Mastodawn

When I die, cremate me, mix my ashes with a bunch of sugar, and put me in the gas tank of people who drive jacked up pick up trucks with thin blue line stickers on them. I want my remains to ruin their engines.

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Paul-Gabriel Wiener Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill So turn the gas cap into a huge ash hole.

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Sam Adeleine Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill May you outlive them all.

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Rob Fahrni Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill @SallyStrange I kinda like this idea. 🤔

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61100represent Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill don't you think there is a risk that your ashes limit the effect of sugar ?

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kira :3 Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill i am waiting in earnest for the day some jurisdiction just outlaws all vehicles as big as or larger than a stock american pickup in 2023. like not even "traffic penalties that scale with dimensions or weight" or "ban lift kits" just make all the fuckers illegal on the road. fuck you if you bought one and can't drive it now, that's not our problem

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Gwen the Trans Balrog Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill
Sadly, your remains and the sugar would be filtered out and the engine would be just fine. Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline (to say nothing of ashes) and is much larger than the particles fuel line filters are designed to extract.

I'm not advising anything which would potentially be a felony on a public website, but the answer is out there if you choose to look. Mythbusters did an episode on it and I think it's perfectly legal to advise someone to watch Mythbusters for educational purposes.

I may have researched this topic in the past. Suffice it to say that sugar in the gas tank is a myth that needs to die.

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chidi_anagonye Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill

Even today's stock pickups and SUVs are obnoxious. Old millennials like myself remember when pickups were useful, SUVs were for people living on dirt roads, and everyone else drove cars and vans.

Seriously, look at a mid 90s F150 vs today's. Those little Rangers and S10s were all the pickup most people needed and still need.

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Ian Molton Jul 29, 2023

@JessTheUnstill @chidi_anagonye I completely agree.

Pickups are insanely over powered.

It's so totally unnecessary too.

There's a reason old (willys) jeeps and Landies are such sought after vehicles now...

They have a chassis. They are easy to maintain. Without needing to own a dealership. Parts are common.

But the engines are minute. The Willy's had less than 50hp, which is actually less than my first hatchback.

These vehicles could take a heavy load just fine.

They have low ratio gear boxes and AWD. What more do you need?

But now everyone seems to fantasize that they are going to drive their monster truck sized truck up a rock bouncer course without so much as scratching the paint, when back in reality, the only reasons they ever use them for are to allow the kids time to embed chewing gum into the back seat whilst $parent murders the normal family in in their hatch back because they're driving whilst replying their onlyfans subscribers, whilst 4 tons of American excess to the Mackie's that's only 50m from home, bouncing off the lane keeping assist rather than looking at the road...

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Julio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill lol.

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artisanrox Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill

I like it.

Also, conservatives are doing a stellar job of kiling themselves off with COVID sooooo there's definitely some reduction of the herd going on. It doesn't totally take away hateful people but.....they're "doing their part!", right?

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Watchcat 🐈Jul 28, 2023

@JessTheUnstill Great idea! I am going to be cremated as well so might as well do something worthwhile with my ashes. Maybe I'll have mine put into the Trump family's tanks!

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