• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    I got into a heated argument (preschool) about whether the car jumped or flew. My dumbass neighbors (my age and younger) contended that it flew. Their mother backed them up. I bet they turned out really fucked up with a parent who was willing to lie to them and distort reality rather than hit them with a dose of reality. I was super mad about it. And now look at me: I’m an atheist who believes in Leftwing politics, so I’d say that on the spectrum from reality to fucked, I turned out pretty ok. Hate to think how they must see the world today.

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      5 months ago

      fly

      to move through the air using wings.
      to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency:
      

      “Any other force or agency” such as a car’s momentum

      jump

      to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap:
      

      “muscular effort” cars don’t make muscular effort.

      Looks like flew was technically more accurate