The Gaza posts always make me laugh because they completely ignore that Trump would just glass Gaza.

The only reason Trump hasn’t showed how terrible he’d be on Gaza is because he isn’t president right now.

You’d think, but my bank is actively becoming hostile towards people walking in.

My debit card literally never works at the ATM, so I just take the 2 minutes to walk in and fill out a withdrawal form. It’s fine for the occasional need for cash.

Last time, they basically told me, in the future were requiring your debit card for security. There isn’t any reason for you to come in.

What about trump? Pretty sure he’s just glass Gaza if he had a chance.

From what I can tell, America has better access to alternative viewpoints and the ability to express them largely without fear.

My understanding is this pipeline runs through Ukraine. If Ukraine wanted the gas to stop flowing, they’d already destroy the pipe that runs for hundreds of miles through their country.

I’m not seeing that. Logo on the steering wheel seems likely to be a Ram. Though, I can’t entirely make it out.

Yes, crew can with an 8ft bed.

I don’t see them often, but they are almost always used as actual work vehicles. Very few people who want a “big” truck want a long truck. It’s just a total pain.

This would have to be a HD truck with an 8ft bed and a crew cab. I don’t see anyone driving those things around for fun.

The lifted truck crowd is doing short beds.

A basic camping trip puts us right at the limit.

Put the parts are within, like 10% of each other.

“Size” really isn’t a major factor in pricing of most products.

Oil change costs the same in my truck as every other vehicle.

None of the other parts are materially different in cost over the life of a vehicle. The size difference is trivial compared to the cost of manufacturing, distributing, and selling. If you’re paying for labor, the price difference is even proportionally smaller.

These are all items you change 2 or 3 times over the life of a vehicle. The truck part being 20% more expensive doesn’t add up to a drastic difference in overall cost of ownership.

I would also know. I’m driving a hybrid truck right now.

I truly think you’re comparing an old car to a modern one. None of the stuff you listed needed changing with any regularity, one any modern car.

Could changed happen every 9k miles, brake pads are entirely usage based (going 80k+ miles on original), coolants might get changed once in the 200k lifetime of the truck, etc, etc, etc.

A truck bed is way better for transporting potential dangerous vapors, like gasoline or welding gases.

You don’t want that stuff venting off in the interior space of a van.

Nearly every tonneau cover folds or rolls up. Outright removal is a pain, but using the bed isn’t.

The factory standard cover rolls up in about 30 seconds.

A lot of people wash them shortly after going off road to avoid rust and corrosion.

You might be shocked to know that fitting a family of four plus vacation gear quickly approaches 1.5k.

Payload capacity includes how much people weigh. It’s not just how much you can throw in the bed.

I think you’re making up crap. Or at least you’re comparing an old vehicle to a new one.

My truck costs the exact same to maintain as all of the other vehicles I’ve owned. Gas usage is worse than a Prius, but pretty much inline with most SUV.

There’s really not anything that’s materially more expensive to maintain in a truck than any other car.

Which would be meaningless. Those missile accelerate to like Mach 4 in a second.

A plane going forward at Mach 2 would add .5 second to a missile fired backwards to get to Mach 4.

lol what?

Rockets aren’t attached to the plane when they launch. They release then fire there rockets. It might be near instantaneous but missile thrust has no bearing on an airplane.

Missiles would just have their initial attitude slightly upright - much like a javelin.