ZOMG!! Somebody destroyed an innocent Monte Carlo to make *this*??

"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib) 03/31/2016 at 23:09 • Filed to: None

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A clusterf**k on wheels. With an ugly-ass stock interior.

Blondude > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/31/2016 at 23:11

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INB4 someone shits on you for using rape.

Also, ugggh:

ranwhenparked > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/31/2016 at 23:12

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It’s a Custom Cloud, a relic of the 1970s craze for anything that resembled 1930s luxury. As if the Monte Carlo’s pontoon fenders, formal roofline, and upright grille weren’t enough to begin with, they grafted that Rolls-Royce grille on the front to, I guess, imitate the Lincoln Continental Mark III.

HammerheadFistpunch > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/31/2016 at 23:14

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Its not the worst thing ive seen, but ive seen some things...

CB > Blondude 03/31/2016 at 23:14

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Dammit, now I can’t shit on him. Foiled again!

Baeromez > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/31/2016 at 23:28

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It needs at least a 3" drop in ride height, but I can dig it.

Birddog > Blondude 03/31/2016 at 23:29

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That looks like a C mounting a C.

Birddog > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/31/2016 at 23:30

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No “stacked quad” headlights?

Looks fine to me. Better than factory TBH.

Xyl0c41n3 > HammerheadFistpunch 04/01/2016 at 00:28

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Hey, señor mod.... A joke is being made about it, but I’ll be the bitch everyone already thinks I am and lodge my concern with you since you’re already here:

The use of the word “rape” in this post is not appreciated. It’s not cool to make light of a horrendous crime that is perpetuated against one in five women and one in six men. And as one quick look to the Oppo FP shows, I’m not the only one bothered by the cavalier use of the term.

Thank you for your time.

Sam > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 01:00

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I don’t see any light being made of rape here. It’s being used by definition - someone has done something absolutely awful (like raping it) to this Monte Carlo. He didn’t say anything about rape being funny, good, amusing, nice, or any other positive sentiment towards the subject.

Xyl0c41n3 > Sam 04/01/2016 at 01:49

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Did you read what you wrote?

LOREM IPSUM > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 02:24

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Perhaps he was using the french translation of the word “grated/shredded”?

The first time I saw a big jar of Kraft “Cheddar Rape” on the shelf, I did a heluva double take.

Damn Canadian multilingual labeling laws!

thereisnospork > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 03:57

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If rape wasn’t horrible the title wouldn’t make much sense. “Somebody consensually cuddled an innocent Monte Carlo to make *this*” doesn’t quite carry the same gravitas or color in its characterization of the subject at hand, don’t you agree? Now everything is a matter of degrees of course, for instance *this* could be replaced with *this abortion* for added vividness at the cost of unpleasentness, but quite frankly you’re out of line with your objection to what is a commonly-used and correctly* pejorative verb.

*As opposed to, for instance, ‘gay’ there isn’t a movement(?) to reclaim ‘rape’ to a positive or neutral connotation

LongbowMkII > thereisnospork 04/01/2016 at 05:59

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Someone destroyed this Monte Carlo.

That was easy.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 06:45

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kill it with fire!

pauljones > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 11:57

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The modifications made to the car might represent poor taste and judgment, but no more so than your rather poor taste and judgment in word choice.

There are other, more appropriate ways to convey your meaning. Please be aware of that going forward.

Brian, The Life of > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 12:13

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I get the sensitivity of any woman, really anyone who has been physically abused regardless of gender, to the word “rape.” However, it is not reasonable to object to a word that has been used (properly) by one of it’s alternate meanings. While we most commonly associate the word with forced sexual intercourse, that is just one of the definitions. This is not a case justifying any moderator intervention.

HammerheadFistpunch > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 12:15

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Thought about this all this morning and I’ve raised it in the group, Its insensitive and poor choice of words. I will add my comments to pauljones bellow to reflect that.

HammerheadFistpunch > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 12:15

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Ditto Pauljones comment bellow

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 12:26

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Apologies for the faux pas. There was no intent to make light of anything so horrendous. Unfortunately kinja won't let me alter the lede.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > pauljones 04/01/2016 at 12:28

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Apologies for my boorishness. It was late when I posted. However, kinja won't let me change the lede.

Xyl0c41n3 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 12:29

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Heh. No worries. I’m just glad you used the word “lede.”

Journalist?

Xyl0c41n3 > HammerheadFistpunch 04/01/2016 at 12:30

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 12:32

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Of sorts. I do my own auto reviews and post them to Oppo.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Birddog 04/01/2016 at 12:33

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Gaaaakkk... You. Must. Be. Joking . My first car was a ‘75 M/C so that’s probably why I find this more revolting than most would.

Xyl0c41n3 > Brian, The Life of 04/01/2016 at 12:34

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I disagree with your thoughts on the “reasonable(ness)” of my objection (that word is, in this instance, a little too close to tone policing for my tastes), but I respect your difference of opinion.

Thank you for the dictionary screencap, but I also have access to a dictionary. I think you’re splitting hairs here, and as I mentioned below to HHFP, I wasn’t the only one who had a problem with the term. Someone else went through the trouble of making a separate post explaining why it bothered them .

Anyhoo, lunch beckons. Thank you for your time.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Baeromez 04/01/2016 at 12:34

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I disagree. It needs about a 500' drop.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ranwhenparked 04/01/2016 at 12:38

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Lessee.. Only thing they missed are the exposed flexi-chrome exhaust pipes like the Excalibur, Continental kit on the trunk and landau bars on the roof. (gaaaak) My fist car was a '75 M/C so I find this particularly offensive. Of the four GM coupes that shared the platform I always thought the baroque elements of the Monte the best looking of the four.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > HammerheadFistpunch 04/01/2016 at 12:40

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Unfortunately kinja won't let me edit the lede.

Brian, The Life of > Xyl0c41n3 04/01/2016 at 12:51

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I don’t think I’m splitting hairs when one of the word’s accepted definitions is exactly appropriate for Turbineguy’s usage. Words have meaning. I realize you are not getting a consistent response from us Mods on this. It’s confusing because you’re hearing more what you want to hear from some but not for me. I’m sorry about that confusion but not about my position. I as much as any Mod has your back when it comes to sexism/misogyny here on Oppo. We have no tolerance for it for good reason but we also have to be reasonable and I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree that the word “rape” in this case is at all offensive.

pauljones > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2016 at 12:54

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I’ll handle that for you. I’m substituting in the word “destroyed.”

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Brian, The Life of 04/01/2016 at 22:02

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sounds like oldspeak. do you have to be rehabilitated?

thereisnospork > LongbowMkII 04/01/2016 at 22:53

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“Someone destroyed this Monte Carlo” is the Toyota Corolla of titles. Sure it gets the job done but there is no soul. You might as well write “This Monte Carlo doubleplusungood.”

LongbowMkII > thereisnospork 04/02/2016 at 06:56

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This was the Youabian Puma of titles.

Doubleplusungood works too.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > pauljones 04/02/2016 at 10:45

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Impressive. When did you acquire these ninja powers?