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[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I just don't get modern truck culture. They're so big, and ugly! They are such an inconvenience to everyone else on the road. And I doubt even half the people who own then do truck stuff with them. They're way to tall, the giant tall grilles look stupid. Their stupid headlights shine in my face. A 2024 Colorado is bigger than a 1994 Silverado. Why? I hate them even more than people who wear pajamas in public.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

You can tell which ones aren't used for anything. Bed is spotless and unused, tires are clean, and the heaviest load it carries is its obese driver and his similarly obese family. We call them pavement princesses.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Me feel small. Me worry about masculinity. Big truck make me feel big. Big truck make me feel good.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

And this is exactly why I have started referring to the massive pickup trucks as gender affirming care. It simultaneously makes fun of the “me need big truck because man” mentality, while also pissing off the types of guys who are most likely to buy the trucks. Because the guys who buy the trucks are the same guys protesting trans healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Better slap a pair of rubber testicles on the hitch receiver so people know you're for sure a big, masculine man very secure in your manliness.

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

Inconveniencing everyone else is the point. That, and the belief that being in the biggest car makes you safer in a collision (by doing more damage to the other vehicle[s])

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

What's wrong with jammies in public?