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$\begingroup$ Let's expand on this: Henry Ford once said you can have a car in any color as long as it's black. His point was at the time his assembly line process focused on creating one car as cheaply as possible to sell as deeply into the marketplace as possible. Today we have cars in all kinds of colors. We have all kinds of cars. We have sports cars and luxury cars and minivans and SUVs - and outside that there are trucks of all kinds and busses and heaven only knows how many other kinds of vehicles. Simplifying an awful lot, they break down into purpose, affordability, and aesthetic choice. $\endgroup$
– JBH
Commented Sep 12, 2022 at 14:55
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$\begingroup$ I'd say though that a horse doesn't even have to be better in any quantifiable way, it just has to not be quantifiably worse. If all things being equal you can pick between a horse and giant bug, some people will pick the horse just because why not. Even if the bug has a better spec sheet, it better be a seriously good looking bug for me to pick it over a horse. $\endgroup$
– AmiralPatate
Commented Sep 13, 2022 at 14:29
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$\begingroup$ @AmiralPatate Giant millipede is a smoother ride and more room for cargo. $\endgroup$
– DKNguyen
Commented Sep 13, 2022 at 17:32
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$\begingroup$ @DKNguyen Yeah, but, it looks like a bug. I don't want to ride on a bug like I don't want to ride in a Volkswagen, which is to say it's yucky and I'd much rather have a mustang. $\endgroup$
– AmiralPatate
Commented Sep 14, 2022 at 6:46
$\begingroup$ @DKNguyen They're also often covered in nasty irritants. $\endgroup$
– In Hoc Signo
Commented Sep 17, 2022 at 1:25

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