It’s genuinely insane that anyone is allowed to put that on a road

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    19 days ago

    This thing will fold like a bedsheet if it actually gets into a collision with a car

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        19 days ago

        That thing doesn’t even run on jet fuel. Like, it’s just pleb gas you can buy on the side of the road. If your vehicle isn’t powered by something that needs extra regulations and significantly more insurance, you’re just driving a hybrid.

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      19 days ago

      I was talking with a colleague once and he told me to type soemthig (can’t remember the name) into google, and that thing came up.

      Apparently there is a company, american of course that takes already big toy trucks and turns them into… that.

      Their website is full of like post apocalyptic talk. Cuz you know, a giant trucking guzzling gallons of a ressource that will be hard to come by, full of electronics that will stop working after even a tiny EMP hits, will be very useful.

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        19 days ago

        There is a use for dual tires for towing large trailers but not really like that and the extended cab makes it worse for doing any actual work.

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        19 days ago

        Fascists are all about surface aesthetics. That’s why everything’s about “optics” and “narrative” these days. They don’t have a sense of solid reality to any of it. So they see a film like Fury Road and think, ‘yes, cool. I must be like Joe’.

        They have no sense that Immortan Joe is a desperate fool who has squandered the humanity of everyone in his orbit. If you try to talk about themes and interpretations, you will be met with scorn. That’s my experience.

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          19 days ago

          But Immortan Joe’s got the peeps (he’s popular)! He must be fetching Valhalla (he must be doing something right)!

          The fact that Joe has peeps and you don’t makes him a better warrior than you! /s

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    19 days ago

    I’ve never seen anything this ridiculous in person, but I’ve seen plenty of dumb trucks. Things like maybe lift kits and low profile tires, wheels kicked out to the side…so setup for off-road but with zero grip, shit turning radius, wobbles on the highway, and also shit for towing.

    The one that kills me is $80k trucks in the trailer park. Spend your money how you want, but it seems crazy to have a rapidly depreciating vehicle that’s worth more than your home.

    There must me an easier way to prove how big your dick is.

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      19 days ago

      Trailers aren’t cheap either. The park here has unremarkable units, not even new, in the 60-80k range. Almost a decade ago the lot rent fees were already over 500 a month, and they don’t even do any lawn care or snow removal.

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    18 days ago

    I think it is time to roll out the ICE Annihilator 9000 to defend all children everywhere in the name of Liam Conejo.

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        19 days ago

        I think there was an episode of South Park where they told all the angry men that the average penis size was much smaller than it actually was and then they weren’t assholes anymore

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          19 days ago

          I remember that episode, it was called “T.M.I.”

          As far as the idea goes… it’s worth a shot. :D

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      18 days ago

      And he will be taken out with 1 drone strike if it ever came to actual conflict. I wonder how much that monstrosity cost.

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        18 days ago

        It was only $10k, actually. Just put something down, drive it for a few months and let the repo guy come get it. Cheaper than renting.

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          18 days ago

          Nah you just roll the negative equity into the next one and then the one after that and

          At the end of the spiral you’ll have a base model F-150 with 200k principal owed on it at only 17,9% APR for 10 years

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        18 days ago

        It’s the exact same with preppers. Oh I see you’ve got stockpiles of food in this basement so you could last about 6 months, I’m sure the ash clouds will have dispersed by then. Presumably they are on some special alert list so that they’ll be told in the event of nuclear strike so they can get to their nice bunker in time.