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Speaking of Reiner, I have a question about "Stand By Me"

In the early parts of the movie, it's mentioned that the nar...
Dark Lay
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Hyperactive up-to-no-good university
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Razzle fluffy abode internal respiration
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frum bawdyhouse
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wow, i almost watched this last night. watched a scene while...
shivering trailer park
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thoguhts and prayesr
big factory reset button
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"jeep accident" makes it sound like some kind of g...
Yapping Tripping Property
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i think it implies that they were off roading rather a car a...
shivering trailer park
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Could be. He was either offroading or cruising.
Yapping Tripping Property
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..in a tragic, and frankly disgusting, Waymo accident
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marvelous area
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In the book the older brother Denny is the golden child and ...
Razzle fluffy abode internal respiration
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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:45 AM
Author: Dark Lay

In the early parts of the movie, it's mentioned that the narrator's older brother died in a "Jeep accident". Is this how it is described in the King story? Not a car accident, but a Jeep accident.

Odd phrasing and Ive always wondered if, in the 1950s, Jeeps were a new enough thing for civvies that you might say something like that



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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:46 AM
Author: Saffron Toaster Main People



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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:47 AM
Author: shivering trailer park



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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:51 AM
Author: Hyperactive up-to-no-good university



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Razzle fluffy abode internal respiration



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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: frum bawdyhouse



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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:46 AM
Author: shivering trailer park

wow, i almost watched this last night. watched a scene while scrolling through netflix.

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: big factory reset button

thoguhts and prayesr

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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:46 AM
Author: Yapping Tripping Property

"jeep accident" makes it sound like some kind of gay fetish death.

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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:47 AM
Author: shivering trailer park

i think it implies that they were off roading rather a car accident implies a collision.

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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: Yapping Tripping Property

Could be. He was either offroading or cruising.

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Date: December 15th, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: Dark Lay

..in a tragic, and frankly disgusting, Waymo accident

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:12 AM
Author: marvelous area



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:59 AM
Author: Razzle fluffy abode internal respiration

In the book the older brother Denny is the golden child and all-American boy, contrasted with the loser narrator. Big brother is destined for big things but died in a jeep accident at basic when a larger army truck ran him over, killing him instantly. It’s a tragic but meaningless death that ruins his family and haunts Gordie.

So it’s relevant that it happened in a military jeep.

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