>Try to mention something about cars to coworkers
>Guy just yells "VROOM VROOM! RACE CARS!" mockingly
>This has happened multiple times with different people over the past two years
Why do people get bothered that people have cars as a hobby?
>>13809954
wut r u compensatin for ;)
>"oh god, here comes Jim , that weird guy who enever shut ups about cars"
Haha, I don't think that happens to most people. Stop being and autist and see how that goes
>>13809954
>Guy just yells "VROOM VROOM! RACE CARS!" mockingly
I just don't see how this guy can be considered a normie and not an autistic piece of shit, ever.
>>13809954
Car culture is dying. It's to the point where it's regarded cynically as part of the "old way" of doing things. It gets lumped in with 'Murica and muh guns and attempts to compensate for masculinity.
Why would you mention something about cars to your coworkers if they're clearly not interested, though? I don't just randomly interject my interests and hobbies into discussions unless it's relevant.
>>13809954
They are sick of hearing about your shuttle shucking NA Miata POS and you never took the hint about STFU. Maybe just sit and silently observe the conversation instead of broadcasting your power levels 24/7.
>>13809984
It's also hated because car culture really began with baby boomers, and millenials resent baby boomers for ruining the economy and hating millenials for being faggots.
>caring what people think
cars as a hobby is one of the most plain and generic hobbies for guys anyway.. a weird thing to be self conscious about imo desu baka senpai
VROOM VROOM! RACE CARS!
>implying you aren't just a faggot that everybody hates
>>13809954
>guy just yells VROOM VROOM! RACE CARS!
>>13810004
I'd have to say that's sports or gambling or drinking really, cars make you the weird guy who doesn't go out on friday nights and whose hands are all chewed up and always smell like something mechanical.
>>13810000
>calling yourself a faggot
>>13810026
>not being self-aware
>>13810004
I know, depending on where you live and who you socialize with, guns are way harder to talk about without people assuming bad shit about you.
Also, I don't think car culture is dying, if most of us are millennial fags than I doubt it's going anywhere. I swear, if you let random people's opinions run your life, you might as well just sell yourself into slavery
How would you like it if every time you saw "sally" she talked about that new computerized sewing machine she wants, it's an industrial Juki with Brother part swap-out capability; sews sooooooo fast and has 100 different pre-programmed stitches plus it can be configured for specific voltages for entire world portability/usability and an external motor for those super-quick swapouts...
Protip: talk about cars WITH people, not AT people.
Car culture is dying, more people want self-deiving cars so they can play video games and smoke weed on road trips. Cars with powerful engines, off-road vehicles, engine swaps, etc are now associated with normies as "penis compensation". The same thing is happening to gun culture, hunting, etc.
I want off this ride.
>>13810052
This. Most of my friends dislike cars and only own them because they have to. They do not take care of them, and most of them take some sort of subversive pride in the fact that they don't care about cars.
>>13810052
You have to be a normie to be into this hobby in the first place. Autismbux can't pay for a fucking M3. Plus, if you actually have a job and leave your house, you're a normie by default
Face it anon, you're only as autist as you think you are
>>13810044
I definitely talk about cars AT people, not for long periods, just bits and pieces. If you start simple and get them curious with something they can understand but is a little beyond their understanding, they'll happily ask for an explanation and listen for more.
>>13810067
You can be a high functioning social autist
>minimal interaction at work
>go home and stay home
>>13810080
This. You have to be aware of people's perceptions. Just interject with an interesting tidbit here or there. I do this for a lot of my interests that most people don't share, but only when it's relevant and/or interesting.
>>13809954
>Guy just yells "VROOM VROOM! RACE CARS!" mockingly
Either you are working in a mental institution, or you are a patient there. Considering you are posting here, my guess is on the latter.
No normal adult human being would say that unless they are retarded or treat you like the weird autistic faggot you are.
>>13810023
Gambling just makes you seem like a degenerate and sports is so much of a spectator thing that you're not really involving yourself into something as much as you are attaching yourself to a self assumed identity. Don't get me wrong, I watch sports too, but most guys I know have some interest in cars, whether it's just oggling at a shiny new GTR on the street or rebuilding a transmission.
>>13810096
You forgot the third option: his co workers are literally 9 year olds..
>>13810052
>tfw father, father-in-law, best friend since 3rd grade, brother, cousin, friends from college and a couple co-workers are all "car guys"
It's great having an outlet to talk about car shit, I don't understand you guys who don't have /o/tists in your lives. Pic related, my dad's project car (which is in infinitely worse shape than shown)
>>13810044
That sounds kind of hot. But I think anyone who can get passionate about their hobby/hobbies is already better off than people who don't/can't.
>>13810096
Came in to say this, thanks anon.
>>13810085
This.
>go to work
>do what's needed to earn money
>go home
>wrench
>pay for car with money earned from job
>repeat
>>13810092
check'd. people will ask me about what i've been doing recently and i'll start talking about wrenching and i can literally watch their eyes glaze over unless they're a pre-confirmed wrench homie. keep it simple and in the form of factoids and you'll totally be popular and shit.
>be me
>come to /o/
>passion for cars
Lol
Vroom vroom race cars !!!
Take theat you freaks
>>13810085
Honestly, man if you have this normies vs us mentality, life is going to suck hard.
Do you really wanna go through life thinking that everyone automatically hates you for random innocuous bullshit. Yeah, people do and I hate to this but they're the autists. I see this siege mentality horseshit in gun and gaming culture and if you actually want social acceptance, maybe it's time to drop it
>>13810096
He's 22, and all I did was ask him if he saw the Kenseth/Logano wreck at the NASCAR race.
>>13810128
I mean, if you're a hipster/SJW/art school dropout everyone hates you automatically anyway Anon-kun.
>>13810130
It's nascar what did you expect? NASCAR is redneck as fuck to most people
>>13810130
>NASCAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNViB8UEGmM
>>13810139
For good reasons most likely, all of what you described are pretty much assholes
>>13810130
>hey didya watch that clown get eviscerated at the rodeo las' night?
>MOO MOO HEADS OF CATTLE!!!
>>13810128
I don't, I'm just naturally introverted. I type way more than I talk. My main means of happiness are driving and car stuff, videogames, the good threads on here, and my dog.
>>13809984
>compensate for masculinity
It's true though.
It's well known that many acts of male aggression are best understood as responses to anxiety about living up to standards of masculinity and continual pressure to prove oneself.
This is especially problematic in western society because there are no formal initiation rituals into manhood like many tribes do, so men in western society are left to affirm their manhood through activities like beating women, catcalling, projecting accusations homosexuality onto other males, and owning souped-up cars and driving too fast. (aka hooning).
Source: I have a degree in anthropology.
>>13810162
Be content with that then, why get upset over what other think?
You don't commit crimes or fuck people over on a daily basis so what moral authority do they have to judge just for your interests?
And I'm introverted as fuck too but I'd rather not let social anxiety get in the way of living my life
>>13810178
I don't, I mean it's not like that. I just throw the "normies" word around for non-car people. Maybe plebs or something would be better. I'm not really even socially anxious, just don't have a ton of interest in it.
>>13810168
>implying homosexuals don't hoon
what are dykes on bikes for $100, Alex?
>>13810185
Proles sounds better when you think about it
>>13810185
i prefer the term "casuals", b/c they should not touch me and they're filthy.
>>13810168
>implying
Face it, you got a degree in armchair psychology and have no proofs but anecdotal "it would make sense that way"
>>13810168
>This is especially against my religion in western society because there are no formal initiation rituals into manhood like many tribes do, so men in western society are left to affirm their manhood through activities like beating women, catcalling, projecting accusations homosexuality onto other males, and owning souped-up cars and driving too fast. (aka hooning).
So fucking based
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-church-of-social-just/mjmedjkamfhiiafaekaemicbofipfpnd?hl=en
>>13809954
Where the hell do you live? Do you just inject cars into every conversation or introduction with someone? I've never had this problem
>>13810130
>Asking about NASCAR
>get laughed at for VROOM VROOM RACE CARS GOING IN A CIRCLE AW YEAH
You deserved that.
>>13810168
>Source: I have a degree in anthropology.
In other words, you don't know anything about the real world and have been brainwashed by idiot professors who have never worked a real job?
>>13810033
Fuck off Ethan
>>13810130
was it random and unwelcomed or was it somehow related?
>>13810542
Lol
>>13809963
>>13809954
I had someone do this to me once
I just went "FUCK YEAH RACECARS" and went for a fist bump. It was successful.
turns out he was tying to meme IRL and it just came out awkward as fuck. some people are like that.
>>13810542
Let's see your phd then.
>>13809954
>start new job a month ago
>new boss has a ferrari 360 and a caterham
>he used to race in the caterham academy
feels good man
>>13811194
Don't have one, but I majored in something that actually meant I could find a real job that contributes to society instead of leeching off it like teaching or make-work social justice bullshit. Having a PhD in anthropology doesn't mean you're not an idiot, it just means you're a pompous idiot.
>>13811194
we should see yours first.
>>13811236
>anthropology
humanities majors are the worst people
I don't understand where you would meet people like this. I've never heard people say liking cars is weird. It's still a very prevalent hobby.
The only place I've ever heard someone seriously degrade another for their vehicle is here. I don't mean "oh look at that ricer," either.
>>13810123
underrated post
>>13811271
probably in the more "progressive" areas, like san francisco, I'm guessing. from my experience, becoming a car guy was a good choice for me, socially. I made some friends with this interest, more than I have with others. and your right, /o/ is actually a really negative place sometimes.
>>13811294
That's a good point. I don't have a lot of experience in big liberal cities, so I can't really provide any input toward that. I will say that it helps to have more than one hobby.
i.e. I enjoy guns, cars, vidya. It helps you become more relatable to more people
>>13811236
>majored in something that actually meant I could find a real job that contributes to society
So any engineering, computer science or medical degree? If not you might as well have dropped out of art school.
>>13811312
Yes, CS.
>>13811312
>computer science
>medical degree
>a real job
kek
economy/finance>mining of any kind>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else
>>13811318
Skilled trade>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>13809954
Do they really say that? How old are you/they?
Pic is what you look like at your office job.
>>13811316
>CS
My nigga
>>13811318
>pic related
>>13811320
skilled trade is not really a career
>>13811336
>brain surgery is not a career
>computer programming is not a career
>having 200 men ejaculate on you in front of a camera is not a career
u wot?
>>13810918
Underrated post
>>13811278
And if you pronounce the e he put in that,kinda dramatic/passionate
>>13811336
>become electrician
>make great dosh
>do it for years
How is it not a career? Fucking McDonalds isn't a career.
>>13810168
What about eastern Muslims beating women and children?
They aren't westerners hooning.
Rastafarians also treat women like crap,they aren't white westerners.
Pic=fuck yeah,pussy.
>>13810067
Dang,this guy is right.
Quick,call him a fag!
>>13811310
I had hobbies, just none that other people could relate to. I liked doing things with my computer and listening to obscure music during high school. everyone at school was into sports (which I'll probably never have an interest in) and vidya
when I got a job it was easier to find other hobbies. my parents thought vidya would ruin the Tv, but when I got a job I was able to by my own tv and system. and of course, buy my own car.
I'd like to get into guns, but being "that super quiet kid that everyone thought was going shoot up the school one day owning a gun". nah, maybe when I move out of this stupid town.
>>13811504
Damn dude that sucks. When I went to high school my friends and I had LAN parties every weekend playing Counter-Strike. I mean, we even convinced the school to help us setup a "computer networking" club in the guise of getting our Microsoft certification just so we can play more Counter-Strike or Starcraft.
You literally live in a shithole Anon.
>>13811504
Fuck people, buy guns
Just cut your hair and stand up straight and people won't think you're an autist
>>13811530
Talking the required amount in a social situation helps as well.
>>13810168
>men dont beat women in third world shitholes
>>13810085
You mean introvert?
>>13811529
did you post something like this on /g/ before? this sounds oddly familiar.
and yeah, it's pretty much an ag only town. full of mexicans who spoke mostly spanish. there was like ten white people, who I mainly just hung out with because they were white and spoke english, didn't have that much in common. so yeah, wasn't the best place to stretch my social muscles.
>>13811530
hair is cut, dress like a normie. have some trouble with this >>13811542 though. small talk is a bitch.
>mfw most of them ain't got no license yet
>>13811584
Nah, I'm exclusively /o/ and /m/, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone from my circle of HS friends posts in /g/.
>>13811623
oh ok. that could be.
>>13810109
>But I think anyone who can get passionate about their hobby/hobbies is already better off than people who don't/can't.
I couldn't agree more. It really burns my ass when people rip on someone for being really into something. You don't have to understand why a person has a particular hobby, just understand that a hobby is a good thing.
>>13809984
>It gets lumped in with 'Murica and muh guns and attempts to compensate for masculinity.
Because liberals hate freedom.
Cars = Freedom
Guns = Freedom
Murica = Possibly some freedom left
Plus the lefties are mentally ill degenerates that can't stop thinking of sex so they will do anything to incorporate that into some form of insult.
>>13814789
America doesn't have a "left", you stupid seppo.
>>13814789
this is borderline insanity or else my definition of left-leaning is very very wrong
>>13810004
Actually in the 21st century, the top 5 hobbies are:
>sports
>gambling
>bitching about superhero A vs superhero B
>being "fit" (with steroids)
>sucking up to feminists in the hope that one day, you'll get some pussy
>>13810168
>degree in social studies
Arts degree > eating shit for money > womens studies > social studies
>>13814820
If you look at many countries that are very left leaning, like much of Scandinavia, they heavily tax "freedom" stuff like cars. They consider any sort of car a luxury there and want you to use public transportation to travel across icy tundras.
Houses are super expensive there too, despite the super low population density.
>>13814789
>Cars = Freedom
hohohoho
>>13810168
> enjoying driving cars fast is impossible
> it has to be an attempt to show off
>>13815077
Just cause you have a car doesn't mean you have to drive it in traffic all the time. I drove from california to oregon just today, that's pretty free I think.
>>13815077
>banning those narrow enough to use the area between lanes as a separate one from using them
Shiggy
>>13809954
>work at an off road racing shop
>cars and dirt bikes is literally the only things we talk about
feels good man
>>13809984
It was never "cool". Not in conversation anyway. It's cool once people like see your nice project car or something, but outside of that no one thinks it's cool.
It was cool in the late 60's and 70's, but that died with the gas crisis.
People think you're a manchild if you say you're into racing these days. People don't get it. They don't understand how hard racing is. How much money it makes / how much money is put into it. How actually physically and mentally demanding it is. How scary it is to go that fast even with safety shit. They think of it like a toy hobby.
They think you just sit in it and step on the gas. Literally no concept of it at all. It might as well be WWF to them. "How hard could it be?? hurr"
Whatever, people that "dont get it" are still better than "car guys" via reddit and jalopnik.
>>13809954
>anything but small talk with coworkers
you're doing it wrong. nobody cares about your life story.
>>13815660
This picture confuses me.
>>13815810
i think it's meant to be a motorcycle lanesplitting.
but i dont understand the sydney exit sign. unless there's a town called sydney in america.
>sitting in class watching a WEC race stream
>a bunch of students sitting in front of me who talk about soccer 24/7
>one of them asks me to show them what I'm watching so I show them
>wtf are you watching anon this is so boring
>well I enjoy it just like how you enjoy soccer
>proceeds to tell the other people he talks to that I'm watching something boring and they try to make fun of it
Some people are just assholes, so don't worry about it
>>13810168
You realize your anthropological rant is scientifically about as valuable as a quote from the Bible? Soft science as fuck, basically unprovable, unrefutable opinion with no basis other than your own biases.
>>13815818
>Slower traffic keep left
>>13815827
You should have told him Soccer is a fucking awful sport full of high class drama queens who fake injuries and hump other men
>>13810168
I agree that initiation rites into manhood should be more of a thing, but if you think domestic violence and reckless behavior is a western thing, you're way out of touch. Go visit literally any poor as fuck third world nation in the company of an attractive woman and see how respectfully she's treated (you won't be impressed).
>>13809954
>not just asking the guy what the fuck was his problem or just telling him to fuck off
beta to be honest
>>13810168
>implying that men who go through initiation rights don't beat women, act violently, call others faggots, show off with material possessions
For a person with a degree in anthropology you are hilariously ignorant about other cultures. You need to travel the world instead of being some self proclaimed expert because you earned a piece of paper at uni.
Your coworkers are lowlives plebs unless you talk about how to make your '92 Civic sonic fast all day every day.
Your coworkers main interests include:
>Bastardized ethnic food
>Safety
>Crossovers and econoboxes
>Social media
>Mobile games
They hate
>Cars that are not crossovers and econoboxes
>Actual quality food
>Console, PC or board games
>Any kind of risk
>Depth
Next time you talk to them talk about how you went on a CRAZY night trying that new german-japanese fusion restaurant or ask them what's better between a Chevy Trax and a CR-V.
>>13810130
>talking about nascurr
>being offended when told VROOM VROOM RACE CARS
OP confirmed for literal retard
It's simple. Don't be a faggot
>>13815698
>Whatever, people that "dont get it" are still better than "car guys" via reddit and jalopnik.
Unfortunately, that's true.
>>13816407
This is true. The reddit/Jalopnik car crowd is truly some of the most ignorant, cringey douchetards out there. They're cancer incarnate.
>>13816772
Are we really all that much better? Jalopnik/carthrottle is meme cancer incarnate, but reddit's car community seems basically the same as here, just a bit less.....4chan-y.
>>13811260
Edgy
Graduate undergrad
>>13810248
What makes you a man is not what you consume it is what you produce. Do you own a home and make enough to support a whole family?
