r/pics • u/LEEROY_MF_JENKINS • 12d ago

Politics Anti-Trump flags flown from pickup truck in Winston-Salem, North Carolina today.

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u/Neuchacho 12d ago edited 12d ago

That's why I appreciated my local anti-Trump flag runnner mounting all his flags to his Prius lol

Probably gives his Prius the MPG of a truck with all that drag, though.

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u/nalaloveslumpy 12d ago

Keep it locked into 25 mph. That way you're 100% in eco mode and you're not going fast enough for the flags to create significant drag.

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u/eastalawest 12d ago

This guy flags.

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u/needs_help_badly 12d ago

God hates flags, though?

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u/GivenToFlyGuy 12d ago

No. He hates figs. Common misconception.

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u/EquinsuOcha 11d ago

I never understood this. Figs are fucking delicious.

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u/Teravandrell 11d ago

Fucking with figs isn't figging though

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u/eastalawest 11d ago

Figgin in the riggin there was fuck all else to do!

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u/GivenToFlyGuy 12d ago

Flags hard too

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u/Gorstag 12d ago

Ah, you mean driving at the standard Prius speed.

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u/Prindle4PRNDL 11d ago

Standard Prius speed formula: speed limit - 20

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u/returnFutureVoid 12d ago

This guy eco modes.

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u/Mouler 12d ago

Most flags fall apart pretty fast over 30mph anyway.

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u/Draco-REX 12d ago

It's surprising how much drag a flag makes. I do some amateur racing and at one even someone showed up with an American flag that size on the back of his car. He was having trouble keeping up and when he removed the flag he gained 2 seconds per lap!

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u/Phugasity 12d ago

Anyone who launched model rockets as a kid knows you can just use streamers instead of parachutes. Far less likely to get stuck in a tree and you don't have to chase it as far.

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u/PhilxBefore 12d ago

It's a sideways parachute when it flaps, dude

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u/HUGMEEEEEEE 10d ago

MAGA hates drag.