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Biplane posted:Driving school? In america? Well excuse my *checks English-American dictionary* full communism.
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what's not to love about blindspots taller than my body height
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Wheeee posted:i love small cars, there should be extra licensing and driver training required to drive vehicles the size of modern full size trucks Trucks are hugely impractical vehicles, absolutely nothing about them is "useful" in day-to-day life compared to other vehicle types unless you have some very specific use case. Certainly not great family vehicles at all. Also, you don't need a huge vehicle to ferry two kids around. People claim they need an absurd SUV because they just had their first kid, it's very lmao.
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This came up in the Trump thread when people were discussing the Ottawa occupation, but trucks in Canada are way more expensive than in the US, even after taking currency conversion into account, however the same males/ truck crap still exists. Where I live a lot if men drive trucks that are used for businesses but basically used as private vehicles, however anyone who doesn’t own a business sees these trucks and aspires to own them. I remember working with a group of you people years ago and when I mentioned that I’d purchased a new car they reacted with genuine confusion over why I hadn’t bought a truck, like “Were they sold out of trucks?”-level. I genuinely have no idea how the people I see driving them can afford their +$70k tanks they go to the grocery store and liquor store in. edit: ^^Yeah, SUV’s are a big thing with some of the parents I know. We’re expecting in a few months and my partner has informed me we’ll be buying an SUV as our next car. Professor Shark has issued a correction as of 13:11 on Feb 21, 2022 |
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Feb 21, 2022 13:08
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Feb 21, 2022 13:14
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I don't want one ugh
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Are vans included in this equation? Because I have a van and it owns
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Wheeee posted:i love small cars, there should be extra licensing and driver training required to drive vehicles the size of modern full size trucks
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Professor Shark posted:I don't want one ugh Station wagon.
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Fame Douglas posted:Trucks are hugely impractical vehicles, absolutely nothing about them is "useful" in day-to-day life compared to other vehicle types unless you have some very specific use case. Certainly not great family vehicles at all. I had this same argument with my future-ex wife when our 1st son was born. She decided we needed an SUV to ferry around an 8 pound baby so I took her 5 year old sedan and we replaced my otherwise perfectly fine 8 year old car that only had like 70k miles. I did manage to talk her down from the giant 3 row SUV to the smaller one. And in fairness it wasn't a terrible decision because despite the baby not giving a gently caress about what car he was in, over the years we were able to buy a ton of furniture and appliances and bring it home without begging a friend with a truck to help us. When we replaced our big flat screen tv last year I was able to just barely fit it in by lowering the back seats and moving up the front seats to the point where my head was right up to the steering wheel. And if you live somewhere where it snows, and your boss doesn't give a gently caress how dangerous the roads are and he demands you come in to work, well then a truck/suv helps. Anyway I can't totally begrudge someone for having a larger vehicle but if your entire family has trucks and/or giant SUVs or whatever then your insane.
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Not having to ask your friends for poo poo is what is causing the social glue to further disintegrate and people to feel more lonely and depressed. Like I got two left hands so when I need some small DIY poo poo done around the house I ask my engineer friend who enjoys that poo poo and also enjoys showing off and talking about his stupidly huge collection of tools which in exchange I pretend to give a gently caress about when he nerds out about it, plus provide him with free beer and then last time my gf made homemade sushi we invited him and his wife over. So what I'm saying is, ask (don't beg wtf is this servile poo poo?) your friends for help with moving furniture with no shame. If they make you feel bad about trivial poo poo like that they weren't your friends to begin with.
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I haven't had an automobile for years and whenever I need to buy something big I just pay the 30€ or whatever for it to be delivered to my home.
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I like tap water.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I haven't had an automobile for years and whenever I need to buy something big I just pay the 30€ or whatever for it to be delivered to my home. This. Myself and herself don't own a car, and save beaucoup money by just getting poo poo delivered or taxi where necessary, and when we need to do a weekend trip we just get a rental. I understand this isn't possible for people with multiple kids who don't live in a European capital city, but it is nice
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Feb 21, 2022 15:25
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I dream of only needing one car even. 
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Professor Shark posted:I don't want one ugh why not go for the classic minivan mom-mobile not sure why those stopped being a thing
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The Nastier Nate posted:I had this same argument with my future-ex wife when our 1st son was born. She decided we needed an SUV to ferry around an 8 pound baby so I took her 5 year old sedan and we replaced my otherwise perfectly fine 8 year old car that only had like 70k miles. I did manage to talk her down from the giant 3 row SUV to the smaller one. woah your big car let you buy more poo poo? very cool!
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You want a truck bad enough you can be gelded to have one
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Milo and POTUS posted:You want a truck bad enough you can be gelded to have one Hey, free pair of truck nuts. Win-win.
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spending $15k extra and emitting 20 tons of co2 to avoid $100 in delivery fees. its just being a saavy consumer
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everyone should just ride motorcycles, I’m glad we finally figured out the compromise solution
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Red Baron posted:everyone should just ride motorcycles, I’m glad we finally figured out the compromise solution there should be exactly one private vehicle legal street in every city and it should look like this 
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Cloks posted:woah your big car let you buy more poo poo? very cool! thats the American dream isnt it?
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Breakfast All Day posted:there should be exactly one private vehicle legal street in every city and it should look like this you want privately-owned buses?
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Subjunctive posted:you want privately-owned buses? no, private vehicles are legal on the road but still have to share and defer to any public vehicles. also all bus drivers have a license to kill and bond-level gadgets to do it
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Breakfast All Day posted:no, private vehicles are legal on the road but still have to share and defer to any public vehicles. also all bus drivers have a license to kill and bond-level gadgets to do it so there’s an open position at MARTA, and you sound like a great fit… when can you start
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It costs like 17 dollars to rent a pickup or big van from home depot, if you need to transport big furniture just do that.
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The Nastier Nate posted:thats the American dream isnt it? you're not wrong
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Orange Devil posted:Not having to ask your friends for poo poo is what is causing the social glue to further disintegrate and people to feel more lonely and depressed. This is a good post. Asking for help kicks rear end. Helping people move kicks rear end. Handing down baby clothes to your friends also counts, just like inviting the neighbours over for breakfast. It's social and feels worthwhile and everyone benefits (except oddly the state which is cheated out of taxable labour). My brother in law helped us cut down some trees the other week. Turns out he really liked the excuse for using (and showing off) his chainsaw. Now I just have to develop some usable skills to contribute myself, besides lifting heavy stuff...
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Breakfast All Day posted:all bus drivers have a license to kill and bond-level gadgets to do it No thanks bus drivers already have enough tools to feed their unquenchable thirst for bicyclist blood.
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Fame Douglas posted:
Have you seen an American child? Absolutely enormous
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Red Baron posted:everyone should just ride fixed
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Just abolish going outside. We're like 5 years from replacing going places with screens and delivery. Or, you know, functional nine infrastructure is good.
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Fame Douglas posted:Trucks are hugely impractical vehicles, absolutely nothing about them is "useful" in day-to-day life compared to other vehicle types unless you have some very specific use case. Certainly not great family vehicles at all. My use case is if I don't have a bigger vehicle than everyone else I feel threatened by the other vehicles' masculinity, duh
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boring redux of a better idea now legalize scooter riding on the sidewalk and we can talk
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https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1495825200289656836
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Bold to assume tech companies aren't collaborating. It's not like they already colluded to crush workers in the past right?
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Red Baron posted:everyone should just ride motorcycles, I’m glad we finally figured out the compromise solution you can't let the vietnamese win
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Lastgirl posted:you can't let the vietnamese win it’s the American way
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