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Hi, I’m a longtime student of the American culture and I think the primary reason why Americans love it so much is because it temporarily masks their tinnitus a
by startupsfail 3y ago
Hi, I’m a longtime student of the American culture and I think the primary reason why Americans love it so much is because it temporarily masks their tinnitus and not because it melts their cold hearts.
Approximately 10 percent of the U.S. adult population — over 25 million Americans — experience some form of tinnitus. And an even larger percentage is suffering from hearing impairments.
Broken mufflers and loud engines mask the tinnitus sounds and finally they can relax. This is also the reason why they prefer to hang their Freeways in the air, in the middle of the city. And why their cafes are unbearably loud with the sound of refrigerators competing with the loud music.
- cdot2 3y agoI'm not sure if this is a joke or not. I know lots of young people, myself included, who don't have tinnitus and also like V8s or V-twins motorcycles in my case.
- OnlineGladiator 3y agoWhy do you think Americans suffer from tinnitus more than other nationalities?
- mhb 3y agoMaybe longtime students of the American culture speak very loudly.
- ycombinete 3y agoBecause of all the loud cross plane exhausts.
- qbasic_forever 3y agoAmericans like it because when you sit in a big V8 and smash the accelerator it jolts you forward and pins you in the seat while the engine is roaring like a lion. It's fun, like going down a hill in a rollercoaster. That's really all there is to it. Hearing it makes you think of the fun yourself.
- ricardobayes 3y agoSo why do most Americans hate or at least dislike electric cars then? Which does the same, even more so?
- qbasic_forever 3y agoWho says Americans hate electric cars? Teslas are selling quite well here. But you have to realize America is enormous--its over 2600 miles to drive end to end. Our highway system and infrastructure isn't setup to completely replace gas or diesel with electric for long term trips. It's getting much better, but I suspect reluctance to get an electric car in the US primarily comes down to cost and range anxiety.
- jerkstate 3y agoTeslas have great acceleration too!
- nimbius 3y agothis is actually a really great comment. Mercedes is pivoting to the crossplane kinda for this reason (the american market.) it makes a V6 sound like a V8, keeps their engine design euro spec compliant, and helps deliver torque which their twelve SUV lineup desperately needs considering most weigh in at over two short tonnes. crossplane also helps mask turbo whine which most red-blooded americans associate with their massive trucks, not sport SUV offerings.
- handedness 3y agoMercedes is running cross-plane cranks in their V6 engines because V6s are cross-plane out of necessity. That applies to all engines with cylinder counts which are not exponents of 2.
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- afguoibiobio 3y ago