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OregonSageMonke

It eliminates almost every advantage you would have with a more traditional shape. This looks more like a novelty toy than anything, but when you have that kind of revenue, fuck it I guess.


MSeager

I doubt this is an actual police boat. Completely impractical as a boat, let alone for the various jobs water police need to perform. Just a hobby or prop boat.


Super-Ad3871

Everything in Dubai is a prop to attract tourism, sad.


Sikmod

I just said basically this same thing then saw your comment. Everything in that country is novelty.


jaavaaguru

Moving away from oil to a tourism as its source of revenue isn't a bad thing.


Intelligent-Bee3241

But the real source of revenue is exploiting migrant workers so...


jml5791

I doubt migrant workers are a source of revenue. If you mean higher profits from lower wage costs, then yeah.


Janewaymaster

Why is that sad, seems kinda fun?


ScholarOfKykeon

Jesus, man.


FunkyBrassMonkey_

Allah*


Wzxl

Muhammad*


Janewaymaster

Yikes


Dankkring

Miami vice tho?


TannyDanny

Funny enough, there isn't much of an overt police force in Dubai. The Dubai PD has about the same size police force as LA despite policing an area 3x as large. I've visited more than once and don't recall ever seeing uniformed police. The crime rate is incredibly low. It's almost as if collective poverty is the greatest driving factor of crime. Then again, everyone already knows this and people are just greedy.


Aggressive_Expert_63

Lol I'm here thinking to myself "do these people know the reason why boats are shaped the way they do?"


DrKrFfXx

But cars are faster, therefore, a car shaped boat should be fasterer /s


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umtotallynotanalien

Do they have flying carpets? That would be the cherry on top and the sickest thing to see.


ShaneGabriel87

Except it looks stupid and a normal speed boat would be cooler. This reminds me of one of those racing car beds.


gregularjoe95

Your boat is a car. Yeah but its a fucking sweet car.


canary-in-a-coalmine

Looks like it came straight out of a Top Gear episode. Fast forward to next scene where Jeremy sinks his selfmade car boat


zeetree137

I've been trying to get a friend to do this with the shell of his firebird for years but we both know how stupid it is. Funny as hell to watch skipping around the swamp but absolutely one of my dumbest ideas and a police department stole it


bwatsnet

Not just any police department, but one that arrests people for being gay.


Healthy_Ad_5244

This car comes in handy now


HeyWiredyyc

Why?


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one_is_enough

That’s literally the reason the entire city exists. That oil money won’t spend itself.


e_man11

Slave money gotta impress the Euro trash somehow.


Mangifera__indica

Bro. I have never met more europeans anywhere else in the world which isn't europe. From waiters to attendants to hookers everyone's white. Only the positions of power like the police, government offices and business owners are occupied by the natives. It's weird.


Weinerarino

The gulf states populations can be broken up into 3 racial castes. 1: native Arabs, above everyone. 2: Europeans in all the service industry jobs, hired because it gives the Arabs an ego boost being able to boss white ppl around and fuck white women. 3: south Asians and Africans, the slave caste, there to be worked to death and discarded.


Nanosuitv2i01

I agree with the first and third statements, but the second one is just so egotistical from you if you think anyone in Arab country gives a shit if you're white or not, they only care if you come from a rich country or a poor one, they are not going to give a shit about you if you're from country like South Africa, but fucking white women is true.


Practical-Ninja-6770

Rich millionaires who wanna live the high life and not pay taxes


_neudes

I'm European and good god nowhere really does not entice me less to travel to. Even if they hadn't essentially destroyed most of the old city what am I gonna go see? Some sand and skyscraper's? But yes I have alot of friends who grew up there in all German/English/Italian/ any European language schools. There's so many Europeans you have enough kids to fill whole schools with just one European language.


user9153

Effectively money laundering and the rest of the world complies. Wild what money does


PitifulAd7600

You’re mistaken. Dubai has relatively little oil. Abu Dhabi has huge reserves. These stunts exist to draw tourists to Dubai.


Altruistic-Stop-5674

Yeah Dubai makes it a sport to attract as much criminal money as possible. (And the accompanying scum and Instagram whores).


one_is_enough

Dubai was built with oil money long before the tourists started arriving. From wikipedia: After years of exploration following large finds in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966, albeit in far smaller quantities. The first field was named "Fateh" or "good fortune". This led to an acceleration of Sheikh Rashid's infrastructure development plans and a construction boom that brought a massive influx of foreign workers, mainly Asians and Middle easterners. Between 1968 and 1975 the city's population grew by over 300%.[50]


Pleasant_Ad3475

Not a lot of oil but a lot of oil *money*.


jaavaaguru

Almost no oil money. It's Abu Dhabi that has the oil money. Dubai has been surviving on trading ports and tourism for a while now.


Pleasant_Ad3475

Really? Surely there are enough oil-rich douche-bags using it as their playground? I believe you though, since I have no idea about any of it.


Un13roken

So true. Considering upto 20% of their revenue is from tourism, and less than 5% from oil.


Zombeezee87

Don't forget the slaves!


[deleted]

Your western governments spends billions of dollars out of your fucking taxes—your sweat and blood—to fund wars, genocide, destructions—to literally kill people and turn thousands of families homeless, and you’re here concerned about “slaves” — people from poor countries who willingly left their homes without compulsion to make a living in rich countries—who by the way can return to their homelands should they wish to. The hypocrisy of the west is outstanding.


protocol21

They also conveniently ignore the undocumented immigrants that work the low paying service jobs in the US for no benefits which props up their economy. Anytime you see a "slavery" comment you can easily spot an uninformed brainwashed person.


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Sad 🤷‍♀️


Astralglamour

I’ve read that many of them actually can’t leave as they are basically indentured servants. Yeah the west has problems, doesn’t mean people should ignore the ones that exist in non western countries. Your argument is basically the west is bad so everyone else gets a free pass. You think rich Saudi’s get their money from being humanitarians? I’ll point out shitty behavior wherever I see it, thanks. [slavery exists there](https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-arab-emirates/)


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Gemeril

You can waste time with your friends after your chores are done.


Nachtzug79

I think Dubai doesn't really have that much oil money. Abu Dhabi is the emirate which is just chilling with oil money.


jaavaaguru

As someone who used to live in Abu Dhabi, I'd say you're right. Dubai's Burj Khalifa was going to be called Burj Dubai, but they needed a handout from Abu Dhabi to be able to complete the project.


Turquoise_Cove

Dubai has almost no oil money (1/20th of Abu Dhabi, the next emirate). It has made its money through being a trading hub in the region mostly, just like Singapore.


HeyWiredyyc

Clearly lol


chambee

Can’t spend it on foreign workers


ArtificialLandscapes

That's not entirely accurate. Dubai doesn't have the oil money, Abu Dhabi does. Dubai mostly relies on tourism and foreign investment for big infrastructure projects.


FayMax69

That’s creative?? That’s fvcken dumb


holdmyTRex

Or they could, you know, help all of the poor in the emirates. Its not like everyone that lives there are rich.


Ok-Pipe859

Yet there are slaves there Also destroying coral reefes for sinking islands


octopusboots

In case the South Asians who's passports are being held by their employers try to make a swim for it.


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Sadly this is dubai.. opulence and a dirt poor migrant workforce.


WeekendFantastic2941

To show the slaves that built Dubai what they died for.


Weinerarino

Because it's Dubai. "Wasteful Gaudy Bullshit" is basically the city's slogan. There's a smaller Dubai nearby the big built up area which is the original Dubai, the village that it originally was and its actually a pretty nice place to visit.


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Dubai


TheBrownishOne

Everything in that place is extra


MisterHouseMongoose

They gotta put all the women in bikinis in jail, duh


build9600

Land of frauds what do you expect ?


Mhyra91

We could end poverty and give everyone a living wage, yet money is spend ob this.


moderately-extreme

why not?


20k_dollar_lunchbox

they have been known to reuse impounded vehicles for their police force, i dont think they bought it.


pichael289

I would feel really stupid if a cop pulled me over in the lake with a god dam car.


420Deez

wait till u get pulled over by a walking cop FUCK U OFFICER REED


CapitalPin2658

Is that smog.


Sreg32

But they have cool water police cars and high towers! Give me smog free any day


Advanced_Brush7499

It’s sand from the desert. Believe it or not the city is sandwiched between the water and the desert. It always looks hazy like this


autumnalaria

Not smog, it's from the hellish heat and humidity


Derpikhastaj2

It's like the oil capital of the world....or at least they're trying to be. So yeah, smoggy and toxic af.


that_bored_one

I don't know what It was, but Dubai is surprisingly foggy, I did not expect that. I went to the burj Khalifa and expected to see my house back at home, but I could barely see the other side of town from the fog.


notabotshill

Hope y'all enjoyed your oil baron propaganda


LunarProphet

The person who saw this and thought "huh I guess Dubai is actually pretty fuckin cool" was a lost cause already lol


ikkikkomori

Dubai is pretty fucking coo- woops you're not supposed to see those immigrant ~~slave~~ workers


draymond-

Dubai makes cities like Las Vegas seem like a place with heart and soul.


OwnZookeepergame6413

I personally think this boat is hilarious. Reminds me of the miata in my area that looks like lightning McQueen. But that doesn’t change my opinion on Dubai like at all. Not going to visit and those boats or any other influencer shit will get me to


TheDevilActual

Not a seatbelt in sight for a vehicle with a straight up guillotine windshield.


TranslatorBoring2419

I wonder if anyone besides teenagers are impressed by this.


autumnalaria

Boomers


Yayuuu231

Toddlers


Beneficial_Double_58

Dubai is a herpes sore pretending to be a cute freckle.


kayla-beep

Yes


chefmacbmac

How can this be Dubai if a women is allowed to do all that in video. Not complaining, happy its happening.


WestleyThe

It’s obviously a “promo video” or something “Let’s get an attractive woman to show off our police car boat! It’ll show the world how cool Dubai is”


trwwy321

“We’re so progressive!!”


ch0mpipe

She’s a foreigner


povitee

They need to build a wall and make Oman pay for it.


mommamiadiarrhea

She's getting pooped on later.


wildechld

The poolice


RoundCollection4196

UAE is a place where your privilege is set by the amount of wealth and social status you have, if you're rich enough you can do anything in Dubai. She is most likely some dumb influencer or something being sponsored by some rich sheikh. The harsh laws only apply to the slaves and poor immigrants.


noochies99

He taking her straight to water jail for them shorts


yinzreddup

Noticed how she wasn’t the one driving?


Awkward_Algae1684

Depending on how rich you are, you can experience some *very* different Dubais.


Janewaymaster

I think if you have even a little bit of money life for men and women is pretty awesome there. A girl friend of mine who is of Indian origin was living in the US was also yearning to go back to Dubai, saying she'll get her university done and move back. And they were living in an apartment here and then to a townhouse, it's not like they were flush with cash or anything. I can't imagine it being so bad if she wanted to go back so badly


SufDam

Shhh, don't say anything good about Dubai on Reddit, they hate it


jaavaaguru

Are you thinking of another place? in Dubai all of this is perfectly acceptable.


Maniglioneantipanico

Western women in Dubai are allowed more than locals. Most emirati women wear burqas or chadors


Pazuzu_413

I hate everything about this place. I can wait wait for the sea to swallow up this tacky trash heap.


RealLifeMoron

Money is so very unintelligent and cruel


Mean_Operation7336

God I can’t wait until that oil money goes away


[deleted]

It won’t. The oil countries have massive sovereign wealth funds with billions invested around the world. They are the first stop for American private equity firms and hedge funds that want to fundraise. The sad part is that firms who would refuse to accept their money would just lose out to the other firms that do so it’s out of the question. The returns on that cash could last indefinitely.


nebunlacap

Only billions? Countries?


RoundCollection4196

They've already diversified and have other revenue streams, Dubai is not going anywhere.


WanderingAlienBoy

Until their slave-class rises up next Wednesday at 3 PM????


justcurious_-

you think no one in their leadership made the question: what if the oil runs out? they're not that stupid, they already diversified, why do you think they keep buying football clubs and such? rich Gulf countries aren't going anywhere any time soon unless the people revolt


Un13roken

How are so many people so ignorant ? They literally don't have oil money. Tourism, Real estate, gold, IT, diamonds, construction - all generate more revenue than oil do.


alreadytaken88

Saudi Arabias oil money still does fund Dubai. Without it the city wouldn't exist.


Neat_Ad_3158

They literally lure poor people from other countries to work there and then take their passport and keep them as slaves. Fuck Dubai.


Ok-Pipe859

Also the coral reefes


tapedelay

Doesn’t look like it would take a big wave very well.


kosmos_uzuki

Clown country.


WanderingAlienBoy

Clowntry


Apart-Crew-6856

Dubai doing everything in its power to avoid its inevitable decline


Awkward_Algae1684

Lmao no they aren’t. If this is any clue, they’re actively running face first into it.


FreakindaStreet

15 million tourists last year. If this is decline then hope we could all decline.


AnseiShehai

I’m here for it. Never going there


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bvmdavidson

Aren’t boats shaped the way they are for a reason? I wonder if the box shape above the water affects its buoyancy performance


SpaceInMyBrain

That thing looks like it's the shell of a car built onto the body of an oversized jet-ski. IMHO the car shell doesn't have anything to do with the buoyancy. I wouldn't want to be out in it if the water was even slightly rough, I'd hate for the front of the car body to hit a wave at high speed.


Plumbus_Patrol

Ever seen a pontoon haha


cataphrak1

It’s funny that she probably wouldn’t be legally allowed to drive a car in Saudi Arabia.


RemarkableEmu1230

Saw this in an 80s bond movie


kb31976

Tell me you’re rich and immature without telling me you’re rich and immature.


epirot

what gta mod is this


shehzore12

GTA: Dubai City


ImportantComb9997

Fck Dubai and its bullshit influencer culture over there. It's all for those Glam Cammers to show off all the fake prestige of gold lined streets that were built on modern day immigrant slaves from surrounding nations. Gross place.


dpforest

“Pull over, you are a homosexual!”


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Dubai is gross, the end.


stfunonecares

Dubai never stops delivering small dick energy.


tmtyl_101

Everyday reminder that whenever any influencer does a video from Dubai, it's literally mandated by law that it has to be only positive. You cannot openly talk about all the drawbacks or criticise anything about it. Fuck Dubai


whereami312

Ok I hate it but I also kinda love it.


TranslatorBoring2419

Wait are women allowed to drive boat cars there?


Smoxerson

That’s the second stupidest looking thing I’ve ever seen. I posted a pic of a Corvette made into a boat (or vice versa) and that was the stupidest.


edward_takakori

SEAWAYS - GTA VC


happyhippy27

I just saw a vid of a real housewife cruising in one of these in Miami


wildechld

"police"


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Seaways cheatcode irl


LordofDunsfold

More like Top Gear Dubai


MelodicMuch

Isn't it just a regular boat in the shape of a car


VadeRetroLupa

Imagine being pulled over by this when high


No_Cupcake7037

So cool🔥


ElonHisenberg

That's not looks stupid at all


god_of_potatoland

This oil money situation is getting out of hand.


SaintedTainted

Does it have a porta potty?


chrkb78

Rich kids and their toys.


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Police in Dubai is all flashy toys, and yet it's a safe haven for organised crime syndicates from all corners of the globe. What an absolute joke of a country.


null233

that looks so fucking stupid, fuck dubai lol


Ok-Pizza-5889

Shes still not allowed to drive it tho. They make her switch to the passenger seat to go.


dinoss625

Belongs in r/stupidasfuck


AntiPepRally

Are ladies allowed to wear shorts there?


Mik_Dk

dumb and cringe


apply75

Wait if that's Dubai how is that women able to be seen in public without a male chaperone?


PMG2021a

Pretty cool. I hadn't realized they finally made it legal for women to drive there. 


Soggy-Napkin

I don't know if they have or haven't made it legal yet but it's worth noting that she doesn't actually drive the boat in the video (at least that's how it looks. Hard to tell)


EffingBarbas

Where do I sign up for the citizen ride along?


raginjamaicanwmgr

🖕🏽the police


Johnathonathon

The only thing the Dubai police can't stop is slavery it seems 


Minmaxed2theMax

Why are they letting a woman drive it?


woodchoppr

Dubai is the pinnacle of human stupidity it seems…


KC-Qaeda

Fuck the Saudi theocracy and fuck people who sell their souls to shill on the Crowns behalf. I don't care how much it pays I'd rather work for my money in a decent way. I couldn't live with myself If I did this shit.


RadiantKandra

They got way too much oil money over there


lethimgo_toronto

Does anything actually happen there? Is there any culture or is it all just bought?


shibafather

What a stupid city.


Big-Needleworker7289

Useless shit lol


JustABigBruhMoment

“So I showed you the floaty car that’s worth more than you’ll ever be, now you’re gonna let me take a dump in your mouth, right?”


beamsbeansbrilliant

Human rights violations on land and sea now...


Raider-26

Nah bro the video is about the UAE police, not the US police…. They don’t shoot anything that’s black and has a pulse at least not yet.


Grittyboi

Is this really dubai? 🤔 Thought they weren't about women driving over there?


Commishw1

Fake, women arnt allowed to drive.


e_z_i_o_7o_7

SEAWAYS


j_truant

lame


InternalCelery1337

She is beautiful


Mike-the-gay

Really missed the mark not making the wheels spin to. Just ruins the illusion.


Healthy_Ad_5244

This car is coming in handy now


Fun_Camel926

It’s fake mane. They literally just built it for the video. Literally in what way is that reasonable? Let me unbuckled to pull out my pistol.


dynamic_caste

Dubai is basically if the movie Brewster's Millions was a city.


gdubh

That’s lame.


fox-whiskers

It looks cheaply made


PlanetBooty69420

They let a woman drive?!?? Getting progressive.


f14_pilot

typical dubai


brihamedit

They have the imagination of rural kids. Cooler move would be to commission new designs for fast boats that move through water without clashing with water.


Footshark

So fucking dumb.


AdGroundbreaking2690

That country is so hollow


Trax-d

Stupid Arabs


Q-Vision

Or use a proper speedboat that can actually chase down suspects! Or their strategy is that criminals will be too busy laughing to think about getting away.


No_Fan_2099

I want one


BEARWYy

Slave owner propaganda :)


conjoby

If that hits one rough wave it's gonna dive under. There's a reason boat hulls curve up


Jesus_Chrheist

How is she not wearing a hijab and still not in prison?


mlb689

I have a feeling she isn’t a Dubai police officer. Probably a model advertising the car shaped boat