"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
04/22/2014 at 13:57 • Filed to: None
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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
04/22/2014 at 13:57 • Filed to: None | 4
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I made a joke. No one gets it. It wasn't a difficult joke to understand.
The joke was about an obviously American, gun loving politician, driving a Toyota truck. Instead of laughing at the irony of an all out American politician driving a foreign brand truck (rather than Ford, Dodge, Chevy), everyone seems to feel the need to point out the fact that Toyota (and Nissan!!!!) assemble some vehicles here, and that there are XX% parts in that truck from America. Blah Blah Blah.
It was a freaking joke. Pull the stick out of your ass and laugh a little.
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:00 |
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Seems we're the only sector of Gawker that can take a joke.
CAcoalminer
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:01 |
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Link please. I would love to reply to some of them.
crowmolly
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:03 |
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Don't try to explain GDP and end-of-the-day profits. Don't do it.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
04/22/2014 at 14:03 |
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NEIN! QUIET! NO JOKES ALLOWED! ANYONE WHO LAUGHS SHALL BE PUNISHED!!!!!!!!!
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CAR_IS_MI
> crowmolly
04/22/2014 at 14:05 |
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Ok fine. I wont.
SaabLife, because Gripen
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:11 |
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lonestranger
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:24 |
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Honestly, if I saw that on Gawker from a poster I didn't already know from here/Jalopnik, I might have also assumed you didn't know crap about cars or where they are made.
That being said, I still understood the irony and wouldn't have pointed out your "mistake".
Wacko
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:24 |
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Wow your joke is what I thought people of Gawker would think, that a Toyota pick-up is an import. People on Gawker actually got something right!!
zeontestpilot
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 14:44 |
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I understood the joke. And I would expect a politician to drive a American truck, unless they are from the city that produces the foreign-owned one. Toyota, Nissan; they are the new-comers, to the American eye, of pickup trucks. I figure if you want votes, you drive a Chevy/Ford/Ram; people like that and can relate to it.
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CAR_IS_MI
> lonestranger
04/22/2014 at 14:45 |
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Still not really a mistake. no matter which way you slice it, it is still a 'foreign' product by definition.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Wacko
04/22/2014 at 14:46 |
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It is an import. The company is a foreign entity. While yes, some of there products are built here, the company is still a foreign company.
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Wacko
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 15:35 |
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I don't mean to argue with you, but they (taco and tundra)are built in the USA by american workers. Sorta like when the habs play an american team, and the american crowd chants USA, USA, even though the habs have more american players than most american teams...
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CAR_IS_MI
> Wacko
04/22/2014 at 15:38 |
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Same idea, they have american players, but the team is not American .
The trucks may be assembled and largely sourced by Americans and American companies (the players) but the company (Team Toyota) is still from Japan.
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Wacko
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 16:07 |
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As a canadian I like to have fun with american pride... And I think you do too eh??
You should of saw all the shit I got for posting a comment about guns. I do understand where you are coming from, but the Tundra technically is not an Import, but toyota is an Import Brand(i first wrote bland).
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CAR_IS_MI
> Wacko
04/22/2014 at 16:55 |
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By 'American Pride' do you mean rednecks? Then yes (or really just Yes in general).
From a purely technical standpoint of GDP it is an import, though. Just saying.
P.S. Go stab a bear with an icicle while drinking a Molson (that's what you Canadians do, right?)
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Wacko
> CAR_IS_MI
04/22/2014 at 18:30 |
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why do I have to stab a bear again, just did that while finishing my last molson, can I shoot a moose while drinking a labatt?
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CAR_IS_MI
> Wacko
04/22/2014 at 18:46 |
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As long as you're riding a unicycle.
(I know, it has nothing to do with Canada, I just want to be entertained)