Why do some people not care, at all, about automobiles?

"pjhusa" (pjhuskinja)
10/23/2015 at 17:15 • Filed to: LETTERS TO DOUG, LETTERS TO MYSELF

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Today’s question that I’ve presented is: why do some people not care, at all, about automobiles?

I understand not liking them, for we each have our own interests, or there are reasons detracting from the subject. For example, the most basic reason for viewing automobiles in spite is that “they run on fossil fuels, and those are soooo bad—now I have to go look at dank meme$ and buy a Starbucks and post it on Snapchat”. Or, “I almost got run over by a car; now I’m traumatized forever!” Finally, there’s that YouTube commenter that says “oh pshhhht—my unicycle will destroy your maxima everytiem (Doug DeMuro reference)“.

What I don’t get is why people are so ignorant to not even know the most basic car makes and models. For example “he drives a blue car.” What type of car??? I care, darn it! Or, “I my car got rear ended, but I can’t tell which brand it is. Do I drive a Toyota or Infiniti?” How can one not tell? This is what irritates me about this topic.

So, I’ve come to the point in which I’ve figured: people don’t care for cars for the same reason that I don’t care for “dank meme$” or Snapchat. We, as a community, I presume, spend too much time paying attention to ours and others’ cars. Those people care too much on their social media and coffee.

There are also those YouTube commenters who find that their “unicycle will destroy your maxima everytiem”.

EDIT: Okay, it seems that people mistook the whole article for “showing an interest” than ignorance (ignorance about cars, e.g. not knowing brand was what I meant). All thanks to my bad choice of wording.

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DISCUSSION (21)

deprecated account > pjhusa
10/23/2015 at 17:19

Sorry m9, but those who do not liek dank memes are not well cum here.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > pjhusa
10/23/2015 at 17:21

Not caring about cars I can understand, but not knowing what you drive is absolutely inexcusable.

pjhusa > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
10/23/2015 at 17:22

That is part of the ignorance—right there

CB > pjhusa
10/23/2015 at 17:22

Do you know where your clothes are from? Or do you just throw on whatever when you walk out the door in the morning? If yes to the second one, congratulations, that’s how people feel about cars.

pjhusa > deprecated account
10/23/2015 at 17:23

Kinja'd!!!

I don’t know whether this is a joke or legit.

pjhusa > CB
10/23/2015 at 17:24

Actually the first. But rather lazily at that.

Under_Score > deprecated account
10/23/2015 at 17:24

Rt. Mountain Dew and Obey snapbacks are crucial for the survival of OppositeLock.

Tripper > pjhusa
10/23/2015 at 17:28

“What I don’t get is why people are so ignorant to not even know the most basic car makes and models. For example “he drives a blue car.” What type of car??? I care, darn it! Or, “I my car got rear ended, but I can’t tell which brand it is. Do I drive a Toyota or Infiniti?” How can one not tell? This is what irritates me about this topic.”

I think the same thing until someone asks me “did you watch the (football team) game?” I barely know any of the rules of football, I probably couldn’t name more than 2 active players, and I don’t hear from most of my friends on Sunday because they know that I would rather go to the dentist than sit through 5 minutes of a football game. However I’m glad football exists and that it has such a nutso religious following because Sunday afternoons during football season are amazing! You can go to the store, go for a drive etc... everyone else is watching football!

Under_Score > pjhusa
10/23/2015 at 17:29

I know nothing about fridges, but I know what brand my family has. Same could be said for cars. I just think some people aren’t observant.