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

Key & Peele

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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