I've been using "emotional support vehicle" lately.

They're empty and almost every tow hitch is rusty. I think if they're used the rust would get knocked off and they'd be shiny, like the one back there. They literally just buy trucks to make themselves feel manly, I guess because they can't any other way. Then they never use it for any of the things they argue people need trucks for.

Good man.

I do the same, but with bicycle lights that people have left on. I know how annoying it is to find your battery empty.

I got a hitch sized hole in my bumper because some asshole backed into my parked car and drove off.

Most places it illegal to have them on when not in use. Most people leave them on as a form of crash protection, like in a parking lot.

Sure, but could they teach them how to park then?

Toe hooks huh... Must be some big feet....

But even with or without hitches, their rear ends are intruding beyond their parking spots. I know that's also a challenge with these long ass trucks, but if it were a lot designed specifically for this demographic, it should have the spots appropriate.

This is what every Sunday grocery trip looks like in Montana

please accidentally ban the other ICE 🤞

Make a habit of removing their tow hitches so you can get past.

Yeah I think it's time for an urbanism community here on Lemmy. I've been on the fence but I'm all for spreading more awareness that things like this are not normal.

I was at a family party where this guy with the largest pickup I'd ever seen constantly complained about how expensive gas was and how it was Biden's fault. It quickly became apparent that he only drove the thing the hour drive back and forth from his office job. Truck looked like new despite being a couple years old, save for highway tire wear.

Why on earth does he think we should all subsidize his absurd and impractical vehicle's fuel? And I'm sure he complains about entitled people on welfare.

It's not, these guys just suck and they don't have the first clue how to actually operate their vehicles. I can fit my full sized truck into spaces just fine when I have occasion to drive it. They all think they're hot shit for having back-in parking "skills," too, while utterly failing to comprehend that all they've accomplished here is making it impossible to load anything into the bed. You know, like what trucks are for.

(Postscript: So obviously, they're not planning on putting anything in the back. Which means they could have just as well all showed up on Vespas.)

I wouldn't dare

Those aren't a choice. Driving a pavement princess 100% is.

They usually try to justify it with the loose excuse of hauling or towing things, that they do maybe twice a year. It's pathetic.

The ones that actually get used regularly for their design are obvious, because they're beat up from use. And from my experience, they also tend to be the ones that don't park like this. Likely because backing in means you can't actually load anything in the bed.

it's not even an insult, it's just stupid and always has been

I agree with you.

But you know who doesn't agree with us? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. And when you throw such a non-insult their way, it is their own hate and prejudice that turns it into something they take as an insult. At best it shines a light on the shitty attitude by turning it against the wielder, and at worst it gives the targets of their shit a little catharsis.

Even with the more tame versions, like "emotional support truck," I assume we agree that a person who needs and responds well to an emotional support animal are not bad people. But you know who loves to assume that anything like that is a some kind of character flaw? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. :)

It was always about making fun of insecure masculinity, which is a very outsized problem in our current moment. But I do think you're right and I'll start calling out that instead. ✌️

Damn you got triggered lol

If you get this upset by everything you hear and don't like online, you're in for a rough life bud.

And I'm sick and tired of people like you. The person that buys a crappy truck like that usually is scared of not being masculine enough. These people aren't insulted by witty comments, they're insulted by childish things like smol pipi, or calling them gay, or calling them princess (essentially calling them women). I like to believe that the majority of users on Lemmy know these aren't actual insults, but if it hurts the feelings of these disgusting people, then I'm all for it. So get off your high horse and throw the most fucking childish things at these fragile men.

NA has 3 common ball sizes for pickup trucks: 1 7/8" for tiny trailers under 2,000 lbs; 2" for most trailers under 6,000 lbs; 2 5/16" for large/commercial trailers under 10,000 lbs

I had enough spacial awareness not to block a walkway when I towed but the reason to leave it on is because it can protect your car.

Twice I had someone fail to break, and slam into the back of my car.

Twice my car was fine, and twice the dickhead on the phone ended up with a tow hitch sized hole in the front of their car.

My first hitch came with and got stolen within a 3 days of having it.

different size balls for different size hitches. All hitches are removable, you can flip those over to fit different implements. Imagine that, removable, almost like there was a legal requirement they be removed while not in use.

There are different hitch ball sizes. I've got one lying around that has 3 ends.

The ones in the back need extensions to the ground to match their ridiculous lift kits, otherwise the trailer would tip ass backwards.

Different trailers need different size balls. If you look close those are triple/quadruple ended. Fun for the whole family.

Y'all and your AI witch hunt are ridiculous. Just admit that you're easily fooled, can't tell the difference.