• Gustephan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    > be me. Business trip to Texas fml

    > get some shitty subcompact rental car

    > try to drive to some state park on weekend

    > the location? About 3 hours driving away

    > the cell tower reception? KEKW

    > the road? On a 20 foot raised ridge for some texan fucking reason

    > the wind? 42069 mph, perpendicular to the road

    > literally turning the steering wheel against the wind to maintain driving straight

    > literally feel like I’m going to get blown off the road and die

    > in Texas so actually do want to die

    > wish I was in a big truck for the first time in my life

    > after hours of white knuckle driving finally get there

    > Amarillo texas, the biggest pile of shit I’ve ever seen in my life

    > literally. Active mountain of cow shit being farmed and sold as fertilizer right next to the town

    Texas. Not even once.

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      wish I was in a big truck for the first time in my life

      FYI, big trucks are even worse for being blown around by the wind. The increased weight does not make up for the increased windage.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I live in Oklahoma. Everything this man says is true. Real shithole, this part of the country. That and the shit schools are what make the houses so cheap.

      If you live in Moore, don’t blink. You might miss the tornado sweeping your house away. Again.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        No, this is called Beauty Spot AFAIK. I’m not sure of any other name for it and I’ve lived here 20+ years

        A view is a view, though, and I’m sure yours was majestic too!

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      Midwest got its name because at one point it was very hard to get past the Rocky, Cascadia, and Coastal mountain ranges that each span from Canada to Mexico. So the Midwest was sort of the middle point between the East Coast and the Rockies.