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submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by muxika@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
 

What is that thing? Why is that thing? It looks like the vehicles from Aliens. On the windshield, there's a decal that reads "Apocalypse 6x6."

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[–] io@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 40 minutes ago

there is really not enough storage space in the back to merrit the 2 extra wheels

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

Tell us you have a tiny peen, without telling us you have a tiny peen.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago

Where are the HOAs when they could actually be useful for a change...

[–] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I want whatever these people are using to get to this headspace...

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

¡Yo tambien! But then again I tried meth once and am not excited to repeat the next day.

[–] glibg@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 hours ago

A very scared man hides in this thing on his way to an unsatisfying job.

[–] coolman@lemmy.world 46 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

I love seeing trucks and cars that are supposedly for the apocalypse. Do you seriously think we're going to have gas in the apocalypse??? Do you not realize the insane supply chain that needs to exist for you to have gas in your car? You can't store gas, it goes bad pretty dang quick you dumb fuck. What's your plan?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

Best part is, this isn't even a diesel. It's got a Hellcat engine. For heavy vehicles you'd want diesel to get good torque and fuel economy. That's why cargo vehicles are almost all diesel powered.

Even if the refineries kept going in the apocalypse, I'm fairly sure places that distribute fuel would be few and far between. This person would have to refuel a LOT... Might not even make it to the next place with fuel.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 7 hours ago

Us with solar and electric vehicles and bikes have been the actual ones prepping.

[–] Lenggo@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Ha, and it's always something that probably gets like 4mpg.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is why my "shit hits the fan" vehicle is a 1982 diesel Mercedes.

That thing will run on anything as fuel. I've tried running it on old used motor oil, used hydraulic oil from my car hoist, lamp oil, and yes ofc used fryer oil.

I'm gonna be cruising in my old ass sedan laughing at the preppers in their modern trucks that can't run on anything but the most pure of fuels without clogging their injectors.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Haven't driven anything made in '82, but I'll maintain that my friend's W124 250D was one of the most comfortable car's I've ever driven. It's the suspension, mostly. Nowadays everything is sporty, but I don't want sporty 90% of the time, I want to not feel bumps and shit.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They are so goddamned comfortable, not much difference between the W123 from '82 and a W124 for that.

Though the W124 is a lot better insulated, and thus quite a lot more quiet in the cabin than the W123.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd love a W124 if I didn't need ISOFIX for the foreseeable future. They're just so nice. Particularly if I could get a 300td. Hell I'd probably either keep it stock, or build it to a sensible degree (i.e not a 700hp smoke monster)

[–] vodka@feddit.org 1 points 30 minutes ago

Mine is in fact a 700hp smoke monster. On stock 195 tires.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They don't think. They feel. They're little better than toddlers. You wouldn't ask a child how their blanket is going to protect them from ghosts.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

The sheet that ghosts wear can move through most things, but not other bedding.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 125 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

Notice what you don't see: Any scratches or dirt on it nor mud on any of it's 6 tires. Total pavement princess.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, like, put that shit in the mud where it belongs you giant ass pussy.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 hours ago

It's on standby for the apocalypse. You don't want to use it up beforehand.

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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 60 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (9 children)

It exists because many people have more money than brains. As for the decal, what you have there is the 2024 Apocalypse Juggernaut 6x6 . My guess is that the owner is probably 5' 9" and 300 lbs gravy seal with 30 guns and 20,000 rounds of ammunition who thinks he's going to take over Florida when society collapses.

Also known as a "loot drop" for the who actually will take over when society collapses

[–] muxika@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The rugged individualist of the gated community.

If society collapses, if sure his survival instincts will kick in and he will try to buy something else.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If society collapses where is the gas for that thing coming from? Wouldn't an electric car and some solar panels be an objectively better apocalypse vehicle?

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yes, exactly. You need a stable society to run oil refineries and distribute the gasoline to every community. Portable solar panels may be a trickle of energy, but it's still something to juice up an EV that only requires sun. Some EV can also power an extension cord, so they're a mobile back up battery.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 22 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The brand is actually called Apocalypse? Wow 🤦

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 31 points 14 hours ago

Even better, it’s not even manual, the thing is a fucking automatic

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

Googling that truck name appears to show they sell for $250k-$260k. I can think of better things to spend that kind of money on.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

And then when a group of anarchists just hose his entire house and car with multiple rusty AKs he'll be looking up from Hell like "HOW DID I LOSE THAT THEY CHEATED". Altho, having that amount of guns and ammo doesn't really indicate gravy seal bullshit, if you go to the range often the ammo literally evaporates super fast. But that truck having no signs of being used off-road does clearly indicate that.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 45 points 15 hours ago

Every conversation with the owner: "goddamn gas prices! Stupid liberals!"

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 36 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You laugh now, but when society collapses they'll be safe for a full hour before they run out of gas. If they can make it into the truck, of course, since it looks too big to fit in their garage.

[–] piranhaphish@lemmy.world 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I bet you didn't even notice the lion.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 13 hours ago

Wow, that took me way too long to find. I thought you meant on the truck. BTW, the logo is dumb af.

Is it a Christmas lion? Such a weird dude.

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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What’s with the weird archway over the front of the driveway? Is it getting married?

[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Christmas light arch using pvc pipe.

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 15 hours ago

Must be a hard life to get laughed at everywhere you go 😄

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 13 hours ago

This kind of shit is typical in a lot of upper middle class neighborhoods in FL. You'd see Hummers, pseudo-monster trucks, etc sitting in front of dainty houses with highly manicured lawns. All so that they can drive vehicles that are far more likely to kill people.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Its funny because its built to destroy but the owner would likely cry if it was scratched.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I get so mad seeing these in the parking garage at work. Like, you drove that to park it at an office and then go up the elevator? WTF? And yes I'm in West Central FL and the arms race of ever bigger vehicles is insane.

Though at least my neighborhood isn't just a bunch of those garage houses, it's older and varied and not many garage front houses. So many trucks though. Some are guys who need them for work, some are not.

Nobody NEEDS that for work, they might need a truck, but they don't NEED that stupidity.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

These are the first people who would die in a real collapse, probably killing others as they go. I loved Max Max and Car Wars too, but I know it's fiction.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

I loved Max Max and Car Wars too, but I know it's fiction.

mad max?

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

No mud whatsoever. Fucking poser ass coward.

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 15 hours ago

6 wheels for considerably less than 6"

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

They need that for the difficult run to Publix obviously.

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