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Let's say you're in a racecar.

The racecar metaphor · Bad Education (2019)

Let's say you're in a racecar.

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All right, here, you don't need that.

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1Let's say you're in a racecar.
In the sceneFrank opens his metaphor by asking Chad to imagine he is in a racecar.
Everyday exampleLet's say we start in June; is that too late?
2All right, here, you don't need that.
3You're in a racecar.
4First place at the Indy 500 with, with all the sponsorships in the world.
5The wind is in your hair and you're feeling just great, and all of a sudden , you feel this thing behind you digging into your fender, and you look into the mirror, right.
6And there's this hook. There's a hook in your fender dug in real good, and it's connected to a-- a long metal rope and at the end of that rope is, well, it's a massive five-ton cinder block.
7Okay, Chad? All right?
8So your job is driving. You're Dale Earnhardt and here's this cinder block, and all the other cars are soaring past you and you've gone from first to last place and you keep thinking to yourself, " What the hell do I have to do to get this thing off my back?"
9Well, I'll tell you, Chad. It's real simple.
10You just put your foot on the gas real hard and you accelerate, you accelerate so fast that rope snaps in two, the cinder block explodes, and just say it with me, Chad.
11Accelerate. Accelerate. Accelerate.

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