• Etterra@discuss.online
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    5 hours ago

    Oh now I want to start shoving these into the windshields of every F-150 and other cope wagon I see in a parking lot.

  • Aralakh@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    I thought the guy was Kevin Spacey at first whoa - which made the joke funnier

  • U7826391786239@piefed.zip
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    15 hours ago

    is the cartoonishly inflated emotional support truck culture taking root in AUS as well? is it similar to the states where you see these hideous monstrosities driving around all polished and manicured, obviously never being driven off the pavement, or hauling anything more than dog food for the owner’s pomeranian?

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      The op picture is from the UK, since it refers to the NHS. An Australian sign like that would say Medicare

      But yes, it’s people cosplaying blue collar

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        lol i had put UK first but looked at OP’s instance and changed it

        doesn’t matter. the shit is a plague on the whole world

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      In Canada, they lift them so no one can see them having gay sex with prostitutes. But then, they are tippy, so they punch the wheels out past the fenders, which sprays shit everywhere in rain, and causes the hubs to wear quickly or break. What amazes me is that these guys have jobs that pay money. Of course, both lifting and wider wheels are not legal, but police do not enforce because they all own lifted trucks with wider wheels.

      This Boomer woman, in a lifted pink BarbieDozer, ran into her spa because she could not see the sidewalk in front of her.

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        The proof there is no god of Abraham is that the god of Abraham flooded the world to get rid of people like this already, and it clearly didn’t work.

  • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip
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    14 hours ago

    That’s the nice part about living in old cities in europe. These things wouldn’t even find a parking space here lmao.

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      How old does it have to be? Because I live in a European city founded in the 9th century, and work near another founded in the 1st century. They’re both full of these gigantic monsters…

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        Vienna was also founded around the 1st century. Not that you would see much evidence of that if you don’t know where to look. Luckily also those monstrosities are still somewhat rare but you can definitely find them and they are getting more. Somehow it is illegal to drive in heavy snow in the alps without non-skid chains. But it is not only legal to drive with monstrosities that are incompatible with cities in the inner cities, and put lives needlessly in danger. The latter is deemed not only perfectly normal but anyone arguing against it is deemed an extremist.

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        Well, I lived in nördlingen, germany (Yes, the attack on titan city or whatever anime it was) for most of my life and the first occurence in historical documents was in like 900 or something lol. However, the thing with the city is that it’s got a fully intact city wall to this day. If you drive a large car in there, you’re not going to have a very fun time in the city as you’ll find no parking spaces and you outright can’t access some parts of the city by car because the turns are too tight or the street simply not wide enough. I remember that like 25 years ago, they even had to create some wider lanes through rezoning so delivery trucks can even get to the shops to deliver the goods.

        Man I’d love to see some american with his truck in the city. Absolute cinema.

      • pipes@sh.itjust.works
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        Yea and they’re increasing too, skirting immissions regulations by being imported as agricultural machines

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    One of my favorite classic Top Gear episodes was when the lads drove locally sourced used cars across Africa.

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    I do like how it specified city, acknowledging yeah there’s sometimes a decent use case for this, but why the fuck did you bring it here?

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    I’d be mortified too. You mean I didn’t need to spend all of that money on a power vehicle?

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    My two year old likes big trucks, it hurts my soul to act excited when we see one.

    • U7826391786239@piefed.zip
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      13 hours ago

      i had big truck toys when i was little. monster trucks, bulldozers, anything heavy machinery. pretty sure that’s a baby phase most people grow out of

    • Actual construction equipment that are used to a real job beyond being gender affirming care are cool though. Inefficient train-wannabes (actual trains tho :3) or consumers in giants wastes, not-so-much.