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How many times does that happen? Genuine question. I never needed a van or a truck out of the blue. Is it something to do with the American culture?

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People with trucks arrange their lives with the expectation they can immediately move large objects. The rest of us only move large objects a few times a year and borrow our friends' and families' trucks, and they resent us for it.

No resentment here. If couldn't have afforded the ~$45K for the truck, and the few thousand dollars per year for gas and insurance, I wouldn't have bought it.

I don't get people. I don't own the truck for social signaling, I own it as a tool, just like my welding gear, my CNC mill, and my laser sintering 3D printer.

Your friend is getting a new couch and will give you the old one. How do you get it from his house to your house?

On the notice board in my local supermarket, there are about 10 man and a van business cards pinned on. I'd probably call the one with the cutest logo.

That's the cultural difference. In the US, we like to do things ourselves, no matter the cost.

It's funny because of the wasted resources.

I wouldn't say no matter the cost, but if the income is disposable, yes, we'd prefer to be able to do something when we want and not based on the schedule of a company/vendor we'd have to have the service provided by.

A great example? Look how popular 24 hour Walmarts are.

2-3 times a week.

really? what kind of situations?

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