Why did Disney/Pixar choose the Porsche 996?
04-21-2016, 02:27 PM
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It was an obvious choice: Sally Carrera is Freaking Hot. (I love this movie)
btw, the Deezer Auto Museum in North Miami Beach has Mater and a few other vehicles from Cars. No Sally, sadly, or I'd be there weekly like Joe Dimaggio at Norma Jean's grave
btw, the Deezer Auto Museum in North Miami Beach has Mater and a few other vehicles from Cars. No Sally, sadly, or I'd be there weekly like Joe Dimaggio at Norma Jean's grave
04-21-2016, 02:38 PM
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"The best place on the Internet to learn about usage and grammar is, of course, a Disney Cars thread on Rennlist," thought 5chn3ll. "Once I have been properly informed about the proper use of 'irony,' I think I'll head over to the "I Bought KK's Car" thread to see tolerance and wisdom being shared freely." "Holy crap, I just realized that MY car has orange side markers" could have been ironic, but if you point out the irony, it is generally no longer ironic. The irony is the obvious incongruity between what you say and what you're implying.
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adverb: ironically
- in an ironic manner.
used to denote a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.
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04-21-2016, 02:42 PM
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"That man was quite possibly the biggest a-hole ever born. He pushed Apple to create some next-level stuff, but such an insufferable, arrogant *****."
I think this can be said of most if not all "visionaries" and otherwise uber-successful people. It's usually also said by people that A) Didn't know them particularly well and/or (B) Had an axe to grind...
I think this can be said of most if not all "visionaries" and otherwise uber-successful people. It's usually also said by people that A) Didn't know them particularly well and/or (B) Had an axe to grind...
Einstein was not an insufferable, arrogant *****; neither to the best of my knowledge were Oppenheimer, Bell, or Sikorsky. Tesla was a little odd, but not arrogant to the best of my understanding. Benjamin Franklin, arguably the country's first "visionary" in many areas, was terribly inappropriate at times, but I think he would have been fun to work for.
You can be the smartest guy in the room without needing to remind everyone else that you're the smartest guy in the room. Jobs did not feel this way.
04-21-2016, 02:48 PM
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04-21-2016, 03:17 PM
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04-21-2016, 04:13 PM
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i·ro·ny
* the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
* incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is, or a situation or result showing such incongruity
* of, resembling, or containing iron
"The best place on the Internet to learn about usage and grammar is, of course, a Disney Cars thread on Rennlist," thought 5chn3ll. "Once I have been properly informed about the proper use of 'irony,' I think I'll head over to the "I Bought KK's Car" thread to see tolerance and wisdom being shared freely."
"Holy crap, I just realized that MY car has orange side markers" could have been ironic, but if you point out the irony, it is generally no longer ironic. The irony is the obvious incongruity between what you say and what you're implying.
* the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
* incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is, or a situation or result showing such incongruity
* of, resembling, or containing iron
"The best place on the Internet to learn about usage and grammar is, of course, a Disney Cars thread on Rennlist," thought 5chn3ll. "Once I have been properly informed about the proper use of 'irony,' I think I'll head over to the "I Bought KK's Car" thread to see tolerance and wisdom being shared freely."
"Holy crap, I just realized that MY car has orange side markers" could have been ironic, but if you point out the irony, it is generally no longer ironic. The irony is the obvious incongruity between what you say and what you're implying.
(No, seriously, I've read and re-read it 3 or 4 times and just can't wrap my head around it
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04-21-2016, 04:18 PM
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"It's like rain on your wedding day / isn't it ironic"
This is a classic example of non-irony. Sh*t luck, yes, but not irony.
Scheduling a demonstration in Texas to inform the public about how climate change has eliminated all precipitation in the southern US only to have it cancelled because of the worst flooding in the state's history: Irony.
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