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      Sometimes, the parents forget to pick up the kids so the teachers get to decide if they leave a child all alone with no help or if the teacher works unpaid over time

      Greatest country in the world…

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      It’s always money.

      When I first moved to the town I live in now, I was impressed by the all new schools. However I eventually realized they replaced a bunch of older neighborhood schools with a smaller number of bigger schools. They saved money by providing a worse educational experience and making walking less likely.

      We walked to my kids elementary school but the town saved money by not plowing the sidewalks in winter, nor forcing residents to. Our walk would require walking on a major street - until my ex went full Karen and made them plow

      When my kids got to middle school, we were in “walking” distance so there was no bus. However that was a full mile including crossing a six lane road whose light was always broken, and they didn’t spring for a crossing guard . We ended up choosing a private school in a different town, so there were no buses nor walkability

      Regional school districts are now common. More kids goto schools that are not even in their towns

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      Saw this description of kid rock and it seems like it applies here too. He’s got tattoos of his kids but not custody.

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    Ohh, school pick up lines as in, a line of cars picking up students. Not pick-up lines, like “Hey baby, can you show me where music class is, cause I feel like playing in A minor.”

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      Unfortunately there is a type of bleach blonde Karen that finds this type of specimen irresistible

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        That’s because they are pathetic enough to see them as possessions and they go along with it because they just don’t want to do shit.

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    Conductor: Sir, this seat is for disabled people only.

    Me, an intellectual: shows this picture I drive this.

    Conductor: Sorry to have bothered you, sir.

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    I bet he’d rip his Achilles as well if he tried running more than the length of his micro unit.

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    (obligatory DO NOT ACTUALLY so I don’t get removed)

    Bet if you shot up this jackass’s car he’d be a lot less prepared than he fucking thinks

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    I’ve inadvertently ridden my bicycle through a couple school zones during drop-off times - and I’m sure pick-up times would be even worse.

    Cycling around cars has an element of risk that we all know and accept. But that risk goes WAY UP in school zones at drop-off time. You’d think drivers would be looking for kids, people, etc. as they drop their precious off IN A SCHOOL ZONE. But, no.

    For example: One started to pull out in front of me - I was in the lane, riding past, and she was pulling out of the school’s driveway. I avoided her with some vigorous braking, then she had the gall to pull up at a light and tell me I should be careful.

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      It’s a bunch of stressed, impatient parents who just want to grab their kid and get out, but are apathetic to everyone else trying to do the same. If all these other people weren’t here they could do this so fast, why won’t everyone get out of their way? It’s a highly concentrated dose of the “Im gonna get mine and the rest of you can fuck right off” mentality. And, like most shitty driving behaviors, it feeds into itself. It makes good drivers make bad decisions because, if they don’t, they’re not going anywhere. “No one is letting me in, so if I dont cut someone off, I’m going to be stuck here another 15 minutes” type shit. I dont know why well-built pickup and drop-off areas aren’t required for building schools past 1990, but here we are.

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    I need some new insults to use. Everything i grew up calling these people is not okay to use anymore (fag, retard etc.) The more offensive the better. Thanks for the help.

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    See those long A arms?

    Unlike most “big dick trucks,” this has a decent looking suspension, widened stance and big tires (and small rims) of a prerunner. If this guy lives out in the desert, he likely has some fantastic fun with it.

    If I’m not mistaken (and I could be), that’s a “small” base truck, like a Ranger or whatever the equivalent dodge is, as opposed to a hulking F150. These are better for building up like that because they aren’t so freaking big to start.


    What I don’t particularly like are the lifts that are terrible off road, like feet off the ground to the point where they’re tippy, yet have no suspension travel and can’t even park.

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          I’m sorry, that seems like an implausibly large gap of knowledge for someone who can talk at detail about truck suspension configurations

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            Look, I like off-roaders! Right? Desert racing trucks are the coolest thing:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nR1-J676ao

            And that includes solid axle/mixed variants like the rock crawling Ultra4 trucks!

            https://www.speedhunters.com/2019/02/if-a-trophy-truck-rock-crawler-had-a-baby/

            (Though I noticed some are going independent front more recently).

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            Old land rovers and land cruisers are equally cool, hence they still use them in Africa almost exclusively. But the land rovers are better because they don’t use leaf rears!

            I love rally cars and Dakar the multi axel Russian trucks. I love small pickups too.


            …But lifted, full sized trucks are so boring. They’re literally everywhere in this part of Texas, to the point where they advertise mass conversion shops on billboards. They’re usually macho assholes on the road, and even stock-ish ones tend to be customized and slob into parking spaces or stick out of places.

            I loathe them. I couldnt care less about them. Hence, I know what older RAM 1500s look like, but I don’t really keep up with the style changes for the RAMs/Chevys/Toyotas or whatever, other than observing how ridiculously big and tall their front grills have gotten.

            …Hence this one threw me off. The grill is tiny! It makes it look small, when in reality the owner/shop likely ripped it out for that front skid plate (which looks way better).

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      The moss on the wood retaining wall say this isn’t near a warm/desert climate.

      That said, it’s a RAM TRX. Great truck for dune jumping and pleasantly reliable. My only complaint with them is that it’s a whole lotta horse power for a truck whose tires limit it to 104. I love going fast in my fun cars, but the sacrifices Baja trucks (raptor and TRX) make are just pointless to me. Great resale values though.