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[–] VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

People are getting way to technical about it

Human made doors vs human made wheels

Balls don't count as wheels

I would say you need an actual door so the doorway between your living room and hallway doesn't count. That's a doorway, not a door

The issue is, what counts as a wheel?

My car engine has some round shit that spins for belts on it, are those wheels? I would say, for fun, no. It has to be a wheel... used for moving the object around, gears and shit don't count

I still think wheels win because there are lots of toy cars in the world

[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Relatedly, I heard somewhere (probably on No Such Thing As A Fish? but maybe also on Lateral) that the manufacturer that produces more tires than any other is Lego.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A gear is called a tandwiel in dutch. Which translates to teeth wheel.

So those are wheels and they are everywhere.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Look, I'm not about to let Dutch tell me what's a wheel and what isn't. 😉

[–] christopher@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Would a car trunk lid count as a door? My guess would be no. Same with the hood.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

What about on a van? My kids get in and out of the back door of our van, but when all the seats are up it's essentially just a big trunk lid.

Then consider kitchen cabinets. There's no other word for cabinet doors - they are necessarily doors. Is a trunk lid different from a car door in any ways that a cabinet isn't different from a house's front door?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

Toy cars, scooters, bicycles, motorcycles 2:0 real cars are probably a little over 1:1

I think you nailed it

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

I dunno, I think a lot of those "round shit that spins" are defined as wheels. A pully consists of a wheel and something stretched over it and pulled. A gear is literally a "toothed wheel". I could see an argument that a typical ball bearing consists of 2 wheels, an inner and outer.

Still though. Doors are everywhere. Cabinets, ovens, microwaves, fridges/freezers, washers and dryers, closets, etc. The trunk and hood of a car, the glove box, center console, the little storage compartments tucked away all over modern SUVs, hell there's a door hiding the mirror on my driver's and passenger's sun shade in my car.

I think I could literally have this conversation back and forth all day. lol