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[–] mlfh@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Men are always interrupting women while they're loading 1,500 pounds of gravel into their cars, and I'm sick of it.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It really goes to show how they are still discriminated against in today's society

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s part of NPR’s ‘My Hero’ series where listeners call in and talk about someone who helped them out and they don’t know their name but wanna say thanks. I heard this one while driving home last night.

This woman was overloading her car with 1500 lbs [680 kg] of gravel. She had concrete being poured at her house so was short on time. A guy offered to take the gravel in his truck. He dropped it off and left and she’s saying thanks because she never got his name.

He reminded her of her dad who has passed way. Opposite of cursed I’d say

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 months ago

God forbid women have hobbies

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The actual story is that some guy helped her out:

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/nx-s1-5230186/a-woman-was-loading-1-500-pounds-of-gravel-into-her-car-when-a-stranger-interrupted

It still pisses me off. Who knows how many idiots drive around with tons of gravel in their cars?

[–] needanke@feddit.org 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And he says, do you know that your car has a weight limit? And I'll be honest, no. That feels to me like something your dad would tell you

The (lack of) quality of US drivers ed never ceases to amaze me.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the under rating of cars weight limits never ceases to amaze me, most cars can absolutely haul a half ton safely but few are rated for it, most half ton trucks can haul a couple tons safely, yet are only rated for half of one.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Can haul" and "can haul safely" are different.

She was loading bags of gravel into a Toyota Corolla. Sure, it'll drive, but will it brake?

If she should crash into something there's also a huge difference in having a heavy passenger wearing a seat belt and loading the back seats with bags of gravel.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

They probably assume people just stuff their shit into the trunk so I guess the weight limit usually also includes a safeguard for weight distribution limits.

[–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

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