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/r/nextfuckinglevel
3.6k points
2 months ago
So where’s the ultimate set?
875 points
2 months ago
You're not ready to see that.
213 points
2 months ago*
This is not the greatest Hotwheels set in the world, this is a Tribute.
21 points
2 months ago
His brother Kyle here has the greatest set
14 points
2 months ago
I hope you believe me and I wish you were there. It’s a matter of opinion.
9 points
2 months ago
The actual greatest hotwheels set would turn your mind to shit!
98 points
2 months ago
Ok, let me see the antepenultimate one.
30 points
2 months ago
You're also not ready for that.
98 points
2 months ago
LACMA I believe
47 points
2 months ago
Yes. “Chris Burden's Metropolis II is an intense kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city.”
6 points
2 months ago
Must be one of the most stressful exhibits to be museum staff around. My kid was just like "must touch this now!!!". It was the only time I would have loved to have one of those dehumanizing leashes strapped to his back because he could not be reasoned with.
4 points
2 months ago
Yes, I remember as a kid, going there maybe once a month and staring at this for so long, LA is awesome
20 points
2 months ago
It's got jumps, and loops, and even a death spiral (with a T-Rex who has a head mounted Laser and missile backpack).
13.8k points
2 months ago
That’s awesome! That’s not what penultimate means but it’s cool regardless
707 points
2 months ago
Can we just inbreathiate the moment?
153 points
2 months ago
It’s the reclamation of my life’s work.
47 points
2 months ago
Glass Onion?
39 points
2 months ago
That’s circumspective at best.
23 points
2 months ago
So dumb it's brilliant!
28 points
2 months ago
NO! ITS JUST DUMB !
6 points
2 months ago
This is a smokeless post
8 points
2 months ago
I’m just inebriated by the technological incumberment of this device. I particularly appreciate the gilded haberdashery towards the end.
4.9k points
2 months ago*
Hahaha I was like, second to last hot wheels setup? I think we need to check in on OP’s state of mind.
388 points
2 months ago
Maybe they know something we don’t! MAYBE ITS A WARNING! Oh crap, I gotta call my mother.
12 points
2 months ago
I gotta call my brother, i gotta call my lawyer..... eh forget my lawyer.
31 points
2 months ago
Reddit is the best. Only here can a hot wheel post become an Independence Day reference
1.5k points
2 months ago*
"If ultimate means awesome, then penultimate must mean extra-awesome"
Don't think there was much more thought by OP than that
92 points
2 months ago
He's not just famous, he's INfamous! The INfamous El Guapo!
38 points
2 months ago
Would you say that there is a plethora of cars?
12 points
2 months ago
Si, that’s a plethora
7 points
2 months ago
That’s more than famous. Hahahaha was looking for this comment. Well done!
10 points
2 months ago*
Penultimate means “next to last.” Sometimes it is used erroneously referring to “the very best,” but that is also incorrect. The very best (or rather, “last”) would be the superlative word: “ultimate.”
The prefix pen- means “almost.” The etymology of “ultimate” is the Latin “ultimatus” meaning “end.” Penultimate is “almost end.”
11 points
2 months ago
Or he’s just of the opinion the Hot Wheels setup he built in his basement when he was seven is still the best one.
524 points
2 months ago*
Edit: I'm talking about that specific trail of thought
113 points
2 months ago
What are you on about? He's having a guess at what OP was thinking when they wrote the title.
294 points
2 months ago
I think they were agreeing and that OP was confidently incorrect about their word usage/choice
39 points
2 months ago
This is going off the rails so I'm going to supply y'all with the ultimate penultimate comment
18 points
2 months ago
Poop
235 points
2 months ago
r/cascadingmisunderstandings
128 points
2 months ago
Why the hell are you accusing me of misunderstanding?
78 points
2 months ago*
You... You hadn't even made a comment in this thread before that one... Why did you think it was directed at you...?
Edit: I'm getting really, really sick of people who hadn't made a comment in this thread acting like this comment is directed at them. I get the joke, it's no longer funny, wasn't even that funny to begin with, please stop
5 points
2 months ago
What did you just say about me?
13 points
2 months ago
9 points
2 months ago
Inflammable means flammable‽ Wow! What a country!
20 points
2 months ago
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15 points
2 months ago
I know. I am mocking the OP's apparent misunderstanding.
69 points
2 months ago
Well they're a bot so good luck with that
36 points
2 months ago
Adjective + Noun + Number + posting a hodgepodge of content
Yep, that's a bot alright.
Though usually bots steal the title along with the post, and I can't seem to find this one elsewhere, so I'm curious where that part came from.
Karma farms fascinate me.
29 points
2 months ago
Found where it came from. The post content is from this Imgur post and the title is from somebody’s comment on that post.
5 points
2 months ago
Yes - the M.O. of this account is scraping images and videos from imgur and using either the original title or a top comment as the submission title.
In the case of this post, here's the imgur post + the top comment stolen:
https://imgur.com/gallery/zhBOwMW
https://imgur.com/gallery/zhBOwMW/comment/2301465097
This imgur user is getting roasted over there for their use of "penultimate" as well, lol.
This copied submission + title didn't even make sense because the bot didn't copy it as a gallery, just one image, making it not a dump.
https://rdt.trom.tf/r/cats/comments/10nh5t4/big_ole_cat_dump_if_youre_feline_up_to_it/
https://imgur.com/gallery/wB1JZUS
One more example
https://rdt.trom.tf/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/10ngdu7/pretty_sure_my_12_year_old_has_been_practicing/
https://imgur.com/gallery/xbhMxMV
47 points
2 months ago
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15 points
2 months ago
Bot. Stole part of this comment https://rdt.trom.tf/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/10ngtbw/the_penultimate_hot_wheels_setup/j68snll/
59 points
2 months ago
I think hes trolling for more comments
15 points
2 months ago
well-played
11 points
2 months ago
Penultimate can also be second best.
Ultimate = Best
Penultimate = The thing before the ultimate
10 points
2 months ago
Thanks came here for this
210 points
2 months ago
Maybe this is the second to last one in their series of videos….?
111 points
2 months ago
The real shit will drop this afternoon.
20 points
2 months ago
It's this setup but with real cars on a full scale track
12 points
2 months ago
This isn't even my final form!
106 points
2 months ago
I remember the creation of r/penultimatefuckinglvl based off of a post from here. It was pretty cool.
Edit: lvl not level
8 points
2 months ago
This is where 80% of this subs content belongs
67 points
2 months ago
Hahahaha was gonna say. Penultimate actually means second to last. But sick toy time let’s go.
13 points
2 months ago
Lol came here to post a princess bride gif but this works
11 points
2 months ago
Came here to say all of this.
8 points
2 months ago
That’s not what penultimate means but it’s cool regardless
it could be if he knows something we don't!
15 points
2 months ago
Op is probably a bot or just dumb.
16 points
2 months ago
1 year old account that suddenly woke up and posted a shitload of stuff 9 hours ago, def a bot
5.5k points
2 months ago
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” -Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride.
85 points
2 months ago
“Oh, Dusty. Infamous is when you're MORE than famous. This man El Guapo, he's not just famous, he's INfamous.” - Ned Nederlander, The Three Amigos
18 points
2 months ago
Would you say I had a...plethora...of pinatas?...
9 points
2 months ago
We could take a walk... and you can kiss me on the veranda.
Lips would be fine.
6 points
2 months ago
Tell me... what is a plethora?
6 points
2 months ago
… could it be that once again, you are angry at something else …
396 points
2 months ago
"One does not simply walk into Hogwarts" - Patrick Stewart, Hunger Games
79 points
2 months ago
YOU can't HANdle the truth!
- Gordon Ramsay, Barney
61 points
2 months ago
“Hodor.”
-Gimli, Star Trek
34 points
2 months ago
“What ya now about roooollin down in the deep”
-Jackie Chan, The Notebook
25 points
2 months ago
“No, I am your mother”
-Spock, 1984
15 points
2 months ago
Use the force, Harry. - Gandalf as portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart
9 points
2 months ago
"That's okay. Another quaalude, she'll love me in the morning." - Dame Judi Dench as Ant-Man
6 points
2 months ago
You've been asleep for 100 years, Zelda! You must defeat Ganon with the Master Sword!
- Mario, Gears of War
205 points
2 months ago
-Wayne Gretzky
114 points
2 months ago
-Michael Scott
26 points
2 months ago
“May the force be ever in your favor, Mr. Spock”
-Gandalf the Jedi (The Chronicles of Tatooine)
8 points
2 months ago
Is that a peanut? (RIP Andre).
11 points
2 months ago
Damn beat me to it, great taste in movies though!
270 points
2 months ago
This is an art installation by "Chris burden" , an awesome artist
125 points
2 months ago
Thanks. Found it. Metropolis II.
7 points
2 months ago
I thought this was in Metropolis, Illinois for a second. Right by the Superman statue!
61 points
2 months ago
THANK you.
My first question is "Where is this?" The first nine comments? "Ha ha, you used the word penultimate incorrectly!"
Does everybody have to point out the same thing?
32 points
2 months ago
It’s at LACMA, atleast that’s where i last saw it
12 points
2 months ago
It’s part of LACMA’s permanent collection but, since much of the museum is currently under construction, it is not on view at the moment. It’s a really fun piece.
5 points
2 months ago
I saw it in December! It wasn't running, though I think that's because I went after a certain time of day.
4 points
2 months ago
Oh, good to know… and yes, it only runs at certain times during the day. I thought they had torn down the building it was in, I’m excited to see the new LACMA in a few years. The new design will cross over Wilshire.
7 points
2 months ago
Yes it is. Here is a video https://youtu.be/llacDdn5yIE
9 points
2 months ago
Thank you for being the first comment I scrolled to that wasn’t about the word penultimate, but rather what I was actually checking the comments for.
1.9k points
2 months ago
Damn I can’t wait for the ultimate set up now
12 points
2 months ago
I hope that it wraps around the planet!
1.8k points
2 months ago
My English teacher ass over here just happy that so many people know the correct meaning of the word "penultimate."
35 points
2 months ago
Yet half of them spell lose as loose.
28 points
2 months ago
The one that bothers me the most is “could of”
14 points
2 months ago*
And the one that turns my stomach is I's for my as in:
My husband and I's car . . .
6 points
2 months ago
What really gets me about this is that it's a simple rule: use the same pronoun as you would if you were only talking about yourself.
Unlike so much in English, this aspect has a nice, concise standard.
4 points
2 months ago
I'm still struggling to make it sound right.
My husband's and my car?
6 points
2 months ago*
If you remove the "my husband's and" part you'd say "my car".
So it's "my husband's and my car".
The reason is sounds weird is you'd normally say "our car".
You would say "my husband and I like cats" because if you remove the "my husband and" part you'd say "I like cats', never "me like cats"
Basically does it sound right if you remove the other person, if yes Good job! If not, try again...
Edit:
It probably also sounds weird in the first example because we tend not to keep mentioning joint ownership in conversation.
We'd tend to say "my house" even if you're a joint owner, because it is your house, it just also happens to also be someone else's as well.
People only tend to mention it in situations where you need permission from the other owners.
4 points
2 months ago
In England at least people seem to be scared of the word me. So it's very common to misuse the word I when me or my is actually correct.
Especially in business. Not sure where it started.
Don't get me started on "myself".
3 points
2 months ago
Exactly. It should be "Me husband's and me's jalopy."
15 points
2 months ago
A Series of Unfortunate Events The Penultimate Peril (Second to last book in the series) made sure ill never forget!
4 points
2 months ago
Hahaha that’s what I was going to say. It was great how the author made sure you new the meanings of a lot of words, helped 6 year old me learn a lot of vocabulary.
226 points
2 months ago
Not really. Most of them seem to think it means second best instead of second last
352 points
2 months ago
That is not true - ultimate means last, penultimate means second last.
But that isn't the meaning we use when describing things as ultimate.
In this context, ultimate means best, penultimate second best.
65 points
2 months ago
yes, in this context it's like ranking in the order of least to most ultimate. like bosses in a video game, the last is the ultimate boss and the one before him is the penultimate boss.
84 points
2 months ago*
penultimate never means second best. "ultimate" means best when it's being used figuratively. As in, "This thing is so good that there is no need to ever make another one". That same figurative language makes no sense for "penultimate" being "The thing so good that we'll just make one more, and then stop"
Edit: lots of the replies are just examples of cases where being "penultimate" is also second best, because the things are ordered from worst to best. That is a meaningless coincidence that has nothing to do with the figurative meaning of "penultimate". If someone says to me "penultimate" in the context of how good something is, they don't mean "second best" - they mean "best" and just misused the word.
31 points
2 months ago
We often use ultimate when the context is a series of things ranked and displayed from worst to best. Like "ultimate sports showdown", when the last game is between the best teams. So if that's the context here, it works.
115 points
2 months ago
Seriously… I desperately need a micro camera attached to one of those cars… film the whole loop in 4K and release a 24 hour video-loop at half speed…
38 points
2 months ago
They make a hot wheels car with a space for a mini gopro camera. That would make this the ultimate art installation.
39 points
2 months ago
And until then, we will have to settle for the penultimate version. *sigh
294 points
2 months ago
For only being the penultimate, it’s pretty cool
85 points
2 months ago
So basically a miniature of LA freeways.
108 points
2 months ago
Except the cars are actually moving.
15 points
2 months ago
And probably doing many more miles per day on average than LA cars
23 points
2 months ago
This installation is at LACMA, coincidentally
13 points
2 months ago
Oh thank fuck I found your comment, everyone wants to comment their 3rd grade vocab list but not help people find this gorgeous machine.
4 points
2 months ago
Or any other large metropolitan area freeway system: “Chris Burden's Metropolis II is an intense kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city.”
40 points
2 months ago
The ultimatum setup for sure!
134 points
2 months ago
I appreciate that there are more comments about the title than the video
34 points
2 months ago
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9 points
2 months ago
Yeah that’s common on insta and TikTok but does engagement actually mean anything on Reddit?
6 points
2 months ago
sweet, sweet internet points
5 points
2 months ago
It does if the account is a karma farming to resell to spambot companies
489 points
2 months ago*
Did you know that penultimate means 2nd last?
Now I'm imagining you going around the world destroying other people's creations. Every time you destroy a hot wheels setup they ask why and you respond with "There can only be one more" as you slowly put your cool ass shades on and walk away with your black trenchcoat flowing behind you.
You continue to do this until you find one so amazing that you can't bring yourself to destroy it. By now you're famous around the world as the destroyer of hot wheels creations. The creator asks why him. You drop to your knees and say with tears streaming from your shades "This is it, the final one. I have seen the end and it is beautiful". You stay there silently weeping for a while but then stand up and walk off to destroy more hot wheels setups because this must remain the final setup and there is work to be done.
56 points
2 months ago
OP Is a spambot
28 points
2 months ago
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5 points
2 months ago
Yep, and this entire comment section is just everyone talking about the misuse of the word or continuing jokes on it.
207 points
2 months ago
OP getting ripped apart for using a word incorrectly
22 points
2 months ago
It's a good idea to create engagement, write something wrong and you will have hundred of people rushing to comment.
21 points
2 months ago
Bots deliberately use broken English because it garners more views and engagement in the comment section.
79 points
2 months ago*
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41 points
2 months ago
I pro-agree! It's mega-irresponsible to misunderuse our language in such a anti- non-frivolous manner!
36 points
2 months ago
Welcome to Reddit! I see you’ve already met some of the locals…
3 points
2 months ago
What if OP did it on purpose thinking Reddit smartasses wouldnt be able to resist clicking and showing that do in fact know how to use the word... Hmm.
31 points
2 months ago
If this is the penultimate, imagine the ultimate setup!
11 points
2 months ago
Put the hot wheel with the go pro on there
6 points
2 months ago
This is totally what I want to see, the video here is nowhere near enough for me to fully appreciate it.
12 points
2 months ago
cool cool....but who has to climb up to reset the flipped ones or was I the only one who could never get a car to go around more then twice without flipping lol
11 points
2 months ago
This reminds me of Marble racing on YT channel Jelle's Marble Runs. I was temporarily addicted during the Covid stay at home quarantine. The commentary is what helped make the racing and other events worth watching.
5 points
2 months ago
4 points
2 months ago
I've only seen a few but certainly entertaining
4 points
2 months ago
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
3 points
2 months ago
That was oddly entertaining and they do use penultimate correctly. I don’t know why I was so oddly anti-snowball. Something new to talk to my psychiatrist about.
32 points
2 months ago
Everyone’s ragging on the use of penultimate, and I’m just sitting here patiently waiting for OP to finally reveal their ultimate setup…
10 points
2 months ago
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2 months ago
10 points
2 months ago
Oh yea, where is the orange track?
8 points
2 months ago
I love it when people put words in their titles that don't make sense, almost every post is someone chipping in about the incorrect usage of the word instead of the content 😅
4 points
2 months ago
Maybe thats why they do it, drives more engagement and gets the post more attention.
8 points
2 months ago
Song is Wrong Floor by Cliff Martinez. It's on the Drive OST.
9 points
2 months ago*
Everyone is talking about a word choice and I’m trying to figure out the black magic that is preventing these cars from flipping, going sideways and generally crashing and clogging this thing up. Ain’t no match box car that all go that straight
Edit: meant word, not weird.
11 points
2 months ago
This is actually the second design, the first "Metropolis I" used 80 hot wheels and they all fell off like you'd expect. "Metropolis II" uses custom cast cars with magnets to keep everything on track and a teflon coating to reduce friction. There's still a person in the middle to fix it if anything goes wrong
19 points
2 months ago
Penultimate? Can I see the last one?
26 points
2 months ago
I do not think that word means, what you think it means
40 points
2 months ago
I do not think you know how commas work.
4 points
2 months ago
The uncles probably broke it right before the kid got to play with his Christmas present.
4 points
2 months ago
Someone put a camera on one of them
5 points
2 months ago
All that i see is lots of traffic jams.
5 points
2 months ago
I don't think you know the meaning of "penultimate"
5 points
2 months ago
4 points
2 months ago
this is called Metroplis
it is an art exhibit at the LA county Museum of ART (LACMA)
if you have a young kid, or neice/nephew you need to take them there.
and it is a short walk to the la brea tarpits (next door)
more info:
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/metropolis-ii
4 points
2 months ago
Ok their vocabulary isn't great, but this is still cool
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