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    • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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      11 days ago

      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.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        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.

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          10 days ago

          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.

        • shalafi@lemmy.world
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          11 days ago

          When I was working a Lowe’s I had loads of princesses rolling through with monster trailers, hauling tons of rock and lumber.

          • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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            10 days ago

            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.

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              10 days ago

              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.

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          11 days ago

          I think it’s fine for people to get a truck cause they like how it looks

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            11 days ago

            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.

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        10 days ago

        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. :)

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        10 days ago

        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. ✌️

      • Lightor@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        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.

        • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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          10 days ago

          I’m halfway done life. dosoent mean you can’t talk about things that you feel society should stop doing.

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            10 days ago

            Yeah, but of all the things to take a stand on and put energy into, this? Really?