Know a guy.
I am the guy with the truck.
The truck is proof that Americans can and will accept socialism.
It's brocialism.
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The crazy part is it doesn't matter who you voted for, everyone on both sides would generally love to help their neighbor and would offer a hand. It's just when people get involved in the macro sense that they get filled with hate and anger. Makes me sad. Let's just all move couches.
We do socialism all the time.
Neighbors bring each other gifts. Friends feed one another. Someone is struggling and we give them what they need, no questions asked.
That’s not really socialism, given that it is not universally distributed but depends on one’s social connections. A socialist system would have impersonal mechanisms for catching those who fall through the cracks due to not knowing enough people to ask for and repay favours. (And those people do exist: “everyone knows a guy with a truck” except perhaps for a socially isolated shut-in or someone who does not speak the language, or someone who does not fit in with the community in their truck catchment radius.)
Two decades later, I still regret the temporary back injury a friend sustained helping me to load my heavy desk into a truck I rented.
I feel like this premise could make an entertaining movie if you figured out the 3 act structure
This must be downvoted because it is absolutely not a shitpost.
I wish there was a community for it, like cool bro shit.
Or Maybe wholesome memes?
Community.
Dude this gold :))
Laughed quite a bit. This guy should be a writer he has a great way with words and stories. Reminded me of a Japanese Chuck Palahnuick
Non-toxic Masculinity
Absolutely
I was always the guy with the truck. For a couple years I was the guy with the minivan with no back seats in lieu of a truck, but now I'm back to being the guy with the truck amongst my circles. I didn't know how much I liked being that guy until I wasn't.
My neighbor is the guy with the truck. He feels the same way you do, says he just can't imagine not being available to help folks out. He's helped me out. I help him out (not with a truck, of course). He has a truck because he is big, it's comfortable, and because he can help people move shit or get mulch or whatever. He lives for it.
Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this sofa moved.
This is 0% shitpost and 100% wholesome.
I miss work for trade...
You just took care of a guy and when the time came, he took care of you.
"Today you... Tomorrow me..."
You just took care of a guy and when the time came, he took care of you.
I mean, thats just how it still is in my village. It does not seem to be a particularly endangered way of living and rather the norm in rural areas.
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I saw this tweet back when it was on 2.1M
If the guys that frequently move furniture describe you are "strong for your size", that is a powerful compliment.
I love positive masculinity.
This was surprisingly funny and surprisingly positive for something to do with Americans.
Americans are a very friendly people, all things considered. The whole smiling at everyone you see, helping out strangers for fun thing is not universal. Thus, this post.
it's hard to remember that the average person is a human just like yourself
Most of us are just regular, friendly people who are glad to help out if needed. There are pockets of shit people who thrive on hate, but that's true for any country.
Ignore religion, politics, and hard drugs and this is just normal.
The American lower-working class economy is predominantly favor and goodwill-based, yes. Pain in the ass sometimes but also more fun imo. Community is important to keep alive.
Not just American. It's poor people's economy everywhere. American working class has more in common with working class in every other nation than American wealth class. The real division in the world is class division, everything else is distraction.
This exactly. There's an inversion when having money is more convenient than having contacts and doing small favors, and that inversion turns people into lonely cunts.
Incredibly wealthy people also run their society based on favors and unspoken fees. The difference is, one of them could, under unusual but not impossible circumstances, help a friend and a guy move a fridge and share a beer. But nobody who's not part of the incredible-wealth society can participate in its favors. And we all pay the fees.
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This is a wild concept for other cultures. Like, in Germany people will help you move. Your friends that is. Maybe a coworker or neighbour - if you even know any neighbour at all. That is all but a given here as well. But some random guy? Nah...
Oh and you absolutely have to rent a truck. I don't know a single truck person. There is no such thing as having a truck, unless you nees it for business. Long story short: I just paid a company over >2k to move just one town over
This can absolutely also happen in a place like Germany. Yes, no one really has a truck for personal use (or rather a box truck), but you know a guy who knows a guy that has a truck for his business and doesn't need it on the weekend, et voila. Maybe it's not that extreme, but especially for 'poorer' working class people, helping out is still essential even in Germany.
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No matter where you come from , once you can say "I know a guy" you're an American.
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My friend is a ring leader for these types of guys. He knows like 15 guys with a truck and at least another 30 with arms. He’s able to get a lot of projects done around the neighborhood.
I am "the guy" at my kids' schools. I love it. When they need a last minute volunteer for something, they know how to reach me.
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I have a friend with a ute, though he recently moved cities (and scrapped his (very old) ute).. Guess I need to be on the lookout.
Just in case anyone was wondering, here's a video explaining what a Ute is:
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