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[–] 74 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Think of it like a kick scooter. You can walk, sure, but kick scooter is much more fun and faster, and one kick and it will roll for a distance. Flintstone car is the same way, they can stop running and the car can still roll for a distance.

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  • [+] -17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    You haven't actually watched the Flintstones then. They aren't sitting in that thing, they are standing upright with nothing to hold them up, so they can't coast at all.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Watch it some more. They are chairs that their feet dangle out the bottom. The angle and drawing in the intro makes it seem like there's no seat. But in other scenes it's clearly there.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hmm you're right, granted the last time i watch flintstone is...25 years ago?

    But it still act like a cart and could hold stuff in that case.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They do sit down, run for a bit and then raise their feet. I remember it clearly because I put too much thought into that as a kid. Lol

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    This is the joke. How is this meme making fun of what is already clearly the intentional joke of the show?

    This isn't even low hanging fruit, this is picking through the rotten scraps on the ground.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He runs while sitting. Somehow.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That’s what always bothered me about those carsβ€”let’s push all this shit in a sitting position when we don’t really need to! But also it’s a parody, so I’m takin’ the piss.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Actually, it does make sense to have a "vehicle" like this. We had them in real life, the precursors to bicycles were "dandy horse" and they operated by similar principles. Basically, the wheels of the vehicle allow you to "coast", maintaining the velocity you've built up with less effort.

    The specific design of the Flintstones' vehicles is silly, yes. The posture is inefficient and the giant stone wheels would be a removed to get up to speed. But that's just artistic license, IMO. You could build a four-wheeled version of the dandy horse and it'd be a reasonable vehicle for getting around in a place without any significant inclines.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You should cross post this to fuckcars

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    What bothered me more is the steering. How is that supposed to steer? The front wheel is just wedged into the frame.

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  • I always thought the steering wheel was wedged into the frame like everything else, so it basically bent the two anterior-posterior aligned pieces. That would look something like:


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    from the top. I can't really depict the way that it would bend the two rollers, but it would turn in a manner similar to the way the big fire engines with the rear and front steering wheels work.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago
    [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I can't handle the lines in the wood only being dark in the top panel.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    it's the power of inertia.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That is indeed the joke.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    β€œNo, I yabba dabba don’t.”

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah go all the way to work without your car...ok buddy

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Or ask the Great Gazoo for a new car?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's 25km of roads with no shoulder or bike lanes, no sidewalk, high speed limits, curvy with heavy truck traffic and lots of little crosses on the side of the road. But sure. Why can't I just run to work?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago