Truck vs Not a Truck
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That's a fine, albeit incomplete, rant - you do know that Apple makes iPhones in China under abusive conditions, right?pczz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:09 am I just find it more acceptable to buy a cheap chinese phone from a chinese company that abuses chinese staff and makes a small profit margin thatn to buy a highy overpriced I-phone where a foreign company chooses to abuse foreign workers in pursuit of profit. Let I-phone abuse American workers, i am fine with tha
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Foxconn. who are now trying to move production to get round trump. that one has had the most publicity but several more companies were named and shamed in the last year. These are componenet. the phones themselves may well be asembeld in different places. Any way you cut it apple makes enough money to share some of it with american workers making american phones in america, and i am not American but there is something wrong in the conceptStroppyChops wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:14 amThat's a fine, albeit incomplete, rant - you do know that Apple makes iPhones in China under abusive conditions, right?pczz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:09 am I just find it more acceptable to buy a cheap chinese phone from a chinese company that abuses chinese staff and makes a small profit margin thatn to buy a highy overpriced I-phone where a foreign company chooses to abuse foreign workers in pursuit of profit. Let I-phone abuse American workers, i am fine with tha
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pczz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:35 pmIts like motorbikes. the louder the exhaust the smaller the penis. people who feel inadequate often buy toys to make themselves more noticeableJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:56 am I'm not sure why some people think that equipping an old vehicle so it can drive off-road is something to do with penises? Am I missing something here?
I think the increase in jacked up cars is down tot he well known principle of sending old fashined crap that is no longer trensy to cambodia.
When China incresed pollution tax chines changed fuels and we got a lot of prosche, rolls and bentley. These jacked trucks are not really practical. they are built for show, cost a fortune to maintain and guzzle fuel, but even people with small penises get noticed driving them ....
I still don't get how having a 20 year old Landcruiser/ Pajero or whatever and souping up the suspension/ putting a roll-cage, bull bars and a winch in equates with anything to do with penises.
Have you got something against utilitarian vehicles? I find the ostentatious behavior of locals interesting, because in my culture we tend to hide our fortunes rather than display them.
However, I don't see a jacked-up 1997 Landcruiser as being particularly flashy. It could be useful in the countryside, that's all.
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I have nothing against utes if they are utes. A utility vehicle has to be useful. These jacked up crossbreeds are not necessarily that good off road. Adding a few inches of ground clearance and fat tyres does not turn an old pajero into an off roader.It may turn it into a liability on the road by increasing the height of the centre of balance, dmaging braking and being too soft for proper roadholding on tarmac. Most SUV's were never designed for real rough going, mainlyy for recreational driving on decent fire trails and the like. Some of the more caapable off roaders do not necessarily benefit from these modification in a practical sense. It can upset the handling on or off road. if it not carefully planned and executed. Too much height and ground clearance and width can be a real liability on slippery slopesJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:32 ampczz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:35 pmIts like motorbikes. the louder the exhaust the smaller the penis. people who feel inadequate often buy toys to make themselves more noticeableJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:56 am I'm not sure why some people think that equipping an old vehicle so it can drive off-road is something to do with penises? Am I missing something here?
I think the increase in jacked up cars is down tot he well known principle of sending old fashined crap that is no longer trensy to cambodia.
When China incresed pollution tax chines changed fuels and we got a lot of prosche, rolls and bentley. These jacked trucks are not really practical. they are built for show, cost a fortune to maintain and guzzle fuel, but even people with small penises get noticed driving them ....
I still don't get how having a 20 year old Landcruiser/ Pajero or whatever and souping up the suspension/ putting a roll-cage, bull bars and a winch in equates with anything to do with penises.
Have you got something against utilitarian vehicles? I find the ostentatious behavior of locals interesting, because in my culture we tend to hide our fortunes rather than display them.
However, I don't see a jacked-up 1997 Landcruiser as being particularly flashy. It could be useful in the countryside, that's all.
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because in my culture we tend to hide our fortunes
Every country that I know has people that need to show off their bling.
Every country that I know has people that need to show off their bling.
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