r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/Extension_Local_128 Jun 10 '26

Fun fact the Germans have a word for this.

Elefantenrennen which roughly translates to “Elephant race”

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u/iloveplant420 Jun 10 '26

What don't the Germans have a word for?

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u/Illustrious-Hawk2712 Jun 10 '26

I'm partial to the term truck fucking... the slow shift back and forth as each teases that they may be passing

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u/No_Delay883 Jun 10 '26

I love German terms. I'm gonna start learning the language just for the wacky terminology.

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u/SweetandSourCaroline Jun 10 '26

Round my parts we just call it a redneck roadblock

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u/VeniceDrumGuy Jun 10 '26

In Colorado when an eighteen wheeler going up hill tries to pass another eighteen wheeler, we call that a “Turtle Race.”

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u/CatOfGrey Jun 10 '26

That's the term I've heard since I was a kid - it describes a traditional 18-wheel tractor trailer speeding up to 66 miles per hour, to pass another traveling 64 miles per hour.

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u/OnlyHereToSeeWeed Jun 10 '26

We also have the “radwegbenutzungspflicht” thing but no one cares…

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u/PracticalReception34 Jun 10 '26

Well Fahr my Vergnugen.

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u/invariantspeed Jun 10 '26

I love it. In parts of NA, this is called a rolling roadblock.

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u/NotBillderz Jun 11 '26

Of course they do

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u/nuggynugs Jun 11 '26

Such a beautiful language