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Rental Car (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by klarvy7@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can someone explain the last panel?

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He meant intensive purposes, as in purposes marked by intensity, e.g. intense meaning extreme degrees of cool/danger/fun. I think the last panel is meant to be them flying through the air in the car, so the intensive purpose the renter had in mind is to drive extremely fast and jump it extremely high.

Just a guess, but that's my feeling on it.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think that's the intended intensive purpose.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago

For me to not get it? Man, guess I am really out of the loop. Haha

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a rental for all intents and purposes because they ain't gonna have to pay for it.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hmm, that helps explain the treatment of the car, (so now I get what's happening in the last panel, thanks for that) but I still don't get it.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

He wouldn't have said "intensive purposes" if it wasn't integral to the joke. He's doing an intense thing in the last panel.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's just the juxtaposition between a suicide and talking about grammar (in this case, an eggcorn) that creates the humor.