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[Princess Rescuer]

A lot of Modern Leftism feels like an attack on autistic neuro-divergents like me. I am autistic (a Kiwi Farms regular being autistic, my surprised face) and I prefer nice big houses big enough to store all my retro consoles and have exclusive refrigerators and toilets and things like that. The Modern Left seems to want everyone to be a social butterfly who's ultra-tolerant and up-to-date on all the most recent politically-correct terminology revisions. And the Urbanism makes it worse! I hate small living spaces, noise, and crowded public places playing ceaseless music, and this is what the Urbanists want to subject me to, lest I be a caveman. I also have niche tastes in gaming as well as a desire for NTSC-J games (which are in Japanese) which the other members of my assigned Collective Ownership Clique might not like. And can't watch/listen to my erotic ASMR, that might be offensive and too appealing to normal men like me! Even as a relatively well-liked and productive guy in real life who gets called "handsome" far more regularly than the average man (or so I'm told), I can still identify with the shut-in specialist who just wants to be left alone.

 

[Hannibal Lecter]

And can't watch/listen to my erotic ASMR, that might be offensive and too appealing to normal men like me!

What is "erotic ASMR"?

 

[Bonesjones]

They treat cope quotes by South American despots as universal truth and use the "finance the $80k truck" strawman when it comes to "cars make you poor".

They also forget that the highest selling vehicle world wide is a tiny scooter. The entire world was uplifted post world war 2 with small cheap utilitarian vehicles with zero frills, from the yugo, trabant, Volkswagen, etc.

A 1980's non-full size pickup... That's a Chevy S10 and its not a fair comparison to a modern F-250crew cab, itself not the base model of full size Ford trucks.

It also shows that it hasn't increased in size much at all, just height, which is ironically safer. Most city style Pedestrian accidents are the "I'm braking but i didn't stop fully in time" over "I hit someone at full speed with no time to react. Which means they hit the front and fall to the ground, instead of getting knocked over at the waist into the hood of windshield like vehicles of old.

 

[Chromeo]

A lot of Modern Leftism feels like an attack on autistic neuro-divergents like me. I am autistic (a Kiwi Farms regular being autistic, my surprised face) and I prefer nice big houses big enough to store all my retro consoles and have exclusive refrigerators and toilets and things like that. The Modern Left seems to want everyone to be a social butterfly who's ultra-tolerant and up-to-date on all the most recent politically-correct terminology revisions. And the Urbanism makes it worse! I hate small living spaces, noise, and crowded public places playing ceaseless music, and this is what the Urbanists want to subject me to, lest I be a caveman. I also have niche tastes in gaming as well as a desire for NTSC-J games (which are in Japanese) which the other members of my assigned Collective Ownership Clique might not like. And can't watch/listen to my erotic ASMR, that might be offensive and too appealing to normal men like me! Even as a relatively well-liked and productive guy in real life who gets called "handsome" far more regularly than the average man (or so I'm told), I can still identify with the shut-in specialist who just wants to be left alone.

You might be right but you're being cringe about it

 

[BulkForceFive]

Yes, the legislation that was introduced around 2012 that told Chevy and Ford they can't make the S10 and Ranger anymore. Which Chevy happened to end in 2004 8 years before the last Ranger. It was so economically viable they stopped producing it.

The last Colorados/Canyons made before the pause and redevelopment were not good trucks. Ford offered two six-cylinders in the Ranger up until the last ones rolled off the production line, but Chevy only had a straight-five which was dogshit, meaning you were stuck with a four-cylinder if you wanted your truck to be anywhere near reliable.

I made a post about this ages ago on this thread but basically: small trucks were not that great compared to CONTEMPORARY full-size pickups, not offering big savings in gas unless you went with the four-cylinder 2WD option, and why would you do that over just getting a car? You are not doing any serious work with a quarter ton truck like that. Any fleets that had Rangers or Canyons/Colorados has replaced them with the new Ford Transit vans. Everyone has their nostalgia goggles on and isn't seeing that a 1990 Dodge 3/4 ton is also a 'small truck' compared to modern RAM 2500s.

 

[Bonesjones]

You are not doing any serious work with a quarter ton truck like that. Any fleets that had Rangers or Canyons/Colorados has replaced them with the new Ford Transit vans.

Most people who want a smaller truck aren't doing "serious" work, but they are doing work that vans nor SUVs encapsulate well. Moving oversized furniture or doing yard gardening are all extremely common things people do that you need a truck for. A small truck holds a yard of mulch as well as a big one, good look doing that with anything else.

 

[TaimuRadiu]

A lot of places do have rules/laws against cyclists riding on the sidewalk. In my state you have to be 15 or under to bike on the sidewalk. Once you're 16, you have to ride in the road as far to the right as is safe to do so, but are allowed to swerve if there is a hazard (like broken glass, branches, potholes, etc.)

They're cyclists, they don't fucking care. See

A little bit of civil disobedience can go a long way toward common-sense safety.

This, I don't know if it was pro or anti but everyone cycles on the sidewalk where I live.

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

A lot of Modern Leftism feels like an attack on autistic neuro-divergents like me. I am autistic (a Kiwi Farms regular being autistic, my surprised face) and I prefer nice big houses big enough to store all my retro consoles and have exclusive refrigerators and toilets and things like that. The Modern Left seems to want everyone to be a social butterfly who's ultra-tolerant and up-to-date on all the most recent politically-correct terminology revisions. And the Urbanism makes it worse! I hate small living spaces, noise, and crowded public places playing ceaseless music, and this is what the Urbanists want to subject me to, lest I be a caveman. I also have niche tastes in gaming as well as a desire for NTSC-J games (which are in Japanese) which the other members of my assigned Collective Ownership Clique might not like. And can't watch/listen to my erotic ASMR, that might be offensive and too appealing to normal men like me! Even as a relatively well-liked and productive guy in real life who gets called "handsome" far more regularly than the average man (or so I'm told), I can still identify with the shut-in specialist who just wants to be left alone.

You’re looking into it too much. Redditors just want westerners to live like third worlders because the elite told them it’s more efficient.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Most people who want a smaller truck aren't doing "serious" work, but they are doing work that vans nor SUVs encapsulate well. Moving oversized furniture or doing yard gardening are all extremely common things people do that you need a truck for. A small truck holds a yard of mulch as well as a big one, good look doing that with anything else.

Yep. God forbid there's any home owners doing DIY projects or anything and would like a small secondary truck that isn't 30+k for grabbing a stack of plywood or whatnot from Menards. Nah, everything either has to be "Trade/ fleet heavy duty towing shit" or "I need my truck to carry my whole family".

 

[quaawaa]

Yep. God forbid there's any home owners doing DIY projects or anything and would like a small secondary truck that isn't 30+k for grabbing a stack of plywood or whatnot from Menards. Nah, everything either has to be "Trade/ fleet heavy duty towing shit" or "I need my truck to carry my whole family".

YOU CAN BUY ONE: https://www.ford.com/trucks/maverick/

$24k for a small truck suitable for light loads.

They also sell the Ranger in the US for $33k: https://www.ford.com/trucks/ranger/, which is in between the Maverick and the F-150.

Also, it's crazy easy to overload a truck; if you're actually hauling dirt you will need the improved payload capacity of the heavy duty trucks.

 

[Kiska]

I like to play "where in the world"...

Ok but real talk with these weirdo anti car redditors is there a reason why so many of them happen to coincidentally live in/be from Philly? Like donoteat too for example.

 

[Bonesjones]

YOU CAN BUY ONE: https://www.ford.com/trucks/maverick/

$24k for a small truck suitable for light loads.

"The Ford Maverick has a 4.5-foot (54.4-inch) long bed, designed for light household projects and weekend adventures. "

Lol. Doesn't even carry a mattress.

 

[quaawaa]

"The Ford Maverick has a 4.5-foot (54.4-inch) long bed, designed for light household projects and weekend adventures. "

Lol. Doesn't even carry a mattress.

Do you want a small light truck or not?

 

[Bonesjones]

Do you want a small light truck or not?

Are you going to pretend a Subaru Baja is also a truck?

 

[quaawaa]

Are you going to pretend a Subaru Baja is also a truck?

It is by your definition. Trucks really haven't changed much in size when you compare apple-to-apples. Crew cabs are popular because 99% of truck buyers have a family and only want one vehicle.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Crew cabs are popular because 99% of truck buyers have a family and only want one vehicle.

Lmao. "Family" "Only wants a single vehicle" Maybe that's some cope they tell themselves because NO trades person at my place of work with a family has only 1 vehicle.

*Edit* Then again they also own homes. Maybe pod people only want 1 car.

 

[Bonesjones]

It is by your definition. Trucks really haven't changed much in size when you compare apple-to-apples. Crew cabs are popular because 99% of truck buyers have a family and only want one vehicle.

I literally said oversized furniture, which includes mattresses (queens are 60 by 80 inches) or even IKEA Kallax. So it's not by my definition.

The only new truck that does fit is the 10k Toyota truck you can't get in the USA because it doesn't meet regulations.

 

[quaawaa]

The only new truck that does fit is the 10k Toyota truck you can't get in the USA because it doesn't meet regulations.

That truck is literally a Hilux/Tacoma with a stripped interior and a 137 HP engine and a manual transmission. The $13k version (not $10k), doesn't even come with a bed (it's a chassis cab):


It would not sell in the US. Toyota could easily make this truck in Mexico if they thought it was worth importing to the US, but they chose to make it in Thailand instead because they did their market research and found out that there is no demand for a small and underpowered chassis cab in the US.

You can buy a base Tacoma for $31k in the US, but despite being a barebones model by American standards, it is much better equipped than the Hilux Champ.

 

[DavidS877]

The pickup rule is simple: it must fit a sheet of plywood in the bed with the tailgate down without extending past the end of the tailgate any significant amount, it may rest on the wheel wells.

My GMC canyon just barely met this. Looks like the Ranger can probably do it.

The real pickup rule is: it must fit between the wheel wells with the tailgate closed, my current one only does this if I cheat and open the midgate into the cab.

And yes, I'd like a 450 mile EV pickup the size of my Canyon and a couple thousand pounds lighter.

 

[Bonesjones]

It would not sell in the US. Toyota could easily make this truck in Mexico if they thought it was worth importing to the US, but they chose to make it in Thailand instead because they did their market research and found out that there is no demand for a small and underpowered chassis cab in the US.

You can buy a base Tacoma for $31k in the US, but it is much better equipped.

You keep proving my point over and over again. It CAN'T sell in the USA because of regulations not that it wouldn't.

Also you can't buy a base Tacoma anywhere, good luck finding one under 50k because I just looked.