Post AUoLPmglK4jOF1dpJY by alex_02@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #AUoL5yp8Ulm05O7AsS by stux@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:17:33Z
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20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo
(DIR) Post #AUoL7u1fIxVFmhtMQa by stux@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:17:55Z
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Oh yeah…#FuckCars
(DIR) Post #AUoL9HjYe27PbS578y by the9thdude@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:18:14Z
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@stux From utility vehicle to luxury landyacht
(DIR) Post #AUoLEnkR2o1yLD7dzc by ssb@infosec.exchange
2023-04-19T13:19:15Z
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@stux They traded size for reliability.. Those tiny Hilux trucks are damned near impossible to kill.
(DIR) Post #AUoLF0AkqmDKsJWpgO by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-04-19T13:18:59.169544Z
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the small truck isn't even in the same vehicle class thoalso we can't have small trucks in the USA anymore because of the chicken tax (and also gasoline trucks are terrible)
(DIR) Post #AUoLL6dBkZYkdxjsTw by Bossito@mastodon.green
2023-04-19T13:20:22Z
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@stux the smaller one was functional, served a practical purpose. The bigger one is a status symbol designed to accelerate global warming.
(DIR) Post #AUoLPmglK4jOF1dpJY by alex_02@infosec.exchange
2023-04-19T13:21:13Z
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@stux How else are they supposed to compensate for the alarmingly decreasing dick size?
(DIR) Post #AUoLQJGgC4TXHggxk0 by nafnlaus@fosstodon.org
2023-04-19T13:21:15Z
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@stux Pickup trucks are great vehicles... for doing what they were actually designed to do (haul cargo, tools, etc for work, drive on rough terrain, etc).Buying them as urban cruisers is beyond ridiculous. I mean, do these people hate having good visibility and love having difficulty parking?
(DIR) Post #AUoLepxLSNMsidZkC8 by hu_logic@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T13:23:57Z
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@stux Funny how bed length is pretty much the same...I live in TX suburbs and half of my neighbors have these giant trucks. I'm yet to see a single one of them use it to haul anything other than their kids to soccer practice...
(DIR) Post #AUoLgFTG4xac8oAxW4 by zlatiah@mastodon.zlatiah-no.one
2023-04-19T13:22:22Z
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@stux which is really strange bcuz... Quote not just bikes, there's a thing called a VAN if someone really needs to haul stuffI don't quite get the US on this sometimes
(DIR) Post #AUoLhzzabBcgiM8Iu8 by indri@masto.ai
2023-04-19T13:24:28Z
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@stux I can understand the additional seats, but why would you want to need a ladder to load your truck or clean the windshield?
(DIR) Post #AUoLxHVvjhBROtY0I4 by UberZeitgeist@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:27:01Z
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@stux - Sorta, although I would have looked for perhaps a 20-year-old Ford Ranger next to a hulking F-150 rather than that Toyota. I do miss actually compact pickup trucks. Perspective is everything.
(DIR) Post #AUoLyFBRsyS2SkQUhE by derek@social.coop
2023-04-19T13:27:16Z
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@stux Astounding.
(DIR) Post #AUoM2DQWMMg0AjN0LI by JKLund@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T13:28:11Z
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@stux This is partly due to Obama's vehicle emissions standards. I have an article coming about soon about this topic.
(DIR) Post #AUoMAJTNlRFFEyZNUu by kennykravitz@mindly.social
2023-04-19T13:29:36Z
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@stux To be completely fair, the big one is a crew cab. Would be interesting to compare the load capacity of the two, though.
(DIR) Post #AUoMNkX4T89KvdhaOe by gmate8@mastodon.online
2023-04-19T13:32:04Z
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@stux just like our phones LMAO
(DIR) Post #AUoMW6EteBOkZHBNz6 by AnthonyStevens@techhub.social
2023-04-19T13:33:34Z
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@stux I would NOT call that progress. But then again, I still want a modern El Camino or Ranchero.
(DIR) Post #AUoMWfpdJaa2xLdibY by Katrags@mastodon.ie
2023-04-19T13:33:38Z
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@stux Directly correlates to a loss in farm work and women gaining political/ economic power. 80% of truck sales are to people that use them for pleasure, not hauling/ work. And it shows.
(DIR) Post #AUoMX94WbIivdvpWLI by websick@vmst.io
2023-04-19T13:33:44Z
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@stux I hate trucks as much as the last guy, and this is in no way a defense of them....BUT damn are they comfortable to sit in. In cars I feel like I'm slouching, but in trucks I can actually sit upright. Tall person problems 😩Luckily I don't need to own a vehicle at this point in my life! And I probably won't need to for another 4-5 years.
(DIR) Post #AUoN3uevCzceUxTlY0 by petersnp@ohai.social
2023-04-19T13:39:38Z
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@stux progress?
(DIR) Post #AUoNDsn70ZNXbK4276 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-04-19T13:39:06.780696Z
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@stux "Never talk to me and my son ever again"
(DIR) Post #AUoNsX9ENkPaLfnHSC by susanh@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:48:45Z
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@stux don’t get me started on driving at night with these things coming at you. My next vehicle is going to have to be higher off the ground in sheer self defence!
(DIR) Post #AUoNxeU6X2SqYCzvV2 by GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.social
2023-04-19T13:49:45Z
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@stux Actual image description for blind users:A small and a large pickup truck, which otherwise look the same.
(DIR) Post #AUoO7wQGh2U5546s64 by kagekokoro@freespeechextremist.com
2023-04-19T13:51:43.970318Z
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@stux like the original a lot better
(DIR) Post #AUoOB4RjJmvOpmHmJE by PaulDitz@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T13:52:13Z
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@stux The worst part of this is that you can't get a small pickup truck any more.
(DIR) Post #AUoOVpScEJLWRDb9s0 by wenslauw@m.beautifullosers.org
2023-04-19T13:55:55Z
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@stux Men have grown a lot more insecure during those 20 years.
(DIR) Post #AUoOfmctcdBEXm9a3U by gednet@home.social
2023-04-19T13:57:41Z
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@stux One is over compensating, the other is all you should ever need. 🤔
(DIR) Post #AUoP7tYZRuNe96XEno by pilaf@cupoftea.social
2023-04-19T14:02:42Z
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@stux this post reminds me a lot of Reddit. Mindless manufactured rage, two entirely different classes of trucks (single vs dual cab), heavy duty vs light duty, plus decades of safety and comfort engineering changes. That little one can’t handle a pallet of tiles or cement without dangerously overloading the suspension or putting the driver/other drivers at risk.
(DIR) Post #AUoP93LGYKWEmgrd3o by Mcdyer@masto.ai
2023-04-19T14:03:01Z
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@stux I've heard them called Emotional Support Trucks.
(DIR) Post #AUoPMPyDjTf6jHSQjY by bravado@mas.to
2023-04-19T14:05:28Z
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@stux weird, you’d think the climate was fine in the last 20 years
(DIR) Post #AUoPXFJhgMXisDfYsS by TonChryso@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T14:07:24Z
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@stux Interestingly, the first one has a bigger bed.
(DIR) Post #AUoPbj4kytlmKMoYAy by APPTeOORuzvlGOetVY.verita84@poster.place
2023-04-19T14:08:18.448733Z
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@stux We can't all be City Sodomites =)
(DIR) Post #AUoPipLe3iidoA6FaS by katerberg@mastodonapp.uk
2023-04-19T14:09:29Z
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@stux Same size bed.
(DIR) Post #AUoQGAGpI82WFmk5Y0 by a7@miss.mouse.services
2023-04-19T14:15:33.369Z
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@pilaf@cupoftea.social @stux@mstdn.social while this is true only 20% of pickup truck drivers work in industries that might require them
(DIR) Post #AUoR4VC7lnipczXu1Q by pootenski@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T14:24:32Z
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@stux I will join in in saying that the picture unfairly emphasises the differences, BUT the issue remains relevant. I will also join in labeling them "Emotional Support Vehicles". Or ESVs.
(DIR) Post #AUoRMionr6Uf5tKEYS by liquidflames@infosec.exchange
2023-04-19T14:08:01Z
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@feld @stux ...what is the chicken tax?
(DIR) Post #AUoRMkHuONMxeRwzYm by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-04-19T14:26:26.341082Z
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25% tariff that killed the light truck market in USA by keeping foreign manufacturers outand then over the years all the trucks got huge because of crash safety standards and emissions restrictions that made it impractical to build light trucks in the USA
(DIR) Post #AUoRSfF640BXk0SQd6 by avocado_toast@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T14:28:56Z
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@stux "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUoRpPAvy0eWZPM0tk by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T14:33:04Z
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@stux 'Progress'. 🙄
(DIR) Post #AUoRqETpDX4DglaJvM by makomeian@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T14:33:14Z
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@stux No one needs a truck that big. No one.
(DIR) Post #AUoS1YvPXmFWHbtGNs by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2023-04-19T14:35:16Z
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@stux And @notjustbikes made an impassioned plea to stop this nonsense. People need to pay a tax of miles + car’s mass. Or cities can save themselves millions every year trying to keep roads together that are being destroyed by those monsters.The upside is kids don’t get killed either.
(DIR) Post #AUoS9SCKRHKxjgZB8y by Fayedray@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T14:36:36Z
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@stux thanks Stux I flockin hate it
(DIR) Post #AUoSCrf0E6e7ZibYdE by Benjaminblackoak@sfba.social
2023-04-19T14:37:07Z
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@stux Evidence of 20 years of penile shrinkage.
(DIR) Post #AUoSVspO6sUihLX00O by exosome@poa.st
2023-04-19T14:40:52.364629Z
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@stux That's what happens when jews win the war, buy up German engineering trough usury monopoly and claim progress of "their" designs.
(DIR) Post #AUoSwI8ocNiAjeD83k by Siberian@hachyderm.io
2023-04-19T14:45:29Z
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@stux This is a pretty disingenuous comparison as the pickup in the front in a regular cab Toyota Tacoma and one older then 20 years as it looks like a late 90s model, which was a compact pickup model. Which the comparison is to a full sized, crew cab, F150. Even 20 years ago the F150 with a super cab was huge.That said as an owner of a 2022 Tacoma with the smallest cab available it is certainly a bit larger then the old 1990s models. Nobody makes a good compact pickup anymore. :(
(DIR) Post #AUoTagxlkaIpInJB7g by eliasp@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T14:52:50Z
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@stux this thread is incomplete without referencing @notjustbikes's masterpiece:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
(DIR) Post #AUoU3VEsQ3CHL333kO by andrewmat@bolha.us
2023-04-19T14:58:01Z
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@stux a video just commenting those stupid trucks https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-these-stupid-trucks-are-literally-killing-us/
(DIR) Post #AUoUOa2fkx20JgOGgK by BigEarl@mindly.social
2023-04-19T15:01:42Z
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@stux I love how the big truck manufacturers have stopped including a spare tire and just give you a spare truck tucked under the bed.
(DIR) Post #AUoUgs4fS4QjSG2sEK by ballparkweather@mysportgallery.com
2023-04-19T15:05:06Z
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@stux I love how the beds are so short now they’re nearly useless. All about projecting an image 🙄
(DIR) Post #AUoV9Gh9VQyXvHaSZ6 by kyle11c@infosec.exchange
2023-04-19T15:10:14Z
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@stux 100% that big ass truck has seen like 3 trips in a year with stuff in the bed.
(DIR) Post #AUoVCgRuD2kKfO5HEW by 12thRITS@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T15:10:56Z
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@stux I see no problem with this evolution.
(DIR) Post #AUoVGr2KmrBWf570pk by DougWar40k@masto.ai
2023-04-19T15:11:40Z
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@stux "I'm sorry, sir, but your lifestyle has cancer."
(DIR) Post #AUoVREgdiAU6uHumQa by DeborahForPlus@mas.to
2023-04-19T15:13:31Z
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@stux Trucks are exempt from many ecological constraints too
(DIR) Post #AUoVxQTXPtzcjf8V7Y by f800gecko@mastodon.online
2023-04-19T15:19:20Z
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@stux Modern vehicles are truly becoming absurd. But they are a perfect reflection of the the privileged few at the ‘top’ of humanity’s wasteful, unsustainable, greed- and insecurity-driven shitpile.
(DIR) Post #AUoVxwkJR4QOoxELi4 by majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com
2023-04-19T15:19:22Z
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@stux @Adam_Cadmon1 if that's the Lightning, I'll take one!
(DIR) Post #AUoVyYDK8AcF1e5XZA by mcole@hachyderm.io
2023-04-19T15:19:29Z
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@stux I bet that truck whence new had a price commensurate to a car unlike its successor
(DIR) Post #AUoWJaYgboWANW70u8 by bater@toot.community
2023-04-19T15:23:22Z
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@stux I remember my vintage 1987 GMC dually with an 8-cylinder diesel. I was working logging and carpentry jobs then. Trucks were utilitarian, not luxury vehicles then.
(DIR) Post #AUoWR6sIr76AdIsGB6 by jacklaridian@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:23:54Z
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@stux I wouldn't call this progress.
(DIR) Post #AUoWZOwJZjiWyahinA by Basic_Bench@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T15:26:14Z
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@stuxeveryone I know who still uses their truck has like an old one from the 80s to early 2000s.
(DIR) Post #AUoX2W1iIxXFM271Iu by jaycee@toot.community
2023-04-19T15:31:25Z
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@stux Progress? 😏
(DIR) Post #AUoX7RND26xIN1Vzea by scottarmitage@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:32:19Z
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@stux and then there’s this monstrosity I saw the other week in LA 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #AUoX9yK7Uolr8uHF8S by lonewolf@stranger.social
2023-04-19T15:32:48Z
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@stux pickups are all around me. Lumbering beasts that have never carries a load. They weave in and out of traffic and don't pay attentionWhen it snows they are the first in ditches
(DIR) Post #AUoXIivQ7GedzXtgWW by luvcraft@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:34:24Z
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@stux they had a word back then for trucks like we have now: Bigfoot.
(DIR) Post #AUoXe4znFmqmWW7s9o by trebach@masto.ai
2023-04-19T15:38:15Z
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@stux Those are two different models of truck. Even 20 years ago, the smaller one was the small pickup truck in the lineup (probably a GMC Jimmy or Chevy S-10)
(DIR) Post #AUoYCyvhnZOJqUrADw by FeralRobots@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:44:33Z
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@stux I had an Isuzu P'up for a couple years, late 90s. I remember it fondly because I got it cheap from a friend who'd used it hard, & it kept ticking when I desperately needed reliable transportation. But it was like the smaller one here (which looks like a Ford Ranger, maybe?). I never really used it *as a pickup*.Sold it to a guy who needed a small truck to move long distance & then run a small contracting biz in the south. Who knows, that thing might still be running.
(DIR) Post #AUoYfsMvGsLLtYMgng by ToddRobinson@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:49:49Z
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@stux I still prefer small pickups, but they are hard to find.Although, the new Ford Maverick is intriguing.
(DIR) Post #AUoYmg2dVArRgq7Rlg by azcoigreach@stranger.social
2023-04-19T15:50:57Z
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@stux The little one has probably seen way way way more work than the big one will oversee.
(DIR) Post #AUoYoRQ8phQevIxG2S by richard_merren@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T15:51:21Z
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@stux Those little trucks were the best. They sipped gas (compared to other stuff at the time, at least), they were well built, and on 100°+ days the A/C would cool the tiny cab down in minutes.
(DIR) Post #AUoYswLrm2mo0q6Hbs by CathyCaine@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T15:52:08Z
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@stux Which way is it progressing?
(DIR) Post #AUoYvijYrRwIe8VdQG by martyp@mindly.social
2023-04-19T15:52:33Z
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@stux this is why parking lots feel so small!
(DIR) Post #AUoZSia4S22rjBnwga by EarthOne@social.snorklr.com
2023-04-19T15:58:37Z
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@stux And the one in front? Can't find them to buy anymore.
(DIR) Post #AUoZd5vwTsbF3DyzY0 by stevenray@sfba.social
2023-04-19T16:00:29Z
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@stux MURICA! USA USA!
(DIR) Post #AUoZlDjzL0VPa6GYt6 by Bwasscher@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T16:01:24Z
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@stux progress??
(DIR) Post #AUoa01VB7k7Py0OhFo by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
2023-04-19T16:04:36Z
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@stux Now show the inverse with a ~2000 lifted heavy duty diesel truck verses a ~2020 compact truck.
(DIR) Post #AUoaHeFMKBuF3SOzqK by Rachelcee@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T16:07:51Z
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@stux Thats not progress, its regression
(DIR) Post #AUoaKD6Ji09FjSOWK8 by sepfeiffer@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T16:08:19Z
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@stux Obscene. Poor Mother Earth.
(DIR) Post #AUoaNyU7zadhYmKKHo by Papa_Keogh@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T16:08:53Z
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@stux Soon they'll need 2 lanes😁
(DIR) Post #AUoaVTPxNqb7WUx3qK by Jdcolahan@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T16:10:21Z
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@stux Reverse culture is again empowered in the USA.
(DIR) Post #AUoam7Ua9fUgRh3KKW by anxietocracy@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T16:13:21Z
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@stux everything bigger except the part of thw pickup trucknthat one uses to pick things up
(DIR) Post #AUoawiObnq5rnQJKjY by ThePJN@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T16:15:15Z
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@stux It’s like the concept of the “pickup truck” has reached the stage of 90s cartoons where they’ve strayed too far from the original show and it’s just dumb and weird. Mainly because they want to sell new toys. I’m looking at you cybernetic humans and clones of animal/human hybrids in Gargoyles! (I think… I might be remembering that wrong.)
(DIR) Post #AUobGiFG4bOt7VTNJY by canleaf@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T16:18:53Z
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@stux the f went wrong?
(DIR) Post #AUobPDpIXSMZNtO69g by numbakrunch@mastodon.online
2023-04-19T16:20:19Z
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@stux Wow. Just like Mickey Rourke's face.
(DIR) Post #AUobWgEnIxGnWkrz2O by eduardoveravaldes@home.social
2023-04-19T16:21:45Z
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@stux overcompensating much?
(DIR) Post #AUobY7tzvy6xcJpe7M by mookie@mininull.com
2023-04-19T16:22:01Z
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@stux A great photo showing the increase in toxic masculinity.
(DIR) Post #AUobc4b0AXUUWLpR1U by Stellar@mk.absturztau.be
2023-04-19T16:22:48.240Z
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@stux@mstdn.social "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUobvXiW7ZgGLBcyoK by only_living_girl@mastodon.lol
2023-04-19T16:26:09Z
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@stux “But why are the potholes and road conditions so bad right now, they’re getting worse every year” yeah I dunno that’s a tough one
(DIR) Post #AUoc5yV5OcNCItJtCa by linuxfiend@vmst.io
2023-04-19T16:28:08Z
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@stux While I agree that pickups have gotten far too tall, this isn't really an apples to apples comparison.
(DIR) Post #AUod6GvWzEG9PHOXbM by bsmaalders@mas.to
2023-04-19T16:39:20Z
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@stux As much as I agree with your post about oversized vehicles, it's not really a good comparison, which mutes your argument somewhat. A modern crewcab 4x4 is not the same as a low end non-4x4 pickup just because they both have the same description "pickup". I have a 1996 F250 4x4 crew cab; it also towers over your example 20 year old truck and is is of course much more capable vehicle in terms of carrying people, towing trailers and use off-road or in snow/ice.
(DIR) Post #AUodmBWvRTrEpas5a4 by Smokinjoe@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T16:46:55Z
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@stux "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUofQoZln1urT28hv6 by jmovs@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T17:05:26Z
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@stux @asymco I would argue it shows degress rather than progress :P
(DIR) Post #AUofh2sgN6nAT0j14C by rachel_maria65@toot.community
2023-04-19T17:01:34Z
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@stux most people just need the smaller vehicle. Are the smaller trucks still made?
(DIR) Post #AUogZuxxV6QBqXMGbg by chelseawrites@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T17:18:15Z
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@stux I absolutely love those smaller, older trucks and I’m sad they’re not a thing anymore. 😭
(DIR) Post #AUoh1MP3b9nmlA7QVE by dbc3@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T17:23:20Z
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@stux the stupid is overwhelming.I parked my 2011 Ford Ranger next to a new Ford F150 yesterday. Picture would have looked just like that. It is absolutely absurd.
(DIR) Post #AUoh6ZHn7yuYAACgWO by mancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2023-04-19T17:24:13Z
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@stux@trisweb I know someone here in the UK who has something like that behemoth - he's not a farmer, or construction worker, or anyone who would need that load carrying capacity, he works nights in a supermarket.And he lives in a large town, not somewhere 30 miles deep in a forest.He just thinks they are cool, and doesn't mind the extortionate fuel bills.He wants to try coal-rolling, but the modifications would mean it had no chance of ever passing its MOT ever again.
(DIR) Post #AUohjJM6I5aI36h2ie by mjfgates@wandering.shop
2023-04-19T17:31:11Z
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@stux Worth noting that you can still buy the pickup truck in front anywhere outside the United States, because it is a superior truck.
(DIR) Post #AUoi5T113X7qNbObc8 by DavidBlue@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T17:35:17Z
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@stux @FediThing this is not progression.I say that so definitively because I am confident in the assumption upon which it depends - that this type of vehicle was specifically designed *for work*. I guess you could also toss in the fact that I grew up engaged in a pretty wide spectrum of that work using pickups to do it.and once again we come back to *curb weight*
(DIR) Post #AUoiBjWeaGyXK5BLnM by Homoevolutis0@geekdom.social
2023-04-19T17:36:24Z
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@stux 20 years of tiny dick compensation.
(DIR) Post #AUoiP76SEdBqDBJ9Bw by bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot
2023-04-19T17:38:50Z
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@stux These modern vehicles are absurd.
(DIR) Post #AUoiSGDGoxVXKmzqO8 by otheorange_tag@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T17:39:25Z
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@stux And, we know what is going on here! 🤦 #YouDontHaveToBeFreudToKnow
(DIR) Post #AUoipSgOcnEwfXgPQm by atatassault@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T17:43:36Z
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@stux You cant even buy a small truck any more. Car manufacturers figured out they could ***literally sell*** toxic masculinity, and thus made their trucks giant and expensive ~~penis compensators~~ "man cards"
(DIR) Post #AUojmJdNuW0FgtL1qS by redcrew@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T17:54:12Z
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@stux Oh my. Have to say I like the smaller truck.
(DIR) Post #AUojyo30f0OjUVHQFE by winfried@fosstodon.org
2023-04-19T17:56:20Z
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@stux the loading area has not increased
(DIR) Post #AUokT70qiG8ezvijFQ by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T18:01:55Z
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@stux And I'd bet that the smaller one does far more actual hauling than the larger one. (For one thing, you can get stuff into the bed without a 6-foot ladder.)
(DIR) Post #AUokh5mI6IeLDqZqQS by Kangar00@toot.community
2023-04-19T18:00:52Z
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@stux it makes sense if you know the condition of most roads in Michigan, where the big car manufacturers sit.
(DIR) Post #AUolO45uEhF4S8F7r6 by uwelefthanded@mastodon.lol
2023-04-19T18:12:05Z
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@stux egoboosters 😮💨
(DIR) Post #AUolvvZERgtBqv6gTo by vitriolix@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T18:18:21Z
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@stux running over your own kids in your driveway to own the libs
(DIR) Post #AUom1ffEUDDaGceVG4 by Euan@speedlines.stctp.zone
2023-04-19T18:19:14Z
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@stux Hey, alt-text is there so you can describe the image for those who need it. Putting a joke there isn't helpful.
(DIR) Post #AUom6lu2iYpJ440nDM by bigheadtales@mstdn.party
2023-04-19T18:20:19Z
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@stux I guess progress is a relative term. Today's #BroDozers are the height of form over function in the same way Detroit's 1970s land yachts were.
(DIR) Post #AUomVphhisJg5oBsjQ by costrike@spore.social
2023-04-19T18:24:51Z
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@stux 'progress'
(DIR) Post #AUomke5tAd7aQeZ9sW by damnkimberlee@toad.social
2023-04-19T18:27:30Z
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@stux doesn’t that speak volumes about the anti-planet marketing behind the fossil fuel industry?
(DIR) Post #AUonOhwYHHbNx1ImBs by MissingThePt@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T18:34:37Z
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@stux Rare sighting of a mother pickup with its baby in the wild.
(DIR) Post #AUonPMKi6sh5DWudOq by meraord@mastodonsweden.se
2023-04-19T18:34:47Z
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@stux no progress, just size.
(DIR) Post #AUonR3GPyoeKeciBmq by cynthiarose@sfba.social
2023-04-19T18:35:11Z
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@stux my favorite part is how clearly it says “I don’t give a fuck if I crush your kids, admire my deadly metal penis now.”
(DIR) Post #AUonRSdfdV6VLymc08 by kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T18:35:14Z
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@stux yeah, it's kinda absurd that the entire front portion of the older one fits in the newer one...It's just #fattening of #cars...
(DIR) Post #AUonTr1Xwa8pYt5llQ by piggo@piggo.space
2023-04-19T18:35:41.797353Z
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@stux someone found the scale slider in blender
(DIR) Post #AUonWMy49G39DGfBzs by Eamon1916@mastodon.ie
2023-04-19T18:36:08Z
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@stux that's not progress.
(DIR) Post #AUooZYCevpoYsjZPH6 by wuffff@ruhr.social
2023-04-19T18:47:55Z
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@stux #wankpanzer
(DIR) Post #AUoolhYfyXqTN4f7dQ by ang6666@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T18:50:08Z
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@stux I cannot stand huge trucks like that. Twice I have had a truck back into my small car cause they couldn't see me. It is ridiculous and unnecessary.
(DIR) Post #AUopWDWFThWfohhuFc by davidleigh@mstdn.ca
2023-04-19T18:58:24Z
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@stux progress?!?
(DIR) Post #AUopfQo3Ri2zdHQgmO by Soweitsogut@troet.cafe
2023-04-19T19:00:10Z
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@stux Media our streets and cities are so empty, we need still more and bigger cars
(DIR) Post #AUoqp7uSerJTsLc4O0 by VacantInside@mastodonapp.uk
2023-04-19T19:13:08Z
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@stux @rysiek so much small dick energy in this photo
(DIR) Post #AUoqxXfclRbm5UgajQ by TransitBiker@urbanists.social
2023-04-19T19:14:38Z
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@stux oh, it reminds me of this:
(DIR) Post #AUorVm9RQmJYqSxMoa by driusan@mas.to
2023-04-19T19:20:53Z
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@stux Not just pickup design. I saw an older pickup about the size of the smaller one on the road yesterday and my first thought was "wow, that pickup is smaller than most of the newer SUVs on the road"
(DIR) Post #AUorhb5uMm1Y1lwOZc by Bodling@deacon.social
2023-04-19T19:22:31Z
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@stux "Okay, so we haven't actually hauled anything in our monster truck. But we MIGHT. There was that one time we had to bring those couple of 2x4s and that tray of marigolds back from the home supply store at the same time, remember? Would have been SO much easier if we had us a pickup truck!"
(DIR) Post #AUormLUBpE8X4DYwEq by lps@masto.1146.nohost.me
2023-04-19T19:23:22Z
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@stux A great mini doc about how American car companies avoided international competition and regulations by creating a "light truck" segment of vehicleshttps://yewtu.be/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
(DIR) Post #AUos96uu9utiXfuhH6 by cmf406@zirk.us
2023-04-19T19:27:57Z
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@stux My kingdom for a small, EV pickup truck that I can put a cap on. RIP my first vehicle, a 1980s Ford Courier, held together with bondo.
(DIR) Post #AUoscllbMJ9pdMhjai by TootUncommon@mas.to
2023-04-19T19:33:20Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #AUosouo7ZVan9EfsYq by elizabethwordsmith@mastodon.online
2023-04-19T19:35:27Z
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@stux that’s not progress, that’s a Dick extension
(DIR) Post #AUoswhXUmoHeJXbvCi by Jkp@mastodon.scot
2023-04-19T19:36:57Z
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@stuxIf it were a food item the situation would be the exact opposite.I give you the Wagonwheel effect!🧐
(DIR) Post #AUoszgaklVoUFDYdSy by tleekeene@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-19T19:37:29Z
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@stux NOT progress to me.
(DIR) Post #AUot8s85EpZ2dMWmum by cynic2010@mas.to
2023-04-19T19:39:08Z
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@stux cargo capacity(vol.) hasn’t changed as much as the vanity space..
(DIR) Post #AUotG4zLpJB8XiscrY by GutenTag@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T19:40:24Z
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@stux .https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/embed/-oKz_ZWDO6I.😱
(DIR) Post #AUotHxygrZAZNYTFZo by gavinisdie@masto.ai
2023-04-19T19:40:31Z
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@stux I can't believe I haven't noticed how large pickups have gotten
(DIR) Post #AUotOqNvUYTfrBYQ3U by blauamsee@social.tchncs.de
2023-04-19T19:41:58Z
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@stux Sehr gute Entwicklung! Das, was da, damals, an abnormalen Monstrositäten produziert wurde, war wirklich abnormal. Der kleine Pickup ist da schon ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Toll gemacht.
(DIR) Post #AUotVxG2KzCXCQFqU4 by magicalwoodlands@mastodon.art
2023-04-19T19:43:14Z
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@stux this is why Truck Nuts are an actual thing, and no I will not look for a pic to post.
(DIR) Post #AUotaARPGQNTFGa6wS by stylinstainless@mastodon.online
2023-04-19T19:42:39Z
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@stux And the bed is the same size 🙄
(DIR) Post #AUotx2jW5VPm03xb2O by alex_f@hachyderm.io
2023-04-19T19:48:11Z
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@stux you're not wrong, and I agree with the point you're trying to make. But this is like comparing a cat to an elephant. They also made big trucks 20 years ago, the Tacoma just wasn't one of them. Compare that Tacoma to a modern one and you'll still see a striking change in size. I miss small trucks :(
(DIR) Post #AUouECSHC9pn4i4qsy by Trojaner@norden.social
2023-04-19T19:51:16Z
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@stux @Erdrandbewohner Und da wundern die Amis sich, dass Parkhäuser einstürzen?
(DIR) Post #AUouNbxdjaKYmoEdDE by thegreatape@thechimp.zone
2023-04-19T19:53:04.361095Z
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@stux OH BOO HOO LIBERAL CRYBABY PIECE OF FISH LOSER NEVER FELT A WOMAN BABY HOMOS I WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL COAL AT YOUR PROTESTS AND LAUGH WHILE DOING IT
(DIR) Post #AUouTCniBxZQUVG6Pg by thegreatape@thechimp.zone
2023-04-19T19:54:06.296677Z
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@stux GO AHEAD REPORT ME EACH REPORT ONLY FUELS MY CHEVY WITH MORE DIESEL
(DIR) Post #AUoumoclmzLNIhUXBI by stux@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:57:28Z
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@thegreatape will do piece of poop that you are 😉
(DIR) Post #AUovCrCMqCpSoUYkkK by evilmicrowizard@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T20:02:16Z
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@stux "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUovIPfK7YOF9ukjdg by Aviva_Gary@noc.social
2023-04-19T20:03:15Z
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@stux wow
(DIR) Post #AUox0LGxulUqELs1XU by vgoller@nrw.social
2023-04-19T20:22:25Z
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@stux from practical to stupid
(DIR) Post #AUoxZ81d9xsjHQHjbU by Steve8282@mastodon.world
2023-04-19T20:28:10Z
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@stux All that bloat, same bed size.
(DIR) Post #AUoybMUMSKtkfeLuE4 by xs4me2@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T20:40:14Z
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@stux An aberration…
(DIR) Post #AUozSpW5GIzW2xeaeG by KellyandRoger@kinky.business
2023-04-19T20:49:55Z
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@stux it is entirely ridiculous. @notjustbikes had a great video about this, I am sure you would have seen.
(DIR) Post #AUoztBWc3cJBpmT5KS by wesdym@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T20:54:45Z
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@stux These comparisons are real and valid, and that I've noted myself a lot, but this is an exaggerated example that cheats more than a little.
(DIR) Post #AUp1YWy7KqEkARc1DM by JohnShirley2023@mastodon.cloud
2023-04-19T21:13:22Z
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@stux "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUp3916kr5Dy1Qc8P2 by galad@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T21:31:10Z
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@stux Going to need to start regulating the size of pickup trucks.
(DIR) Post #AUp3PERP3DtW0V0JcG by tejibomb@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T21:34:07Z
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@stux The way the actual purpose of carrying loads of stuff has barely improved is so funny. Like the carrying space is only sligtly bigger. now it's just a safety hazard.
(DIR) Post #AUp3RrjnuwSuSlroQa by FartsMusically@universeodon.com
2023-04-19T21:34:39Z
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@stux the ranger doesn't need to exist anymore.
(DIR) Post #AUp3qahKPOMmr1Uyu0 by Dallin@social.vivaldi.net
2023-04-19T21:38:56Z
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@stux 20 years from now...
(DIR) Post #AUp52gbUNPN0bG6Bbk by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T21:52:25Z
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@stux …from which we can infer that pickup truck owner penis sizes have gone down over the past 20 years.
(DIR) Post #AUp53uyUQmvVSbRd0i by Agora@mindly.social
2023-04-19T21:52:43Z
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@stux fucking hell😳😳
(DIR) Post #AUp5cFKjFD8URoDR7A by jakobsfilm@kolektiva.social
2023-04-19T21:58:48Z
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@stux not always a good choice
(DIR) Post #AUp60NQSoAcWUoP8ka by britishtechguru@techhub.social
2023-04-19T22:03:05Z
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@stux Pickup trucks are good but once they added crewcabs, the point of them was lost.
(DIR) Post #AUp79nCOSCPCzRsQa0 by ferricoxide@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T22:16:02Z
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@stux And you KNOW the ass hat in the ginormo-truck parks in car slots labelled "Compact cars only".
(DIR) Post #AUp9rsqR1XPX9Nl3I0 by piper@mastodon.au
2023-04-19T22:46:23Z
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@stux many people have grown in size accordingly too
(DIR) Post #AUpAKiM76JYT17K5GS by a@pdx.social
2023-04-19T22:51:43Z
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@stux @estheria Our 1996 farm pickup is on its last legs and I’m dreading this aspect of the replacement process.(That… and losing stick shift.)
(DIR) Post #AUpAjVssbg1VZpTSE4 by wilberfan@cinematheque.social
2023-04-19T22:56:15Z
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@stux Exactly mirrors the change in size of the drivers.
(DIR) Post #AUpAvflVh88rhJpDQ8 by samuelnihoul@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T22:58:24Z
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@stux 20 years of climate action progress in one photo
(DIR) Post #AUpBRUdwa7PaTCSX32 by BigJesusTrashcan@kolektiva.social
2023-04-19T23:04:12Z
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@stux The problem is that the Toyota that used to be a small truck is now bigger than my Ford
(DIR) Post #AUpDYF4T4p4W6pDAmm by PenguinToot@twit.social
2023-04-19T23:27:50Z
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@stux @asymco Ha, drove across Canada in 1973 with 2 friends in the smaller truck with a camper bed on the back. At a time of gas shocks the old one was much easier to take cross-continent, but the new one would’ve been much more comfortable 🙂
(DIR) Post #AUpEnQyxAqPzLfRLea by ecoscore@aus.social
2023-04-19T23:41:43Z
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@stux Indeed - and you can't blame illusion, perspective, or photoshop for that pic 😀 👏
(DIR) Post #AUpHFtA6CBXwlNLiIC by bowreality@mstdn.ca
2023-04-20T00:09:16Z
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@stux I love my little Ranger
(DIR) Post #AUpLK6AoA2LU5mwZrE by FatRon@newsie.social
2023-04-20T00:54:55Z
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@stux those two aren't similair. One is full size, the other is light truck
(DIR) Post #AUpOvRNKax0YQUIbK4 by ckane@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T01:35:17Z
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@stux ‘Murica man!
(DIR) Post #AUpSx9hreqZA1Uyblg by onelson@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T02:20:25Z
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@ekuber sorry if you've already been tagged hundreds of times on this.
(DIR) Post #AUpT5OXaO8yILb67Bw by elpeque_29@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T02:21:53Z
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@stux @frngr I will always agree with you with this, this is ridiculous big.
(DIR) Post #AUpTnx3JR5Tw7pBS6a by robertnorlyn@mstdn.social
2023-04-20T02:29:56Z
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@stux Something has gone terribly wrong.
(DIR) Post #AUpWBQcXrrH8OkzBtA by Hex@kolektiva.social
2023-04-20T02:56:36Z
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@stux if you look at the beds you'll notice they actually have the same cargo capacity.
(DIR) Post #AUpa6316bAc9YqACWW by BafDyce@chaos.social
2023-04-20T03:40:19Z
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@stux "progress"
(DIR) Post #AUpaye9Il3TiMV22kq by michealj@geekdom.social
2023-04-20T03:50:12Z
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@stux Not sure that qualifies as "progress." More like weight gain!
(DIR) Post #AUpePnf7nO3VY2YYYi by DeesaRoot@universeodon.com
2023-04-20T04:28:51Z
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@stux cost and waste in a repetition of the 50s. Sad,…, no one has learned.
(DIR) Post #AUpei7hY1sz8uWQX3I by seanteachesmath@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T04:32:10Z
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@stux hard to call this ‘progress’…
(DIR) Post #AUpelNEoim1nxuXRJY by LoganFive@beige.party
2023-04-20T04:32:39Z
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@stux I’m not sure the alt text here is going to help the seeing impaired.
(DIR) Post #AUphFwUmOnqbuUi09I by TheCoolest@dftba.club
2023-04-20T05:00:40Z
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@stux Nevermind not being able to see kids over the hood of that thing, would the driver even be able to spot adults? Seriously, can they see pedestrians at all?
(DIR) Post #AUpi4mdGpTVE5avHzU by martin_piper@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T05:09:27Z
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@stux very silly.
(DIR) Post #AUpkTlAxa8JwifibmS by grb090423@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T05:36:47Z
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@stux I'm not so sure it's progress 🤔
(DIR) Post #AUpkyHSQ7kTrWiRGfg by ysbreker@squabble.org
2023-04-20T05:42:15Z
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@stux I assume you already saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo. This picture is a perfect reminder of what NotJistBikes talks about in that video.
(DIR) Post #AUpo2iTNvFlUKohFtg by fonecokid@c.im
2023-04-20T06:16:41Z
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@stux 😂 only in America :bd19:
(DIR) Post #AUpyMH9EE1lCv9EZCC by mike805@fosstodon.org
2023-04-20T08:12:12Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #AUq4VFZ84p4MLR0lqS by JasperKlewer@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T09:21:08Z
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@stux cargo space looks the same for both cars!
(DIR) Post #AUq6rNhugdOBsIniNc by grandhipoobah@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T09:47:32Z
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@stux how much of this bloat went into the bed. The actual capacity doesn’t seem to be that much larger. Plus it’s so high it’s now hard to access. Damn scary how fast these new trucks can go too.
(DIR) Post #AUqBUh356pUiyIhdwG by ravioli@kolektiva.social
2023-04-20T10:39:30Z
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@stux just a little boy....
(DIR) Post #AUqDA4vFLtwAqEKteq by rickw@masto.ai
2023-04-20T10:58:04Z
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@stux carrying capacity up 2.5%. Killing capacity up 250%!I’d bet a modest sum that Dodge ends up using some variation on that as a slogan in the next twenty years.
(DIR) Post #AUqO5tfMMMkUGh76vY by karlmorant@mstdn.ca
2023-04-20T13:00:27Z
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@stux The price of gas is still far too low.
(DIR) Post #AUqOMgy8ovJfoOuJEG by grum999@masto.ai
2023-04-20T13:03:40Z
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@stux is it a Canyonero? :ablobcateyesflip:
(DIR) Post #AUqPSj2w6rPhwjahJA by johnwess@federated.press
2023-04-20T13:15:56Z
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@stux I work in the construction equipment rental industry. I do understand throwing shade at the "lifted" monster trucks, and the shiny status trucks. Apples and Oranges. A Ford Ranger and a Ford F150 are not designed to do the same things. Trucks, from the dealer, whose frames are higher are designed to tow large equipment. I own a 1980's F250 and you do need to clamber into the drivers seat and getting into the bed is a feat, but I can also tow a 10,000 lb track-hoe. A Ranger can't.
(DIR) Post #AUqXY8fR4uYqUPgtm4 by masukomi@connectified.com
2023-04-20T14:45:58Z
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@stux for those who don't know. this isn't because of consumer demand. This is because the larger the vehicle is in the US the less environmental tax the manufacturers pay (because you want to encourage big 18-wheelers to carry many things instead of many small cars carrying few things) BUT this also means if they make bigger vehicles they may more profit (less tax). Note that the truck got bigger, but not the bed size.
(DIR) Post #AUqYY9KohFhQVucDxI by noldodon@norden.social
2023-04-20T14:57:48Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #AUqYdhjWEPrEe8ooDY by noldodon@norden.social
2023-04-20T14:58:49Z
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@stux https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States
(DIR) Post #AUqYjxl1ZBbY5AVUQq by kagekokoro@freespeechextremist.com
2023-04-20T15:00:04.612178Z
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@noldodon @stux how much climate changed could be fought if people stopped stuffing their faces...
(DIR) Post #AUqoeOUKrqrYW24Euu by jfmezei@mstdn.ca
2023-04-20T16:28:38Z
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@stux major improvements. Since this is a "pickup" truck, you impress the ladies much more with bigger cab and fully reclining seats so easier to pickup ladies. Also, far less traumatic to drive since you don't see the kids you run over and there is no blood splattered all over the windshield when you hit a kid since they are thrown under the truck. Pretty sure the designers got bonuses for all those improvements 😟
(DIR) Post #AUrArWd26yJIWCnnSy by violetmaze@masto.ai
2023-04-20T22:07:04Z
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@stux I heard both flat beds are roughly the same size 🙄
(DIR) Post #AUrC4ttwzjSQPten6u by trochee@mas.to
2023-04-20T22:20:45Z
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@stux Progress?
(DIR) Post #AUsPQfWWcngGl2N064 by Mayor_of_Smartarse@mastodon.world
2023-04-21T12:25:04Z
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@stux Sort of the inverse of sperm count...
(DIR) Post #AUsPYPKkhbTGrWYNO4 by scuba_nut53@mindly.social
2023-04-21T12:25:56Z
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@stux I don't understand your use of the term "progress."
(DIR) Post #AUsbMQXPb9ZQZWWpdY by billburnseh@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-21T14:38:40Z
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@stux You need the old Tacoma so you can stand in the bed to access the bed of the ford.
(DIR) Post #AUuQXHg6AXe36DUC3s by timrosenberg@mastodon.social
2023-04-22T11:46:52Z
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LastBoost: The word “progress” is misused here. I think you’re thinking of “vanity”.
(DIR) Post #AUujPvbhjBtbkXdWqG by stux@mstdn.social
2023-04-22T15:18:16Z
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@martyn I can edit it but that would send a noti to over 1.4K people :catblush:
(DIR) Post #AUvZNALVfUHwD148lk by ChrisRawlins@theblower.au
2023-04-23T01:00:36Z
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@stux One tows a wheel barrowThe other tows the whole road train.
(DIR) Post #AUvvGl1H7G2Oulwzaq by inanimatecarbongod@aus.social
2023-04-23T05:05:56Z
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@stux ""Don't talk to me or my son ever again""
(DIR) Post #AUzQOnw9phaOKhknAG by cvwillegen@mastodon.nl
2023-04-24T21:38:53Z
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@stux " 🎶 Suicide machines... 🎶"
(DIR) Post #AV6zV6odPcUr7jhDay by landley@mstdn.jp
2023-04-28T13:15:08Z
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@stux @leigh The problem is the US tax code. Vehicles over 6000 pounds are deductible as a business expense, lighter ones are not:https://www.taxplanning.com/single-post/vehicles-over-6-000-poundsThat's why GE is discontinuing the Bolt EV (despite how well it's selling) and replacing it with an SUV.
(DIR) Post #AVBRfcdVX9MW3f8Hia by adiz@outerkosm.us
2023-04-19T14:11:20.982Z
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@stux@mstdn.social The small truck will be used by an actual contractor or tradesman and the bed will be full of supplies and used for hauling. The larger truck will be used by some officer worker living in the suburbs who never hauls anything in the back.
(DIR) Post #AVBRfdQ4caD6UHr4Pw by delta@mk.absturztau.be
2023-04-30T11:33:57.976Z
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@adiz@outerkosm.us @stux@mstdn.social the larger truck realistically doesn't even carry much more for all that extra weight and size
(DIR) Post #AVBRjnrdjLYm2UjjCi by adiz@outerkosm.us
2023-04-30T16:50:26.051Z
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@delta@mk.absturztau.be Yeah, they're just large, obnoxious vehicles for large, obnoxious Americans. @stux@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AVMwgSF6tdVNQl9nRA by jurgenb80@mastodon.social
2023-05-06T05:59:02Z
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@stux 😀
(DIR) Post #AVY4HpP74CvsxlS6gC by uninventive@universeodon.com
2023-05-11T14:46:01Z
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@stux "Looks great, I'll take the smaller Tacoma.""Sorry, nobody in the United States makes small trucks anymore. Your choices are a midsize 'lifestyle' truck with a tiny bed that can't carry anything, a giant truck with a crew cab ...and a tiny bed that can't carry anything, and a land tank. Monolith on wheels."