Alt TextA screenshot of a post showing a red pickup truck with a mechanical arm structure attached to its bed, holding a magnet in front of a metal plate mounted on the front bumper, titled “Okay explain why this wouldn’t work”. Below, a comment from the official Volkswagen account reads “We sent this to the engineering department and they blocked us on teams.”

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[–] 64 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Switch the magnet for a carrot and the truck for a donkey, it’s way simpler than you tech bros are making it out to be.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    Neither carrots or donkeys are magnetic 🙄

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    And yet... there is attraction. I propose, until we've studied it enough to come up with a better name, the "donkey carrot attraction force"

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

    Can this attraction be improved upon? Like if the carrot wears some lipstick or some such?

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