It's a Ramones reference https://genius.com/Ramones-i-wanna-be-sedated-lyrics
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No, this is a Toho movie.
There's plenty of articles about Russia's failed moon landing.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02659-6
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/world/luna-25-spacecraft-moon-collision-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/science/russia-moon-space-crash.html
Have you never had to street park a vehicle or are you a complete moron?
2023 Dodge ram 3500 shortest length is 232", longest is 260.8". 2023 VW golf is 168.9".
That's over 5 feet longer at minimum and over 7.5 feet longer at worst. That's a huge amount of wasted space.
They're wider meaning they cramp the roads horizontally as well (while driving or parked).
There's no logical defense of these compensation-mobiles other than "I like them" and that's fine, you're allowed to like them. Leave it at that. They're objectively terrible for the safety of everyone around them and are a complete waste of space.
I drove a Jeep Comanche for years and that's as big a pickup as 99% of pickup owners would ever actually need.
The raptor is the top end performance version of the ranger. Some quick googling says an Australian ranger starts around $37k as well.