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   Boron Elgar to All   
   Re: Subarus, was: Ford brand trucks, was   
   04 Oct 21 12:37:16   
   
   From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:27:58 +0100, "Kerr-Mudd, John"    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:40:59 -0400   
   >Boron Elgar  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 02:47:41 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >In <6t4ilgtbtp981d8qovp1tohfs4dh4vrmj3@4ax.com> Boron Elgar   
   >> > writes:   
   >> >   
   >> >[snip]   
   >> >   
   >> >>>>I did, indeed, catch it. I had made my decision before her puff   
   >> >>>>piece, but I think she has been a truck owner a long time.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>>Well, given her affectional preferences and market niche,   
   >> >>>she'd either be using a truck or... a Subaru...   
   >> >   
   >> >>If anyone can target the lesbian market that well, I really would be   
   >> >>impressed. None one damn lesbian friend of mine lives up to the   
   >> >>stereotypes. What's a girl to do?   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> >https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-sub   
   rus-came-to-be-seen-as-cars-for-lesbians/488042/   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> And the Atlantic article implying that 90s ads used the equivalent of   
   >> "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" to lesbians is an odd stance to take.   
   >>   
   >> And they did not use Navratilova until 2000.   
   >   
   >This was not known to me (UK)  - here Subarus cars were known for   
   >winning car-rallies, and the pickup trucks as farm transport.   
      
   I am sure they must be around, but you'd be hard pressed to see a   
   Subaru pickup even in the wilds of New Jersey.   
      
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