I just don't understand people.

"450X_FTW" (mistermic) 06/23/2016 at 12:53 • Filed to: None

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I know too many people like this.

boredalways > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 12:58

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this is why i always say “i hate stupid people”.

swap walmart for habor freight, same difference

The Dummy Gummy > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 12:59

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Owns a *insert cell phone of your choice*.

and 100 more > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:01

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They’re chanting a mantra that’s been pushed into thair heads since birth. But that’s all it is, is a mantra.

Nibbles > The Dummy Gummy 06/23/2016 at 13:04

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I love that one, shuts ‘em up every time!

“Oh, I’m less of an American because I drive a Swedish car? That’s cool, coming from someone clearly posting from a machine made in China, Korea or Japan.”

My citroen won't start > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:04

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Same logic

PanchoVilleneuve ST > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:05

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This is nothing compared to people saying the reason why they are returning a pair of pants is “they don’t fit because Chinese people are small and mess up the sizes”.

450X_FTW > My citroen won't start 06/23/2016 at 13:06

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If that’s real, it’s frickin great.

jariten1781 > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:06

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Ehhh? All the US automobile zealots in my circles are the same folks who pitched a fit when Craftsman moved its wrench production to China to get price points down. Haven’t run into that discrepancy.

npc58501 > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:07

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All bets are off when you grow up in towns in Michigan where there is a plant for the Big 3.

450X_FTW > jariten1781 06/23/2016 at 13:10

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Same people who probably think that every piece of their car should be made in America. Don’t realize that other countries do other some things better than others.

jariten1781 > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:29

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I get what you’re saying, just not my experience at all. The folks I know who are ‘buy USA’ and dead serious about it across the board. They’re the folks who put ‘The body of this dustbuster says made in the USA, but where was the battery manufactured?’ in the amazon question sections. Most of them, if they can’t find an adequate US produced item and forced to buy foreign will buy second hand so the ‘money stays local’. Etc. Etc. None of them would touch a Chinese tool with a ten foot (made in the USA) pole.

BigBlock440 > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:31

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It’s real in that somebody made it, but that somebody was trying to make the other side look dumb.

BigBlock440 > Nibbles 06/23/2016 at 13:32

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Because you can find any one of those made in America?

Nibbles > BigBlock440 06/23/2016 at 13:43

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It’s the hypocrisy of the statement. You wanna call me out on my choice of purchase, I’m gonna throw it right back at ya.

I personally don’t care one iota about the country of origin. Buy what you want to. I don’t care for being judged because I don’t drive an American-made car.

450X_FTW > BigBlock440 06/23/2016 at 13:46

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I figure that, but real, meaning I hope people post that online and make a serious argument about it.

450X_FTW > jariten1781 06/23/2016 at 13:46

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Where were the minerals mined to make these metal parts?!

jariten1781 > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 13:50

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I’m not joking when I say one of my uncles (the crazy one) crawled around with a light looking at all the piping in a house he was purchasing looking for the stamping to ensure it was a known US brand. He would also not buy one renovated since the 80s since they'd probably have used foreign sourced drywall in the remodel.

BigBlock440 > Nibbles 06/23/2016 at 13:55

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But it doesn’t work as an argument. You don’t have to walk if you forgo buying a foreign car, you can buy an American option. With cell phones, tvs, computers, etc., the only option is to buy foreign built or go without. It’s not hypocrisy since there are no other options. The Harbor Freight thing is hypocrisy, the cell phone or banana thing isn’t.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > PanchoVilleneuve ST 06/23/2016 at 14:13

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Is that really something people say? I mean I usually say, “companies need to stop making people feel better by making sizes larger than they really are” but I’ve never heard of that side of the argument.

But seriously it is getting hard to find my size in clothes because I have to constantly size down just to get clothes that fit correctly.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 06/23/2016 at 14:15

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Yes, it is. It’s usually the same people who blame Obama for everything.

Nibbles > BigBlock440 06/23/2016 at 14:16

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It shuts ‘em up though

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > PanchoVilleneuve ST 06/23/2016 at 14:18

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I can’t even. I guess I am fortunate enough to live in California where that doesn’t occur as much. It’s sometimes weird when someone actively says something racist about Asians to me (I’m Asian) since it doesn’t happen as often in the Bay Area.

NJAnon > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 14:22

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I feel bad for that person buying harbor freight stuff. I mean unless they are already knowing that their part will last 3months and a week. :P

450X_FTW > NJAnon 06/23/2016 at 14:29

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I buy zip ties, the magnetic tool tray, and that’s about it from there. Every once in a while I’ll get the “free screwdriver set or tape measure with any purchase”. I’ll use that as an excuse to buy a bag of zip ties for $1.99 and get a free item.

thebigbossyboss > jariten1781 06/23/2016 at 14:46

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Man that would be really hard to do in Canada haha. For one, Canada has literally zero small engine production. Oh you want a Canadian lawnmower? LOL there ain't one!

thebigbossyboss > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 14:47

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Mantioba. Well Cesium anyways. Molybendnum too.

jariten1781 > thebigbossyboss 06/23/2016 at 14:51

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That’s where the second hand thing comes in. Like cell phones; US hasn’t domestically produced them for something like a decade now so the guys just buy at a locally owned pawn shop or on craigslist or whatever and the money doesn't directly flow back to the foreign coffers.

facw > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 14:53

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http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=49279

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > npc58501 06/23/2016 at 16:00

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My cousin’s husband always jokingly gives me crap about my foreign car, Scion FR-S, when I’m visiting them in Detroit. And I like to point out that my company, a foreign Germany company, makes the transmission in his Chrysler 200.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 16:04

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My favorite is when people bring up the ‘Murican vs. foreign, ususally directed specificalyl at Japanese, car argument. The industry is so entrenched in globalization that it’s near impossible to find any vehicle solely manufactured, built, and assembled in the United States (or any country really).

I used to do social media marketing for a bunch of car dealerships. One of my Toyota dealers got some Ford guy trolling their page talking about how people should buy American made trucks and all that crap. I ended up getting the dealership’s permission to respond with one of the many articles detailing that depending on how you look at it the Toyota Tundra is as American as an F-150. It felt pretty great.

npc58501 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 06/23/2016 at 16:16

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And my Ford C-Max was designed by Germans, built in Michigan and primarily driven by the British as “minivans” (if you include the Euro non-hybrid models).

thebigbossyboss > jariten1781 06/23/2016 at 16:41

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Interesting. I hadn't thought about that.

450X_FTW > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 06/23/2016 at 17:00

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I work for a german auto company, but our department is based in the US. I work on programs that are used all over the world. So even if you buy a toyota that is made in Japan but sold in the US, you’re still supporting american jobs. mine.

I hate that people don’t realize how much of a global manufacturing process it is to make a damn car. Hell when I was at AM General where we made Humvees, those still included foreign made parts. Granted they are ITAR compliant so it limits you a lot as to which countries you can buy parts from.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 17:08

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The best is when you make the point about how every car contains parts from all over the world and they comeback with something like, “Well, the profits from my car go back to the American company and therefore end up back in the US! The profits from you car go back to Japan!” You know, because that’s apparently how businesses work and those profits totally won’t be reinvested in their new plants in Mexico, Brazil, China, and India...

npc58501 > BigBlock440 06/23/2016 at 17:10

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Some Moto X phones have been made in the USA within the last 2-3 yrs. Many Chinese made devices will still have American made components in them (Intel processors, Gorilla Glass, various chips).

450X_FTW > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 06/23/2016 at 17:10

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And they apparently don’t pay the workers who assembly the cars at the US plant like Toyota who builds the Tundra in the US. when those profits go “overseas”

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 17:14

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People are dumb.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 06/23/2016 at 19:21

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my friends favorite thing to say, and my favorite quote of all time is:

“people are stupid, i hate people”

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > PanchoVilleneuve ST 06/23/2016 at 19:25

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you need more stars

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 06/23/2016 at 19:31

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oh, but it still happens...

just the other day i was reading about one of my friends who was accosted at 2am at pizza orgazmica in the marina dist. of SF...

If i was with her, i would have punched the couple in their smug racist faces.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > My citroen won't start 06/23/2016 at 19:32

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or folks that “hate commies” and think socialism is bad...

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > npc58501 06/23/2016 at 19:34

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hows the water in those other towns i wonder...

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > NJAnon 06/23/2016 at 19:36

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yea, about half there stuff is one time use/ good for one job quality.

but i do have to say, i have stuff i bought and use regularly from them that have lasted longer than my craftsman, mac and matco stuff...

My citroen won't start > 450X_FTW 06/23/2016 at 19:46

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Sure it’s real, these people have no understanding of what socialism, communism or helping others means.

450X_FTW > My citroen won't start 06/24/2016 at 07:43

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That’s because they didn’t earn that health insurance! They did not earn the right to stay alive!

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud 06/24/2016 at 14:09

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Oh I wasn’t doubting that it happens. I definitely believe it. I’m sorry about your friend. Nobody should be treated in an unaccepting or hostile way regardless.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 450X_FTW 06/25/2016 at 23:44

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Flipside is I know a person that only drives German cars, such as an X5, made in south Carolina