I often see people in the comments acting like having a fast or loud car immediately makes your dick smaller or that you have ED. And people talk about owning a car as if they’ve never gone above 40 MPH and are terrified to do so.
For context I live in a city with actually ok mass transit, don’t own a car, and prefer to bike/take the train whenever possible. Trains, trolleys, bikes, and feet are the best forms of transportation imo.
That being said, body shaming or making fun of people with physical or mental issues (that may be no fault of their own) is just shitty. It makes this community look shitty. I hate reading comments about “loud car small dick this” or “fast car ED that”. It’s unnecessary. You can shit on asshole drivers without having to stoop that low. Secondly, some women enjoy cars as well; be more creative.
Finally, don’t act like cars can’t be fun. I’m all for phasing out the automobile and revolutionizing transport by returning to the ways of olde, but cars are fun. I understand some of you are grandparents and don’t like someone revving their straight pipes mustang down your block on a Saturday morning. That’s completely reasonable. But my god does this community act like you can’t have fun in a car. I absolutely enjoy loud and fast and powerful cars, because that’s an incredible work of engineering and it simply can be fun. Going fast can be fun. Being in a car that purrs like a lion can be fun. Going offroading or drifting or racing or anything in a car can be fun.
We won’t convince people to see our side by shitting on the things they enjoy. We convince people to try and see things from our point of view by actually looking through their perspective first, and acknowledging that while cars can be fun they are not sustainable.
ETA: Some people seem to think I think public roads should still be for cars. Never did I say that. I think the appropriate place for cars is the track. I would love to convert all the roads in my city to a mixture of bike and pedestrian lanes with trolleys running down the median. But cars can be fun and a track day can absolutely be a great time.
I think it’s more of a “small dick energy” thing than actually body shaming people. It’s a figure of speech, meaning someone’s got something to prove or they’re compensating for something, or are scared to be perceived a certain way. Like the fear of people thinking you’re gay, effeminate, or weak. (Not that there’s anything wrong with any of these conditions.) And that you’re just seeking validation from your peers or society, when in fact you’re just considered annoying.
Yeah cars are fun. I own a car and I really enjoy driving it. It’s fun and reactive and fast and it makes me happy. But, like you, I’d rather BMW (bus, metro , walk) or bike to places because it’s less of a pain in the ass in a big city, contributes to reduce traffic, and my carbon footprint. And I get exercise to boot!
Edit: ITT: a lot of small dick energy.
But saying “small dick energy” only works as an insult because having a small dick is still seen by many people as something bad.
If nobody thought that having a small dick was an insult, then “small dick energy” wouldn’t be insulting either.
Do you honestly not see the problem here? Read the sentence to yourself again slowly to make sure.
Thank you, hilarious statement.
“I think it’s more of a (insert racial slur here) thing than actually being racist”
Which is why we stopped using “gay” as a pejorative a long time ago?
Yes. But some men fear being identified as gay due to their own sexual insecurities.
Ain’t nothing wrong with being gay though. Or to be considered gay. But some people are homophobes.