Does driving an SUV make you a jerk?
January 9, 2003 11:40 AM Subscribe
Does driving an SUV make you a jerk? Or perhaps only jerks drive SUVs? According to the Boulder Weekly and a recent book by a NYT writer, being an imbecile is a prerequisite for owning one of these vehicles. Oh, and they tend to kill lots of people too.
This post was deleted for the following reason: another SUV post? I mean really, another?
I think this was beaten to death yesterday.
And if it turns out it wasn't, I'm going to abstain from discussion anyway. It angers up the blood.
posted by SweetJesus at 11:48 AM on January 9, 2003
And if it turns out it wasn't, I'm going to abstain from discussion anyway. It angers up the blood.
posted by SweetJesus at 11:48 AM on January 9, 2003
I'm glad to see the art of the Hasty Generalization is alive and well.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:50 AM on January 9, 2003
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:50 AM on January 9, 2003
I think this was beaten to death yesterday.
Nah, it just rolled over and burst into flames.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 11:52 AM on January 9, 2003
Nah, it just rolled over and burst into flames.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 11:52 AM on January 9, 2003
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Hell Yes!
Hell No!
Moron!
Imbecile!
Pig!
Socialist!
.
It depends.
(there, that about covers it.)
posted by jkaczor at 11:52 AM on January 9, 2003
No.
Yes.
No.
Hell Yes!
Hell No!
Moron!
Imbecile!
Pig!
Socialist!
.
It depends.
(there, that about covers it.)
posted by jkaczor at 11:52 AM on January 9, 2003
i read this article recently, and with some of the points fresh in my mind (SUV owners are typically unlikely to go offroading, etc.) saw the new Toyota Forerunner commerical, which has a "country-western" song about a "Software Engineer" who uses his SUV to pick up the kids and shop for groceries.
anyhow, i thought it was hilarious that advertisers in this case saw no need to push the SUV as a *MANLY OUTDOORSMAN TRUCK* as almost every sport utility or truck commerical i've seen lately does, but decided to acknowledge what SUVs are typically used for.
it's hard to say whether it will backfire on them or not.
(and i'd like to plead, briefly, that though this may be a controversial subject for many folks, and the post is phrased to create controversy, we might try to be polite about it)
posted by fishfucker at 11:54 AM on January 9, 2003
anyhow, i thought it was hilarious that advertisers in this case saw no need to push the SUV as a *MANLY OUTDOORSMAN TRUCK* as almost every sport utility or truck commerical i've seen lately does, but decided to acknowledge what SUVs are typically used for.
it's hard to say whether it will backfire on them or not.
(and i'd like to plead, briefly, that though this may be a controversial subject for many folks, and the post is phrased to create controversy, we might try to be polite about it)
posted by fishfucker at 11:54 AM on January 9, 2003
many SUV's are actually propelled by pancake-fuelled engines
posted by matteo at 11:55 AM on January 9, 2003
posted by matteo at 11:55 AM on January 9, 2003
Those darned disappearing species (BBC)
Can Global Warming trigger a sudden Ice Age? (Courtesy of Bob Gogosian, Director of the Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratories)
Anyway, the SUV topic is getting run into the ground a bit.....how about a post on HUGE HOUSES ?
Anyway........
"Who has been buying SUVs since automakers turned them into family vehicles? They tend to be people who are insecure and vain. They are frequently nervous about their marriages and uncomfortable about parenthood. They often lack confidence in their driving skills. Above all, they are apt to be self-centered and self-absorbed, with little interest in the neighbors or communities.
That's not a cynic talking--that's the auto industry's own market researchers and executives." - from a WBUR radio show on Keith Bradsher's "High and Mighty SUVs: The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got that Way, "" (Bradsher was the former New York Times Detroit bureau chief)
posted by troutfishing at 8:29 PM PST on January 8
posted by troutfishing at 11:55 AM on January 9, 2003
Can Global Warming trigger a sudden Ice Age? (Courtesy of Bob Gogosian, Director of the Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratories)
Anyway, the SUV topic is getting run into the ground a bit.....how about a post on HUGE HOUSES ?
Anyway........
"Who has been buying SUVs since automakers turned them into family vehicles? They tend to be people who are insecure and vain. They are frequently nervous about their marriages and uncomfortable about parenthood. They often lack confidence in their driving skills. Above all, they are apt to be self-centered and self-absorbed, with little interest in the neighbors or communities.
That's not a cynic talking--that's the auto industry's own market researchers and executives." - from a WBUR radio show on Keith Bradsher's "High and Mighty SUVs: The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got that Way, "" (Bradsher was the former New York Times Detroit bureau chief)
posted by troutfishing at 8:29 PM PST on January 8
posted by troutfishing at 11:55 AM on January 9, 2003
Just wait'll my new Hummer shows up. I'll run your tofu-eating, Greenpeace-loving, tree-hugging, Democrat-voting, buscuit-headed ass over. Then I'll make it a point to drive the 10 yards to my mailbox each and every day. I'll buy high-octane gas and let it idle all night just so it won't get cold.
Jesus, I hate you self-righteous assholes.
posted by mrmanley at 11:59 AM on January 9, 2003
Jesus, I hate you self-righteous assholes.
posted by mrmanley at 11:59 AM on January 9, 2003
I would just like to respond to the original question with a great big NO, I happen to drive a little old toyota camery, and i sir, drive like an ASSHOLE! In fact, there's nothing more fun then taking my little japanese car and cutting off someone with a $50,000 SUV and watching them slam on the breaks in fear of scratching thier bumper. Who needs an 3 ton truck to hit pedestrians? it's much more challenging with a small car. Yeah, that's right, you trucks watch out cause us POS cars on the road are going to be driving like complete jerks! BRU HA HA HA HA!
thus i've made my point: being a jerk makes you a jerk, what you drive makes you a dangerous jerk.
posted by NGnerd at 12:03 PM on January 9, 2003
thus i've made my point: being a jerk makes you a jerk, what you drive makes you a dangerous jerk.
posted by NGnerd at 12:03 PM on January 9, 2003
Jesus, I hate you self-righteous assholes.
Jesus, I hate you self-indulgent, non-caring, non-thinking pricks.
posted by SweetJesus at 12:04 PM on January 9, 2003
Jesus, I hate you self-indulgent, non-caring, non-thinking pricks.
posted by SweetJesus at 12:04 PM on January 9, 2003
Jesus, I hate you self-righteous assholes.
Self hatred is a terrible thing.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:04 PM on January 9, 2003
Self hatred is a terrible thing.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:04 PM on January 9, 2003
oh yeah...I forgot this:
"EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The goal of the revised West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WAIS), formerly called SeaRISE, is to answer two critical and interrelated climate questions:
· How will the potentially unstable West Antarctic ice sheet affect future sea level?
· How do rapid global climate changes occur?
The West Antarctic ice sheet is the largest remaining marine ice sheet (those that are grounded well below sea level). Other marine ice sheets existed in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial maximum but all collapsed during the current interglacial. The sea-level record shows that ice-sheet collapse raises sea level at rates at least 30 times faster than what has been experienced in the last 4000 years. These collapses probably coincided with episodes when icebergs littered the North Atlantic Ocean, cooling the climate and disrupting global oceanic circulation. "
posted by troutfishing at 12:05 PM on January 9, 2003
"EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The goal of the revised West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WAIS), formerly called SeaRISE, is to answer two critical and interrelated climate questions:
· How will the potentially unstable West Antarctic ice sheet affect future sea level?
· How do rapid global climate changes occur?
The West Antarctic ice sheet is the largest remaining marine ice sheet (those that are grounded well below sea level). Other marine ice sheets existed in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial maximum but all collapsed during the current interglacial. The sea-level record shows that ice-sheet collapse raises sea level at rates at least 30 times faster than what has been experienced in the last 4000 years. These collapses probably coincided with episodes when icebergs littered the North Atlantic Ocean, cooling the climate and disrupting global oceanic circulation. "
posted by troutfishing at 12:05 PM on January 9, 2003
Boulder Weekly SUV Archive Link. Just in case they don't run the story on their front page next month.
posted by blue_beetle at 12:05 PM on January 9, 2003
posted by blue_beetle at 12:05 PM on January 9, 2003
Biscuit-headed. I'll have to use that one.
(Banya) It's gold, Jerry! Gold! (/Banya)
posted by Ty Webb at 12:07 PM on January 9, 2003
(Banya) It's gold, Jerry! Gold! (/Banya)
posted by Ty Webb at 12:07 PM on January 9, 2003
mrmanley - Great parody! Almost as good as "South Park"....I don't think anyone else on this post gets it...sigh
posted by troutfishing at 12:09 PM on January 9, 2003
posted by troutfishing at 12:09 PM on January 9, 2003
mrmanley - Great parody! Almost as good as "South Park"....I don't think anyone else on this post gets it...sigh
"The ice caps are melting, oh ho ho ho!......all the world is drowning, oh ho ho ho." - Tiny Tim
posted by troutfishing at 12:11 PM on January 9, 2003
"The ice caps are melting, oh ho ho ho!......all the world is drowning, oh ho ho ho." - Tiny Tim
posted by troutfishing at 12:11 PM on January 9, 2003
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No, but I suspect posting another "SUVs are evil and their drivers are imbeciles" article when we just had this discussion might make you one.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:46 AM on January 9, 2003