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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Since trucks are safer than regular cars, I'm gonna get a Leopard II tank, which is safer than a truck

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

How else are they supposed to tell the entire world they are massive dicks with micro penises?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I wonder how big these things are compared to European lorry? That thing is fucking huge!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Trust me, we hate it here in the US just as much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

My car is probably smaller than the cabin and engine of that truck and I don’t even have a compact car

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

externalized obesity epidemic

Because you can't pack this much fat into one body.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The people who drive these things here in the UK are mental. I got smashed by one once overtaking me on a slip road because I wasn't going fast enough for him. I followed him all the way to his golf club and confronted him about it. His tank was barely scratched while my driver side door was totally fucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've seen a small woman driving a Hummer in Ware (Hertfordshire UK) of all places, can just about see out of the windows (that's another thing that pisses me off, don't people know you can raise the seat to let you see out of the windows?), can't park in normal bays as it's too big (and she can't see) and it has a plate something like V8 HMR. FFS.

/rant

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah even the SUV would be uncomfortably wide on some UK roads, end yet they're getting really common. They're almost all driven by people who don't need a large vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Not fair to call it a tank. A tank driver can see a child in front.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

You've gotta compensate your penis size with your car. This is just basic science.

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