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[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

There’s no good reason for these pieces of shit to exist.

Have you considered the profits of the auto industry?

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Not really, cars are faster and more deadly. People had to be somewhat careful. The auto industry invented a slur (jaywalking) to convince people the street was no a place for people outside of a car. Look up old footage of cities, people are everywhere in the street.

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't it actually be water valleys? If you are standing on the shore and watched a boat go up a water mountain at the horizon it would stay visible, there would have to be a valley for the boat to disappear.

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago

I think this is in response to stupid large truck vs kei truck thread that made the front page. All the car brains are going on about how everyone ever needs a stupid large truck to tow 85 boats at once

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

When I had my roof replaced last year the shingles were delivered by a large flat bed semi with a conveyor belt to get the shingles on the roof. The guys doing the work showed up the next day in small cars. I doubt may people are rolling up to replace a roof with a truck bed full of shingles and carrying them up a ladder.

Large trucks do have uses in a few very limited places but the vast majority in the US are not needed. Looking at self reported usage of truck owners most would be better served with a smaller more economical car and renting a truck as needed. Even people hauling regularly would probably benefit having a kei truck.

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Given the usage patterns, most people in the US do not need large trucks. They have been convinced that need them because the auto manufacturers make a lot of money selling trucks.

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

You seem to have a serious case of car brain, which is odd because you are commenting in the fuckcars community

[-] spiphy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah what is going on? Seems like every other comment is full on car-brain-cars-are-freedom insanity. No enough orange pilled people here. Is the opposite of the orange pill the sad grey pill?

spiphy

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