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Lolblocked. What an odd person.

josh posted...

When someone says they wanted to pick a car that is "more unique" you know they actually just wanted to say they wanted to pick a car that "stands out" or "makes a statement". The quantifiable amount of "unique" features doesn't even factor into the decision.

The quantifiable amount of unique features absolutely does factor into the decision. In fact, the only other factor is considering the scope within which those features qualify as "unique." Sure, it would be more accurate to talk about the incidence or frequency of those features than their uniqueness if the actual question is "how likely am I to see another car like this in my city?", but at the end of the day, "standing out" is a matter of it being likely that anyone that sees the car hasn't recently seen one like it. That is a matter of having a greater number of unique features, and characterizing that as "more unique" is both readily understandable and logically sound.

Fundamentally, that's what "more unique" means: More likely to qualify as unique for any given set of parameters, usually with the implication that the evaluation is going to be limited to parameters the speaker feels would be typical of their everyday experience.