• FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I can already tell what the article is about

    i use it to carry the occasional purchase I make of large objects

    i like driving it, it makes me feel like a big man

    it's safer than an ordinary car

    Standard I'm an insecure baby shit

    • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      it's safer than an ordinary car

      I sometimes imagine my little subcompact getting turned into a stain on the road by an F-150 and the driver's defence is "you shouldn't have been driving such an unsafe car." These are the people telling us we spend too much on avocado toast.

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        When I was five, a guy in a Ford Ranger almost backed up over me in a grocery store parking lot.

        extraneous background information

        Guy backed up and nailed me with the bumper, knocked me to the ground and started to keep going

        My dad basically had to bash in his rear windshield before he stopped

        Then he tried to fight my dad in the parking lot, he lost when my dad gave him a right cross across the face with the brass knuckles his biker gang buddies gave him to celebrate the momentous occasion of my birth

        Anyways, this was the early 90's and the trucks have only gotten bigger since then

        Shit's fucking dangerous

        • Shoegazer [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          my dad gave him a right cross across the face with the brass knuckles his biker gang buddies gave him to celebrate the momentous occasion of my birth

          :grillman:

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      i use it to carry the occasional purchase I make of large objects

      Hardware stores have F250 flatbeds that you can rent for like $20 and can carry way bigger stuff for than your pickup.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's so funny when moving and occasional big purchases are used as a justification. It's literally cheaper to get a small car and rent a uhaul on occasion.