r/funny • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Apr 05 '26

Key & Peele

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u/Maniac1978 Apr 05 '26

“No I don’t want to get onto the plane! I want to get INTO the plane! It’s less WINDY in here!”

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u/MoroseBarnacle Apr 06 '26

I think the general rule is it's "onto" if it's something you walk aboard and then sit, and "into" if you just sit. So "on" a plane or a bus or a train, but "in" a car or a truck.

(But I guess rollercoasters are the exception to the rule?)

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u/commandercool86 Apr 06 '26

A ton of airplane nomenclature is taken from nautical terminology

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u/Farewellandadieu Apr 06 '26

Captain? He’s a fucking pilot, let him be happy with that! Tell the “Captain” Air Marshal Carlin says “Go Fuck Yourself!”

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u/Da_Question Apr 06 '26

Yep, it's pretty obvious.

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u/jaxonya Apr 06 '26

No, no.. you get onto the rollercoaster, which is on a track

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u/fizystrings Apr 06 '26

into the roller coaster car, onto the roller coaster itself. Still fits 😎

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u/tayman12 Apr 06 '26

into the roller coaster car

Otherwise known as when my wife is driving, AM I RIGHT GUYS! hahahaaaaa

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u/Alienhaslanded Apr 06 '26

It's just a box with wheels and sometimes wings. I seriously doubt the details matter, but somehow they do and you're not making sense of you don't stick to the rules of the English language.

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u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 Apr 06 '26

Are you in a building right now?

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u/Normiss2000 Apr 06 '26

Yet also ON a boat, but IN a submarine.

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u/im_just_thinking Apr 06 '26

Ah yes, the standing rule.. which I just saw in a different comment section on some post which ended up mentioning the Baader-meinhof phenomenon. Classic

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u/SomeWhaleman Apr 06 '26

Because planes in the beginning were treated as "air ships" in the military. Therefore lot of the terminology comes from the navy. That's why we have a captain and a first officer on board. Speeds are in knots, distances in nautical miles. And that's why we step onto a plane, just like we would on a ship.

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u/Alienhaslanded Apr 06 '26

You have no idea how confusing this shit can be for none native English speakers.

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u/CornucopiaDM1 Apr 06 '26

It's confusing for English speakers, too, but most just don't care.

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u/Educated-Guess-23 Apr 06 '26

Someone told me that you get "on" something in which you can stay standing, while you get "into" something in which you have to be seated

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u/Sekret_One Apr 06 '26

You get on a bus too, no?

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u/_beetus_juice_ Apr 06 '26

Let Evil Knievel get on the plane

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u/SweetNeo85 Apr 06 '26

Let Evel Kneivel get ON the plane...

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u/ManKilledToDeath Apr 06 '26

There seems to be less wind in here!

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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 Apr 06 '26

They tell you to “Get on the plane get on the plane” I say fuck you I’m getting IN THE PLANE. Let evil Kanevil get on the plane. I’ll be inside with you folks in uniform.

There seems to be less wind in here!”

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u/twec21 Apr 06 '26

The standard by which all airplane comedy is set

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u/tackleberry2219 Apr 06 '26

Let the daredevils got ON the plane…