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The penultimate Hot Wheels setup.
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u/InitialJuggernaut77 Jan 28 '23
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” -Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride.
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u/ChocoTacoBoss Jan 28 '23
"One does not simply walk into Hogwarts" - Patrick Stewart, Hunger Games
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u/gmanz33 Jan 28 '23
YOU can't HANdle the truth!
- Gordon Ramsay, Barney
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u/cbtbone Jan 28 '23
“Hodor.”
-Gimli, Star Trek
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u/Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor Jan 28 '23
“What ya now about roooollin down in the deep”
-Jackie Chan, The Notebook
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u/bananasaucecer Jan 28 '23
“No, I am your mother”
-Spock, 1984
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u/Arminius80 Jan 28 '23
Use the force, Harry. - Gandalf as portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart
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u/ItsTheManFromScene24 Jan 28 '23
"That's okay. Another quaalude, she'll love me in the morning." - Dame Judi Dench as Ant-Man
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u/Ze_Credible_Hulk_Ya Jan 28 '23
You've been asleep for 100 years, Zelda! You must defeat Ganon with the Master Sword!
- Mario, Gears of War
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u/Nszat81 Jan 28 '23
-Wayne Gretzky
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u/MarphoPolo Jan 28 '23
“Oh, Dusty. Infamous is when you're MORE than famous. This man El Guapo, he's not just famous, he's INfamous.” - Ned Nederlander, The Three Amigos
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u/analogkid01 Jan 28 '23
Would you say I had a...plethora...of pinatas?...
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u/Shendare Jan 28 '23
We could take a walk... and you can kiss me on the veranda.
Lips would be fine.
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u/TurdMcDirk Jan 28 '23
“May the force be ever in your favor, Mr. Spock”
-Gandalf the Jedi (The Chronicles of Tatooine)
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u/Jefoid Jan 28 '23
So where’s the ultimate set?
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u/PoorMansPaulRudd Jan 28 '23
You're not ready to see that.
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u/MrFoxHunter Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
This is not the greatest Hotwheels set in the world, this is a Tribute.
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u/Most_Attitude_9153 Jan 28 '23
I hope you believe me and I wish you were there. It’s a matter of opinion.
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u/Busch_Leaguer Jan 28 '23
The actual greatest hotwheels set would turn your mind to shit!
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u/nihility101 Jan 28 '23
Ok, let me see the antepenultimate one.
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u/alt229 Jan 28 '23
LACMA I believe
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u/identity_concealed Jan 28 '23
Yes. “Chris Burden's Metropolis II is an intense kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city.”
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u/Bunsmar Jan 28 '23
Must be one of the most stressful exhibits to be museum staff around. My kid was just like "must touch this now!!!". It was the only time I would have loved to have one of those dehumanizing leashes strapped to his back because he could not be reasoned with.
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u/elmoeee Jan 28 '23
Yes, I remember as a kid, going there maybe once a month and staring at this for so long, LA is awesome
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u/u9Nails Jan 28 '23
It's got jumps, and loops, and even a death spiral (with a T-Rex who has a head mounted Laser and missile backpack).
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u/ThePhiff Jan 28 '23
My English teacher ass over here just happy that so many people know the correct meaning of the word "penultimate."
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u/human-being7 Jan 28 '23
Not really. Most of them seem to think it means second best instead of second last
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u/JacobThePathetic Jan 28 '23
That is not true - ultimate means last, penultimate means second last.
But that isn't the meaning we use when describing things as ultimate.
In this context, ultimate means best, penultimate second best.
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u/ForrestNub Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
penultimate never means second best. "ultimate" means best when it's being used figuratively. As in, "This thing is so good that there is no need to ever make another one". That same figurative language makes no sense for "penultimate" being "The thing so good that we'll just make one more, and then stop"
Edit: lots of the replies are just examples of cases where being "penultimate" is also second best, because the things are ordered from worst to best. That is a meaningless coincidence that has nothing to do with the figurative meaning of "penultimate". If someone says to me "penultimate" in the context of how good something is, they don't mean "second best" - they mean "best" and just misused the word.
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u/non_burglar Jan 28 '23
We often use ultimate when the context is a series of things ranked and displayed from worst to best. Like "ultimate sports showdown", when the last game is between the best teams. So if that's the context here, it works.
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u/0_o Jan 28 '23
yes, in this context it's like ranking in the order of least to most ultimate. like bosses in a video game, the last is the ultimate boss and the one before him is the penultimate boss.
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u/NudeCeleryMan Jan 28 '23
Is this second to last in a series of things? I think not.
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u/Killmotor_Hill Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
Yes, it is a series of rankings of quality with the last being the highest rank. Just like a countdown.
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u/NudeCeleryMan Jan 28 '23
Yet half of them spell lose as loose.
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u/itssohardtobealizard Jan 28 '23
The one that bothers me the most is “could of”
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u/MickeyButters Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
And the one that turns my stomach is I's for my as in:
My husband and I's car . . .
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u/SourceLover Jan 28 '23
What really gets me about this is that it's a simple rule: use the same pronoun as you would if you were only talking about yourself.
Unlike so much in English, this aspect has a nice, concise standard.
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u/navenlgrw Jan 28 '23
A Series of Unfortunate Events The Penultimate Peril (Second to last book in the series) made sure ill never forget!
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u/Hexent_Armana
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Did you know that penultimate means 2nd last?
Now I'm imagining you going around the world destroying other people's creations. Every time you destroy a hot wheels setup they ask why and you respond with "There can only be one more" as you slowly put your cool ass shades on and walk away with your black trenchcoat flowing behind you.
You continue to do this until you find one so amazing that you can't bring yourself to destroy it. By now you're famous around the world as the destroyer of hot wheels creations. The creator asks why him. You drop to your knees and say with tears streaming from your shades "This is it, the final one. I have seen the end and it is beautiful". You stay there silently weeping for a while but then stand up and walk off to destroy more hot wheels setups because this must remain the final setup and there is work to be done.
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u/Infamous-Bison-7044 Jan 28 '23
OP Is a spambot
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u/In_Dying_Arms Jan 28 '23
Yep, and this entire comment section is just everyone talking about the misuse of the word or continuing jokes on it.
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u/Designer-Pass9481 Jan 28 '23
This is an art installation by "Chris burden" , an awesome artist
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u/MaximumImpedance Jan 28 '23
Thanks. Found it. Metropolis II.
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u/flandall Jan 28 '23
I thought this was in Metropolis, Illinois for a second. Right by the Superman statue!
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u/GetsMeEveryTimeBot Jan 28 '23
THANK you.
My first question is "Where is this?" The first nine comments? "Ha ha, you used the word penultimate incorrectly!"
Does everybody have to point out the same thing?
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u/mteriyaki Jan 28 '23
It’s at LACMA, atleast that’s where i last saw it
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u/sweetbars Jan 28 '23
It’s part of LACMA’s permanent collection but, since much of the museum is currently under construction, it is not on view at the moment. It’s a really fun piece.
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u/pauljoemccoy Jan 28 '23
Thank you for being the first comment I scrolled to that wasn’t about the word penultimate, but rather what I was actually checking the comments for.
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u/vorlin37 Jan 28 '23
OP getting ripped apart for using a word incorrectly
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Jan 28 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
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u/cptaixel Jan 28 '23
I pro-agree! It's mega-irresponsible to misunderuse our language in such a anti- non-frivolous manner!
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u/FaceTheTruthBiatch Jan 28 '23
It's a good idea to create engagement, write something wrong and you will have hundred of people rushing to comment.
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u/_-__-__-__-__-_-_-__ Jan 28 '23
Bots deliberately use broken English because it garners more views and engagement in the comment section.
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u/Minus15t Jan 28 '23
I appreciate that there are more comments about the title than the video
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u/zHydro Jan 28 '23
Yeah that’s common on insta and TikTok but does engagement actually mean anything on Reddit?
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u/Nicky2Feet Jan 28 '23
Seriously… I desperately need a micro camera attached to one of those cars… film the whole loop in 4K and release a 24 hour video-loop at half speed…
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u/MaximumImpedance Jan 28 '23
They make a hot wheels car with a space for a mini gopro camera. That would make this the ultimate art installation.
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u/God_in_my_Bed Jan 28 '23
And until then, we will have to settle for the penultimate version. *sigh
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u/DBbongoloid Jan 28 '23
So basically a miniature of LA freeways.
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u/uuuuuuuuuuuuum Jan 28 '23
This installation is at LACMA, coincidentally
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u/Bearfoot42 Jan 28 '23
Oh thank fuck I found your comment, everyone wants to comment their 3rd grade vocab list but not help people find this gorgeous machine.
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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Jan 28 '23
Everyone’s ragging on the use of penultimate, and I’m just sitting here patiently waiting for OP to finally reveal their ultimate setup…
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u/asskicker1762 Jan 28 '23
I do not think that word means, what you think it means
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u/just4kickz24 Jan 28 '23
Put the hot wheel with the go pro on there
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u/c0ldvengeance Jan 28 '23
This is totally what I want to see, the video here is nowhere near enough for me to fully appreciate it.
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u/WildJoker0069 Jan 28 '23
cool cool....but who has to climb up to reset the flipped ones or was I the only one who could never get a car to go around more then twice without flipping lol
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u/seanresme Jan 28 '23
This reminds me of Marble racing on YT channel Jelle's Marble Runs. I was temporarily addicted during the Covid stay at home quarantine. The commentary is what helped make the racing and other events worth watching.
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u/GuyForgotHisPassword Jan 28 '23
I love it when people put words in their titles that don't make sense, almost every post is someone chipping in about the incorrect usage of the word instead of the content 😅
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u/PapaChoff Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
Everyone is talking about a word choice and I’m trying to figure out the black magic that is preventing these cars from flipping, going sideways and generally crashing and clogging this thing up. Ain’t no match box car that all go that straight
Edit: meant word, not weird.
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u/zenmarksman Jan 28 '23
This is actually the second design, the first "Metropolis I" used 80 hot wheels and they all fell off like you'd expect. "Metropolis II" uses custom cast cars with magnets to keep everything on track and a teflon coating to reduce friction. There's still a person in the middle to fix it if anything goes wrong
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u/SarcasticFalcon Jan 28 '23
'penultimate '
Last but one in a series of things; second last.
Other than that, yeh cool Hot Wheels machine
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u/Croakerboo Jan 28 '23
The uncles probably broke it right before the kid got to play with his Christmas present.
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u/duane11583 Jan 28 '23
this is called Metroplis
it is an art exhibit at the LA county Museum of ART (LACMA)
if you have a young kid, or neice/nephew you need to take them there.
and it is a short walk to the la brea tarpits (next door)
more info:
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/metropolis-ii
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u/slidellian Jan 28 '23 •
That’s awesome! That’s not what penultimate means but it’s cool regardless