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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Virgin toddler squasher Vs chad adult compressor

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (6 children)

i will never understand the inability for people driving vehicles like this to say shit like "never buy a small vehicle, this 3 ton truck saved my life, it's basic physics"

Yeah, and if i'm rolling a freight train and someone gets in my way, i won't even notice, it's basic physics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, and if i'm rolling a freight train and someone gets in my way, i won't even notice, it's basic physics.

And every time you arrive the chime will play.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

American "I got mine" mentality at its finest. Too much lead poisoning (my leading hypothesis. You don't elect someone like Trump unless there is something seriously wrong) to realise it's a race to the bottom. When enough people do something at the expense of others, what a surprise when others also do it at the expense of you, and it all turns to shit.

It's this absurd country of "Christian" values, except not the part of caring for others, "fuck that socialism hippie shit, except for Russia, which is cool now because they meddle in our elections... Or, they meddle in favour of my team! We need to do something about the socio-economic situation! What, unions? No fuck that Marxist shit you commie!"

Etc. It's all just too dumb. Hence, lead poisoning hypothesis.

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

"fuck that socialism hippie shit, except for Russia, which is cool now because they meddle in our elections...

Nah, it's because Putin buys yachts

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's from Australia. Care to try again?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Australian "I got mine" mentality at its finest. Too much lead poisoning (my leading hypothesis. You don't elect someone like Pauline Hanson unless there is something seriously wrong) to realise it's a race to the bottom. When enough people do something at the expense of others, what a surprise when others also do it at the expense of you, and it all turns to shit.

It's this absurd country of "Christian" values, except not the part of caring for others, "fuck that socialism hippie shit, except for China, which is cool now because they meddle in our elections... Or, they meddle in favour of my team! We need to do something about the socio-economic situation! What, unions? No fuck that Marxist shit you commie!"

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Aside from the lift, there may be use cases for the truck where it requires moving multiple people and smaller heavy loads (or pulling a trailer). However, the sad reality is that the heaviest load it'll likely be moving on a regular basis is the fat ass of the solo passenger in their way to/from fast food and groceries

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

(or pulling a trailer).

You don't need truck for this

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And these huge trucks don't actually have that high of a load rating or that large of a bed. Your average kei truck hauls heavier loads.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

sounds like a great case for a permit

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (6 children)

you know it's funny, they made crewcab long beds in the 80s and 90s. They were just long and looked a little goofy, had normal proportions otherwise, these have been vertically stretched and widened to compensate for the absolutely bizarre form factor that they ship in. i genuinely have no idea what they're doing with the front suspension to require the hood to be that high off of the ground. A fucking hummer has more ground clearance with a lower hood.

There is almost no reason for a truck like this to exist, especially when you consider it's interior is "luxury"

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I live in Germany, and I spotted one of these trucks recently. It looked huge compared to every other vehicle on the road, and one of those was a delivery van. And it was too big for its parking spot. It also had a confederate flag in the back window.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It'd be some tasty schadenfreude to put parking fine after parking fine. Or even just straight up impound it. It would surprise me if there isn't some German law or regulation that forbids such cars, same with the Cybertruck.

Want your stupid preference that is a detriment to everyone around you? Sorry, we don't do that here.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I've seen big utes around the Australian suburb where I live and thought they were bad enough. These things seem to be on a whole other level

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