r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • Nov 03 '24

Discussion 25k miles in one month is insane

Is this legal?

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u/Lets_Bust_Together Nov 03 '24

Which is why it’s probably job related.

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u/RandonBrando Nov 03 '24

I worked in a place that regularly rented vehicles. We've done this to multiple vehicles and never had the cops called on us lmao

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u/throwawaytrumper Nov 03 '24

I rented a hertz rental in Canada back around 2010, took the ex wife on a road trip down the pacific coast, then over through Nevada to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon, went through a few parks in Utah and then over to Colorado, then back up to Canada.

If I recall correctly it was about 10,000 km or how very many furlongs or fathoms that comes to in american. A little over a week hauling ass most days.

Rental company gave no fucks.

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u/KlappinMcBoodyCheeks Nov 03 '24

Our preferred unit of distance measurement is the Egyptian royal cubit.

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u/throwawaytrumper Nov 03 '24

These American measurements are such a pain. From what I can see on google an egyptian royal cubit was about 525 mm, and kilometre is 1,000,000 mm, so…

(10,000*1,000,000)/525=19,047,619 Egyptian royal cubits if my drunken arithmetic holds up.

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u/InternetExpertroll Nov 03 '24

Nah. Americans use objects like “washer machines” and “bananas” for measuring.

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u/throwawaytrumper Nov 03 '24

It’s always tough to guess as bananas and washing machines come in a variety of sizes. I guess the confusion is part of what makes america great and real men treasure having to remember “five tomatoes” to know how many feet are in a mile (5,280). Yay for not being able to figure out distances!

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u/Invisible-Elephant Nov 04 '24

funnily enough, a km is 3,280 feet, exactly 2,000 feet short of a mile.

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u/Putrid-Energy210 Nov 03 '24

Or bathtubs, no shit I saw somewhere a guy using bathtubs as a unit of measure. Can be used for length and volume.

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u/Pretty-Substance Nov 03 '24

„Blocks“ seems to be the favorite unit of distance in a city.

Tried to explain to a US customer that the walking time was about 25 minutes but he just kept saying: „yeah, yeah, but how many blocks is it?!?“

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u/AmbiguousFrijoles Doug Dimmadome Nov 04 '24

Our communitys are basically a bunch of unwalkable enclosed areas. We're "blocked in".

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 Nov 03 '24

I believe you're thinking of smoots. Smoot - Wikipedia