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ArmageddonSnakeEye t1_isom8yh wrote

Reply to comment by bluaqua in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

Tldr: the front of our truck looks different so we claim to have made an entire new thing.

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TheSpoonKing t1_isqhr2a wrote

So you would argue an SUV, a crossover, and a sedan are all basically the same thing and just look different, and theres no reason to bother classifying them separately at all? LMFAO

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ArmageddonSnakeEye t1_isqigkw wrote

Those are different. You're talking about a truck and just calling it another name. Aussies and their pridefulness

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TheSpoonKing t1_isqk2q3 wrote

I'm Canadian, and all I'm defending is the initial creation of the term, not the continued use of it to refer to vehicles that don't necessarily conform to its original requirements.

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