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In reply to the discussion: Reason people buy AR-15 type guns is similar to the reason why people buy Huge SUVs... [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)226. Thanks so very much for this information. It explains so much.
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Reason people buy AR-15 type guns is similar to the reason why people buy Huge SUVs... [View all]
srican69
Jan 2013
OP
Husbands buy huge SUV's for their wives and kids because big means more protection
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#1
I cant find the peer reviewed article but here is the interview on CBS 60 minutes
srican69
Jan 2013
#23
Go back to DU v.2 and search under my old name "Cryingshame". I posted this info numerous times.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#52
Same psychology as the bullet bumpers on the '55 Cad - "don't mess with me" message to others.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#62
Is the study about cars "peer-reviewed," or your opinion about AR-15s and reptiles?
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#34
A search of Psychlit shows no peer-reviewed articles for Clotaire Rapaille.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#39
"peer reviewed" is the most absurdly overused DU phrase. Rapaille makes a living on marketing psych
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#56
"four-wheel-drive behemoth carries more carrots than climbing gear" Americans? "carrots"?
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#77
I too used to often dismiss others when they aptly illustrate me as an idiot.
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#220
I drove station wagons which hold a shitload VERY comfortably. Without endangering other drivers.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#57
How many station wagons are there now that don't cost a forutne you can afford?
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#65
CAFE standards and the chicken tax discourage the production of large station wagons
JVS
Jan 2013
#208
Wow, a 1 second google search finds quite a few. But don't let facts get in the way of your fail.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#92
Compared to big SUVs? Yes, they are. Is your google broke? $28,995 - $116,925
we can do it
Jan 2013
#105
You folks ain't changing America's driving or buying habits for the next 50 years
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#98
Spoken like someone with their head truly in the sand about climate change
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#200
If you don't think DU makes a difference, and think we shouldn't live other people's lives
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#216
Her FACTS are exactly correct. SUV's were intentionally marketed this way. INTENTIONALLY. I've poste
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#50
Husbands buy big SUVs because of their small penises. Not because they are safe.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#69
Oh now I'm going to have to call the waaaambulance. It's big I'll be safe.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#72
Same here, but pretty equal between sexes, they are rarely dirty, let alone muddy.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#196
accusations of union bashing are the last refuge of the left wing scoundrel
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#201
First SUVs, then AR-15s (something "peer-reviewed?"), then [bada-BOOM] com-pen-sa-ting! nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#36
When controllers speak of "predictability," that means they are about to relieve their load. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#42
We'd all be able to see better if their over-sized asses would get out of the way.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#175
Given the compensating, reptilian peer-reviews, psychology should meld with shamanism. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#38
We need to understand them only for the purpose of devising more personal insults. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#74
Nothin' says I'm the boss like leather seats and 10 mpg and seating for 12
we can do it
Jan 2013
#124
True...we have to drown out the voices of the extremes from both sides...n/t
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#55
We use a pick up for farm work. How does shoveling manure into your SUV work?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#58
I have an SUV cuz it is hard to get through 6+" of snow in the mountains in a car
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#17
This thread is reading more like a SNL skit!!! All we need now are the visuals!!! LOL
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#112
My SUV gets better mileage than an XC90 so you want me to get a vehicle that uses more gas?
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#194
So you stab your working brothers and sisters in the back, and buy a non US union made car
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#203
He, he..., but don't forget that in places like cupcake land that's bragging rights for women too.
patrice
Jan 2013
#31
fortune 500 companies flock to him to pay millions of dollars .. you still think he needs to get out
srican69
Jan 2013
#33
SUVs mean that you'll survive a crash with a smaller vehicle, it's a kind of bullying
flamingdem
Jan 2013
#43
Ever drive by a fast food joint? The drive thru's full of dudes in SUVs most of the time.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#159
Funny, they have the opposite effect on me, I am flung out of orbit unless sucked into a milkshake..
we can do it
Jan 2013
#161
It NEVER fails, people have a personal bone to pick with SUV's so DU is the bashing grounds
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#67
Thoughtless, shallow pseudo mass mind-reading post is thoughtless and shallow
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#84
It seems they both have the "I am more important than everyone else" attitude.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#129
So, like SUVs, AR15s are LESS safe than other models, despite accounting for <3% of gun homicide? nt
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#142
People who are obsessed with the correlation of penis size and personal possessions
sylvi
Jan 2013
#166
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
JVS
Jan 2013
#213
the reason is.....GROUPTHINK!!! yay narrow-minded insulting fools who can't read!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#207
My guess is that like other commodities, Madison Avenue has done a bang-up job
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#219