avoided the question.” Lavigne was allowed to walk out of the jailhouse a free man that same night. Waiting for him outside, in a menacing convoy of lifted pickups, was a group of his Delta Force teammates. “There were three trucks that pulled up to the street,” said Laura.
this was maybe the first reference of pickups - i always clock now if someone talks about 'their truck' vs. their vehicle. I dislike pickup truck energy. i'm most partial to minivans, myself, and obviously my scooter. (https://josh.works/scootering)
and any sort of 'lifted' vehicle is a huge alarm bell for me, even simply seeing one when out and about. American vehicle norms are so riddled with this consensual kink dynamic.
Stop making me unwantingly participate in your self-validation of your identity by being public in how you take up space, how you express your willingness to take up space, via the whole narrative compression of a 'truck'
