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minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoThis is why rednecks are always shadetree mechanics of some stripe or another. Me too. I grew up poor, so I got real good at working on cars.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoWhile that’s an excellent life skill, in Straw, the “car trouble” amounted to being harassed by a racist cop and having her license suspended. In many cases the penalty is genuinely the driver’s fault, but it’s easy to happen when they’re always driving and always stressed.
This is why rednecks are always shadetree mechanics of some stripe or another. Me too. I grew up poor, so I got real good at working on cars.
While that’s an excellent life skill, in Straw, the “car trouble” amounted to being harassed by a racist cop and having her license suspended.
In many cases the penalty is genuinely the driver’s fault, but it’s easy to happen when they’re always driving and always stressed.