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> 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 si

by 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.
- Alupis 2y ago
  > If you drive an oversized SUV which you have further lifted off the ground, removed the muffler from, and make exhaust that gives me a headache, everyone is going to assume you are a creepy asshole with no self respect or respect for your neighbors. Or maybe it's just you being weird with your city-dweller assumptions?
  - jacobolus 2y ago
    It's not "weird" to not want gratuitous nuisance, health problems, or slaughtered children. Indeed, indifference to these seems extremely weird (sociopathic), and I would appreciate it if such people stay far from civilization out in the desert or whatever. (Though they should also be paying their fair share for the environmental costs of the CO2 emissions they pump out which are putting us on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth, to which end gasoline should probably cost like $15/gallon.)
    - Alupis 2y ago
      > It's not "weird" to not want gratuitous nuisance, health problems, or slaughtered children. Using outrageous hyperbole in this manner might be even more weird than your original baseless assumptions. > fair share... of the CO2 emissions they pump out which are putting us on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth Your hyperbole is putting on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth. It's making me nauseous because of how weird it is.
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      - digital-cygnet 2y ago
        Can you explain why you'd characterize it as hyperbole? Larger vehicles are demonstrably more dangerous[1], especially to children, and do put out more CO2 emissions. In what other context is it socially acceptable for people to put externalities like those brought by SUVs onto those around them? The one I can mostly think of is secondhand smoke, which at least in my part of the world is pretty heavily looked down on. [1] > compact SUVs, full-size SUVs, and pickup trucks all result in a significantly higher probability of pedestrian death when compared to a similar collision involving a car. Compact SUVs increase the probability of death by 63%, pickups increase the probability by 68%, and full-size SUVs increase the probability by 99% https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221201222...
QuarterReptile 2y ago
>Why do people constantly equate what car someone drives with the size of their reproductive organs? Minivan --> probably has a lot of kids. Seems like a fair connection!
- xattt 2y ago
  Penis size does not correlate to spermatozoal viability. /s
potato3732842 2y ago
The other side of the coin is just as bad. You load big furniture on the roof of or haul building materials in or tow something with a car and the same demographics that said you didn't need a truck to do those things gawk at you with judgement like they're watching a homeless man prepare to cook a pigeon he just nabbed.

by Alupis 2y ago

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.

Alupis 2y ago
> If you drive an oversized SUV which you have further lifted off the ground, removed the muffler from, and make exhaust that gives me a headache, everyone is going to assume you are a creepy asshole with no self respect or respect for your neighbors. Or maybe it's just you being weird with your city-dweller assumptions?
- jacobolus 2y ago
  It's not "weird" to not want gratuitous nuisance, health problems, or slaughtered children. Indeed, indifference to these seems extremely weird (sociopathic), and I would appreciate it if such people stay far from civilization out in the desert or whatever. (Though they should also be paying their fair share for the environmental costs of the CO2 emissions they pump out which are putting us on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth, to which end gasoline should probably cost like $15/gallon.)
  - Alupis 2y ago
    > It's not "weird" to not want gratuitous nuisance, health problems, or slaughtered children. Using outrageous hyperbole in this manner might be even more weird than your original baseless assumptions. > fair share... of the CO2 emissions they pump out which are putting us on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth Your hyperbole is putting on a path toward literal un-livability of the Earth. It's making me nauseous because of how weird it is.
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    - faggotbreath 2y ago
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    - digital-cygnet 2y ago
      Can you explain why you'd characterize it as hyperbole? Larger vehicles are demonstrably more dangerous[1], especially to children, and do put out more CO2 emissions. In what other context is it socially acceptable for people to put externalities like those brought by SUVs onto those around them? The one I can mostly think of is secondhand smoke, which at least in my part of the world is pretty heavily looked down on. [1] > compact SUVs, full-size SUVs, and pickup trucks all result in a significantly higher probability of pedestrian death when compared to a similar collision involving a car. Compact SUVs increase the probability of death by 63%, pickups increase the probability by 68%, and full-size SUVs increase the probability by 99% https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221201222...

QuarterReptile 2y ago

>Why do people constantly equate what car someone drives with the size of their reproductive organs? Minivan --> probably has a lot of kids. Seems like a fair connection!

xattt 2y ago
Penis size does not correlate to spermatozoal viability. /s

potato3732842 2y ago

The other side of the coin is just as bad. You load big furniture on the roof of or haul building materials in or tow something with a car and the same demographics that said you didn't need a truck to do those things gawk at you with judgement like they're watching a homeless man prepare to cook a pigeon he just nabbed.