• StabbingSky@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    The Hyundai Venue is $20k and can get 50mpg highway.

    People have a choice of what vehicle they buy.

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        3 days ago

        I like this sentiment the most. I worked in the oil and gas industry for a long time. (Ethically opposed the entire time, but thats not my point here.) And drove a subaru, worked with guy that drove a prius. Lots of Honda and Toyota sedans… the people doing the “manly” work aren’t even driving big personal vehicles because there is nothing to prove.

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          2 days ago

          This is a funny part about being a carpenter. The new carpenters buy huge trucks to try and impress people. Meanwhile my boss who has been doing this for decades drives a Honda Civic to work lol

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          3 days ago

          The poor person about to spend $100k+ on a truck, tearfully signing the papers at the dealership: sniffle And could you do that thing where you raise the truck up a few more feet and put monster truck wheels on it? I can’t believe you are making me do this.

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            3 days ago

            lol This is exactly how some people picture it. Poor Americans. In hypercapitalist America, consumers just have no agency at all. Maybe your culture really is gullible and stupid?