• @[email protected]
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    611 month ago

    I’m contemplating rigging my back windshield sprayer to be aimed outward and to dispense liquid ass instead of wiper fluid just for trucks that do this to me. I figure if trucks can roll coal then I can have a wiper sprayer malfunction

    • Majorllama
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      441 month ago

      You gotta remember the drivers of these things tend to be the biggest hotheads with an inferiority complex on planet earth. I wouldn’t go out of my way to antagonize them. You never know when one of them is gonna snap and make you part of a statistic.

      I hate these headlights as much as everyone else but I don’t see the point in losing my mind or life over it. I just try and change lanes and let them go so they can rear end some other poor sucker.

      • @toynbee
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        341 month ago

        Not about this problem in particular, but when faced with dangerous and/or aggressive drivers, my mother always said “get out of their way and let them have their accident somewhere else.”

        • Majorllama
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          101 month ago

          Yup. It’s simply not worth the potential for escalation.

          I can get pretty confrontational, but when it comes to road rage I simply do not engage. Too many variables and zero upside.

          I got a dash cam because of the unbelievable number of drivers that act like the world revolves around them or they pull out in front of me on the freeway and just never speed up to highway speeds.

          These days it’s usually a Tesla which is extra annoying cause I know those things can accelerate.

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        151 month ago

        I’ve contemplated doing all kinds of things when I get tailgated by these yokels, haven’t done a single one of them. A man can dream.

        I do think the liquid ass might be ambiguous enough if executed right. Maybe if it was skunk smell or dead animal smell, and if it looked like the nozzle was askew instead of intentional. Or maybe a fine mist instead of a spray.

        You’re probably right. I’ll still theorycraft revenge though

    • @Delphia
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      281 month ago

      Very thin machine oil… wait till they hit the wipers.

      • osaerisxero
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        231 month ago

        As funny as it would be that would probably be just as effective as the firearm

    • @BreadOven
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      161 month ago

      Have you considered releasing banana peels from below the car?

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      I used to flick quarters out of my sun roof when I was in my early 20s.

      I had a friend who kept shot bearings from his shop in a saddle bag on his motorcycle for assholes who rode too close.

      Handful thrown at the ground would make an awful racket on the front of your truck.

      Now I just pull over and let them pass, let assholes wreck somewhere else

    • @monkeyslikebananas2
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      41 month ago

      I have been thinking of rigging one of those insanely bright flashlights to blind them.

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        41 month ago

        I remember seeing a story awhile back about someone who’s built a motor-activated mirror setup. They have a mirror on a motor next to their back window. When they press a button up front, the mirror tilts up.

        I really like this solution as you’re literally just shining their own light back at them.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        That’s one of the ideas I’ve mulled over, but figured it may be kind of dangerous for me too because then there’s a huge metal battering ram behind me with nobody to steer it.

        If you’ve ever stumbled across the internet’s flashlight enthusiast communities you’ll discover they are wildly powerful these days for no other reason than just because the technology exists. Like set your pocket on fire or halfway between flashlight/laser lights. So Ive definitely thought about one of those to respond in kind.

      • @cynar
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        21 month ago

        A camera flash would be more effective. An old school external flash unit will destroy your night vision.