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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then ... by palmotea on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:30PM (#46624729)
> How about I just conclude that while pulling a boat or hauling mulch are completely OK things to want a vehicle for (*), one does not need a F150 with a front end that reaches my chest and has gas mileage to prove it.

Did you miss like the entire first half of the quoted passage? Because it kinda sounds like you're judging the people buying the trucks.

One buys from the options the market gives them, and the market often does not optimize for what consumers want. It optimizes for barely tolerable products that maximize profit.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then ... by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:32PM (#46624765)
No, actually, I did not. But I thought that the part that I requoted stood in a weird opposition to it ...
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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then ... by palmotea on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:35PM (#46624825)
> No, actually, I did not. But I thought that the part that I requoted stood in a weird opposition to it ...

Which kind of makes sense, because it's Gluesenkamp-Perez critiquing a book she opposes.

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