X and Y are on the same plane in both examples.

Standards?

I love that this is the top comment. Right where my mind went.

I had a late 80s Plymouth that I had to keep my foot slightly on the throttle and revving about 1000rpm because if it dipped to idle speed (around 600rpm) it’d just crap out. So I’m sitting at the light with my foot on the brake and feathering the accelerator.

Anyone else notice that thumbs down is back, there just isn’t a counter. I’ve seen it for a few weeks now.

Been there, done that. It really depends on how you travel. I very much will drop myself in the middle of a foreign place for an extended time, make friends and talk to them to understand what is going on. You don’t have to live there for a decade and still not understand things (I’d argue you’re doing it wrong at that point).

But even a short term visit can greatly expand someone’s world view with access to the arts (museums, architecture, food, music) that they normally would not get in their own bubble. And there is a vast difference between just seeing it on a screen vs being there in person that opens up minds much more than they normally could.

So please don’t try to gatekeep traveling. It can have more a profound impact for people than you realize.

Two words: lawn darts.

Yes. Stay at home in your closed off little bubble. Never experiencing other cultures or places to help expand your world view and instead reinforce it with the echo chamber of those around you.

For those who don’t know, this was a fake ad made up by TopGear.

All three instances im on are CF backed, you can guess how that went.