Lurian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down16
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkTIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000www.theguardian.comLurian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squaredarklamer@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoThere’s something very fishy about this claim, I happen to own a European car from the year 2000 so I just went out to the garage and measured it, just to be sure, and it’s still exactly the same length as it was when it was brand new.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoDid you measure from the car’s asshole?
minus-squarepartofthevoice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoDid you make sure not to use the cars built-in measurement utility? That would have grown too, you know…
minus-squaredarklamer@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoMy car really is from the year 2000, far too old to have any built-in measurement utility.
minus-squarepartofthevoice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoDamn… it got to the external ones too.
There’s something very fishy about this claim, I happen to own a European car from the year 2000 so I just went out to the garage and measured it, just to be sure, and it’s still exactly the same length as it was when it was brand new.
Did you measure from the car’s asshole?
Did you make sure not to use the cars built-in measurement utility? That would have grown too, you know…
My car really is from the year 2000, far too old to have any built-in measurement utility.
Damn… it got to the external ones too.