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Me doing my part to portray car dependency as deeply unpatriotic. Which it kinda unironically is.

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[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 130 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Don’t forget that woke transit requires gasoline from FOREIGNERS to run, while patriot transit is powered by your US-grown ass.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Excellent point, brother. Always choose AMERICAN MUSCLE over COMMIE OIL.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 24 points 10 months ago

I love this entire thread so much

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

Powered by all-american freedom fries

[–] msage@programming.dev 11 points 10 months ago

Not just foreigners, most likely Arabs from middle-east!

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 87 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Bikes are the rides of libertarians.

No license

No registration

No taxes through gas

Just hard work and freedom!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

If it breaks you just fix it. No help needed (but plenty offered from libertarian socialists)

[–] Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Truck: Most likely built with WOKE, FOREIGN COMMUNIST parts

Bike: Can literally be built from reclaimed BASED, AMERICAN wood and steel

Truck: Makes you FAT, WOKE AND LIBERAL

Bike: Makes you FIT and STRONG

Truck: Fueled by COMMUNIST ARABS AND RUSSIANS

Bike: Fueled by a PATRIOTIC STEAK AND EGG BREAKFAST

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Communist Arabs! 🤣 Change nothing. It'll drive them apeshit

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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago

ISIS uses pickup trucks. Do you want to support ISIS?

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Real heroes use bikes - do you?"

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Before I upvote I would like to know which side these gentlemen were on.

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Danish on their way to fight the Nazis, 1940.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 13 points 10 months ago

Good on them.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Looks like they're on the right, assuming the image wasn't flipped.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've heard that the name truckers have for these is "Pavement Princesses"

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

Well I call them cock compensators

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget about this: A (WOKE!!!) truck requires fuel which is imported from some other (WOKE!) country, a bike just requires AMERICAN (HELL YEAH!) muscle power

[–] gex@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

What could be more American than moving around in an individual unregistered vehicle powered by a quarter pounder with cheese, an apple pie and a large diet coke?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a joke but also like a good way to convince people to change their mind is to appeal to shared group membership.

If you appeal to environmentalism, the right winger is going to reject it because that's out group nonsense.

If you appeal to American exceptionalism, like this, you can make more progress than you might expect.

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[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In seriousness, you'd think with how seemingly easily these anti-woke people are manipulated, it shouldn't be so hard to convince them of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

I suppose it can't be that easy or someone would've already tried it, but...

[–] RamblingPanda 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

All you need to do is air an ad with some rainbows. F150 Dragster Queen, Butt-RAM, Mustang Barbie edition for adolescent boys...

They'll happily shoot and explode their cars like they did with their beers.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Kinda tempts me to photoshop a RAM PRIDE or FORD PRIDE ad for pride month

[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Gaslight the world into believing its real, go through the normie advertising channels like google and reddit.

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Canyonero!! (Old Simpson's reference.)

[–] Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is there already somewhere on Lemmy where people make stuff like this to post on TruthSocial and whatnot to mess with conservatives?

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[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Thing is tho, in most North American cities you're more likely to get splattered by some jackass in his toy F150 if you ride a bike. The North American city needs to be reformed and replanned before cycling can be mass adopted.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you won't build it, they won't come.

If they don't come, we won't build it.

The usual catch 22.

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't say so. Existing infrastructure can be modified to create bike-friendly cities. But what happens most usually is city councils go for the cheapest option which is just painting a line a metre from the curb and calling it a bike lane. Not only is this the cheapest way, it's the least effective and most unsafe way. So when it inevitably fails, the city can go "Oops, oh well, I guess that didn't work" and never have to spend money on making better infrastructure again. The problem has never been the building or the ability to do so. It's always been a political one.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Ride with a rifle on your back. They may not see you but they'll sniff the gun out a mile away and give you a friendly wave as they drive by leaving plenty of room.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Bicycles are the best guerilla transportation. Virtually silent, all-terrain, cheap to build, easy to repair with swappable components and simple tools. If you have a lot of cargo you can strap it on and walk beside it and carry a lot more than you would by hand. No consumables required beyond the provisions that you already need. Easily hidden and has plausible deniability if discovered. Transportation doubles as PT, and it improves battlefield endurance.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

We’ve got to emphasise how MANLY and FORD TOUGH them bikes are. WOKE LIBRLLZ drivin round in them there dainty comfy boxes while the REAL MEN do the hard word with MANPOWER

BIKES FER MURRICA !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️✝️✝️

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 20 points 10 months ago

And when you think about it, what's more manly than consuming the flesh of other animals or plants to give you the strength and energy to use your own muscular power to move around, exposed to the elements. That or sitting in a two ton air conditioned metal box that moves at the push of a button.

[–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

AND THE PATRIOT TRANSIT GIVES YOU BETTER LEGS RAAAAH

[–] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 10 months ago

Use your own muscles like a manly macho man, only wimpy soyboys let the machine do all the work 😎💪🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 14 points 10 months ago

just a frame, a chain,

two wheels, and grease

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Instead of repeating the 4 things on the bike side 4 times, I would separate each as its own counter to the car stuff

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

just a frame, a chain,

two wheels, and grease

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[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

These points are all moot if you carry a smartphone on you. Just sayin'

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Love my AC luxury seat smartphone

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

Also, where do I get a Welfare Queen smartphone?

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