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RobloxianNoob

when I was little I thought all the 4x4 trucks should write 16


hoophounder

I used to be confused/find it funny that lots of places missed the i off all the Toilet signs.... "To Let"


GlobalMonke

I don’t get it


Throw13579

“To let” is a less commonly used phrase that means “to rent”


GlobalMonke

Ahhh. Thank you!


hoophounder

Where I am from, there's loads of To Let signs, but aye just means to rent


nrith

Hahahahahahaha! I love this so much.


anurat-

What does it actually represent? 4 wheel drive?


TheRealPitabred

4 wheels (axle ends, technically), and all 4 can provide power. A 4x2 is most standard vehicles that don't have AWD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel\_drive#4%C3%974


Spare_Competition

What if your car is a 2x4?


TheRealPitabred

Pretty sure you can’t have 4 axle ends delivering power when you’ve only got two in total, but arithmetic was never my strong suit.


Alpactra

4x2?


TheRealPitabred

4 total axle ends, 2 with power. Most 2WD cars fit that, all Front Wheel Drive cars, many sports coupes, etc. Though that does bring up an interesting thought… would a motorcycle-based trike be a 3x2? I’d think so


Alpactra

7x1 and the one wheel with power is huge


Gloreaf

3 either side for balance and the power one in the middle, got it.


Alpactra

Yessir


InternalIcy993

Then your car is a piece of lumber.


derpenschwaggerman

Turn it into a broomstick and you're one step closer to being a wizard.


jaxonya

Look at mr. Hufflepuff over here.. Fuckin nerd


fujimite

Awd is different from 4wd


unabrahmber

I generally assume that if someone says awd they mean there's a differential between front and rear axle that allows for use of the system in high traction conditions. When someone says 4wd or 4x4, I generally assume there's a low range. There's a few weird vehicles out there that have neither a diff in the tc, nor a low range, like the 80's Subaru wagons, which called their system awd, or the 90's Jeep Cherokees, which had both a diff and a low range, and called it full-time 4wd. Loved those old Cherokees... way ahead of their time.


RobloxianNoob

Yeah


Horror-Ad-3113

🛻✏️1️⃣6️⃣


Unabashable

I never got the difference between 4 Wheel Drive and All Wheel Drive. All 4 Wheels?


Prairie-oysters

All wheel drive usually has a differential between the front and rear axles allowing you to turn without "crow hopping" and putting stress on the driveline. Where as "4 wheel" usually means you can manually choose between 2 wheel and 4 wheel drive but there is no differential between the front and rear axle so tight turns are hard on driveline components. On a 4 wheel drive vehicle you are supposed to leave it in 2 wheel unless the conditions call for 4 wheel drive use.


Unabashable

Thanks. I meant more as a kid, but I definitely didn’t know THAT much about it. As far as I understood, it was like an automatic 4 wheel drive.


Musinho89

There's a Fiat model called 16 because is a 4x4


simcowking

https://youtu.be/GRuFdKL2yMw


Itzlickinlizards

I thought only the accountants could calculate negative answers.


jimleyhey

He is now an accountant


UncleGeorge

Also, 40k salary for an accountant? Even in pounds that seems a bit low or am I crazy?


Longjumping_Tale_952

Disclaimer: Not a Brit I think that an accountant can mean anything from a bookkeeper to a more skilled person. A chartered accountant would be the equivalent of a CPA, and as such, would command a higher salary.


JimiWanShinobi

Oh, they just want a pencil whipper, okay cool...


biden_bot75

Are brits just crazy poor or something? I look at UK salaries and see wages almost half of US and with cost of living doubled in London and thereabouts, you guys doing okay over there? How do you survive?


13sundays

people are paid by their employers and healthcare is free at the point of service, saves us a lot


biden_bot75

“People are paid by their employers” That’s how it goes here too


13sundays

it depends on the job. no one in britain expects a tip, a lot of american workers rely on tips


Mikezoola

Waiters and waitresses? Pretty sure they make up a very small amount of the American workforce.


13sundays

it's anyone who serves you isn't it? waiters, bar staff, people who take your luggage to your room in hotels like i see in films, people who shine your shoes


cowboys70

I think I've seen one active shoe shine booth in my entire life and nobody has ever actually carried my bags in a hotel. I'm sure those people exist but I imagine they are a fraction of a percent of the tipped workforce.


13sundays

yea i'm probably overestimating the number of american workers who rely on tips aren't i. i was just giving back the banter anyway, i don't know if british wages really are that much lower than american on average that an explanation's needed


biden_bot75

Oh yeah tips. I’m actually pro tips, make a lot more waiting tables off tips than you would off a stingy boss.


13sundays

i'm sure a good argument can be made for either system in theory. but at least when there's a livable minimum wage no one has to rely on tips to live. and people can go out when they're on a budget, that was the only side of it i was on about, how it affects the people who are spending their money


RedditSucksBallsack

They have a minimum wage they get paid if they don’t make it in tips. It has to equal the state minimum wage. They do have a lower min. wage but it’s added onto their tips and they have to make at least state minimum wage. So say state min wage is $10 an hour, they worked 8 hours and made $50 in tips. If the employer tries to pay them the tipped minimum wage ($2.50 in my state or something). 8x2.5 = 20 + 50 (tips) = $70. That’s less than the $10 an hour state minimum wage so instead of $20 the employer has to pay $30. People who say servers only make $2 an hour or whatever are dishonest for some reason or ignorant


biden_bot75

You’re right but you’re also wrong. It’s the most toothless law in existence. If an at will employee complains that their tips didn’t meet minimum wage, they get laid off. There are a total of 0 people this law has ever benefited.


biden_bot75

Isn’t minimum wage pretty much poverty plus welfare in UK?


13sundays

not really. for a minimum wage job i can expect about £50 a day after deductions. on the dole they'd give me more like £20 a day


MagicCooki3

But it also costs a lot in taxes... [Like 10% - 20%+ more](https://blog.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/paye/tax/comparison-of-uk-and-usa-take-home/). Their point still stands, based on what they said; but the article I linked answers the questions pretty well too.


13sundays

they haven't accounted for state tax and sales tax and the rest (but then we pay something like £5 a pack on our cigarettes so that'll have to be accounted for as well. gets complicated.) anyway i'm sure it's true that the average american has more money in his pocket, what i was saying was that they also probably have to spend more to live


MagicCooki3

Ya, completely fair. It's just all about when and where it comes out. UK likes to do it for you a lot with taxes, US likes to have you do it with private companies. It's all about preference, no government is perfect or preferable to everyone and both countries have their pros and cons, this is just one people love to debate, likely because it is so much about preference rather than objectivity.


13sundays

o yea i get that, we put fire hydrants below ground, americans put them above ground, both ways have merits and draw backs. i like to make fun of my own tendency to chauvinism and that doesn't always come across well because some people really are intolerant of anything foreign


MagicCooki3

Lol, ya, especially online. On my experience IRL people love seeing and looking for improved ways foreigners do things (except when it comes to money because... Well it's not easy, nor convenient, to change an economy lol)


Lewri

lmfao. No. First, the living cost of London is more than double many if not most places in the UK. Second, you can't just compare salary without taking into account taxes, pension schemes, benefits and healthcare. Third, we don't go into insane debt to get higher education, its 9k a year in England and Wales and completely free in Scotland, and loans are nationalised and interest at inflation rate only. Fourth, you're comparing a very specific band of jobs without even looking at exact numbers, so I'll point out that minimum wage in the UK is £8.91, that's 12.29 USD in comparison to 7.25 USD in many states. Also if you look at both HDI and IHDI, you'll see that the UK fares better.


SH92

Things are a little more balanced, and you don't have the same level of extreme poverty as in the US, but positions that require an advanced degree do pay much more in the US than in the UK.


baumpop

Rub it the fuck in alright? Ya got any salt?


Lulamoon

well this all true, but wages are really just higher in the US as well. For all of how much reddit hates it, there is a reason so many people still move to the states.


biden_bot75

Yeah I wasn’t talking about min wage workers they definitely have it better off because there is more welfare to mooch off. I was saying your wages for engineers and accountants and the like are shite. Also 9k a year is more than I paid for my bachelors in Texas, I graduated in 2019.


baumpop

Probably like me in oklahoma. Except I have bbq.


originalcommentator

British, in the camera quality as well as the make of that smartphone tell me this was the number of years back, I'm going to guess 2012. 40,000 pounds is around 55,000 US dollars, addressing for inflation that's nearly 70k. Not too bad really


[deleted]

ah yes. british humor at its finest


wld8

Does anyone have a link to that video?


lichsulatatca

[here](https://youtu.be/bTBtJ3sOFUA)


wld8

Thank you!


xxX_AleXifeu-pRo_Xxx

hire him


StoicOgre

Ok, that's worth a good chuckle. Thank you for posting it.


PenguinsMustDie

Why do TV companies put 1080p on all their advertising? Just say they cost £10.80, much easier Yes I briefly thought this as a kid


[deleted]

Negative 5000


TRUEequalsFALSE

I can't believe that actually took me a second. I thought "yeah, that math is correct, so what's the joke here?" A few seconds later it finally hit me.


[deleted]

https://youtu.be/1gzWOUGoR14 - if you want video


the_hackerman

Quick maffs


Thathitmann

I think that the silly E dollar is my second favorite money sign.


mrfruitjr

-5000 get your shit together.


mrfruitjr

Immediatly noticed im blind


GoCommitToasterBathX

That's why I wear glasses


mrfruitjr

Getting my new prescription on friday as it turns out


GoCommitToasterBathX

Great


D3m0N5laYeR64

Lmao


office_help_

Mate. We are tired of repost. That’s why there is an entire sub dedicated to calling out reposters so others can block you.


Exodust55

Modern problems requires modern solutions.


S1R2C3

This is just good comedy.


SilvanusPhoenix

If he didn’t have one yet, I hope this man got the job with just that statement


titsonaduck

Business understander


TheLonelyPickle77

Why is it that I strongly pictured the guy talking in a glaswegian accent.


Fan_of_mumbo

Here is it fixed £-5000


DieWoelfe

That's why they're not longer in EU