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That's great. Do we expect the typical HN reader to know this? While I don't think I'm 100% representative, I looked at that title and thought "wow, that's a re
by sulam 3y ago
That's great. Do we expect the typical HN reader to know this? While I don't think I'm 100% representative, I looked at that title and thought "wow, that's a really big truck! Is it used for mining?"
- postalrat 3y agoWhat do you think the typical HN reader thinks when they hear "1 ton pickup truck"?
- el_benhameen 3y agoI’m all for keeping the original title, but thanks to your comment I’m one of “today’s 10,000” to realize what that term means. And I grew up around trucks!
- talldatethrow 3y agoEven better, when they hear commercials for America's best selling half ton truck, did they really think it weighed 1000 lbs?
- sulam 3y agoTruthfully I didn't think much about it, but yes I assumed that was their weight, in the same way that a heavy-weight boxer fights in a particular weight class.
- talldatethrow 3y agoIf you thought the large trucks people call half ton weight only 1000 lbs, you have such a disconnect with reality and the physical world that I can't even relate. If a half ton Chevy truck weighs 1000 lbs, what did you think a Honda Civic weighs? As much as the driver and passenger?
- imoverclocked 3y agoPlease give the HN guidelines[1] a glance. Some people don’t give much thought to trucking or weights or even vehicles in general; Their connection to reality isn’t based on needing to know those things. Some people even live in places without trucks at all. The world is pretty diverse! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- rootusrootus 3y agoEven better, almost all modern "half ton" pickups have an actual payload capacity between 3/4 and 1 ton. Or even higher.
- smolder 3y agoI expect them mostly to know, and for those that didn't know trucks are categorized by payload to learn it from the comments, like this.
- nixass 3y agoI expect you open the article and read it in the first paragraph. Also it is industry standard to name it that way.