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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)
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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

When I had to buy a new car a guy at work who was big into cars asked me what I was getting and gave me grief for not getting a big truck. I asked him why I would want such an impractical and expensive truck for just myself (and I lived in an apartment) and he only gave me macho signaling answers.