Painterly chrome side-view mirror mounted on a red fuel can against yellow.

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Dane Cook

Hello. I’m a car. Gasoline makes me run. Backseat. Trunk space.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a deadpan comedic bit voiced as if a car were introducing itself in the flattest, most literal terms possible. The humor comes from stripping away any personality or charm, reducing a car down to bare mechanical facts and features listed like a checklist.

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