• vexikron@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    I assure you that large obnoxious trucks are a status symbol for many idiot right wing boomers and gen x, who take pride in daily driving a truck for their commute into, inside, and outside of cities.

    They also complain about traffic, while simultaneously doing everything they can to under or unfund public transit, because they are literally incapable of understanding that adding more lanes to highways does not actually reduce traffic.

    EDIT oh NO i missed the /s.

    Oh well lol.

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      11 months ago

      hah, no bother.
      Take any excuse to vent.

      Fortunately for me I don’t live in USA so these things are still a bit of a rarity, and are quite impractical in my town’s, compact and heavily pedestrianised town centre.

      Sounds like yoy’ve a plague of them over there.

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        They’re impractical in US town centers too. Drivers of these often live in suburban and rural areas and act like “omg city = CRIME and those people”, and if they come into the city, get frustrated because their giant POS vehicles are difficult to park as they’re terrible at maneuvering (drivers and the truck) and don’t fit in many parking spaces.

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          11 months ago

          This is so common that when I see the rare one that can actually drive and park well in a city I actually stop being angry and switch to being impressed.

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            11 months ago

            I’m sure some truck drivers are very good at it, if they have to drive large trailers often for instance. But a lot of the time their giant trucks can’t even fit into a parking spot without taking up more than one space.