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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Things like "Fiat stands for "Fix It Again Tony"" etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Me and a friend used to make up insulting rhymes about car brands we saw from the school yard.

I only remember one, this was a long time ago...

This was in Swedish, so I will do my best to translate, but don't expect miracles:

Renault är en bil för två - en sitter i, en skjuter på. | Renault is a car for two - one sits inside, the other pushes.

As for my car preferences, so far I have only had one, I got my license late 2022 at 35, and bought my 2021 Seat Leon PHEV used last summer.

I really like it, sure it isn't the world most luxurious car, and the touch UI is annoying as hell, but it is comfortable, quick enough and as long as you use the PHEV mode it doesn't need a lot of fuel.

I almost got a Mazda 3, but if I remember correctly, there wasn't any within my budget.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Renault had an old tagline - "nothing stops a Renault". A common joke was to add "not even its brakes".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Renault is "the car with vulva" in Czech.

I read that most people around the world won't understand that because the lozenge/diamond shape as a symbol for that is somewhat unique to central Europe.