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[–] 154 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Brake*

Sorry, just bugged me ><

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You’d be surprised how many “normal” people don’t know the difference

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    Far left pedal is the clutch, not a second "break"

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm on mobile and could be wrong, but this picture looks like it's an automatic and that's a foot rest, not a clutch (nearly all Fords have a large plate like that in that spot to rest your left foot)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    That looks like a dead pedal (foot rest), not a clutch pedal. Normally only the gas pedal has a full pedal face on it. A clutch pedal normally looks like a brake pedal.

    Edit: Eh someone already said this but I agree with them.

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Forgot to label Earth as accelerator

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Is it an accelerator? Or is it a jerk pedal? Technically the gas pedal controls the change in acceleration, right?

    I definitely have friends

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction. The steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake pedal all accelerate the vehicle.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction

    They definitely know that, given that they know that change in acceleration is called jerk

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So normal people don't have an education? It is brake, how do you people keep making this mistake?

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Love this

    ~ physicist

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Okay student, now turn the accelerator and feather the accelerator as you accelerate into the curve, then press the accelerator to accelerate your acceleration out the curve.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Can you fucking learn homonyms if you're going to make an entire ass meme about something?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I learned something today.

    I was taught in my younger days that “homonyms” were words that were spelled the same but pronounced differently, and “homophones” were words that were pronounced the same but spelled differently. “Break” and “brake” would then be homophones.

    But it turns out “homonym” is the broader category including “homophones,” “homographs,” and words where both are true (same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings). So homophones are homonyms.

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    P.S. Though Wikipedia says a more technical definition would limit “homonym” to, specifically, the third category, words that are spelled and pronounced the same but with different meanings. They give examples of “stalk” (part of a plant) and “stalk” (follow/harass a person), or “skate” (glide on ice) and “skate” (a type of fish).

    P.P.S. This reminds me of the autoantonym (a word that is its own opposite) “cleave,” which can mean “to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly” or “to split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.“ I don’t know if “cleave” is technically a homonym, or if these are simply two definitions for the same word, and I don’t know who would decide that. But it’s still a fun word.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    No, one of them is the "don't accelerate" pedal you use to switch gears.

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  • Is the window my frame of reference?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Break Gas? Never heard that expression before. I always thought it was "break wind". 😆💨

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    “Accelerate… Decelerate” — Simon Phoenix

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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