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No, I'm an Air Traffic Controller who uses a truck to move and tow stuff to help out friends, family, and Scouts. Why?

hpkuarg 8y ago
Some people seem to think that the only acceptable reason to own a pickup truck is if you're plowing fields with it on a regular basis.
rsync 8y ago
"Why?" I believe your parent is trying to level a "all hat, no cattle" claim upon you. I am sympathetic to this line of reasoning - it's difficult to to look upon American truck culture in 2019 and not have that come to mind. I have no comments on your specific situation. Thanks for helping kids with scouts.
- brookside 8y ago
  I for one do think US truck culture is absurd. Pickups are best selling vehicles by far, yet their beds and towing capabilities are generally used about 1% of the time. The other 99% is commuting in the most wasteful of ways http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/04/its-never-too-late-to-ditch-your-gas-guzzler/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/04/its-never-too-late....
  - mikestew 8y ago
    I am in complete agreement with you, but you know what? Let's not rag on the guy about his truck when he was trying to contribute to a conversation about the annoyances of Bluetooth. Someone daring to type the word "truck" is not our excuse to pile on no matter how far out of context.
  - Casseres 8y ago
    I think it's absurd when the very small fraction of truck owners lift them, trick them out, "roll coal", etc. I think the vast majority of truck owners are reasonable. Who doesn't own or pay for something "just in case"? We have insurance just in case we need it. People pay a little more for a truck instead of a sedan just in case they need it. I didn't mean for this chain of comments to be about trucks, it was just the name of one item where Bluetooth doesn't work that well for me.
unethical_ban 8y ago
It's socially acceptable here to low-key look down on certain luxuries or lifestyles over others.
- ConceptJunkie 8y ago
  It wasn't so low-key, if you ask me.
  - Zecar 8y ago
    No it was incredibly rude and offtopic

Some people seem to think that the only acceptable reason to own a pickup truck is if you're plowing fields with it on a regular basis.

rsync 8y ago

"Why?" I believe your parent is trying to level a "all hat, no cattle" claim upon you. I am sympathetic to this line of reasoning - it's difficult to to look upon American truck culture in 2019 and not have that come to mind. I have no comments on your specific situation. Thanks for helping kids with scouts.

brookside 8y ago
I for one do think US truck culture is absurd. Pickups are best selling vehicles by far, yet their beds and towing capabilities are generally used about 1% of the time. The other 99% is commuting in the most wasteful of ways http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/04/its-never-too-late-to-ditch-your-gas-guzzler/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/04/its-never-too-late....
- mikestew 8y ago
  I am in complete agreement with you, but you know what? Let's not rag on the guy about his truck when he was trying to contribute to a conversation about the annoyances of Bluetooth. Someone daring to type the word "truck" is not our excuse to pile on no matter how far out of context.
- Casseres 8y ago
  I think it's absurd when the very small fraction of truck owners lift them, trick them out, "roll coal", etc. I think the vast majority of truck owners are reasonable. Who doesn't own or pay for something "just in case"? We have insurance just in case we need it. People pay a little more for a truck instead of a sedan just in case they need it. I didn't mean for this chain of comments to be about trucks, it was just the name of one item where Bluetooth doesn't work that well for me.

unethical_ban 8y ago

It's socially acceptable here to low-key look down on certain luxuries or lifestyles over others.

ConceptJunkie 8y ago
It wasn't so low-key, if you ask me.
- Zecar 8y ago
  No it was incredibly rude and offtopic