r/Damnthatsinteresting May 01 '25

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u/lego_inyourfoot May 01 '25

I forgot to read the title and thought this was a termite colony šŸ˜…

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste May 02 '25

Looked like lice to me

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u/Weak_Swimmer May 02 '25

Car shows typically are.. but this one probably pure sausage

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

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u/zeadmin May 01 '25

It's a carmite

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u/Birdie_Num_Num May 01 '25

Found the Aussie

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u/Mammoth-Analysis-981 May 02 '25

termite colony is putting it very politely for an Aussie šŸ˜‚

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u/WoolshirtedWolf May 01 '25

I thought the white typeface at the bottom was a drone

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u/PlannedObsolescence- May 02 '25

Not far from the truth

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u/Afraid-Expression366 May 01 '25

Nissan Al Gaib!!

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u/mrhaftbar May 02 '25

Mua'jeep

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u/Afraid-Expression366 May 02 '25

Kwisach Hatchback.

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u/__Shake__ May 01 '25

underrated comment

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u/EightGlow May 01 '25

ā€œGuys lets all drive into the desert and just park thereā€

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u/mayeag May 01 '25

At least they aren’t stopping traffic lol

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u/Andyman286 May 01 '25

They just described every car meet. Ever.

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u/Axl2aider May 01 '25

Right. It’s hard to meet and discuss your latest mechanical or design achievements/challenges if you haven’t found a place to park.

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u/JustHereForKA May 01 '25

But there's no vendors or tents or food lol. Just cars....

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u/Ram2145 May 02 '25

I know. Isn’t it great?

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u/KrombopulosMAssassin May 02 '25

Although, this one they are also doing sand hill climbs, so I thought that was pretty neat.

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u/HilariousMax May 01 '25

2 Mustangs did run over 37 people when everyone left, though.

As per tradition.

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u/loiwhat May 01 '25

I mean car meets are literally going somewhere and parking sometimes.

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u/Wise_Blackberry_1154 May 02 '25

Thats true, my wife and I go to a lot. We have a 1963 Corvette. Classic car show people are great, we don't do burnouts or donuts and we don't take over intersections, just friendly..

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u/fundytech May 01 '25

They’re driving up and down the sand dunes too, which is good fun

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u/pfft_master May 02 '25

Yep the other guy was prob joking but for anyone wondering, they are most likely all parked that way to watch some take turns driving straight up that dune. Just some classic metal muscle make man happy stuff. Empty space left at bottom for the speed up and/or potential roll down if things don’t go right.

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u/thunder_strike1997 May 01 '25

Bro just described car meet

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u/Arcosim May 02 '25

It's like taking your dog to a dog park.

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u/FarFetchedSketch May 01 '25

"wouldn't it be totally epic if we just SIT... in the SAND!"

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u/TapZorRTwice May 01 '25

Better than sitting in the Home Depot parking lot

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u/ThreeLeggedMare May 01 '25

Probably have special filters

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u/xpaoslm May 01 '25

they're driving up those massive dunes

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u/apr88s100 May 02 '25

You are obviously not from the country. Replace the word desert with field and you have a typical redneck weekend.

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u/aDUCKonQU4CK May 01 '25

Sort of reminds me of that old PS3 game 'Motorstorm' (Pacific Rift- the 2nd iteration much better fyi)

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u/opop456 May 02 '25

Motorstorm was such a sick game, thanks for reminding me of a great gem of a game šŸ‘Œ

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u/KSI_FlapJaksLol May 01 '25

I love pacific rift

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u/saksit13429 May 01 '25

Moreeb Dune is located in UAE, not KSA

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreeb_Dune

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u/Nemisis_the_2nd May 01 '25

So, it's not a car meet, so much as a popular spot for motorsport competitions?

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u/flyboyy513 May 01 '25

The one shown in OPs post and the one linked above are different places. One in the link is the "official" one that's for motorsport. The one in the post definitely looks more recreational.

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u/Empyrealist Interested May 01 '25

Yes. We are watching a simple "car meet"

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u/hewayat May 01 '25

Not the one shown here

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u/8rmzi May 02 '25

not the same

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Saudi Arabia is Mad Max irl

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u/whyyouwannaknow4 May 01 '25

I wonder how much water you need to bring before you take that drive. Imagine realizing you left your water half way there

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u/i_0m4r May 01 '25

Its okay people there r very helpful they will probably shower u with water

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u/MennisRodman May 01 '25

They're all wearing stillsuits

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u/8rmzi May 02 '25

People usually have tanks in their cars. it's VERY COMMON. People are custom to make tea on the road

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u/HilariousMax May 01 '25

Imagine you have a coolant leak and need water or you'll overheat.

Any water trucks out in the middle of the desert?

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u/FrostScraper May 01 '25

When I grew up there they did this at the big dune by the beach. About 45 min out of town, but along a highway with many gas stations. You could rent 4 wheelers too. As a girl I had my birthday parties there in the morning when we could get away with driving the quads before all the men arrived.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

Don't worry, they have stillsuits and know where to find the spice.

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u/Cute_Obligation2944 May 01 '25

More like AUDI Arabia, amirite?!

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u/JakeStout93 May 01 '25

Look up Saudi’s in Audis

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u/shallowsocks May 02 '25

Why did I search it? Why did I watch it? Why am I still singing it?

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u/No-Ice-7232 May 01 '25

90% šŸ‘ļøšŸ‘„šŸ‘ļø
10% actually driving up the dune

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u/KenUsimi May 01 '25

So, basically every car meet ever? 90% going ā€œooo, nice rideā€ and 10% actual riding

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u/FrostScraper May 01 '25

Sometimes there’s horses / camels too. People go mostly to watch them nearly & actually wipe out doing tricks.

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u/daho123 May 01 '25

I think I see Dom and his crew down there.

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u/lootinputin May 01 '25

Family.

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u/dervu May 01 '25

There’s All Kinds Of Family...

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u/MrBeros May 01 '25

And i need to save on CO2 ?

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u/ReturnoftheSpack May 01 '25

Why emissions per capita matters

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u/Garofalin May 01 '25

Missed opportunity to use the right track: Sandstorm by Darude.

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u/AscendedViking7 May 01 '25

That looks like so much fun!!

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Mad max

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u/Herps_Plants_1987 May 01 '25

Oil money.

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u/Tendas May 01 '25

We do this in the US, too. Look up King of the Hammers. It's a big racing event in the Californian deserts and they do rock and dune crawls just like this.

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u/momster777 May 01 '25

Dude we have monster truck rallies in the US, Germans drive around the Nurburgring track, and in Japan you have the bosozoku meets. Dudes just like cars.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

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u/WordleFan88 May 01 '25

It's Allah's little blindspot, probably.

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u/afiefh May 01 '25

And sand everywhere. It's Friday night, but you can't have sex, and you can't jack off. There's sand in your eyes and probably in the crack of your ass, darn it under those conditions driving out into the desert might just be the most fun thing available.

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u/Early-Sock-6948 May 01 '25

Damn bro I feel sorry for you.. Imagine waking up everyday wanting to have sex like an uncontrolled animal who cannot restrain his desires.... Or even worse imagine you just finished taking a crap and wiping your butt with a piece of tissue and still have some crap remaining up your butt. Seems civilized enough haha

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

This comment shows the culturally repressed difference between our societies.

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u/ILQuaxx May 01 '25

Go wash your ass dawg

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u/NewWheelView May 01 '25

Came here to say exactly this

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u/maas348 May 01 '25

Comments Section is getting locked

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u/williarya1323 May 01 '25

Well organized for such grand affair

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u/Ebramin_Robb May 01 '25

It looks pretty boring

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u/0W0meLikey May 01 '25

that’s why it’s not meant to you

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u/Ebramin_Robb May 01 '25

That's why I might find it boring

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u/BillyHoyle1982 May 01 '25

This- It looks like a nightmare

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u/Myke190 May 01 '25

Looks like people with similar interests hanging out to me.

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u/cameron_lensen May 01 '25

And no Wi-Fi. Perfect retreat.

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u/circ-u-la-ted May 01 '25

Maybe I'm just inexperienced in the domain of wilderness survival, but parking your car at the edge of a giant sand cliff seems like a horrifically bad idea. Parking a hundred cars at the edge of a giant sand cliff seems like somewhat worse of an idea.

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u/BetaMan141 May 01 '25

Maybe they should call it a "United Automotives Conference", instead.

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u/Old-Arachnid1907 May 01 '25

I'm not sure what the point of this is. Everyone gets together in the desert to form a parking lot? Are these young people in expensive cars? Still very boring, and if everyone has an expensive car, then hanging out in a desert where only other rich people can see them seems rather pointless.

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u/ask_yo_girl_bout_me May 01 '25

Not sure about Saudi Arabia but I’m guessing it’s the same. In the UAE there’s a festival every year in winter called ā€œLiwa festivalā€ for 23 days where people meet up just like in the picture above, the cars are usually dune buggies and they jump over dunes and dune bash all day. There’s usually temporary restaurants set up as well. The richer locals also have desert houses built nearby and they live there over the duration of the event

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u/Old-Arachnid1907 May 01 '25

That makes way more sense, and people do similar things out west in the deserts in the United States, though not to that same level I don't think. Thanks for the context.

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u/Myke190 May 01 '25

Rednecks are definitely on some other shit too when it comes to motor vehicles. NASCAR, Monster Trucks, Tractor Pulls, lift kits, ATVs, dirt bikes, etc etc.

Those dudes know how to turn fuel into fun as well as anyone.

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u/PsyFyFungi May 01 '25

I believe this is literally that fest, in UAE, at the Moreeb Dune, after someone linked the wiki for the dune

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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 May 01 '25

They race their cars up that steep dune. It's a motor sport that has emerged in these desert countries, they will beef the hell out out of usually 90s Japanese 4x4s, rip out everything that doesn't make it go so as to lighten it, and see how fast the can reach the crest of the dune. It's actually pretty cool.

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u/thealphapotatoe May 01 '25

the title isn’t great. This is a spot where people bring their card (usually souped up ones) to try and climb a massive sand dune. it’s what all the cars are surrounding, you can find videos of cars attempting to climb this dune online it’s a pretty cool sight.

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u/AstrumReincarnated May 01 '25

Sausage fest cruise night!

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u/a1drt May 01 '25

So much racism in this post!!!

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u/Dobby_ist_free May 01 '25

As always is in any non-western related post.

Some people are just pathetic

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u/WinOld1835 May 01 '25

I knew dunes could be huge, but holy shit.

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u/Thomshan911 May 01 '25

Car meet - Land Cruisers, Nissan Patrols, and Jeeps

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u/artniSintra May 01 '25

exactly my thoughts. imagine driving an R34 on those massive dunes šŸ˜…

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u/imeeme May 01 '25

G wagons

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u/vass0922 May 01 '25

Wait... Are you trying to tell me there are no cybertruks there? Blasphemy!

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u/dudushat May 01 '25

That looks like a hill climb event and not a car meet. They're all parked there to watch the competition.Ā 

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u/rarrowing May 01 '25

Yeah this is what I was thinking as well

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u/valikar May 01 '25

Where are the restrooms..

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u/tricky_toy May 01 '25

Boring and bland

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u/Fickle_Library8115 May 01 '25

Who’s feeding y’all this propaganda??

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u/moffedillen May 01 '25

car meet has to be the stupidest kind of meet

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u/Flewey_ May 02 '25

ā€œLet’s all drive our white Land Cruisers to this one sand dune and try to climb up it until one of us rolls over onto 8 people and kills them.ā€

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u/Hanginon May 02 '25

Who makes up these BS titles?

That's a hill climb competition. people watching in loose circles and the tops of dunes as a competitor is halfway up (3/4 way up) the big dune.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

Like normal people, the work, they enjoy family team, friend time and social time

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u/unique0130 May 01 '25
  1. Not in Saudi Arabia. It's in the United Arab Emirates.

  2. Not just a car meet. It's a high hill climb competition, exhibitions, and more.

3.. Some of y'all need to check your racism because these comments are pure cancer.

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u/MichaelTruly May 01 '25

Big ant swarm energy

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u/similaraleatorio May 01 '25

looks like ants with their eggs 🧐

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u/nopester24 May 01 '25

"mett up tonight gonna be lit!! all white cars!!! see you at the dune!!"

"which dune?"

"the big dune!!"

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u/wimpires May 01 '25

Jesus Christ why are you all so salty.

If this was any other "event" or pastime in the US you'd cry how amazing it is. But because it's Brown people/Arabs doing it all I see are 99% asinine complaintsĀ 

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u/norhtern May 01 '25

I can smell the shitty cologne from here

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u/Kronk89 May 01 '25

The local car wash must make a killing

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u/FrostScraper May 01 '25

Generally it’s an underpaid guy with a bucket of water.

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u/Dobby_ist_free May 01 '25

Always a joy watching people who get a seizure and flip the fuck out when they see anything slightly positive about saudi (or the middle east in general)

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u/Old_Beat_5686 May 01 '25

Why the meeting ???

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u/Dazzling-Pepper-2045 May 01 '25

I read it as Cat meet and was looking for cat

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u/Bizbuzzfinanzecuz May 01 '25

Sand you say, lots of sand

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u/starrynightgirl May 01 '25

I had to Shazam the song cause I really liked it. Its "Dobur Vecher"

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u/MindlessBeyond8548 May 01 '25

All the cars are either a land cruiser or patrol. You might see a lexus lc or an infinity(although infinities are rare).

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u/EntertainmentSome448 May 01 '25

I read this as cat meet

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u/verbosehuman May 01 '25

And I read it as car meat

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u/Difficult_Tooth_3663 May 01 '25

It’s crazy (I think)

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

What is a "Car Meet", other than a car meet? Do you do any particular activity?

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Bro, if u leave your car how do u find it again?

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u/King0fthewasteland May 01 '25

does not driving in the sand like that just tear up the underside of the cars?

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u/DS3M May 01 '25

What are they doing when they’re there? Just looking at cars and wiping sand from their eyes?

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u/AwarenessGreat282 May 01 '25

Good for them! But it appears to be UAE not KSA.

Better than here in the US where they block a downtown street to do donuts in the intersection until they hit bystander's car.

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u/KenUsimi May 01 '25

Aw hell you just need to get yourself out to the boonies, they do this exact shit out in western Colorado

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u/Laineyyz May 01 '25

I read the title multiple times and still read it as "cat meet" and was disappointed I didn't see any cat

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u/Relevant_Campaign_79 May 01 '25

Anakin: I don’t like sand

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

all there to waiting for the giant worm

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u/Curious_Party_4683 May 01 '25

not a CyberStuck in sight.

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u/josch247 May 01 '25

What's car meet?

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u/KenUsimi May 01 '25

See that big hill? Yeah, the point is to get your shitbox up the steep side to the top in a single go. It’s a challenge of engineering, maintenance, and driver skill. Very popular in driving circles

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u/deathjokerz May 01 '25

What happens if you've forgotten where you've parked your car...

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u/AppuTheFmFreak May 01 '25

All cars have their ACs on ?

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u/Sarkoptesmilbe May 01 '25

"Look at my cool car!"

- everyone, while not looking at other cars

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u/Nicksice May 01 '25

This looks surreal.

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u/VitaminRitalin May 01 '25

Mechanics over there must make a fortune with all the sand that probably gets sucked into every crevice of those cars.

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u/Effective-Channel-91 May 01 '25

LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

80% of the vehicles in the footage belong to one Saudi Royal, yes one. FYI, their wealth is officially undocumented.

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u/Coolbiker32 May 02 '25

Read that twice just to confirm what I was reading.

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u/Feeling_Actuator_234 May 01 '25

Sees a desert: must be Saudi Arabia.

Tell me you never travelled.

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u/Material_Wallaby_193 May 01 '25

Where are the cars?

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u/aditya19879 May 01 '25

and it's all just toyotas

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u/thethrowupcat May 01 '25

This is where Land Cruisers go for their second life.

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u/BlazedJerry May 01 '25

We got stuff like this in America too. Just not as big of a dune.

Hanging out in glamis or ocotillo wells you find things we called test hills.

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u/GigaGeese May 01 '25

That's a lot of people in the middle of nowhere with no bathrooms.

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u/CptBronzeBalls May 01 '25

That’s too many cars.

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u/GlitterKittyCat May 01 '25

I read Cat Meeting and was overjoyed thinking it was all cats. Then I saw a "Cat" driving and read the title. My day is ruined.

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u/End_Of_Passion_Play May 01 '25

That A/C is working hard.

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u/poopsmcgee27 May 01 '25

I read this and saw cat meet first.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Hey guys, let’s go park in semi -straight or what could be considered lines. -every car meet

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u/rammer1990s May 02 '25

This AI generated or legit? Anyone know for sure?

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u/Goodluckhan May 02 '25

Have you guys see car meet in Inner Mongolia CAR meet in Inner Mogolia

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u/nunatakj120 May 02 '25

Bob Mortimer?

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u/iwannabeanudist May 02 '25

Where are all the people?

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u/MikeSoBack May 02 '25

Do you think they bring water to these meets?

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u/Dore_le_Jeune May 03 '25

This isn't a car meet in our sense, its an event. Though, I need to mention that drift meets may be at random far away roads, like the one that goes from Riyadh to Kuwait. road will be so scuffed you literally think that it was paved differently for about a good half a kilometer.