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Emotional support truck, blocking the sidewalk, sticking out into the road and with an empty driveway infront of it.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely. Had to drive pickups at work and was constantly competing to get the old, beat up, smaller truck because it was just so much more practical to load and unload.

The target market here is so sensitive about their masculinity that they’ve actually sabotaged the practical use of these vehicles.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All my neighbors have trucks. I rarely see them use the truck bed. The truck bed is already shortened to make room for a back seat. On top that they all have crossover tool boxes. That take another 25% of room on the bed.

They basically perfected their target marketing.

[–] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Man I have one of these as I tow a 16k lb trailer weekly and I fucking hate the thing. I wish I could get a Isuzu two door cab over with the same specs. Even though the Isuzu isn’t small it’s the smallest thing I could see getting where you can see shit. Also it cost just at as much as one of these support vehicles but without a bed. 😥