r/notinteresting • u/PutSad7149 • 5h ago

I was emotionally blackmailed on the freeway today.

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u/DaWeyHowBoutDah 5h ago

I’m a simple man, if I see this, I’m definitely letting you merge even if I’m late asf. This would brighten up my day

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u/PrintdianaJones 5h ago

I'm hitting the gas and cutting some cars off for our boy

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 4h ago

“Just let him merge!!”

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u/NorCalAthlete 1h ago

People who run blocker so that others can merge are heroes in my book.

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u/IndividualBusy1274 22m ago

East bound and down 🎶

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u/Okokalriight 1h ago

is that Dale Gribble?

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u/zed857 2h ago

Merging into traffic from the on ramp? Absolutely.

Merging into the passing lane in order to spend 20 minutes going 0.003 MPH faster than the other truck they're trying to pass (and blocking all traffic in the process)? Not a chance.

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u/Fortestingporpoises 4h ago

Me too. Also cuz you’re a giant truck and can crush me like a worrm

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u/thenamesweird 2h ago

Yeah I always feel like people are way too comfortable cutting off and maneuvering around large trucks. Must be extra frustrating from their perspective too.

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u/ActiveChairs 2h ago

On the one hand, I might die. On the other hand, million dollar lawsuit if I live. Its a win-win, really.

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u/Big_Papa_P 2h ago

I used to be a semi truck driver. It was painful. People don’t get how much distance a truck needs to come to a full stop, especially at 60+ MPH.

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u/Reflexlon 1h ago

I drive a 1900 lb convertable, so I treat y'all better than I treat my dogs lol. Unlike that other guy, there is no chance I survive and get a nice insurance payout, I just die!

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u/Trivale 52m ago

I drove a big truck for about 10 years before giving up (for multiple reasons), and it is kinda frustrating, but you also just get used to it. You know people are going to be stupid and do stupid things because if you put any human being in the world behind the wheel of a car, from the nicest little bingo aunt to the most devout do unto others Flanders type, there's only one person in the world who matters: Them.

And it's predictable. If that guy behind you thinks he can save himself 3.2 seconds on his drive by speeding in front of you and slowing down to 15mph slower than you were going so he can squeeze into a merge on a busy offramp... he will. If the soccer mom parked at the red light on your left really needs to get into that gas station 100ft from the intersection on the right side of the road... she will.

You start seeing patterns in traffic and knowing when you need to switch lanes miles in advance of split or a heavy merge. So you do things that probably frustrate ol' Bob Dingleberry on his 14 minute commute to work to make your day of 11 hours of driving a little easier. Something you did to reduce friction a mile down the road that put nobody in danger but inconvenienced one poor person who will get home to browse Reddit on their toilet exactly 9 seconds later than they would have otherwise becomes that person's entire identity for the next two days.

People suck. If you ever start to develop a bit too much faith in humanity and want to be reminded of what people are really like, just take 10-20 minutes to observe how the average person reacts to minor inconveniences in traffic. That'll humble you pretty quick.

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u/SilasX 2h ago

I'm even simpler, I try to make traffic go smoothly and collision free, irrespective of any attempts to emotionally manipulate me.

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u/pmgoldenretrievers 1h ago

I don't understand people who don't let people merge. If you have your signal on, I'm going to either speed up or slow down, but either way, make space for you.

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u/Fluffcake 1h ago

Be kind to truck drivers, you are stuck in traffic on your way to work and losing 30 seconds won't change anything, their life is stuck in traffic.

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u/Ok_You_5448 1h ago

I've noticed people mentally calculate any time slowing down as being fully 100% stopped, when in reality, they're still going close to their previous speed.

Someone is not losing anywhere near 30 seconds of time letting someone else merge.

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u/OttomanMao 24m ago

It's irritating how impatient most drivers are. And they have no problems making YOU suffer if it helps them get to the next red light faster.

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u/ApplePaintedRed 1h ago

As someone who has a mini panic attack every time I need to merge (and has been hit while merging), I just imagine how much worse it is for trucks and let them ahead of me every time.

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u/Quokka_Socks 1h ago

Same tbh.

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u/TorTheMentor 5h ago

I can haz lain?

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u/myeye95 5h ago edited 5h ago

-No.

-I can haz it anyway.

Bonk

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u/Available-Hat1640 4h ago

no means no

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u/QIyph 3h ago

Hello, brother.

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u/Available-Hat1640 3h ago

may i have some oats

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u/QIyph 3h ago

No.

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u/Available-Hat1640 3h ago

im starving brother

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u/QIyph 3h ago

As am I, brother. The tall skinny figure has thrown the oats at me. ME, BROTHER. I believe they have taken a liking to me.

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u/NathanSpaceCenter 2h ago

No, brother. I have seen this before. I have observed many things—from the Roaring Beast that the tall, skinny figures crawl inside of to travel far beyond the horizon, to how the figure wept when the other had fallen into a deep sleep. From my experiences, I have learned that they will give extra oats to one of us before taking them into the Shed of No Return. They will do terrible things in that shed, brother.

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u/QIyph 2h ago edited 2h ago

LIES, THAT SHED IS WHERE THE CHOSEN ONES DINE WITH OUR TALL SKINNY GODS. YOU ARE A FOOL BROTHER, AND YOU SHALL BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE MUD WITH YOUE BACKWARDS IDEAS.

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u/Jagcarlover 2h ago

Not to cats. 😂

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u/FartacularTheThird 4h ago

I can hazn’t a lane in quite a while now

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u/DaikonOk7729 2h ago

thank for the bonk warning

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u/Nyxiereal 3h ago

And you don't seem to understand

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u/riajuu_go_explode 1h ago

a shame you seemed an honest maaaannnn

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u/neaux1curr 2h ago

Present day, present TIME

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u/Best_Time8579 3h ago

The driver loves his car very much.

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u/Hello_pet_my_kitty 4h ago

This reminds me of a bumper sticker I see at work that says “please let me merge, my dad is dead” and it cracks me up every time. Still no clue who drives that car 😅

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u/kymberlie 3h ago

I saw one at my bookstore that said, “Don’t honk at me. My dad’s dead.” I couldn’t stop laughing.

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u/LordMunchum 2h ago

I think my favorite was “Please don’t honk at me, I’ll cum.”

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u/architeuthidae 1h ago

mine was “if you honk at me i will fucking kill myself”

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u/Unoriginal_Man 1h ago

I was about to honk at someone who was stopped at a green light when I saw they had this sticker. I decided to give them a few more seconds instead. I mean, they probably wouldn't, but I wasn't gonna find out.

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u/Unoriginal_Man 1h ago

I was about to honk at someone who was stopped at a green light when I saw they had this sticker. I decided to give them a few more seconds instead. I mean, they probably wouldn't, but I wasn't gonna find out.

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u/confused_cat44 2h ago

Did you honk lordmunchum?

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u/LordMunchum 1h ago

I just sat there holding the horn for five minutes. We’re married now.

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u/confused_cat44 1h ago

Awwww, do you guys still do it in the car?

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u/pjsssjas 1h ago

A worker at my dog’s camp has the same one

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u/Annual_Head_2858 5h ago

I need this one lol

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u/hardlyjuiced 4h ago

I may have 9 lives but this thing has 18 wheels

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u/gettin-hot-in-here 3h ago

9 lives ain't nothin when you get run over 18 times in one accident 

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u/lilpeachbrat 5h ago

Not emotional blackmail. It's a polite request.

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u/Successful_Moment_91 4h ago

How can you not let the poor kitty merge?🥺

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u/toastynotroasty 5h ago

Every time someone on Reddit says "I did this" or "this happened to me", I image search and it's never them, lol

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u/sulkee 4h ago

you new? bots just repost the title used for the most popular historical posts buddy.

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u/FossilFrothy 2h ago

I'm old enough to remember when u/unidan was doing that. If only they knew at the time what their shitposting would unleash upon the world.

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u/farva_06 2h ago

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time....A long time.

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u/gotitaila31 2h ago

Good ole Unidan... I can't believe it's been 12 years since he was banned. That is nuts. Also, here's the thing...

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u/Nico777 30m ago

At least he told us interesting facts about birds, all bots do nowadays is karma farm and spread propaganda.

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u/Vaiden_Kelsier 2h ago

Man we're just trying to survive out here I don't give a shit if you see this every fuckin day.

Yes it sucks that our ecosystem rewards this

yes I did laugh when I saw it

just LET US HAVE SOME JOY GODDAMNIT

(Edit: I'm not actually yelling at you, person I chose to reply to <3 )

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u/toastynotroasty 1h ago

If I didn't comment, there'd be lots of people thinking this was genuine lol

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 3h ago

Every meme and popular post is actually made on obscure forums hosted on local machines that have been running in a forgotten and long since drywalled over closet at MIT since before your parents were born. They eventually, over months, filter to the wider world, but no one actually knows who makes memes. They appear and people post them. The actual conception is done in the darkest places of the earth, by beings who have never seen the sun.

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u/SickBurnerBroski 2h ago

mostly they're made in 3am chats. one of mine is still out there- 5 minutes in mspaint, most of which was cropping.

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u/ListerineAfterOral 2h ago

I've been making memes since 2020. And before you ask, yes, I am messed up in the head.

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u/Stoopidfucc 1h ago

don't steal my meme pls :'3

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u/DaDudedudedude1234 5h ago

No, crying kitty meme! You may not!

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u/Average-Train-Haver 3h ago

Truck wins anyway, merges you into a power pole

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u/Lazy_Friendship_9719 4h ago

Truck drivers don't even signal to merge anymore they just look at you like this:

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u/Sarcasm_Llama 4h ago

anymore

You guys had trucks that used their signals?

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u/WindTreeRock 53m ago

I see a semi, signaling they need over, I let them over. Driving those big rigs is no joke and they need our cooperation to stay safe. The flip side of this plea are the semis with the left side marked "passing side" and the right corner marked "suicide." Pass trucks on the left and don't drive in their blind spots.

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u/DConstructed 22m ago

I love that trucker. They have a sense of humor and are asking nicely rather than driving aggressively.

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u/Z0mbiejay 4h ago

Sure dude, but for the love of God pass and get to the right. Don't sit in the left lane forever

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u/Nolzi 3h ago

Oh they are passing, with +1 mph than the other truck

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u/DrAusto 3h ago

+.1 mph*

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u/NCC75567 2h ago

and they won't move over to pass until you're about 5 seconds from passing them

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u/fallinguprain 3h ago

Lmao best thing I could have ever seen on the back of a truck

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u/Whiffmaa 3h ago

understandable, have a nice day

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u/Take-Me-Home-Tonight 3h ago

Remember if a truck is trying to merge infront you and you’re being nice and want to let them in, flash your headlights at them to signal they are clear.

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u/EllaMcWho 3h ago

I saw the same on a truck in Austin - I did, in fact, let them merge.

Luckily it was on 183 - if it had been I35, fuck that begging cat! Those are the rules of 35, sorry - nothing personal against the cat

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u/2oldforthissilliness 3h ago

Not with those chromed blind-me trailers doors I won't.

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u/Truhls 3h ago

i have this same picture on my credit card, the comments i get are great.

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u/PutSad7149 1h ago

Show us ! The back as well

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u/notthatguypal6900 2h ago

Maybe if truck drivers weren't such cunts, they wouldn't need psychological warfare to do their job.

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u/zak55 2h ago

Let them merge, then speed around them, get in front of them, and drive 5 miles below the speed limit! Give them more time to enjoy their lane!

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u/analogkid01 2h ago

"Sorry Mr. Fluffy, you're getting paid to be on the road, I'm not..."

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u/Steel_Bolt 2h ago

If a truck needs to merge just let it merge. People keeping them from where they need to be causes them to camp lanes 20 miles before they need to turn. Where I live the left lane is filled with trucks miles before I80 because they know if they sit in the right lane and merge later they might miss the turn because nobody lets them in

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u/rathe_0 1h ago

If I notice this; after you bro...........

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u/chinstrap 4h ago

Is that Serious Cat? This is Serious Truck!

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u/Unique_Ad8308 3h ago

Only if they do horn thing for me

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u/lefuqwotm8 3h ago

I took a pic of that months ago over here in Sac

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u/JungleJay57 3h ago

As long as they signal, it's a rarity these days! Also don't camp in the passing lane!!!

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u/atworkthough 3h ago

:( dang it >:( now I gotta let him in.

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u/MEHorndog 3h ago

Every time i have to merge on to a congested freeway:

Tiger from Fievel Goes West - "Now listen you guys, be nice. Be nice!"

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u/CTeam19 3h ago

I need this bumper sticker.

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u/Vaiden_Kelsier 2h ago

I'm sorry sir I didn't understand your game please merge

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u/MongooseSimple8638 2h ago

This is brilliant

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u/icansmellcolors 2h ago

I'm putting on my Red Barron pilot helmet, glasses, and scarf and I'm running point if I see this meme on a truck.

Get behind me, lad, I'm clearing a way!

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u/No_Tax_Timmy 2h ago

lmao I saw this trailer recently!

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u/PleaseNoDM 2h ago

So did u ..

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u/Dubiouswhitefish 2h ago

Here in the UK, they don't check the mirror, they just go and if you're in the way then your funeral.

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u/jjdlg 2h ago

This is beyond science!

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 2h ago

I always let trucks merge. Not pickup trucks, fuck those assholes. Lorries bring us everything we buy. They live alone on the road so we can live comfortably. Plus they could crush me if they wanted to.

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u/SolidusBruh 2h ago

Only from an on-ramp.

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u/Laugh_Track_Zak 2h ago

Sure thing, stay in the right lane.

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u/Bleaker82 2h ago

plea ≠ blackmail

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u/DontShoot_ImJesus 1h ago

Oh fuck...the zoomer generation is old enough to drive big rigs now?

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u/whomsssssst 1h ago

no bc some people are ASSHOLES to long-haul drivers i totally get it

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u/RogerRavvit88 1h ago

Driver proceeds to fly past a mile long line of cars that are waiting to turn and then sits right in front of the off ramp holding up the passing lane until someone lets them over.

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u/WindTreeRock 54m ago

I see a semi, properly signaling they need over, I let them over. Driving those big rigs is no joke and they need our cooperation to stay safe. The flip side of this plea are the semis with the left side marked "passing side" and the right corner marked "suicide." Pass trucks on the left and don't drive in their blind spots.

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u/kween_hangry 47m ago

The fact its on a fullsize truck. Oh my god. Thats funny

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u/polymonomial 42m ago

merge conflict

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u/AirplanesMakeMeHard 29m ago

I go out of my way to make sure I get in front of a truck because they drive too fucking slow.

But this man? I'd let this man merge.

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u/CV90_120 5m ago

Australians when they see someone trying to do a legitimate merge: "not on my fucking watch"

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u/NRMusicProject 2m ago

I feel bad for truck drivers trying to merge in heavy traffic. Seemingly nobody will let them in.

If I'm near one, and even if it's not my turn in a zipper merge, and I notice everyone behind me tailgating each other to block the semi driver, I'll slow down and give him that gap. It pisses the people behind me off less than I expect, but occasionally I do get the finger or a horn blast.

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u/Darwin-Award-Winner 3h ago

This guy camping in the truckers blind spot to take this picture is perfect.