Pickup Truck Guy: A Brief Psychoanalysis

Dudes who drive pickup trucks: easy to dunk on, but there is A LOT more going on here ---- some of it hilarious, some of it disturbing. But, strangely, in reviewing the comments on my most recent video on this topic, maybe slightly encouraging? Let's explore the mindset of pickup truck guy.

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[sknnyd]

The lady not wanting the bed scratched is too relatable… in my 20s I was moving from one apartment to another and me and my gf asked her dad if he could help us move some large furniture with his huge ass truck. Dude refused insisting it would scuff the bed liner. The fucking BED LINER! Dude the entire purpose of the liner is to get scuffed instead of the bed like dude wtf

[ItsPapaEddy]

People who own trucks for truck purposes don’t care about your opinion on “truck guys”

Because we agree with you, there’s nobody more flimsy than a pavement princess. They’re the same kind of guys who wear cowboy boots and are afraid to get them dirty

[TupyWbie]

My favorite description of the clean, shiny, never-hauled-anything, luxury pickup is "Parking Lot Princess."

[caseyfergus]

I’m a carpenter. I used to have a pickup with a canopy but have recently switched to a minivan and the minivan is a superior vehicle in basically every sense.

[pruwyben]

CityNerd has found the infinite engagement glitch.

[LamNguyen-dyep]

So I regularly haul organic vegetables and meat to customers. Also do a lot of car camping because I hate paying for hotels when traveling. Found that the most utilitarian vehicle is an old Honda Minivan with all the seats taken out. More useful space that is protected and air conditioned. Minivans are basically the pickup trucks for Middle Aged Asian people who own nail shops, restaurants and massage parlors .

[patlynch]

What I never understood was that truck owners buy a vehicle that admittedly is macho and appealing, but gets terrible gas mileage, then the owners complain about the cost of gasoline.

[AllergicStagnation]

Thank you to all the jackasses that made the average price of pickup trucks skyrocket so that guys, like me, that use them for real work have to pay more for one of the tools of my trade. When i'm not working, I drive a honda civic because fuck the rough ride, fuck 7mpg, fuck the amount of space it takes to park the fucking thing, fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck. Sorry about the mini mental breakdown, I feel better now.

[jackobriant]

The “4-5 empty seats in your car” guy is soooo close to getting it.

[edwardv]

Living in Texas I see a lot of pickup trucks about 90% of which have nothing in the bed and no passengers.

[ChadAV]

The Pickup Truck Guy is the guy barreling down the highway at 20mph over the speed limit with headlights brighter than the bald spot on his bear boyfriend's head tailgating you.

[sailingaeolus]

I quote, "There's a certain type of person that just doesn't consider human beings on a bicycle worth consideration." I ride a bicycle in Las Vegas and that statement is certainly accurate. Thanks C.N. Keep up the good work.

[fuosdi]

As someone who drives a full size pick-up truck for work (I'm a contractor) the guys who make driving a truck their personality are insecure about themselves. They want to be perceived as "macho" and "tough" but they hardly ever use their trucks for doing any dirty work. Don't even get me started on lifted trucks that never see the off-road

Also most of these 'pick up' guys are just kind of dumb too. They have little to no self awareness and just project on everyone else

[guydreamr]

"Yank tanks" is definitely the most insightful distillation of US culture from a foreigner that this American has heard in awhile.

[deblackmon]

I used to own one of those large full-size trucks, and eventually sold it after two years of ownership to purchase a smaller sedan. Saved over $200 a month on payments and my insurance went down. You know what I did when I moved to a new apartment and needed to get all of my furniture there?

Rented a U-haul for $18 a day + mileage.

I wouldn't go back for a minute.

[summertime]

This was fun! I love your dry humor.

I was talking with a truck owner who was complaining that there were all these compact parking spots open, but none of the normal size, so you see, she just *had* to take up all three of them.

Oh, and she can see so much further! Which is when i reminded her "yeah, but you cant see directly in front of you." Well, she said that if a person was directly in front of her, they were already dead anyways.

Do people not understand? We live in a society and we need to figure out how to live in a way that respects other people.

[darkwoodmovies]

"Emotional support vehicle" I'm sorry but I'm stealing this one.

[spiderpickle]

I have a pickup. Used it for work hauling stuff while simultaneously laughing at the people who never use theirs for anything but transportation.
It's also crazy how my decades-old pickup is low enough you can get in without a step ladder yet hauls as much as anything made now.
Honestly, truck 'culture' ruined the pickup by turning it into more of a fashion item than a legitimate tool.

[letsgoskiagain]

Well here ya go: you said “Rolex, Lamborghini “ and I got a Gucci ad, I think that’s a score

[steelerfan]

I live in Texas. I met a guy from Australia, and he asked me, "Why do so many people have trucks? What are they hauling?"

My response was, "mostly ignorance."