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I can't see any gain in the trailing leg that racers do these days - it just looks WRONG
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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They crave attention because they're narcissistic or suffer from serious inadequacies.
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I tend to think that it's a lot like an infant with a noisemaker toy.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I wanna say what I usually call it, but it's soooooooo not safe for the lounge. So, let's just pretend I said something witty and funny.
Jeremy Falcon
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No need to pretend, my friend!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Well, if you just paid a lot of money for a toy, wouldn't you want to show it off to as many people as possible?
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Yes, but I wouldn't want to annoy the hell out of them with it!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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South Park addressed this a couple years ago. Worth checking out the entire episode, even though it contains 'bad' language (as does this clip): South Park Bikers[^]
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Ha ha ha ha. I did the same exact thing.
Jeremy Falcon
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generally caused by an over abundance of testosterone.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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Compensating for a lack thereof.
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That's not testosterone, quite the opposite. Testosterone is the happy hormone that helps bone density, muscle mass, mood, etc. Only low T people with jealousy blame everything on T man. Loud peeps is just attention seeking and immaturity. There are plenty of low T dudes who are effeminate that also need attention.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've ridden and raced motorcycles all my life - went to the IOM TT and manx GP about 20 times and never felt the need to make more noise than was absolutely necessary - some people are just dumb
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Zackly. I preferred my sports bikes not to attract attention.
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Why attract unwanted attention from Mr Plod ? they dislike us enough as it is.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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your just an old fart, loud, flashy and fast is the hallmark of the young and stupid.
Personally I like the idea of the electric bikes, a gentle whine at the threshold of hearing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: electric bikes, a gentle whine at the threshold of hearing. So much easier to sneak up on unsuspecting pedestrians!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Don't you get points for pedestrians with their nose and eyes glued to their smartphone?
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You'd need a small thermonuclear device to get their attention. 0 points.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Do they drive past you whilst coding. Are they a common feature in your neck of the woods so as to be a frequent nuisance whilst commuting to favorite coffee shop. I have been fortunate to reside in locales some distance from main roads w/ result small number of traffic. However I am intimately acquainted w/ loud noise. At a prior such residence a quiet condominium w/ exception of insane neighbors on one occasion the grass trimming / cutting was performed w/ a powered hand held device emitting such volume I was unable to hear my own thoughts and had the impression w/o exaggeration a 1,000lb gorilla was in my room. How the operator maintained his hearing I can not imagine. Thankfully as stated it was a one time event. As for insane neighbors I can only hope they reside in the most insane parts of hell.
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In a word, yes. My building is situated right on a main road, in fact the only road that leads in and out of my town.
I hear everything, police sirens, firetruck sirens, loud cars and loud motorcycles.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Influence - in the community, loud is assimilated to powerful and performance.
Do not underestimate the power of mass consciousness, it is everywhere. At least people who likes Apple do not make noise
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Same reason some car owners have loud exhausts that pop and bang on the overrun, and are competing with the doomf-doomf-doomf of their ridiculously loud and distorting in car entertainment. I guess.
The latest car craze that I don't get is wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.
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Alister Morton wrote: wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.
That's not the owners' fault. The car is simply worn out after a long, hard day on the road.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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