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Hey, German here. What the f*** are Americans doing at the other side of the Atlantic? Some of you already know this monstrosity. I did'nt. This is a Ford F650 Truck and when I stepped out of my Youtube Bubble I realized, it was marketed as the "biggest, baddest Truck on the road" for the everyday American. Are you guys serious?! Is the end goal really to drive a Monster Truck to McDs to get a McFlurry? Americas bloodiest wars have been fought in the middle east to secure oil, bombing nations to rubble. And all, for this bullshit? The excess, waste and decadence is mind boggling to me and people on Reddit seriously justifying this by "you know dude I'm 6,4ft. I don't fit in any other vehicle" makes me go up the wall.

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[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 241 points 1 year ago

If you want to be even more outraged by American stupidity, look up “rolling coal”. In short, morons buy large trucks like this and purposely detune their emissions systems to run poorly, decreasing fuel efficiency and spewing soot laden exhaust. The only purpose to do this is to piss off liberals, apparently.

[-] SamVergeudetZeit@feddit.de 140 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're joking? Oh my,... you're not.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 120 points 1 year ago

The best part (/s) is when they purposefully drive in front of people with a 'wimpy' car, like a hybrid or EV or a car that isn't fuckhuge, and intentionally spews smog behind them.

Very mature folk, very stable, very safe to be around, as I'm sure you can tell.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Where I live, you get up to two years in jail for brake-checking someone, and a potentially life-altering fine if you cut off a pedestrian. Cops are extremely strict about cars endangering others because they're very easy charges. I'd love to see their reaction to rolling coal.

[-] EliasChao@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone brake-checking in my country. It’s almost always videos from the US.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Probably because drivers' education in the USA is a fucking joke and licenses are handed out like candy. New drivers inherit the flaws and bad manners from their parents because they're not required to be trained by a certified instructor.

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

No, it's because enforcement is a joke, not licensing.

One of the things that's hard for a European to understand is how shoddy and capricious law enforcement in North America can be. You know those lovely conditional speed limits that Germany has? No way that works in North America because the police won't do anything except sit in their interceptors on the last two days of they month doing speed traps.

Swerve, fail to signal, brake-check, basically drive like you're Bumblebee in Michael Bay's Transformers 2, that's fine. Just stay below the speed limit on the last two days of the month.

[-] SiegeRhino@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

and remember - they vote too!

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

When I see those assholes I pull up next to them and tell them to pull over so I can fart in their mouth.

[-] GenEcon@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Where is the 2nd ammendment if you need it?

[-] BadEngineering@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

Sadly they are not, the people that do it are the worst kind of asshole. They generally like to "roll coal" while passing electric or hybrid cars, covering them with soot. The spend thousands of dollars to be as obnoxious and wasteful as possible, all to spite "the liberals".

[-] stewie3128@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

It's the best possible way to spot who was the bottom 10% of the high school class.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That's how i feel when i see a MAGA or FuckTrudeu sticker on a vehicle

[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

do they wear face coverings

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