Mildly Infuriating

Fuck these big ass trucks, should be illegal!

I really think driving these things around should only be legal for work purposes.

I've seen an increase in these dumb trucks in my small European city. Every single one in pristine condition, so you know the pricks don't use them for work. A few stood out with expectedly dumb details. One had a license plate a la "I love USA", and another had a sticker "0800-EAT-SHIT". I'm pissed EU doesn't have the balls to ban them altogether.

I think that it's going to take societal change to stop this from being the norm. In Australia there was a road safety campaign with the slogan:

"Speeding. No one thinks big of you."

It essentially compared speeding with having a small penis, by using the metaphor of a wiggling pinkie, and thus embarrassing perpetrators.

In other words, it needs to become uncool to drive such a massive vehicle. Perhaps "The bigger the trick, the smaller the ..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeding._No_one_thinks_big_of_you.

Edit: Removed stray period.

Edit: Added non stray period back and changed how I entered the URL. Fingers crossed this works. Remind me again why I work in IT.

my aunt used to seek out parking garages that either were proactive at ticketing vehicles that were sticking way out like that, or had a lowered roof at the front to prevent larger vehicles in the first place. She said she was surprised that they existed but said it made actually navigating it so much easier.

I can defo understand that, it's hard enough parking as it is, and thats without a vehicle taking up half the roadway as well.

Remember when Hummer came out with a consumer SUV back in the early 90s? I remember thinking they were gigantic and too big for the roads/parking spots. Quick search tells me the wheel base was 130inches (3.3m or 10.8ft). Here it is completely in a parking spot.

A modern F250 supercab with an 8-foot bed is 175.9in (4.5m / 14.7ft). A 6.75-foot bed, the wheelbase is 147.8in (3.75m / 12.3ft). I wish we could go back to the days of the Hummer...

Seen one recently. Don't know how it is in Americas, but for the rest of the world this is unnecessarily, stupidly, obscenely big. It doesn't fit anywhere, it consumes fuel in barrels, visibility is near zero, the pickup format is extremely impractical for everyday use. This is a climate-churning, people-pressing machine that makes 0 sense.

What is even the point of these, from what i seen the truck bed does not seem that much bigger if at all then a normal pickup truck?

My neighbour used to park his truck sticking way out like that, but it wasn't all the way back in the spot.

I left a note on it saying: "It's not as big as you think it is, you have to put it all the way in."

From then on it was parked properly.

emotional support truck

And these assholes usually the first to whine about how expensive gas is.

Only silver lining of gas going to is including these guys are paying even more to drive that ugly pos. Not worth everything else going up in price, though.

(I think that's f250 according to the side, but a 6.7 diesel? $7.50 is the rate for diesel around here and it's got something like 13 to 14mpg real world stats so lol.)

I blame the truck manufacturers more than the poor, deluded shlubs who buy them. There used to be standards in the industry but "big" costs more so they make more money (initially...while pricing a whole class of citizens out of the market).

One of the few moments where I'm glad gas is insanely pricey.

And they fucking insist on parking in the front of places. You can drive a piece of shit like that but you can’t walk from the back of the lot? Lazy little dick.

It's another symptom of the infinite growth mindset that is not only plaguing boardrooms but average citizens.

But how else is he supposed to convince himself he's not an insecure, emotionally stunted man-child?!

Clearly a Penis Compensation Device.

When I see people with clean, big, unused trucks, I always give them this hand signal:

Wag your index finger, and it looks like their small limp dick, blowing in the wind. You get double points if you look them in the eyes. They usually get the message. Be careful, though. I've gotten into a few fights over just that hand sign.

I'd definitely reserve it for those pissers who ride your ass or park like assholes, but get ready for a fight.

They also can never find their signals and are by far the most aggressive drivers on the road.

It’s an Emotional Support Truck, which is hilarious based on how opposed they are to gender affirming care.