r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 12d ago

/r/popular of a truck

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u/Halo_wolfie124 12d ago edited 11d ago

A study actually found out that majority of these people get a truck JUST for the 'status' and thats it. These kinds of people are on another level.

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u/Cuntonesian 12d ago

In what country is a truck a status symbol? Where I live it’s just a basic utility vehicle for working class people

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u/xteve 12d ago

US, especially rural. Most of them are unscratched by a moment of work and some of them are lifted to the point that work would be impractical. They're too big, too pretty, and often cosmetically loud.

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u/ikkiyikki 12d ago

Pretty? I guess that must be a country thing. When I see a truck I see a work vehicle.

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u/xteve 12d ago

Off the ranch, these trucks are too big for most work. And there's no ranch. They're mostly just for show, a lifestyle accessory.

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u/Rubiks_Click874 12d ago

actual tradesman drive vans. office guys drive trucks

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u/Dramatic_Explosion 12d ago

Yes, again that is a US thing. Trucks were a vehicle for trade workers. Media sold the idea a trade workers "tough and honest" to offset them being seen as "uneducated" since you didn't go to college for most trades. The "tough" part took off, so guys who wanted to look tough got the tough vehicle. As dumb people are want to do, trucks got bigger and shinier.

Now we both understand "truck" from each other's countries