Since the last 24 hours have had nothing but troll posts (and one that a user deleted; dunno what that one was), here’s my latest gripe / reason I’m tired shaped into the form of an Unpopular Opinion. Hopefully this gets us back on track.

Nobody is impressed by you revving your engine at a stop light and cranking out 300 dB of noise from your fart cannon at 3 in the morning (or any time of day, for that matter). There is also no reason to peel out from the stop light when the next light is 2 blocks away and guaranteed to be red. e.g. We left the first red light at the same time. I drove normally, you like an asshole, and we both stopped at the next light all the same.

Driving an (intentionally) obnoxiously loud vehicle, especially driving it aggressively, should result in immediate revocation of license and the offending vehicle crushed into a cube. As much as I hate vague “disturbing the peace” laws, this seems like a good use for them (where noise ordinances don’t exist).

I don’t care about the extra 1-2 HP you get. Do tell me all the (street legal) things your pavement princess of a truck is going to do with that (I can see it has neither the tow package nor a speck of dirt on the tires). If you just like the sound and think I should get over it, allow me to come fart near you. If you don’t like the smell, by your logic, that’s on you: get over it.

Note: It may be a regional thing, but this is definitely an unpopular opinion in my (very redneck) area.

  • I Cast Fist
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    3 months ago

    Modded motorcycles are super common around my region (Brazilian midwest), despite said “EXTRA LOUD” mod being illegal and the bikes being in impounded if they’re caught.

    Another thing that is even worse are sound cars (shit like in the image below). No idea how often they’re a problem in other countries, but here, it’s always fucking idiots parading their window-shaking bass in the middle of the night, or creating “parties” in front of liquor stores or friends’ houses during the fucking week. These, unlike those bike mods, are not illegal.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      73 months ago

      Damn, I have never seen a car like the one you shared a picture of before. That’s wacky!

      Subwoofers in cars were really popular in California in the 90’s, but I rarely see them any more.

      • Logi
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        33 months ago

        A pen could take care if that monstrosity.

        • @[email protected]
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          3 months ago

          A handful of gravel tossed in its direction while it’s running would do the trick. Or some mixed screws and metal shavings. Let the cones shred themselves.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      Seems like the kind of thing that could get solved with some light arson.

      Not that I would advocate for those things. Just noticing there could be a lot fewer loud vehicles and shitty towing companies if people were more liberal with their use of cocktails.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 months ago

      Jesus, that thing is hideous and can’t possibly sound good. It probably can’t even deliver enough power to properly drive all that to begin with.