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6 days ago by Godric to c/2northamerican4you

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panda_abyss 54 points 6 days ago

Europe has truck stops too.

I went to one in Ireland where they sold Irish coffee and it was sublime.

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TachyonTele 36 points 6 days ago

Sure, but they're on the wrong side of the road

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Godric 14 points 6 days ago

That works out well, I'd drive in the wrong side of the road too if I was a few Irish coffees deep!

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TachyonTele 3 points 6 days ago

Lol good answer

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WolfmanEightySix 3 points 5 days ago

So how do people get to them?

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FlexibleToast 32 points 6 days ago

That's not a truck stop.

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panda_abyss 5 points 6 days ago

Rest stop?

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PapaStevesy 14 points 6 days ago

It's literally just a Taco Bell

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WalleyeWarrior 10 points 6 days ago

That's just a stop. You usually see this of the side of the highway after an exit, and there will be a few other food options and gas stations available.

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Master 4 points 6 days ago

this one will give you food and gas!

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Obituarykidney 2 points 6 days ago

Isn't it just coffee then?

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jontree255 47 points 6 days ago

Pacifica, CA. I went there once. They have a walk up window on the ocean side. Guess they started serving booze.

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BigDiction 17 points 6 days ago

Not fair the Pacifica location is the Taj Mahal of Taco Bell.

OP image looks decent, I would send them to the Taco Bell in Kettlemen City in August for a terrible image.

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miked 7 points 6 days ago

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v_krishna 7 points 6 days ago

Linda Mar taco bell is a whole different level. Where else can you surf a usually barely decent often closing out wave with various degrees of nasty runoff from the parking lot, 10,000 kooks, and great whites, and then take a break on a cold norcal beach drinking a boozy Baja blast freeze?

(As I type all that out I realize it doesnt sound great but honestly Linda Mar can sometimes be totally heaven on earth)

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ayyy 1 point 5 days ago

What ungodly hour did they take that picture? That parking lot is always impossibly full lol.

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jontree255 2 points 5 days ago

Probably photoshopped everything out. The beach and Bell were slammed when I went as well.

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Jiral 0 points 6 days ago

That location does look somewhat nice. A pity they only sell organic waste in there.

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YurkshireLad 27 points 6 days ago

That anyone would want to eat at Taco Bell? I’m confused.

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kobra 20 points 6 days ago

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kahjtheundedicated 14 points 6 days ago

I used to eat it more often than I should, then at some point it got more expensive than just going to locally owned actual Mexican restaurants. So now I just do that. The food is way better, cheaper, and you get more food. And it feels good to support local rather than some enormous publicly traded corporation

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HubertManne 3 points 6 days ago

crunchwrap, nacho fries. they got my number. granted I have not eaten fast food in years. when it was a paltry amount I indulged in it to regularly but now it might as well be costingtons.

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SARGE 2 points 6 days ago

I tend to make my own tex-mex, but there's a place nearby that I love to go to when I'm feeling down.

That said, sometimes when I'm out and I want something "close enough" that I can eat while driving (one hand and I can drop it without it going everywhere) I get a bean and cheese burrito with a cup of nacho cheese.

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PapaStevesy 8 points 6 days ago

I think it's more that the Taco Bell is seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but still has a bunch of people at it. That's my read anyway

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glimse 4 points 6 days ago

It's wild to pretend that the Crunchwrap Supreme isn't delicious as hell

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idiomaddict 2 points 5 days ago

I love a bean burrito with extra onions, grilled, because I’m cheap.

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Lucidlethargy 1 point 6 days ago

It's a pretty disgusting place to eat.

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Sharkticon 26 points 6 days ago

I'm not sure I quite comprehend it.

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cantstopthesignal -4 points 6 days ago

Car = bad.

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PalmTreeIsBestTree 26 points 6 days ago

Windows XP background Taco Bell

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TachyonTele 24 points 6 days ago

Does Europe even have that much open land left?

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piccolo 28 points 6 days ago

Do you believe all of europe is one mega city?

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cantstopthesignal 14 points 6 days ago

Be pretty killer if it was though.

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harmbugler 6 points 6 days ago

Can I interest you in a Japan?

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Horsey 5 points 6 days ago

That was my biggest culture shock. I expected never ending cities and suburbs like in New England.

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YiddishMcSquidish 2 points 6 days ago

Bro, go a like 5 miles west and it's all cornfields and shit.

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Valmond 1 point 6 days ago

Paris is a bit like that, walk all day and you're still in the center, but that's an exception.

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TachyonTele 2 points 6 days ago

I havent read that much of it, but I imagine Europe also has mega cities in the Judge Dredd documentaries.

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unknown 16 points 6 days ago

I waa going to write something snarky but instead I'm just going to recommend you spend some time browsing google earth or playing geoguesser.

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TachyonTele 1 point 6 days ago

Go with the snark. Thats what my comment was made with.

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stray 2 points 6 days ago

Europe is mostly an endless sea of knolls with quaint windmills and no internet access.

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TachyonTele 1 point 6 days ago

I knew it!
Someone really ought to do something about all those evil windmills

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OldChicoAle 1 point 6 days ago

There's a lot of freaking wild lands in Europe. Just travel anywhere around and you'll notice right away. Some of the most beautiful naturescapes are in Europe.

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olafurp 21 points 6 days ago

You Americans should see the truck stops in the Netherlands. You can have proper food and bathrooms/showers actually look nice.

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glimse 10 points 6 days ago

Those exist here, too. The US is a very big place (your whole country is the size of a small state) with a ton of truck stops, there's bound to be crappy ones especially in the middle of nowhere.

Not sure that's a truck stop in the photo, though. Looks like a fast food/gas pit stop for general travelers.

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filcuk 8 points 6 days ago

I drove from UK through Germany. There were soo many rest stops, well equipped with toilets, seating, plenty of parking, sometimes ev charging - I was gobsmacked.

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captain_aggravated 2 points 6 days ago

You guys got Buccee's too?

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Honytawk 1 point 6 days ago

You guys really do love your franchises, don't you?

You do understand those are not necessary for a good roadtrip, right?

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vaultdweller013 3 points 6 days ago

You say that like everyone likes them. Trust me I've been up and down the western states, the franchises or the worst places to stop at, always smell weird. Regardless I'm pretty sure what they're talking about is actually a privately owned chain in the south, fuck if I know I'm from California.

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captain_aggravated -1 points 6 days ago

Let me tell you something about America:

We have a document called the Bill Of Rights. It's the first ten amendments to our Constitution. During the constitutional convention, the Constitution wouldn't pass without these ten extra provisions guaranteeing rights to individuals and lower tiers of government. The First Amendment includes the rights of free speech, free press, peaceful assembly, practice of religion and petition. The second protects the right to bear arms. The fifth protects the rights of the accused. From which amendment does congress get the power to enact intellectual property law?

It's a trick question. That's not in an amendment, it's in Article 1. Copyrights, patents and in this case trademarks are more foundational to society than even free speech.

I do prefer franchise or chain rest stops on a long trip, because they have an established reputation. The business owner defends their trademarks largely as a marketing exercise, to prevent competition from stealing their sales by putting the same name on the shelf. The customer wants those trademarks defended because they are powerful tools for accountability. A business does a bad job, avoid their products and services.

I've never gotten food poisoning from a burger chain, I have gotten food poisoning from a "proper" restaurant with a chef. I've never gotten contaminated gas from a Sheetz, I have gotten contaminated gas from Ma And Pa's Kountry Kitchen. If I'm gonna drive across this nation again, I'd rather fill the car with Buccee's gas and eat nothing but McNuggets on the way because that way I'm sure neither the car nor myself will be on the side of a Mojave highway spewing unidentifiable fluids.

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mech 4 points 6 days ago

Clap Clap Clap
Good one, Billy! Show it to them commies!

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PhoenixDog 3 points 6 days ago

The second protects the right to bear arms.

No it doesn't actually... If you read the whole thing.

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PuddleOfKittens 1 point 5 days ago

It’s a trick question. That’s not in an amendment, it’s in Article 1. Copyrights, patents and in this case trademarks are more foundational to society than even free speech.

Not really. Article 1 provides a whitelist for things that the senate can regulate, which necessarily is just a big list of all sorts of crap.

And FWIW, trademarks are not remotely the same thing as copyrights or patents, no matter how much people conflate them via the term "intellectual property". Trademarks are about preventing fraud, while copyright/patents are about encouraging innovation. In fact, you could say the job of copyrights/patents is to:

promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

Trademarks are not about innovation of any sort, and are explicitly perpetual as long as the business is still using/enforcing them. This passage from Article 1 obviously doesn't apply to trademarks.

Now, trademarks are still in Article 1, probably, via the line that says "[congress shall have power] To Regulate Commerce". Which I will concede is part of Article 1. And by your own logic, regulating commerce is more foundational to society than Free Speech! As is punishing piracy on the High Seas, apparently.

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Krauerking 17 points 6 days ago

Everyone keeps thinking this is a highway stop. Yeah no. Thats not a highway. I am pretty sure that is just a tacobell at the edge of a farm town.

So yeah apparently it couldn't be comprehended.

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Typotyper 3 points 5 days ago

I think they're referring to people actually eating that crap

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starchylemming 13 points 6 days ago

what am i lookig at, american?

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Gork 20 points 6 days ago

A wide expansive scenery to accompany the finest gourmet poop that only Taco Bell can create.

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Godric 3 points 6 days ago

Freedom!

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Lucidlethargy 1 point 6 days ago

Our very worst fast food chain after Chicfilet.

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kylie_kraft 0 points 6 days ago

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sunoc 12 points 6 days ago

Listen, it’s not our fault if you guys live in the backrooms!

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AI_toothbrush 7 points 6 days ago

Tbf this is how northern scandinavia looks like, especially certain parts of iceland id say.

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Seppo 3 points 6 days ago

Iceland yes, but Norway and Sweden usually have trees unless you're way up in the mountains.

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AI_toothbrush 1 point 6 days ago

I literally am right now so yeah. But i do agree most places have trees, but starting with mellannorrland there are highlands which are very barren. Its just that basically nobody lives here.

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Frostbeard 1 point 5 days ago

Norway as had a different policy than Sweden so we stil have a rural population. And spart from the really northern part we dont have that taiga "look"

The cartoonist Kellerman even comments on it when he is driving to Arjeplog from Norway how Norway is like Lord of the Rings and then when you get to Sweden it's Lilja4Ever

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AI_toothbrush 1 point 5 days ago

Yeahhh thats sweden...

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j5y7 7 points 6 days ago

How else would they get a taco in Kansas?

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TachyonTele 4 points 6 days ago

Ever hear of a boat smart guy? Sheesh

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endless_nameless 6 points 6 days ago

i swear ive been here in project zomboid

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NotASharkInAManSuit 2 points 6 days ago

I’m pretty sure it used to be the Spiffo’s at the north end of Rosewood.

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Itdidnttrickledown 6 points 6 days ago

Suddenly late stage capitalism.

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tlekiteki 6 points 6 days ago

Wyoming most likely

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TragicNotCute 22 points 6 days ago

Rapid city, South Dakota.

44.0958, -103.1491

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BigDiction 2 points 6 days ago

Nice! Image search?

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TragicNotCute 2 points 6 days ago

I dare not say how I found it. The rabid masses will track me down because I used forbidden technology.

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BodePlotHole 1 point 6 days ago

Same same

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Godric 3 points 6 days ago

Why anyone would start to Wyom, much less continue and name a state after that is a mystery

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Remember_the_tooth 3 points 6 days ago

"We're gonna go live over there "

"Why? OMG."

Then whyomg

Wyomng

Wyoming

None of that's true, but it could have been if history happened differently.

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TachyonTele 3 points 6 days ago

"O.M.G. Could our wagon horses go any slower"

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Remember_the_tooth 3 points 6 days ago

TIL: Chandler's ancestors were equally sarcastic.

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FudgyMcTubbs 1 point 6 days ago

Wyoming, the state, was named after Wyoming, the region in Pennsylvania.

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gigastasio 2 points 6 days ago

In Wyoming this is considered a city.

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FudgyMcTubbs 1 point 6 days ago

I thought specifically Cody Wyoming in one of those rare moments when the grass is green and not yellow, but then i remembered Cody only has a Taco Johns.

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TigerAce 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I really can't comprehend how the sale of toxic waste is allowed, especially as food. Even the McDonald's in my country can't be conpared to the ones in the US, as over here there are high food quality and health standards. Eating unhealthy doesn't give you instantly type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity. Eating unhealthy in my country is still considered healthy by US standards.

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P00ptart 1 point 6 days ago

Here you have to go to a sit down restaurant or make it at home to even approach "healthy"

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TigerAce 1 point 6 days ago

Here the McDonald's is a sit down restaurant. The government said they were too expensive for a food chain that has their restaurant built to make you stay as short as possible. They were given a choice: make it cheaper or improve the restaurant. It was more profitable to completely remodel all buildings. Now they have ergonomic chairs and calming colors for the eyes. So now you can relax while eating your way to expensive junk. Same with Burger King etc. For the same money you can get a healthy and tasteful meal. The biggest burger you can get here is almost as big as the smallest burger in the US. It's about 9 or 10 euros. A regular burger is a bit over 2 euros but that's 3 bites, they fit in your handpalm. For 10 euros I can cook a tasty meal for 4 to 5 people with fresh vegitables.

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P00ptart 1 point 6 days ago

Well now you're just bragging.

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Unpigged 4 points 6 days ago

Average Autobahn stop looks better than than so, yeah, kinda?

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MrSulu 4 points 6 days ago

Its a fair bet that the person who who created the original has only seen Europe, or the rest of the world on TV.

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Proprietary_Blend 3 points 5 days ago

Nah. You don't have to tip there. They'd be fine

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plutopos 3 points 6 days ago

...yes we do? We have highways with service stations that look like this

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njm1314 2 points 5 days ago

Neither a high way nor a service station.

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plutopos 1 point 5 days ago

We also have roadside shops that are hardly (if at all) accessible on foot if that's what we're talking about

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moopet 3 points 6 days ago

What part are they talking about?

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Proprietary_Blend 4 points 5 days ago

There's your proof. They just can't even begin to comprehend.

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BlackLaZoR 1 point 6 days ago

It's McDonald's instead of Taco Bell. Inconceivable indeed

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pedz 1 point 6 days ago

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RecallMadness -2 points 6 days ago

Is the joke that this is in Europe?

Only one of the vehicles is a truck - I’d expect more from the US. It looks just before sundown - which in Europe has more of as it’s more north. there’s lots of greenery, - which to be fair, my experience of the US has been big cities and the Nevada’s desert. But suggests it’s not winter. Iceland also has Taco Bell.

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Crackhappy 2 points 6 days ago

Someone call rainbolt.

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white_nrdy 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like north america to me. The license plates seem to be US/Canada sized (proportionally to the vehicles, since they're grainy). However, who knows

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TachyonTele 1 point 5 days ago

It's blatantly saying this is not europe. How do you misread it like that?

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RecallMadness 0 points 5 days ago

Because the joke would be “the European mind cannot conceive ”.

It’s not like there’s something in the picture that screams ‘Murica.

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TachyonTele 1 point 5 days ago

How you continue to completely miss the low level joke is beyond me.

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Alberat 0 points 6 days ago

the joke is America=cars

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