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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.

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meleecrits@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Don’t forget complaining about gas prices while driving a 17 mpg vehicle.

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ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Seems like around me most of the big truck douches are probably 45 or under. Don’t think it’s limited to just boomers or gen x.

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- Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, in my observation, it’s young men with money to burn, or they want to appear that they have money to burn.
  
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- vexikron@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This is true, there is a whole thing with truck dealerships being immediately adjacent to military bases and housing.
  
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oo1@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨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 towns, compact and heavily pedestrianised town centre.

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

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- squiblet@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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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  - vexikron@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨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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    squiblet@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.
    
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- vexikron@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yep. You say plague, I say smooth brained consuumor zombie apocalypse.
  
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