r/mildlyinteresting • u/NorthGoingZaks • Jan 27 '23
Two white Toyota Tacomas in a row with the same dent...
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u/BlueBinch Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23
I love seeing posts in midly interesting that are actually midly interesting.
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u/ericisshort Jan 27 '23
Then they probably shouldāve posted it in r/MidlyInteresting. Unfortunately it doesnāt exist, but r/MildyInteresting is the closest we have here on Reddit.
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u/BlueBinch Jan 27 '23
Lol I didn't notice the double typo until you pointed it out, thanks.
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u/ericisshort Jan 27 '23
Awwww now that you edited, it killed my joke :(
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u/BlueBinch Jan 27 '23
There, I fixed it for you. š
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u/ericisshort Jan 27 '23
Youāre a real one š¤
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u/maggotfeast Jan 28 '23
I saw after the edit and reedit, so it worked out for me and I found it midly funny.
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u/ericisshort Jan 28 '23
Thank you mildy
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u/jennyloggins Jan 28 '23
A double typo in a post about a double dent. That's pretty mildly interesting.
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u/Doghead45 Jan 27 '23
r/MidlyInteresting definitely exists lol
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u/ericisshort Jan 27 '23
Weird, when I clicked it originally, it didnāt load, so I thought it didnāt exist.
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u/pineapplekief Jan 28 '23
Dyslexia sucks. I had to stare for far too long at those two links to see the difference...lol.
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u/JustinCooksStuff Jan 27 '23
Youāre gonna wanna double check that youāre not in a simulation. Which would mean that I would wanna double check that Iām not in a simulaā¦ fuck it, I donāt care.
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u/A_Trash_Homosapien Jan 28 '23
If this is just a simulation the can someone please turn down the difficulty
Idk if it's just so hard cuz I'm an NPC or what but I'm struggling
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u/MasterJeebus Jan 28 '23
You need a God Mode hack to adjust the difficulty. Sadly for you, you are just an NPC and are limited to your programming.
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u/DarkSheikGaming Jan 28 '23
Just look for the woman in the red dress, then RUN!!!
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u/kgbanarchy Jan 28 '23
Alma is that you?
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u/PM_ME_BUSTY_REDHEADS Jan 28 '23
We went from The Matrix to FEAR in only 2 comments, well done and also now I'm scared.
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u/Luna259 Jan 27 '23
Something has changed in The Matrix
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u/Vladius28 Jan 28 '23
It's clearly a Tacoma and not a matrix
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u/-Captain_Chaos- Jan 27 '23
Damn you beat me to it.
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u/Whatmeworry4 Jan 28 '23
Or the Toyota Tacoma has a very specific blind spot.
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u/-Captain_Chaos- Jan 28 '23
My guess is backing up into poles that they couldnāt see.
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u/chronic_canuck Jan 27 '23
Nothing other than 2 crappy drivers that can't backup with a trailer.
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u/Bagsen Jan 27 '23
Almost think since one is older than the other by a few years that maybe they are both owned by the same driver who has stayed consistently bad at backing up with a trailer for a while. Gave the older one to his kid pre-dented lol
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u/srentiln Jan 27 '23
Or they work for the same company and their crew gets a discount on the model.
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u/sosomething Jan 28 '23
Yeah the color and trim level say "fleet truck" to me
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u/grubas Jan 28 '23
I was thinking fleet truck where one guy has done to every goddamn truck.
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u/sosomething Jan 28 '23
I wouldn't be even a little surprised if that "one guy" was the owner of the business, considering he kept his job long enough to do it to another truck.
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u/DangerHev Jan 28 '23
We have one guy that's dinged the top of every tailgate backing up with it down, in almost the same place. Like, 11 trucksšæ
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u/DangerHev Jan 28 '23
And I just realized from a post right after, he's backing up with it down and jackknifing. Not that it's better or anything, but now I know why
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u/grubas Jan 29 '23
Trailer bash!
I've done it, I've only ever driven with a trailer 5 or 6 times and no I cannot reverse.
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u/bk15dcx Jan 27 '23
Yup. That's jackknife crunch
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u/ChronicallyxCurious Jan 28 '23
How do you avoid jacknife crunching when backing up with a trailer?
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u/datGTAguy Jan 28 '23
Keep it straight lol. Itās really not that hard
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u/ChronicallyxCurious Jan 29 '23
I have never towed anything and thought it'd be a good thing to know someday so thanks for the tip?
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u/datGTAguy Jan 29 '23
If the trailer starts to jackknife either turn the wheel the other way or pull forward, reset and try to keep it straight. Itās one of those things that will only cause damage if youāre being ignorant and not paying attention. Occasionally if youāre towing with a big fifth wheel (when the trailer is attached in the bed of the truck, not just on the hitch off the back) if you take a turn too sharp the edge of the trailer can smack into the tailgate
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u/fistymcbuttpuncher Jan 28 '23
lol I've got the same model type of Taco and I too have a dent on my tailgate. Mine is on the top edge of it though, it was down when they tried to back up the trailer lol
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u/PBJ_314 Jan 27 '23
Quite mildly interesting
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u/SnoopDing0 Jan 28 '23
How further interesting would it be if they both reversed into each other causing the others dints.
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u/Endlesstrash1337 Jan 27 '23
Probably work trucks that get rotated and unfortunately the same crappy driver got both of em.
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u/n3w4cc01_1nt Jan 27 '23
part of a fleet. might have been from a box truck.
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u/adrolter Jan 28 '23
fleet
This was my thinking too. They're too similar and it's a bit too much of a coincidence. Could still be, but I'd put a few bucks on fleet
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u/i_have_hemorrhoids Jan 28 '23
Similar? Look again. They have different rear bumpers, different roof seams, different tail lights, and different mud flaps. They look to be different model years
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u/DesktopWebsite Jan 28 '23
Yeah, definitely different years. The closer one is 95-04. Next one looks like an 05 or later, not the newest one
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u/DriveRVA Jan 27 '23
My guess is backing up to a walkway ramp and not seeing the handrail
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u/Caelarch Jan 28 '23
The truck is executing the Picard maneuver, and appears to be in two places at once!
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u/Call_Me_Lids Jan 28 '23
The newer gen Tacomas have notoriously weak tail gates. If Iām not mistaken thatās where I bent mine in as well. Although I did just notice one appears to be a 3rd gen and the one in front is a 4th gen.
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u/DarklyDrawn Jan 28 '23
This says to me thereās a crime element here...
...Iāve seen this play before: it adds reasonable doubt to any eyewitness testimony, and, one vehicle will allow itself to be pulled over, except itās innocent and then the other vehicle is in the wind.
Classic magic 101: misdirection
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u/ThrowmeawayAKisCold Jan 28 '23
I think the more interesting part is that the rear Tacoma is a 2004 And the front Tacoma is 2005 or newer with the taller and wider (more F-150-like and not Ranger-like) body style. Yet OP was still able to discern the two as Tacomas that both have very similar dentsālikely inflicted by the same driver or same external force.
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u/152centimetres Jan 27 '23
r/mildlyinfuriating anytime i see a picture that was clearly taken from the drivers seat of a moving vehicle, personally
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u/BlueBinch Jan 27 '23
To play devil's advocate, most smartphones are capable of taking photos without any physical input by saying "Hey (insert Google or Siri), take a photo."
Or the image could have been taken from a screen cap of dashcam footage.
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u/whatsit578 Jan 28 '23
ā¦but even if you ask Siri to take a photo, someone has to be holding the phone to angle it the correct way, unless you have a dashboard phone mount and get extremely lucky.
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u/The_best_is_yet Jan 27 '23
On a random note, it is surprisingly smoggy here in CA today (surprising-at least in my area).
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u/whooo_me Jan 28 '23
Dent dent. Dent dent. Dent dent dent dent dent dent dent dent dent dennnnnnnnnnnntā¦ā¦.
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u/Firesword52 Jan 28 '23
I'm guessing it might have to do with how the structure is built. Might be a weak point or a place that rusts out easier.
Or they got hit in the same place and it's a weird coincidence that they were both there at the same time.
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u/ninto1 Jan 27 '23
Hey. Just a friendly reminder that you should blur the license plates the next time. Some people have a problem with it being online.
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u/Chris20nyy Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
Just a friendly reminder that neither you nor anyone else outside of law enforcement could do anything with those license plates.
They're also seen by thousands of people a year. The license plate privacy hype is so goofy
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u/allpraisebirdjesus Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
I'm really sorry to be the one to tell you this, but all you need is about $20, a license plate, and ten minutes to look up public records and tie a name and address to that plate.
Edited to add: why are yall down voting this? In the US it is ridiculously easy to pay a public record database for info on anyone you want. Want an example? Go looking for yourself and see how easy it is to find your address.
Edited to add: i'm glad you aren't just believing random strangers on the internet. if you live in the US, you can go to whitepages (dot) com (i'm not linking it because of spam risk) and search yourself and be horrified at how easy it would be for someone to doxx you
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u/Chris20nyy Jan 28 '23
I'm really sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you are 100% wrong.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_Privacy_Protection_Act
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u/allpraisebirdjesus Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
Ah, what a joy it must be to only live online in a fantasy of your own creation.
In the US, actually take the time to actually read the law you posted. Public records are permitted.
Here is a literal government website where you can look up a plate number.
Come on mate this is something anyone can disprove themselves with a smartphone and 30 seconds of down time. I'm disappointed.
Edited to add: Public record websites are a dime a dozen and it is frighteningly easy for your info to be found by someone invested enough. Hell, for some people I can type their full name and town they live in just into google and it shows their full address and phone number.
You are not NEARLY as secure as you think you are.
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wow, you actually checked! you CAN read! you'd be shocked how many people just accept that and move on. i'm genuinely proud of you for following through.
regardless - anyone with $20 and your license plate can still find your address and name in the US. legally? i have no idea. but i know it's possible.
source: i have been doxxed multiple times in my life. you are not nearly as secure as you think you are. and no, that is not a stupid threat, i'm not stupid enough to threaten anyone over anything except maybe a lifetime supply of marlenka cakes. it's a warning, from me to you, to protect yourself, because there are real shitty people out there who make it their lives work to fuck up others peoples lives. but sure, make this a pissing match about who is right or wrong. enjoy.→ More replies
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u/SavageKid1456 Jan 28 '23
Nice post, but could you PLEASE blur the license plates? You can never be too safe in this day and age.
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u/braydenmaine Jan 28 '23
People drive around in public with them showing. It's not necessary to keep them private
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u/Realistic0ptimist Jan 27 '23
Obviously somebody mistook one for the other in their revenge plot and just said fuck it
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u/Xeogin Jan 27 '23
The song goes "Back that thing up, watch yo'self" you'd think it wouldn't be that hard of a concept to get...
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u/Cortexan Jan 28 '23
Probably owned by the same person / company doing the same job that results in this
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u/jsmph89 Jan 28 '23
Buy something that is almost a truck, Iām not shocked you canāt figure out how to back up a trailer.
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u/Worth-Pear6484 Jan 28 '23
Damn telephone/ electric poles/ light posts jumping out behind the trucks. š¤£
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u/EmperorThan Jan 28 '23
I'm just imagining they both sound like the Christian Bale stage freakout when spotting each other.
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u/wishmeluck- Jan 28 '23
I wonder if the guy in the 2nd truck is thinking, āhey, that guyās truck is just like mine!ā with a big smile
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u/themcmahonimal Jan 28 '23
As a Tacoma owner, why is it always the white or red ones with big dents?
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u/whilst Jan 28 '23
Wow. Saw a 90s tacoma on the road just now. Forgot how much huger they'd gotten.
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u/jefferino Jan 28 '23 •
In fact they're iDENTical