You’re on the bus, in a seat, but if the bus driver finishes the day and left his hat behind, his hat is in the bus on a seat. Active/private/static vs passive/public/transitory. You’re generally in buildings but on vehicles, unless that vehicle is both private and enclosed. It’s not much more complicated than in[side] vs on [top of]; just keep in mind that it’s predicated on whether or not the encapsulatory nature of the object is necessary to its identity. For instance, you could also ride on a flat parade float without walls on roof, and putting a box on it to make it a bus doesn’t change that, so it remains ‘on’.
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shiftymccool@programming.dev 3 weeks agoBut why, exactly do we ride in a car but on a bus? Or sleep in the bed but on the couch?
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
“Get on the plane, sir.”
“Fuck you! I’m getting in the plane. Let Evil Knieval get on the plane.”