) suitcase is WILDLY OP in the grand scheme of things. Granted most of these are OP. So is Bag of Holding in Trunk, that has insane use-cases too (how much can it hold?!).

    But imagine THE WHOLE CAR is compressible. Too bad you only have 5k magic-bucks, otherwise you’d have a compressible infinity machine with the trunk-bag-of-holding.

    Whatever, compressible car is nuts. Pick your other less-important upgrades (weather forcefield for me but only if it protects from humidity and hot weather, otherwise 2x bread loaf and then I can basically coast forever on free food and making people happy with bread)

    Now then. Imagine taking the HST or flying, but OH SHNAP, I have my car-sized suitcase in my lap or as a carryon the whole ride. When I get there I can decompress it and take stuff out / put stuff in / zoop around to wherever I want (assuming it’s legal) and then compress it again because fuck driving, I want to take public transit unless it’s not available.

    And wait, what defines a “car?” Here’s where admittedly shit could go off the rails.

    Can an e-bike be my “car” under this rule because if so this is GOATed. What about a transit van? A box van? A tractor-trailer combo? Could I carry a tanker truck load of water with me as a suitcase? Does that count as my “car?” Can I dump water in places it legit needs to be with my compressible suitcase tanker truck? What about a container trailer worth of food/material/??? as a suitcase? Could I help deal with world hunger / drought / forest fires / other??? Yeah, this is pretty broken.

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    Dude, its parts dont wear out. Obviously. In this economy? Having a car that will not wear and break down is thousands saved. Plus, eliminating the anxiety of the possibility of massive unforseen repair bills.

    After that… the bread I guess?

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      It really depends on whether your goal is to maximize money or quality of life. I’m already able to afford my car and its maintenance. If I never have repair bills, OK, I guess in theory I retire a little bit earlier than I otherwise would? But never having to worry about parking? That’s a major power up.

      Although, to be fair, I wish it wasn’t a suitcase and something even smaller. Something that would fit in your pocket. The problem with a suitcase is that many of the areas where you would most want to use this won’t let you bring in a suitcase. Saving the walk across a giant parking lot for a big box store is of no use if the store doesn’t allow you to bring in large bags or suitcases. A suitcase is just an odd thing to have in many settings.

      Where it would be amazing? Domestic air travel. Fly to a different city in-country? Your vehicle’s licensing and registration will still be valid, and you’ll never need to pay for an airport taxi or rental car again. But something pocket sized would really let this reach its potential.

      Although, especially if it’s pocket-sized, we then need to get into the mechanics of it. Does it unfold at the press of a button? That sounds dangerous. You probably don’t want to be too close to an unfolding car. So maybe a key fob triggers it? Does this allow me to throw my car at someone, pressing the button to unfold it mid-air?

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          Maybe? But like, I can just go to a bakery and buy a fresh loaf of bread if I want. Sure, I just said money isn’t everything. But a fresh loaf of bread is a quality of life upgrade I can easily trade cash for. Bread isn’t that expensive. I see the bread a lot like the zero-maintenance option. It simply replaces a thing that I can get by paying some money. Hell, if I wanted it badly enough, I’m sure I could pay someone to deliver me a fresh loaf of bread every morning. And hell, I already have the ability to have a fresh loaf of bread every morning. It’s called a bread maker. They’re not that expensive.

          But some of these upgrades are things that money literally cannot buy. Never have to worry about the weather while driving? Infinite trunk space? Never have to worry about parking? These are superpowers that simply cannot be purchased for any amount of money.