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> Cars are so old school. And the explosion engine is just... Well it feels like steam punk to me. I just don't get the fascination. A lot of people don't "get

• yesbabyyes 12y ago
  Of course, and that's ok with me. I guess I'm coming from a place where it was expected for a boy to be fascinated with mopeds, tractors, cars, cranes, anything with an engine. Not that there aren't many in my generation who, like me, never shared that fascination, but it was still expected, or it felt like that in a way, you get me? And to not like that, and not even get a driver's license (regardless of whether you really need it, or a car, having access to great public transport and communications and whatnot), making certain people - in your own family, even - disregard you automatically, like you're not actually a man, or you're not actually grown up. I've come to terms with all that now, and I understand it way better than when I was in my twenties and younger, but it still exists, and again, to me it's just weird. To clarify, I don't look down on e.g. my father for not "getting" computers and the Internet, even though I know it would be a great resource for him. I get the feeling that it's not mutual, though.