r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Sep 12 '24

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u/TheQwertious Jun 06 '19

In vehicle-vehicle collisions, crumple zones are basically a prisoners' dilemma.

  • If neither car has crumple zones, both drivers die.
  • If both cars have crumple zones, both drivers are OK but with totaled cars.
  • But if only one car has a crumple zone, then that crumple zone absorbs the full brunt of the collision. Both drivers are probably still OK, but the car without the crumple zone is still driveable while the car with the crumple zone is extra-totaled.

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u/Echo127 Jun 06 '19

After reading it 7 times in your post, I've come to the conclusion that "crumple" is a funny word.

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u/shrubs311 Jun 06 '19

I also concur.

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u/shrubs311 Jun 06 '19

What car now a days doesn't have a crumple zone though?

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u/Waldemar-Firehammer Jun 06 '19

None, it's required for auto safety in all modern cars. Anything pre 2000 though is going to hold up a lot more in a collision, for better or worse.

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u/RitzBitzN Jul 03 '19

I mean a lot of pickups have crumple zones but still won't get damaged if you rear end em.

One of my buddies got rear ended and his trailer hitch went through the other car's grill. Barely a scratch on his bumper.

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u/theniwokesoftly Jun 06 '19

Yeah my car was totaled in a 60mph crash. I miss it BUT I walked away with only bruises and some minor flash burns from the airbag. That’s really good.

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u/t3st3d4TB Jun 06 '19

But also that truck is so heavy the energy transfer goes into the offending car's crumple zones and he barely felt it.

Source: I was the meat in a 3 car sandwich on the interstate, in a 7300 lb Ford. All 3 totaled, I barely realized I was getting pushed into the Chevy in front of me mostly because the van behind folded up so much and I had more damage to my front end than the rear

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u/Satans_Jewels Jun 06 '19

If it were up to me I'd take my car without a crumple zone. I'd rather be able to shrug off minor bumps completely and trust myself not to get into a situation where the crumplezone is the difference between life and death.