Pickup truck guys spoke. I listened.

My first video on pickup trucks left a lot unsaid, apparently. That video had the most comments (and the most dislikes) of any video I've made. So today, your intrepid host wades through every last comment, even the ones at the dreaded bottom of the algorithmically organized comment feed, and responds appropriately.

We'll touch on
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy
- Suspect data collection methodologies
- What "safety" means
- How pickup trucks impact land use and street design
- What a Ford Maverick is
- Whether or not 75% of the US population is rural and the mysterious resources that actually answer the question
- And several topics I hesitate to spell out in a video description

Enjoy!

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[GAofthe]

"I'm sure this person is extremely pro government regulation in a very consistent way." - Pure gold right here.

[TheRealMycanthrope]

Reminder that any man who accuses someone of "being a beta" is most likely wracked by insecurity about their own masculinity

[robertstuckey]

Its wild to me that people defend rural spaces by simping for suburban excess

[sstrange]

My dad just retired as a successful car salesman. His observations about big truck owners always made me laugh, as they were his most consistent sales. He noted that most were rolling multiple loans together and going into massive debt to buy these trucks. He noted that people would end up with a $100k+ loan on a $70k truck or worse quite often. Most of these guys were drowning in car debt, he would quip.

[monsieurstalin]

I work part time at a gas station. I have started asking pickup truck drivers what type of construction they are in. Makes them feel ridiculous when they say “IT consultant”
Edit: lots of people overdosing on copium.

[sarat]

fun fact: the pedals on the for F-350 are spaced further apart than usual to accommodate the owner's enormous CLOWN SHOES

[zorilla]

Witnessing someone who isn't chronically online trying to decipher the logic behind "wife's boyfriend" comments is absolutely hysterical to me for some reason.

[Pickle_Panther]

If youre truck is your life, your life is depreciating just as fast as your truck

[Tamingmyimpala]

Do you notice how it’s always the people who drive $60, 000 tanks that get 18mpg who always have the loudest complaints about inflation and gas prices?

Like, my condolences???

[DansTravels]

As a Texan, I find it funny that so many truck drivers take it personally when trucks are slightly criticized. My main concern is that if someone I care about has a smaller car and is hit by one of these large trucks, they will have much more severe injuries and damage. The attitude of many of the commentators "as long as me and mine are safe, then F you." This is so much the problem with this country today.

[tinfoilslacks]

"It's over CityNerd, I've already drawn you as the wojak and I as the chad"

[KevinFields]

Most American pickup truck owners are so mindwashed by corporate America that they'll never realize it, even as they stare right at this comment.

[ItWasSaucerShaped]

Will never forget a classic moment at my grandparents' farm auction:

We ran out of space in the machine-yarn-now-parking-lot and had to start parking people in the canola crop.

Lots of folks were driving their 'heavy duty' pick-ups. So no problem, right?

Except a lot of these 'heavy duty' machines were RWD only and absolutely could not make it into the crop. Had the absolute delight of watching as a tiny, ancient and well worn Hyundai coupe made it in to park just fine, and a colossal DODGE RAM! just spun its tires and refused to cross a pile of fallen stalks. Such muscle! Very utility! WOWE!

So quite a few trucks just wound-up hanging-out on the highway, because pavement is the only surface these 'heavy duty' vehicles can actually work on.

[nunyabiznes]

"Loving trucks is American, truck love goes back generations-" not sure I'd be bragging about how susceptible my family is to advertising but you do you my man

[iwearleatherjackets]

Some people think they live in rural America because there’s an empty dirt lot next to their McMansion in somewhere like Orange County, CA lol.

[uwuaimafemboy]

I love the farmers argument, here in France when they don't drive their tractors they're in small kangoo or c15, almost never in pick-ups

[alexadams-heard]

As someone who lives in Texas, I can say with full confidence that most folks who drive oversized pickups generally have very fragile egos. It’s like they’re always trying to prove themselves. So the fact that your video managed to offend so many of them doesn’t really surprise me. Really enjoy your videos, by the way.

[joem]

There's a certain type of person who needs to brag about their oversized vehicle to strangers...

[Matty]

i dont usually use this word, like ever, but the pickup truck cope is hilarious

[robbysalz]

I never understood why it's seen as "beta" or "weak" to ride a bicycle. I'm literally using my muscles and working out, on the same road where people are sitting in air conditioned vehicles. That makes me strong, not weak lol.