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Has never seen anything but paved roads its entire life.
I’ve heard the phrase “pavement princess” used for such vehicles
I’ve been using “emotional support vehicle” lately.
My buddy uses “gender affirming vehicle” all the time. 😆
I’ve also heard “mall terrain vehicle”
If it’s lifted on skinny tires it’s a bro-dozer. The tires are always bald all-terrain tires.
I call folks who drive them “rural identifying persons”
can’t help but notice that most of those trunks are empty too
They’re empty and almost every tow hitch is rusty. I think if they’re used the rust would get knocked off and they’d be shiny, like the one back there. They literally just buy trucks to make themselves feel manly, I guess because they can’t any other way. Then they never use it for any of the things they argue people need trucks for.
You’re backwards. The rusty ones are the ones getting used because the load and weight cause friction that takes the chrome coating off, exposing the underlying metal to the elements that cause rust.
Normally you grease the ball to keep it from getting bad, but a lot of people don’t keep up with that part.
Because I fucking hated getting grease all over my hands, pants from accidental brushing, and just everywhere else. The rusty ball still works for more than 20 years, so I took the tradeoff.
Yep.
I used to keep mine greased, got tired of getting dirty from it when it didn’t really make any difference.
Nah, they’re just Harbor Freight cheapo balls. All stainless balls are like $60, plated ones are like $20. It doesn’t take much for the plating to wear off from a trailer, and then there’s no stopping the rust.
I’m no expert, but I’m not saying it’s stop the rust, just rub it off. Rust is a thin layer on the outside, and it comes off really easily. I assume actually hooking up a trailer and using it on occasion would wear the rust off (for a little while). I could be totally wrong though.
I can confirm that scraping the balls causes rust way faster than it might scrape off. If you see glossy balls, they are likely never used.
It’s just marketing, anyway. Stock trucks are garbage offroad.
Hate those fucken assholes. Pavement princess driving motherfuckers.
It literally takes less than 30 seconds to bend down, pull the cotter clip, pull the pin, and toss the hitch end in the bed. Saves the shins and kneecaps of yourself and everyone else.
I had an uncle that would quite literally do that and throw the hitch(es) into the bed of the truck every single time he walked through a parking lot. If he had to do that to multiple trucks before getting to the store so be it.
Good man.
I do the same, but with bicycle lights that people have left on. I know how annoying it is to find your battery empty.
Don’t do that.
Flashing tail light batteries last for many hours.
Riders often leave them on just so you dont need to remember to turn them on again when you depart.
Even if the battery did go flat, you’re not stranded.
I know you mean well but it might not be appreciated as much as you think.
Hours is enough to empty them. If I see them parked in front of our house late in the evening, I don’t think they’re going to go out anymore today. It’s far more likely that they forgot to turn them off than that they intentionally kept them on.
Fortunately, they rarely flash, but burn continuously. I think the flashing ones are illegal here, and they can be super annoying.
Fair enough I guess.
Bike lights are intended to be super annoying to the point of being obnoxious here. They need to be bright and flashy enough for oblivious drivers to actually notice you.
Knew someone who deliberately left it out because they thought it would help mitigate someone nudging into their backend.
To their credit, it actually worked once, someone got a hitch sized hole in their front bumper for a low speed collision.
On the other hand, this person also kept banging their own shin on their tow hitch… But they thought it was worth it anyway…
I got a hitch sized hole in my bumper because some asshole backed into my parked car and drove off.
To this person’s credit, they always seemed to take backing up seriously and slowly and kept quite a distance from everyone… also very carefully parked as straight as possible, and never over any of the lines. Still since they only tow about once a week, it’s kind of silly to have that hitch in all the time.
Unlike another colleague who doesn’t have a tow hitch, but always pushes his luck and has on occasion given a nudge to a parked car with his pickup, and never parks straight and usually parks over the middle lines…
How else will anyone know that they used their truck for something more than getting groceries? They have to let everyone know they tow a lawn mower with the ridiculously large truck.
Or toss it in through the back window
There’s got to be some meth-head scrappers that need this information.
Not to mention anyone in a wheelchair can just get fucked walking around these minefields
Foot pursuit? This is clearly in America. They just gonna shoot your ass cuz the average cop wouldn’t even fit in a corridor that narrow.
Woah there, let’s not jump to conclusions! You can’t just assume the person they’re chasing is black.
This picture irritates me so much
If this is the same picture I saw years ago. This is from a farm college. So they kinda need the toe hooks.
Most places it illegal to have them on when not in use. Most people leave them on as a form of crash protection, like in a parking lot.
I’m sure it depends if you are living in a city that is run by chuds.
Yeah though I imagine we disagree on who the chud is or why. Selfishness isn’t patriotism or freedom bud.
Sure, but could they teach them how to park then?
Toe hooks huh… Must be some big feet…
But even with or without hitches, their rear ends are intruding beyond their parking spots. I know that’s also a challenge with these long ass trucks, but if it were a lot designed specifically for this demographic, it should have the spots appropriate.
This is what every Sunday grocery trip looks like in Montana
Is it illegal to own a sedan there?
Basically yes. Their emissions laws are written so that bigger cars can produce more CO2 and other emissions. So small cars are not viable while large cars are barely regulated.
They don’t make sedans anymore. They’ve gone the way of the station wagon
I heard they are ICEs next target /s
please accidentally ban the other ICE 🤞
All of them are so proud of their back-in parking skills thinking that space is for them. Meanwhile handicapped and children have to walk in the way of them, ironically dodging the same trucks that are so tall that they can’t be seen
This happens where I live and I keep wondering how crazy I would be to complain about it. The parking spots aren’t long enough for trucks, so they back in and completely cover the sidewalk. I need to use mobility devices to get around and usually have to fight my way through the grass because there isn’t enough room for my walker. I’m not looking forward to this fight when snow is on the ground
Make a habit of removing their tow hitches so you can get past.
As much as I love this idea, especially the suggestion to place it like a parking ticket, I have less dexterity in my hands than I do in my legs lol
Maybe I need to befriend a few neighborhood urchins xD
Perhaps a foghorn installed on your mobility devices?
Note, do not steal them, just lay them on the ground under the truck so they can retrieve it. Reality is that they almost certainly won’t look at all before leaving and never know where it went.
Tuck it under the windshield wiper like a parking ticket.
Nah that’s extra effort that shouldn’t be required, especially for anyone with mobility issues. Leaving it in is just asking for it to be stolen anyway. Just put it on the ground right under. Not stolen, just moved out of the way, and they’ll inevitably not check and leave it behind. Probably never even notice until they try to use it to tow something again.
I get it, but what’s the difference at that point? May as well just start collecting them. Once you get enough, sell em for scrap.
Or you could just take the pin. On the odd chance one of these clowns might actually tow something, the towbar would come out when they pull away.
The difference is effort. Just dropping it over the ground is the least effort to accomplish getting it out of the way to move by. And not going out of your way to put it someplace else. You aren’t committing a crime in the process by stealing anything. And they’re likely to not check and just leave it there anyway for a punishment later when they notice it missing.
Taking the pin out means it’s no longer secure, it could fall out on the highway, damaging an innocent vehicle following at a later date.
Leave a roll of danger tape on it with a few feet dangling. By the time they get down the road it’ll be a lot more.
Enviromentally terrible but it is a maximum asshole move. fuckem.
And there’s a convenient truck bed right there to deposit it into.
Yeah I think it’s time for an urbanism community here on Lemmy. I’ve been on the fence but I’m all for spreading more awareness that things like this are not normal.
Parking like that is way easier than parking hood-first, lol.
My shins are already hurting by just looking at it.
How are none of these in their spaces?
Because it’s literally impossible for these assholes to fit their unnecessary behemoths into a real parking spot. The same people who own these complain about parking spots being small, parking garage ceilings being too low, and gas being too expensive. They act like it’s society’s fault. Fucking chuds
It’s not, these guys just suck and they don’t have the first clue how to actually operate their vehicles. I can fit my full sized truck into spaces just fine when I have occasion to drive it. They all think they’re hot shit for having back-in parking “skills,” too, while utterly failing to comprehend that all they’ve accomplished here is making it impossible to load anything into the bed. You know, like what trucks are for.
(Postscript: So obviously, they’re not planning on putting anything in the back. Which means they could have just as well all showed up on Vespas.)
I was at a family party where this guy with the largest pickup I’d ever seen constantly complained about how expensive gas was and how it was Biden’s fault. It quickly became apparent that he only drove the thing the hour drive back and forth from his office job. Truck looked like new despite being a couple years old, save for highway tire wear.
Why on earth does he think we should all subsidize his absurd and impractical vehicle’s fuel? And I’m sure he complains about entitled people on welfare.
Idiot lane
Yeah i was going to point this out. Its not just the hitches. All of these assholes have backed in, and deliberately gone in further than the boundary of the bay to minimise how far their nose overhangs the other end.
And not a single dangling metallic ballsack on sight
But just the thought of all those ball sacks in close proximity makes this photo so redneck homoerotic.
easy way to solve this.
100 feet of chain, and 30 locks.
Be careful. You might search someone precious TrUcK
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Tie them together!
Had to take the hitch off my little convertible. That motherfucker is a TRAP! You will never see it that low, never suspect it’s there, then your shin is bleeding out.
Imagine trying to steer a shopping cart to your car here
Imagine how nice it is to scratch every single car there with your cart
I wouldn’t dare
This is not legal advice. I am not a lawyer.
So many tiny penises.
this is such a stupidly pathetic insult that really just pisses me off to no end when people say it. hell it’s not even an insult, it’s just stupid and always has been… might as well just make fun of people for skin colour and gender.
Those aren’t a choice. Driving a pavement princess 100% is.
They usually try to justify it with the loose excuse of hauling or towing things, that they do maybe twice a year. It’s pathetic.
The ones that actually get used regularly for their design are obvious, because they’re beat up from use. And from my experience, they also tend to be the ones that don’t park like this. Likely because backing in means you can’t actually load anything in the bed.
What does any of that have to do with using “tiny penis” as an insult? The issue the other user has is with the insult itself.
I don’t give a damn about the trucks/drivers. Insult them all you want. don’t use body parts as insults. it’s no different then using skin color, or saying someone is a lesser human because they have small tits or if their balding they are a weak human…
they are bad insults that make innocent people feel inferior for no reason.
When I was working a Lowe’s I had loads of princesses rolling through with monster trailers, hauling tons of rock and lumber.
Yep.
My “toy truck” (It’s a small truck, with a small engine) now looks like hell, but it’s 20 years old and has been used as a truck.
For years it looked great, because I used a trailer for everything, because it’s just easier. Bed was used for small hauls of stuff you wouldn’t want in a car: paint, bags of mulch/sand/gravel, etc. Or needed a quick pickup and didn’t want to go hookup a trailer.
LOL, my 2004 F150 is a fucking wreck. Like the Millennium Falcon, looks like dog shit, runs like a top.
But yeah, if I get another truck, everything possible is going on my crappy trailer.
I think it’s fine for people to get a truck cause they like how it looks
I think its moronic to drive something that is meant for work and is never used for it. Also, they are far heavier than cars, use more fuel, take up more space and are lethal for pedestrians in an accident.
Maybe I should walk around in a suit made of outward pointing knives because it looks cool.
it’s not even an insult, it’s just stupid and always has been
I agree with you.
But you know who doesn’t agree with us? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. And when you throw such a non-insult their way, it is their own hate and prejudice that turns it into something they take as an insult. At best it shines a light on the shitty attitude by turning it against the wielder, and at worst it gives the targets of their shit a little catharsis.
Even with the more tame versions, like “emotional support truck,” I assume we agree that a person who needs and responds well to an emotional support animal are not bad people. But you know who loves to assume that anything like that is a some kind of character flaw? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. :)
It was always about making fun of insecure masculinity, which is a very outsized problem in our current moment. But I do think you’re right and I’ll start calling out that instead. ✌️
Damn you got triggered lol
If you get this upset by everything you hear and don’t like online, you’re in for a rough life bud.
I’m halfway done life. dosoent mean you can’t talk about things that you feel society should stop doing.
Yeah, but of all the things to take a stand on and put energy into, this? Really?
And I’m sick and tired of people like you. The person that buys a crappy truck like that usually is scared of not being masculine enough. These people aren’t insulted by witty comments, they’re insulted by childish things like smol pipi, or calling them gay, or calling them princess (essentially calling them women). I like to believe that the majority of users on Lemmy know these aren’t actual insults, but if it hurts the feelings of these disgusting people, then I’m all for it. So get off your high horse and throw the most fucking childish things at these fragile men.
and…make fun of them. have at it. that’s not my issue
don’t make fun of people with small dicks because it makes innocent people feel like shit for no reason about something they can’t control. hence my comment about might as well start using skin color as an insult, or small tits, or being bald. it’s NOT a good way to insult people
… People make fun of small tits and bald people all the time. You can argue that people shouldn’t say mean things all day long, but the reality is you need to not let every little thing set you off or upset you.
I’m more curious on the good way to insult someone haha
just call em what they are, insecure people. no reason to also insult women, or peoples genetics. that’s my only gripe tbh. I’ve never understood why it’s acceptable overall to insult someone based on something they can’t help.
I get the overall reasoning behind the masculinity and having small dicks but the insult just never sits well with me and causes this global stigma that small dicks are inherently bad which can turn normal people into hating themselves for just being born.
I don’t know the best way to insult those people but yeah…just voicing my opinion which obviously gets misunderstood as me defending them.
I think there might be wires crossing in the convo.
I don’t think it’s right or ok to insult someone based on who are what they are, at all. But I also don’t let every negative comment about those things impact me. If someone starts attacking my looks in an argument that means I’m winning and I press harder, I don’t get upset about it.
I think the small dick thing, in a sense, is like calling people “gay” when they mean “weird” or whatever. Is it right? Hell no, but I don’t let it bother me if someone calls me gay, I pretend I am and I own it. Take away their power from saying that dumb shit.
People are always going to say fucked up shit, trying to stop that will just give you high blood pressure. I think it’s better to disarm those things and not let it effect you, then the weight behind those words start to fade.
If I’ve learned anything from decades of D&D, the answer is always “rooftop leaps and then drop from above”. 🤌🏻
