xkcd

8991 readers

311 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

1105

submitted 6 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

733 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Alt text:

An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This comic is clearly about lawn mowers people. Who discusses cars when wearing a hat like that?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Definitely stovetops

[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I do love how much torque my electric stove can put out while stopped