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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

Title text:

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Idk about you, but I usually build tension when I break.

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I build tension before I break, but maybe I'm weird.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's right the actual moment of breaking usually releases tension, but the overall process of breaking includes building it up!

[-] xylol@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago

Maybe its some sort of human degradation fuel system, as you break down it powers the car?

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