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If you want to really want to question your fellow human, check out some Reddit threads about loud exhausts. The number of people who steadfastly defend their r

If you want to really want to question your fellow human, check out some Reddit threads about loud exhausts. The number of people who steadfastly defend their right to drive a loud car is insane.

tmnvix 3y ago
Case in point from today: https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1ak06br/loud_neighbour_car/ https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1ak06br/loud_ne... "Hi all, could anyone please advise how to tackle this situation. My neighbour are good people but their sons car are very loud. There is so much base that I feel the sound on my bed in night Time. Our little one is due in 3 months. I’m worried about this situation." And one popular response: "Just the reality of people living their lives..." What I find interesting is that despite the rise of social media and the endless social-shaming that it enables, obnoxious behaviour doesn't seem to carry the same stigma that it once did. Related to this seems to be the conflation of what is legal and what is ethical (i.e. if it isn't illegal it is fine).
- jackvalentine 3y ago
  When I was a teenager with a loud car I’d kill the engine when I turned off the main road and rolled down to my parents house to not annoy the neighbours if it was late at night. When leaving at unsocial hours i’d do the same - roll down the road until I was away from the houses and then start the car. Some people just have zero awareness or empathy for their impact on other people.
  - snarfy 3y ago
    What about the people that live near the main road?
    - jackvalentine 3y ago
      The main road was rediculously loud to begin with and there is a big difference between cruising past at 2000rpm and 70km/hr and coming down a residential street at 30km/h.
  - amrocha 3y ago
    What about literally everyone else you bothered outside your neighborhood
    - UberFly 3y ago
      Main roads aren't generally the same as neighborhoods.
- UberFly 3y ago
  Not the majority I know, but for many, thinking of others has taken a far back seat to everyone's supposed god-given rights to express themselves. It's defended like a cult by so many.

If you want to really want to question your fellow human, check out some Reddit threads about loud exhausts. The number of people who steadfastly defend their right to drive a loud car is insane.

tmnvix 3y ago

Case in point from today: https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1ak06br/loud_neighbour_car/ https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1ak06br/loud_ne... "Hi all, could anyone please advise how to tackle this situation. My neighbour are good people but their sons car are very loud. There is so much base that I feel the sound on my bed in night Time. Our little one is due in 3 months. I’m worried about this situation." And one popular response: "Just the reality of people living their lives..." What I find interesting is that despite the rise of social media and the endless social-shaming that it enables, obnoxious behaviour doesn't seem to carry the same stigma that it once did. Related to this seems to be the conflation of what is legal and what is ethical (i.e. if it isn't illegal it is fine).

jackvalentine 3y ago
When I was a teenager with a loud car I’d kill the engine when I turned off the main road and rolled down to my parents house to not annoy the neighbours if it was late at night. When leaving at unsocial hours i’d do the same - roll down the road until I was away from the houses and then start the car. Some people just have zero awareness or empathy for their impact on other people.
- snarfy 3y ago
  What about the people that live near the main road?
  - jackvalentine 3y ago
    The main road was rediculously loud to begin with and there is a big difference between cruising past at 2000rpm and 70km/hr and coming down a residential street at 30km/h.
- amrocha 3y ago
  What about literally everyone else you bothered outside your neighborhood
  - UberFly 3y ago
    Main roads aren't generally the same as neighborhoods.
UberFly 3y ago
Not the majority I know, but for many, thinking of others has taken a far back seat to everyone's supposed god-given rights to express themselves. It's defended like a cult by so many.