• Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I dropped my niece off at her elementary school the other day. Being newer to the process I parked the car instead of the whole drive thru setup they have in the USA. I saw all the huge SUVs and trucks and I knew I had to walk with her the mere 25 ft (7m?) because they would not see her. Sure enough, one of them was about to take off and braked hard when they realized I was there, but my niece got scared. I’m sure the driver never knew she was even there.

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      Nah nothing creepy

      Just Americans thinking turning a class of children into keema is an acceptable trade-off for being able to burn through a load of fuel and not see the road

      Pathetic twats buy this shit

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        There’s nothing that screams “pussy” quite as much as toxic masculinity.

        Guns, flags and monster trucks are almost infallible giveaways.

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    Huge trucks make sense as work vehicles when the job requires that you haul or tow huge amounts of heavy equipment or materials. That is a pretty small percentage of the population. Lifted vehicles make sense if you need to go off-roading. Only way a huge lifted truck is reasonable is if you need to off-road with thousands of pounds of materials and equipment.

    I can’t imagine many people have any real need for that. Non compact trucks shild require an additional license, and be taxed very heavily or require extra expensive registrations with the ability to write most of that off come tax season for people who’s work requires it.

    Bob in accounting does not need a lifted F450. Bob in accounting is a huge hazard to everyone else on the road every time he drives it to work and back home and to gym 2 times a week.

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      A huge pickup truck never makes any sense whether it’s lifted or not.

      Huge semi-trucks or box trucks make sense to move lots of cargo.

      Vans make sense if you want to move people/tools etc securely.

      Smaller pickup trucks make sense for moving a few people and doing some dirty work.

      A smaller lifted 4x4 pickup truck makes sense for driving off road. They are unstable at higher speeds and should stay off-road. All lifted vehicles should be banned on paved roads in my opinion.

      A half-ton 4x4 truck makes sense if you move a moderate amount of cargo, drive on dirt roads/adverse conditions a lot, tow 90% of recreational vehicles/boats, up to 10K lbs. A van likely would also be a good choice.

      What roll does an oversized pickup truck play that other formfactors don’t do better? An oversized pickup truck is always pure vanity.

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    Anyone who buys one of these vehicles should be charged with a crime: Premeditated Unintentional Homicide.

    They’ve already done everything voluntary for the crime to occur. It’s just a matter of time until it does.

    Now after the revolution (ain’t happening without one) this charge should come with a suspended sentence considering how fucking many of these people there are. And lucky us the demographics of the people committing this crime line up very well with who would become insurgents. So once they step out of line the charges activate.