12mo ago

The way this is written out really irks me.

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I've heard that people who drive a Dodge Ram are most likely to have a DUI on their record.
For real. Might have changed since then though.
- Dickheads drive dodge
  
  Dickheads drive ~~Dodge~~ pickup trucks
  
  Why?
  
  Pavement Princess's
  
  Because some people only live inside their tiny little bubble and can’t think outside of it. So therefore if I don’t have a need or want for a truck then no one else should.
  
  That only works if what you want doesn't also affect other people. If you buy a giant pick up truck that endangers other people, for no other reason than your own ego, you're probably an asshole.
  
  Your world view is so tiny. You don’t know shit.
  You’re probably an asshole. Only because your own ego is so great and your own mind is so limited you can’t take time to think outside your own tiny little box.
  It’s sad really. Also don’t leave your house ever. Your actions endanger other people.
  
  Have you never had to tow a trailer? Haul lumber or stone? Bring home a large appliance or furniture? Help a friend move? Or are you just assuming anyone who uses a vehicle you don't need is an asshole?
  
  None of the idiots who brag about driving a semi have done any of that either. They're grocery haulers at best. Just like 4x4 princesses. The loudest mouth breathers are the ones who think that driving on a unpaved dirt road is off-roading.
  The rest of sensible humankind knows that, for any of what you mentioned, it's astronomically cheaper to rent an actual truck for the couple of days every other year that you actually have to do any of it than owning, and slaving over a loan, for an inefficient, expensive and inadequate machine that can't do any of those task properly.
  
  None of the idiots who brag about driving a semi have done any of that either.
  That's definitely not true. People can still have a self-image as a kind of asshole truck driver, and also still use their truck. People make this argument, that somehow these kind of aesthetic qualities have some sort of bearing on who does or doesn't use their truck, and to me, it just kind of comes across like the only people who are allowed to drive trucks are the people who are acting in socially acceptable ways.
  The argument is less about the people who use their truck, and more about the relative frequencies of use for everyone generally. Most people would be better covered by a rental. And then we could also make the argument that our development patterns would encourage the use of trucks far too much anyways.
  Edit: wait, did you mean to type semi, or hemi? I kind of assumed hemi, but if you mean semi that kind of changes everything and I don't know how to respond to that.
  
  I did meant hemi. English as a third language and all. And honestly I don't care about whether they use their truck or not. It's about the statistical probability of both being an intolerable fuckface who has an inefficient machine instead of a personality, and bragging that they need it and it is the best choice for certain heavy tasks. When the people who actually need to do those heavy task regularly would chose a pickup track last. Because it would be the worst choice possible only second to a Twingo or something. Because I've seen sedans deal better with towing trailers than some of the crap they sell to Americans as trucks.
  
  So you mean in your limited experience it’s cheaper. Which is fine. If you found solution for you good stuff. But your limited experience isn’t the reality for everyone.
  Sounds like you don’t have a good understanding of the machines you are even talking about. Try expanding your world a little. Be less about making judgements about things you don’t understand.
  
  Idiot says to the guy whose entire family were trades professionals for two generations who had owned, worked on and driven everything from buses and box trucks to 18 wheelers and forklifts, that he doesn't understand machines and need to expand their world. Stay classy Internet.
  
  Sure ya did.
  
  Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. None of those needed or would have been better with a pickup. Have driven a pickup as well. Was pointless and crap.
- I read that too. I think the 2500 model had the highest rate.
  
  Unless another model has truck balls, which doubles the trucks overall douche-value.
  
  yeah i heard that from regular car reviews!
- People who make poor life choices are more likely to make other poor life choices.
- It was BMW drivers, rams were a close second to Tesla in driving incidents and highest overall combined incidents and dui.
  
  Saw that recently as well. Wondering if the stats are US versus the world. BMWs just don't seem common enough in the US to hold the top spot. Unless every driver is constantly tanked at all times.
  
  BMW's are all over, at least where I live.
- https://aacriminallaw.com/the-most-common-vehicles-for-drunk-driving-arrests/
  
  At least the alcoholic grindset yuppies are well represented by the BMW 4 series and Audi A4 in the top 5.
  Absolutely zero surprise of Ram trucks being #1. The only vehicle that has ever crashed into me was a Ram. All the tires were mismatched and the driver came to his deposition with alcohol on his breath. They’re a fun bunch, those Ram drivers.
  
  I'll rarely see Rams used as actual work trucks. At least around me, it's all Fords and Chevy. And if it a Ram, it's got a Cummins in it. Hemi is weekend warrior shit.
- Still the same, up there with BMW

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