▲ 313 ▼ High gas prices drive Georgia man to create a "mini car" costing about $3 to fill up (cdn.imgchest.com) submitted 5 months ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Photonic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Sorry, didn't mean to snap at you, just felt sad and upset on how many comments are so negative. I saw the video and felt his joy, and was a bit jealous, that looks so much fun and fun to build. Every person who commented something negative or snarky needs more whimsy in their lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The guy is a proper hacker in the original meaning of the word of somebody who grabs something and changes it to make it do something else it was never meant to do. And as any proper hacker knows (and his obviously in the interview he too feels), actually succeeding and ending up with this crazy actually working thing that you invented yourself and nobody else has is immensely pleasurable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago He looks so happy, and with a well deserved and earned smug grinn. Fell like everyone here who use this as a platform to criticize "things Americans will do instead of [cycling/public transportation/...]" have completely missed the point and are just jealous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Sorry, didn't mean to snap at you, just felt sad and upset on how many comments are so negative. I saw the video and felt his joy, and was a bit jealous, that looks so much fun and fun to build. Every person who commented something negative or snarky needs more whimsy in their lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The guy is a proper hacker in the original meaning of the word of somebody who grabs something and changes it to make it do something else it was never meant to do. And as any proper hacker knows (and his obviously in the interview he too feels), actually succeeding and ending up with this crazy actually working thing that you invented yourself and nobody else has is immensely pleasurable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago He looks so happy, and with a well deserved and earned smug grinn. Fell like everyone here who use this as a platform to criticize "things Americans will do instead of [cycling/public transportation/...]" have completely missed the point and are just jealous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The guy is a proper hacker in the original meaning of the word of somebody who grabs something and changes it to make it do something else it was never meant to do. And as any proper hacker knows (and his obviously in the interview he too feels), actually succeeding and ending up with this crazy actually working thing that you invented yourself and nobody else has is immensely pleasurable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago He looks so happy, and with a well deserved and earned smug grinn. Fell like everyone here who use this as a platform to criticize "things Americans will do instead of [cycling/public transportation/...]" have completely missed the point and are just jealous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago He looks so happy, and with a well deserved and earned smug grinn. Fell like everyone here who use this as a platform to criticize "things Americans will do instead of [cycling/public transportation/...]" have completely missed the point and are just jealous. permalink fedilink source parent