• SomGye@sh.itjust.works
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      In case you’re serious, “plaid” is a reference to the Spaceballs movie where a ship goes warp speed but goes so fast that they go “plaid” (much more amusing in the context of the movie)

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    From a global allocation perspective, hoarding wealth is a terrible use of resources. The economy would be much more productive if all of it was redistributed

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      Thanks for prompting me to imagine a fair and sensible distribution of these resources - where the fastest vehicles go to those who really need them.

      Resulting in a visual of an advanced care EMT/paramedic rocking up on scene in a hypercar.

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          Jeremy Clarkson credits a Porsche 928 as the reason he got to say goodbye to his dying father. “If it hadn’t been for a car that sits comfortably at 170mph, my dad would have died before I made it to Sheffield.”