"Lets Just Drive" (lets-just-drive)
03/10/2014 at 23:58 • Filed to: None
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"Lets Just Drive" (lets-just-drive)
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So !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! appeared on Jalopnik, by way of Wert's Personal No-You-Cannot-Comment-Plebeian blog. I watched and I laughed and you probably did, too...
... and then you probably made the same mistake I did in clicking on the plethora of unapproved, gray-text comments. Once you did that, like me, you too were doomed because reasons and opinions.
It's obvious why there are so few approved commentators on Wert's blog - he's a God and cannot deign to come down from upon high to mingle with us mortal folk; and I'm okay with that. What is also obvious is that we are some conflicted hypocrites around here.
Why am I making this post about a post? Because of the replies, because of the cornucopia of comments claiming that anyone who dares fuck with another persons car has gone too far, which seem in conflict with the general attitude towards Asshat Parking jobs. It's incongruous.
If I snap a picture of your poorly parked personal vehicle, and I blur out the plates, and I share it with a quippy headline, that's okay. But it doesn't really do anything. Where-as, if I puncture my water bottle and pretend to piss on the car when the owner comes back, I've got whatever I've got coming but I'm still in the right . Because I'm not pissing, so it's okay. But it's not okay to use pretend spray paint, like pretend piss, because that crosses a line? Or a shopping cart, or I park really close to you...
If you ask me; what this kid did was completely above the line, it was on the good side of bad yet there seems to be a lot of "I'd mess this guy up if it were me..." attitude alongside. Why? Is it because you also park like an asshat from time to time? Or is it that you're worried this sets a dangerous precedent? But I thought you didn't participate in these kinds of antics, given your many replies to other Asshat Parking Posts, yet here we are with you telling me that this goes too far and that the moment you mess with another persons ride, it's over - give me the Man Card, you're done.
What do you think, Oppo?
Do ethics win; the parking person was in the wrong, but two wrongs do not make a right, thus the only authority properly authorized and equipped to resolve this conflict are the proper authorities (I therefore abstain from involvement short of notification of the aforementioned proper authorities)?
Do morals win; the offense begins with the selfish parking job and ends with a socially justified balance on returns - ie, asshat parking warrants any equal reaction from the placement of a rude note to vandalism of property?
Does passion win the day; fuck you for your fuckery, now I'm gonna fuck-up your fucked fuckery, motherfucker because fucking reasons!
Personally, I believe any response should be measured equally between these schools of thought, but that's really just an empty way of saying, "I think the best course of action is to undertake the best course of action." It's hollow.
In the Seinfeld example, would Frank's car have been less damaged if parked across two normal spaces by George, rather than a single handicapped space?
Brian Silvestro
> Lets Just Drive
03/10/2014 at 23:59 |
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I think the most optimal thing to do one day is to go around with a bunch of people, and physically pick up each car and put it in a spot.
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> Brian Silvestro
03/11/2014 at 00:03 |
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Dear Asshat,
You clearly cannot park, so we did it for you.
Signed,
A Bunch Of Rugby Players.
The reader is like, "I'm pissed off at being called an Asshat, but since it's being done by a bunch of Rugbyists, I'm good."
bob and john
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:03 |
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well, it wasn't permanent paint. so i dont think its that bad. and most of the ass-hats double parked in crowed areas, so i dont see tht as being so bad.
HOWEVER, if there is a 100k+ car parked in the back, with no one else around it, and its taking up 2 spaces, and he went and messed with THAT car, then i would have an issue.
E30Joe drives a Subaru
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:05 |
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I think that was a pretty fair punishment since it just wipes off.
Makes them damn near crap their pants but there are no real consequences. Personally I just park in the back, with a curb on one side of me. I need the workout anyways and I wont get any dings.
NoahthePorscheGuy
> bob and john
03/11/2014 at 00:08 |
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agreed. Also if the lot is pretty empty, I don't really care, but then again if you are that worried you should park away from the door.
thedevilinside
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:08 |
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I don't like the fake spray paint because I don't know enough about it. I once had my car windows drawn on with windshield paint/chalk. No I wasn't parked badly or anything, they "thought it was someone else's car." No big deal right? Wrong, it was a hot day and it took a long time and chemicals I had to use carefully to get it off even though it was supposed to be harmless.
The double parkers are idiots and deserve something, but messing with the car isn't the right move here.
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:15 |
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This is across the line
I think double-parking is a bit across the line, too....
The Dummy Gummy
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:17 |
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"You mad bro?"
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Let's Neanderthal it out and fight bro
"Don't even bro"
YSI-what can brown do for you
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:19 |
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I liked when he went up to the FRS and said "this is a nice car"
*ego inflates*
Big Bubba Ray
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:19 |
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I don't see the need people feel to "do" something when somebody does a terrible job parking. I laugh, sometimes take a picture, and simply shrug it off. Yes, that person is an asshat, or just awful at parking their car, but there is nothing that can be done.
Even though the spray paint is fake and admittedly kind of funny, these guys should have just let it go instead of making a video out of it, in my opinion. I think it's kind of immature to pull something like this. Even though I would never park like that, I'd be pissed beyond belief if somebody did that to my car.
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> bob and john
03/11/2014 at 00:20 |
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Oddly, I wouldn't.
I'd get it, I'd understand being outraged and if it were my car I'd probably see red but I wouldn't have, in my opinion, any real grounds upon which to cry foul.
First, I learned when I was about five years old that I'm responsible for my things and it's not everyone else's responsibility to make sure my things are OK. There's common sense which says, "Everyone should do unto others as..." but that's an altruistic load of crap and the only way you can control how others treat your things is to be responsible for your own things. No one should key another persons car, but it happens and if you want to be 100% sure it won't; you behave responsibly. It's like pregnancy - you can use condoms and the pill and a well trained, spermicidal monkey but the only way to be 100% sure you're not going to become a parent is to not fuck (around). This lesson extends to the rest of life as well.
Second, having nice things does not grant a person a level of social privilege beyond the expectations we all share. It is an irrational expectation based on individual perception - at what level is it okay to be a dick? A $100k daily driving Benz gets the same love as a $100k NSX? The expectation of equality is a fundamental cornerstone of our social system yet it is often the foundation for misinterpretation of personal and social responsibility.
Third, we all share this space. I get that you're fairly certain that the space between the walls of your house is your space, but it's really not. It is space which you are presently occupying, sure, but it belongs in equal part to every other member of the species whether you accept that or not. Your vehicle may occupy a number of parking spaces and your perception may be that you therefore are in possession of that space but this is not a fact borne out by evidence and once the temporary nature of spatial ownership is acknowledged we realize that the importance of personal responsibility for our possessions is of greater immediate effectiveness than that of the greater social responsibility.
Putting that all together, I come away with two options:
1.) It's Beyond The Thunderdome; admit that the laws and expectations of society are entirely contrived by a single species and in recognizing this fact take 100% personal responsibility for your participation in the homosapien social structure. This is - park where you want but also carry a gun. Ie, "Don't talk softly, but still carry a stick because motherfuckers are out to get you."
2.) We're On Our Way To Utopia, So Shut Up. This is the scenario that says, "I am a participant in society and I accept all of the burdens of participation even if that means that when I'm in a hurry and I had to take the Ferrari and I tried to be nice and park at the back of the lot across two spaces so I wouldn't get door dings I fully understand why that person left a rude note on my car and parked a dozen shopping carts around it..."
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> Big Bubba Ray
03/11/2014 at 00:23 |
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I agree, it's immature.
Yet, parking selfishly regardless of ones attempts to minimize their selfishness, is socially irresponsible and some would say, immature.
Like often begets like, not that I condone this behavior but, and this is important, even in their attempts to minimize the impact what people often see, regardless of conditions, is a big "fuck you" to their own life struggles. "You can afford a Ferrari and you're taking up two spaces?!"
I don't agree, I just understand.
XJDano
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:26 |
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Come at me bro.
But, you should know that this was at the very opposite of the lot, away from store entrance. I drive trucks like this all the time, and park like this, far far away.
I have no problem with people who want to take up spaces at the end of the lot.
I also agree that you shouldn't touch another man's any thing that you don't have permission to.
Wrong for parking double spaced in crowded areas, wrong for spray painting.
My mother in law got all poised when she parked regular at work in tight spaces, and gets a door ding on her 2013 Ford Taurus. But on the other hand such is the life of a domestic sedan, I mean it's not a Lambo, or is it?
desertdog5051
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:28 |
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I have mixed feelings on the double parkers. If you are so paranoid that you feel it is necessary to do, then park in the farthest back row. That is what I do. I drive a full size truck and it takes up 99% of most spaces that are made for small cars. I can walk. I am not that old yet. When I can't, I will probably get a limper permit and park right up front in the big spaces.
If you choose to pull that stuff close up, you are open to any non-permanent mischief that anyone wants to inflict.
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> thedevilinside
03/11/2014 at 00:28 |
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It would be nice if double parking immediately incurred a penalty, such as a violation citation.
Then again, it would also be nice if police treated every action which contravenes the laws and rules of the road with equal tenacity yet the focus remains on speeders and street racers while daily dummies are allowed to bumble about in their numbers.
A friend of mine is being prohibited from driving for six months because of two tickets despite his over fifteen year-long driving record which is spotless. He is being branded a terror and a danger to those around him while those who are genuinely ignorant of the rules of the road are allowed to flounder around in their ignorance because enforcement cannot be bothered to bother.
I have friends in enforcement and they've so much as said that they are directed to focus on one time of road-crime while ignoring the other.
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> vdub_nut: scooter snob
03/11/2014 at 00:28 |
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I see what you did there.
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> XJDano
03/11/2014 at 00:32 |
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Woah, bro. Woah.
Former cabbie here and I need to make something perfectly clear which may be unpopular with many Opponauts and that is; I believe that people who depend upon the roads for their living are entitled to a greater level of privilege than those who simply commute on it.
Thus; I always give way to truckers, to busses, to cabbies and to emergency vehicles (even when there is no emergency). You had to park your three axle across two or three spaces? Don't care. Why? Because you're still only using the space you need to park and get out and you're not doing it because you have a personal possession to protect - that truck is your job.
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> vdub_nut: scooter snob
03/11/2014 at 00:32 |
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What you did there?
I see it.
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> E30Joe drives a Subaru
03/11/2014 at 00:34 |
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I park at the back, where I'm out of the way, but I still try to avoid taking multiple spaces and when I do, because I'm in a hurry to pick up something for the baby, I fully accept responsibility for that choice and while I'd be pissed if I came out to this, I'd also be aware that it's 100% my fault - and as I was pummelling that dick with the paint I'd be shouting, "I accept responsibility for your actions and now you need to accept responsibility for mine!"
Realistic expectations, that's what it's all about.
M54B30
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:46 |
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Hmm not a single one was a BMW....
In all seriousness, these people get what they deserve.
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 00:51 |
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(Despite having a printing issue) What is wrong with this and a picture upload (as long as you blank out the plate)?
I used to have a stack in my XT. I'm a tree-killer, yes, I know.
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> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
03/11/2014 at 00:56 |
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I am in favor of this approach.
The Transporter
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 01:20 |
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This reaction picture summed up all of those comments:
There are some that have their ego and self worth tied directly to their car. Lots of those types of people double park because they think that they and their car are the exception to the rule. Posting a picture of a double-parking asshat with a pixelated plate doesn't really rustle their jimmies, in fact it strokes their egos. Knowing that their actions rustled someone else's jimmies enough to take a photo and put it online confirms their "IRL badassery" because taking a picture doesn't really do anything. They feel like they got away with some sort of a crime. This inflates their ego and reinforces their narcissism.
But showing a video of someone actually doing something, even something symbolic like using fake spray paint, sends their jimmies into maximum overrustle. After all, this could have been their car, their ego and self worth, that could have been symbolically desecrated. In a desperation move to regain their collective self worth, they spring into full internet tough guy mode. We know that everything they say is 110% talk and if anyone tried this with them they'd all be waking around with their dick in their hands just like all the fuckers in the video, but it makes them feel better.
Milky
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 01:44 |
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Because everyone is a internet tough guy - "Don't fuck with my car bro!!!".
I thought it was funny, hope its real, and don't think its that bad. Don't want door dings? By all means please proceed to the back of the lot. All of those cars had cars next to one of the spaces they were occupying, therefore:
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> The Transporter
03/11/2014 at 03:57 |
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This.
So much this.
Moar this, please.
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> Milky
03/11/2014 at 03:58 |
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That picture.
HA!
Mbdurham
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 08:54 |
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Don't mess with someone's car whether it is fake paint or not.
However this I am ok with as it's not the actual car
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XJDano
> Lets Just Drive
03/11/2014 at 21:11 |
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Actually, its not necessarly the job, just another tool for the job.
and just messing, I am hardly serious. If I didn't care so much about my side mirrors I'd be parking right up to another car. Side mirrors are about $30-40