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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Can someone explain the last panel?

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He meant intensive purposes, as in purposes marked by intensity, e.g. intense meaning extreme degrees of cool/danger/fun. I think the last panel is meant to be them flying through the air in the car, so the intensive purpose the renter had in mind is to drive extremely fast and jump it extremely high.

Just a guess, but that's my feeling on it.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that's the intended intensive purpose.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago

For me to not get it? Man, guess I am really out of the loop. Haha

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a rental for all intents and purposes because they ain't gonna have to pay for it.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hmm, that helps explain the treatment of the car, (so now I get what's happening in the last panel, thanks for that) but I still don't get it.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

He wouldn't have said "intensive purposes" if it wasn't integral to the joke. He's doing an intense thing in the last panel.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's just the juxtaposition between a suicide and talking about grammar (in this case, an eggcorn) that creates the humor.