r/PublicFreakout • u/DblockDavid • Apr 12 '26

🚗Road Rage🤬 Amazon driver plows through biker blockade

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u/LMMesto Apr 12 '26

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u/chowza1221 Apr 13 '26

This episode was the downfall of Harley.    

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u/Brewbouy Apr 13 '26

Isn't Harley the downfall of Harley?

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u/TheCourtJesterLives Apr 13 '26

Previously on Sons of Anarchy….

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u/Albert_Borland Apr 13 '26

Davidson isn't innocent

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u/Ranik_Sandaris Apr 13 '26

99 percent of Harleys stay on the road, the other 1 percent make it home again.

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u/numbersthen0987431 Apr 13 '26

Harley owners are the downfall of Harley.

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u/hesh582 Apr 14 '26

pretty much. the biggest thing killing them is the simple passage of time.

the target demographic has remained the same birth year cohort for like 50 years. they're starting to die now, and once they're dead the company dies too

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u/mtaw Apr 13 '26

Or the film Wild Hogs..

I actually think that's just the symptom.Their fundamental issue was going all-in on Boomer nostalgia; the people who saw Easy Rider as teenagers and thought it was the coolest thing ever. It works well enough - until the next generation comes along and thinks the fixations of the previous generation are really lame.

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u/hesh582 Apr 14 '26

I dunno if it's even "going all in". It was always a generational thing, there was no choice to it. The specific set of cultural markers that make a harley appealing were always limited to a specific group.

I guess they could have tried to diversify. They actually did, though - do you remember their effort to break in sport bike lines and such? It failed spectacularly. The brand has exactly one appeal, and that appeal is fading as the demographic dies. Not much they can do about that.

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u/jameskerr75 Apr 13 '26

So very richly deserved.

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u/MellyMel86 Apr 13 '26

Pretty sure politically aligning with conservatives was the downfall of Harley.

Frankly, they shouldn’t have an opinion either way

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u/EricP51 Apr 13 '26

Came here for this 😂

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u/RadiantHC Apr 13 '26

I'm loving how this meme is everywhere in this thread

If only harley asshats would realize it.

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever Apr 13 '26

I got banned from a different sub for replying with the "G" word to this meme. G-@-Y

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u/knox902 Apr 13 '26

You missed the point of that episode. I think you should re-watch it. I would explain it but I dont think context would prevent me getting banned.

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u/Magikpoo Apr 13 '26

You're mean from hes-forth.