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A picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:
In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less
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Why don't you post the original source for this data.
You won't because it's shitty data.
I'm going to get responses, if any, to a 2013 phone survey for 1000 people that splits users with shitty questions or a REFERENCE 2018 to a 2018 axios study but not the data because it's only sold and under copyright. Even looking at the questions I'm nearly certain OP is talking about the first.
I tow 12 times a year. But I don't go off road. Ohhhh and look now I'm contributing to your shitty mutually exclusive population splits.
You are parroting rage engagement bait and being manipulated.
Prove me wrong .
Mate, you're the arsehole who started out blasting someone for a source (which was provided, btw) for a meme sharing some generally well-known stats (in the sense that it's generally well-known that most drivers of yank tanks rarely use them for serious work that requires such a large vehicle, even if the specific numbers aren't known). If you don't want people like @aniki@lemmings.world to use weak emotional flame towards you, maybe don't start with the same.
This is rude to everyone, not just the person you have a bug up your ass about.
🤷♂️ he started it, welcome to the Internet.
The source was provided over 2 weeks ago now. If you don't want to read it that's fine, but don't go whinging about a lack of sources.
If you want a serious response, you'll have to