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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 32 points 2 months ago

It's called a pick-up but I've never seen anyone pick one up.

[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

They’re used to go pick up groceries all the time.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago
[-] ethd@beehaw.org 28 points 2 months ago

English-speaking countries try not to police other English-speaking countries' dialects challenge (impossible)

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 2 months ago

English trying to not be the most janky language ever (thanks, french people) /s

[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

The French are a major reason English is so janky.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

The french didn't even consider the Normans french anymore at the time. Then again, the french still will exile you for using french incorrectly.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

EN.US try not to dominate all online EN spaces challenge (impossible)

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Americans try not to call americanise English challenge (impossible)

[-] nobody158@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

So a pickup TRUCK is not a truck but a delivery van is?

[-] RudeOnTuesdays@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

There is no van in this image.

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

That's not even a dry van, it's a flatbed with lazy tarps

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is a van

[-] cloudless@lemmy.cafe 24 points 2 months ago

That’s a lorry.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Australian here, I'm happy for America to call pickup trucks "trucks". They're closer to a light commercial vehicle than they are to a ute.

Aside from all that, EN.US is their language. They can use it how they like. It's just a shame their culture is so dominant that it can't leave EN.AU alone

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thank You, if only you were real and not a figment of our imagination.

[-] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

In Spanish these are called "camionetas", something like "truckettes".

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

In Australia we call them "Utes" short for "utility vehicle" :)

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

Nah top one is a lorry

The bottom is a pickup truck

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Bottom is a pick-me-up car

[-] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

You are all wrong of course. This is a truck.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago
[-] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Precisely. A forking truck.

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

That's a Lastkraftwagen, not a truck

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

SUV with an open trunk

thats a boganmobile

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

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[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I hate ego trucks, but literally what is your point here?that's not even one of the lifted asshole trucks its just what most people are forced to buy if they wanna transport shit reasonably, they don't sell pickups from the 90s anymore

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah but 9 times out of 10, a van carries more, is secure and shelters whatever is being moved...

Why builders use these to carry tools is dumb since most of the timber arrives flat packed anyway on the back of a hiab

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

It's always fun to read about how I do my job wrong by someone who has no clue.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Classic! Just because ice got an opinion, doesn't mean it's valid.

You're absolutely right, I have no clue but can't understand why it's a thing.

An old ute with a huge tray, sure - but like you say, you do you...

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

everyday folks that have an acre or two of land aren't gonna spend a bunch of money on one of those huge trucks when they could get a pickup truck which is a car that can move their family AND can carry stuff without destroying the interior. They're useful for moving dead tree or bikes/luggage for a camping trip. There are legitimate uses for a pickup truck, even if the big modern ones are annoying to use.

I hate how modern trucks aren't built to be actually used like a truck :/

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

I get you on those points - they had a legit job to do, now they're just who stroking devices (and honestly, that's valid - just don't do it in front of everyone else!)

[-] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

That's cute honey, now rendition the criminals we tell you to and stay out of our military bases.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

The hell are you on about

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