Loud cars. So fucking lame.
I don’t think these people necessarily think it’s cool either. They want attention and to annoy people, which is what they get.
I’m a semi car guy and I made my car “louder” on purpose. It wasn’t for attention or to make girls wet. It was literally because I liked the sound, and it’s less restrictive, which means more horsepower.
I get that some are obnoxious, and I’m not saying they’re not doing it for attention. But, some of us just want to enjoy our car.
So it’s justifiable to irritate those around you and be obnoxious as long as you are enjoying yourself. Got it.
some?
lol you probably think your shitwagon spewing hydrocarbon exhaust doesn’t count, get fucked. made car louder on purpose is a cute way of saying “I intentionally circumvented the engine’s efficiency in order to VROOM VROOM LOUDER” because that’s what your doing.
Enjoy tinnitus, shame you couldn’t keep it and your exhaust bullshit to yourself.
Future generations are going to despise this one - we had all the knowledge needed, just couldn’t motivate fuckwits to give up their vroom vroom for the sake of the ONE LIVABLE BIOSPHERE IN THE UNIVERSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
Selfish doesn’t even begin to describe it.
There are ways to enjoy cars off public roads and away from private residences.
you keep the exhaust to yourself too? how many spare atmospheres do you think we have?
I drive electric, so…yes?
good for you. the one you’re replying to doesn’t.
also I’d wager there’s some non-renewable energy being used when you charge either at home or away, and even then, motoring for fun is releasing tons of other shit (particulates from your tires) - maybe time to find a new ‘hobby’
transportation as entertainment… what a world
- Not everyone can afford an electric car 2. Harassing individuals has been identified as counter productive over and over again. Maybe try to help the climate crisis by holding the corporations actually responsible for the issue accountable instead of alienating potential allies and giving the movement an overall insufferable vibe.
For sure. Given that public roads are the most horrendously undertaxed public resources out there, it’s especially irritating when folks go out of their way to use them in the most self serving fashion imaginable.
Private tracks exist. They don’t mind engine noise.
I don’t know what world you live in, where all your hobbies are so perfect that they don’t have any adverse effects at all to the world at large.
But God forbid, someone enjoys something you don’t.
You could extend that holier-than-thou attitude to your hobby of posting on the Internet from a device that releases tons of other shit from its manufacturing process and the electricity that powers it - maybe time to find a new ‘hobby’
Transportation as entertainment? Yes. Have you ridden a rollercoaster or even a bike?
I get that some are obnoxious
Not some. It is obnoxious. The reason why doesn’t matter.
As long as you’re happy, I guess.
You suck
Exactly this. That’s why I installed an aftermarket exhaust when I did it on a previous car
Even worse with motorcycles. Seems like most people own motorcycles specifically for “fun” (waste fuel and make noise).
And just generally being loud. Even regular cars can be loud if you drive like an asshole.
Motorcycles I can kind of understand. Some people believe that making their cycle loud makes it more “visible” to other drivers, helping to prevent accidents. I don’t think there’s been any studies to prove this, but I can understand why people buy into it.
At that point you probably shouldn’t drive a motorcycle. If you’re only doing it because of money (fuel efficiency + vehicle price), there are quite a few cheap, small cars nowadays and even the flimsiest of those are still safer than a motorcycle. If you’re just doing it because driving a motorcycle is fun, you’re the problem.
The general issue is that it’s actually pretty hard to drive a motorcycle quietly, because the motor kind of has to be small (necessitating high rpm to get to speed)(unless you’re going for something expensive and impractical) and there’s not an entire chassis around it to dampen the sound like in a car. If you don’t insist on driving quietly and using one of the quieter types of motorcycles, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be loud enough to be annoying.
Yet they always wear dark colors. Hmm…
For real. Every time my partner and I go on a walk and some jackass roars by I sarcastically yell “Oh my God, I’m so wet now!”
I’m about two months into owning a fully-electric vehicle (not a Tesla, thank goodness), and I have a hard time getting over how wonderfully quiet it is. And it’s one of the qualities I couldn’t wait to experience.
And loud motorcycles.
And the ice cream truck playing jingles. I am not a fan of people driving trucks into neighbourhoods and playing loud music to advertise.
Another reason to look forward to electric vehicles! Imagine a world 20 years from now where the noise is vanishing, the gasoline/deisel smell is only for the diehards going to that one remaining service station that still sells it, no more visible emissions from cars or rolling coal!
The resonator on my old car blew out and sounded obnoxiously loud for like a month, I felt like such a dork commuting it to work. I genuinely felt so happy to have it quietened again.
Or motorcycles in the city.
Or motorcycles in the street in front of your house/apartment. It’s so fucking annoying.
Calling yourself “Alpha”. If you have to say it out loud, you are definitely not the Alpha.
Sounds like something a beta would say
Sounds like something an alpha would say
Typical Alpha response?
/s
I’m gonna sound like a boomer but cigarettes and not using PPE, including with recreational activities such as motorcycling and hobby crafts.
Becoming a meat crayon isn’t worth “looking cool.”
Around here it’s the boomers who are smoking cigarettes!
I think you just sound like a rational human being that doesn’t consistently use their emotions for decision making.
Not wearing a seatbelt and not wearing a helmet.
My pet peeve is people cycling with a helmet but not doing it up. It’s so blatantly stupid- you get none of the benefits, and all of the negatives.
Cryptocurrency and AI
I’ve got a close elderly family member who’s recently gotten fixated on investing in crypto, watching all the YouTube videos on the subject.
I don’t know enough about it to confidently say they’re going to lose all their money, I’ve never looked into it because it just screams get rich quick scheme, but I don’t have high hopes for them.
I don’t know enough about it to confidently say they’re going to lose all their money
It happened to my relative. They didn’t lose everything, but they lost enough that they’re shopping for a mobile home for retirement, when they previously could have bought a small house.
I put $50 out of random paychecks into BTC.
It’s done pretty well and I’ve bought a few toys with the profits.
Monero and LTC are pretty cool. I don’t care about the scam/meme coins. AI is also super useful if you’re using it correctly.
I like monero. Privacy is important and there really isn’t another way to pay online anonymously.
I wish there was an easier way to do it though and more places accepted it.
Its super easy to exchange if you have another currency. I’m using eXch. No KYC and they have a 0.5% fee.
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AI is cool
You can train a computer to play games or read lips or simulate evolution. You can make a computer identify drawings and then try to draw a random thing in a short time for the AI to try to guess
Vaping/smoking.
The outside of a space station in sunlight (~121° C or ~250° F)
Does it feel like that? I know some bits of space are super hot but there’s not enough stuff there to get that energy to a person suspended in it. I guess being right next to the ISS might do it.
being a billionaire
Flashing money. Loud “notice me” logos on everything, although I don’t know how many wealthy people do that.
The thing with money is you always want more. It’s never enough.
Contrarianism. Being anti-“Popular Thing” just for the sake of being anti-“Popular Thing” marks you out as having no thoughts worth hearing out.
But what if I really like Linux
Then you’re not being anti-“popular thing” you’re being pro-linux
You wanna really be a contrarian? Use Windows. Everyone in tech is already on a MacBook or Linux
As somebody who was anti for a loooong time, 100% this. It’s a bad mindset, and it affects your wellbeing.
Or you’re neurodivergent and you’re naturally anti anything that has the potential to be remotely popular
Being part of a marginalized or oppressed group.
Am a member of 3. Can confirm it’s shit.
Damn, that’s so cool.
War.
Smoking weed in the park and dropping the N bomb constantly.
I always liked smoking weed in the park. Usually in my car or out on a secluded trail. Never felt the need to drop n bombs tho
Obviously weren’t cool enough
/s
Now that cigarettes are finally going away, it was nice to breathe fresh air for a bit, but it’s getting worse again. There are so many cannabis options that don’t ruin other people’s enjoyment of the outdoors, can’t smoking just go away entirely?
There’s this one bench area on our town common that permanently reeks of pot smoking. It’s outside, no one around, yet it still stinks. And it stinks enough that walking g by on the sidewalk is unpleasant.
Or that riverwalk, where we can enjoy brief experiences of nature in between all the islands of pot smoke.
I was going to find some extremely old racial epithet that starts with an N, so obscure it wouldn’t offend anyone anymore. But I decided I don’t want to Google “obscure ethnic slurs” today, so I decided to skip this comment.
Nincompoop
Nancy
Certain kinds of rightwingers. Some of them are quiet about it, but the loud ones are often extremely obnoxious and clearly think they’re hot shit.
Driving dangerously.
You are not in fast’n’fourious, you are just a piece of shit endangering every one around you
Clever insults rather than substantial discussion or “to cut off heads in order to appear taller,” rather than doing the work to actually be a better version of self.
Moaning about issues without putting in effort or taking any risks to correct issues.
