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My minivan is proof of virility and demonstrates that I am not compensating for anything. It also moves a hell of a lot of lumber when the seats are folded down

My minivan is proof of virility and demonstrates that I am not compensating for anything. It also moves a hell of a lot of lumber when the seats are folded down. Try that in some bubble shaped car-based SUV or a short-bed pickup.

hoosieree 2y ago
In the sci-fi series The Expanse, there's a Bezos-style rich tycoon character who flaunts his wealth by purposefully not getting hair treatments and instead allows his male pattern baldness to be on display. He's so rich he can afford to not care what anyone thinks, and he wants everyone to know it.
- adamrezich 2y ago
  Interesting anecdote about a work of fiction, but what does it have to do with anything?
  - rurp 2y ago
    It seems pretty clearly related to the post it is a reply to.
    - adamrezich 2y ago
      Drawing a moral equivalency to some random event in some random contemporary work of fiction as a means of moralizing isn't some kind of awesome megadunk “own” or anything—it's actually pretty lame.
      - thfuran 2y ago
        Why do you think it was attempting to be anything of the sort?
      - unethical_ban 2y ago
        Guy 1 jokes about how he's so confident in himself he drives a minivan. Person 2 says "ha that reminds me of a character in a story". It's two people joking in a subthread.
  - jakedata 2y ago
    The comment is referring back to "not compensating for anything". Choosing to keep a balding head and not caring what other people think is a power move when having a full head of hair becomes trivial.
    - maxerickson 2y ago
      It's kind of entertaining that both are vanity.
Alupis 2y ago
> My minivan is proof of virility and demonstrates that I am not compensating for anything. Why do people constantly equate what car someone drives with the size of their reproductive organs? I usually only see this from people who reflexively look down on people who own more expensive vehicles than them. It's weird. Live your life. Who cares what you or anyone else chooses to drive. I promise you, whatever vehicle you drive, nobody sane actually cares.
- Jtsummers 2y ago
  I think you missed the joke.
  - jakedata 2y ago
    There's a lot of that on YC.
    - Alupis 2y ago
      It is often difficult to pickup sarcasm in text. I did not interpret OP's comment as sarcasm - probably because I've run into that sentiment quite often.
- jacobolus 2y ago
  If you are driving these things around urban streets where my kids and I are walking or riding bikes, I certainly care what you drive. I'd prefer that it (a) has clear visibility for the driver in all directions, so you can see us, (b) is lower, lighter weight, and traveling slower so you have less chance of killing us, (c) is quieter, and (d) pumps out less air pollution because I don't want to be smelling your exhaust. If you drive an oversized SUV which you have further lifted off the ground, removed the muffler from, and make exhaust that gives everyone a headache, people are going to assume you are a creepy asshole with no self respect or respect for your neighbors. The vehicle becomes a kind of enraged roar of emotional insecurity, from the "everyone else needs to always be thinking and talking about me, and it doesn't matter why" school of human interaction.
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ssl-3 2y ago
My current work truck is a minivan with the rear seating rows completely removed. It hauls whatever needs hauling, and it's quite pleasant to drive in all weather. (And I dare say that it has competently done a lot more off-road duty than the majority of SUVs and pickup trucks ever will.)

hoosieree 2y ago

In the sci-fi series The Expanse, there's a Bezos-style rich tycoon character who flaunts his wealth by purposefully not getting hair treatments and instead allows his male pattern baldness to be on display. He's so rich he can afford to not care what anyone thinks, and he wants everyone to know it.

adamrezich 2y ago
Interesting anecdote about a work of fiction, but what does it have to do with anything?
- rurp 2y ago
  It seems pretty clearly related to the post it is a reply to.
  - adamrezich 2y ago
    Drawing a moral equivalency to some random event in some random contemporary work of fiction as a means of moralizing isn't some kind of awesome megadunk “own” or anything—it's actually pretty lame.
    - thfuran 2y ago
      Why do you think it was attempting to be anything of the sort?
    - unethical_ban 2y ago
      Guy 1 jokes about how he's so confident in himself he drives a minivan. Person 2 says "ha that reminds me of a character in a story". It's two people joking in a subthread.
- jakedata 2y ago
  The comment is referring back to "not compensating for anything". Choosing to keep a balding head and not caring what other people think is a power move when having a full head of hair becomes trivial.
  - maxerickson 2y ago
    It's kind of entertaining that both are vanity.

Alupis 2y ago

> My minivan is proof of virility and demonstrates that I am not compensating for anything. Why do people constantly equate what car someone drives with the size of their reproductive organs? I usually only see this from people who reflexively look down on people who own more expensive vehicles than them. It's weird. Live your life. Who cares what you or anyone else chooses to drive. I promise you, whatever vehicle you drive, nobody sane actually cares.

Jtsummers 2y ago
I think you missed the joke.
- jakedata 2y ago
  There's a lot of that on YC.
  - Alupis 2y ago
    It is often difficult to pickup sarcasm in text. I did not interpret OP's comment as sarcasm - probably because I've run into that sentiment quite often.
jacobolus 2y ago
If you are driving these things around urban streets where my kids and I are walking or riding bikes, I certainly care what you drive. I'd prefer that it (a) has clear visibility for the driver in all directions, so you can see us, (b) is lower, lighter weight, and traveling slower so you have less chance of killing us, (c) is quieter, and (d) pumps out less air pollution because I don't want to be smelling your exhaust. If you drive an oversized SUV which you have further lifted off the ground, removed the muffler from, and make exhaust that gives everyone a headache, people are going to assume you are a creepy asshole with no self respect or respect for your neighbors. The vehicle becomes a kind of enraged roar of emotional insecurity, from the "everyone else needs to always be thinking and talking about me, and it doesn't matter why" school of human interaction.

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ssl-3 2y ago

My current work truck is a minivan with the rear seating rows completely removed. It hauls whatever needs hauling, and it's quite pleasant to drive in all weather. (And I dare say that it has competently done a lot more off-road duty than the majority of SUVs and pickup trucks ever will.)