Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is pleasure gained directly from causing distress? And where is reckless endangerment often ignored by the police or treated with the mildest of punishments? The answer is on the roads.
gonna be a fascinating time as gas spikes and these chuds lose their whole personality over not being able to drive their roided up shitmobiles everywhere.
same with monster truck rallies - how long can that garbage continue? or any conspicuous consumption?
we’re better off with it all dead.
Honestly driving fast is kinda overrated and probably a consequences of driving big comfortable cars and people bring dopamine junkies
My wife does this and she drives an EV. So what’s “Petro” and “masculine” about that?
She street races and rolls coal in an EV?
Was about to say the same, almost. I see plenty of women drivers who approach my vehicle from behind very rapidly as I’m going the speed limit, so clearly they are going very fast, and tailgating as well. This is not just men.
Also I hope you tell your wife to slow down and not be a danger/annoyance to others. ❤️
Also what’s in the Epstein files?
Look at history.
“Whippersnapper” came from young men racing horses and buggies on the roads. They’d snap the whips over the horses heads to make them go faster.
Petro masculinity 😂.
It’s like they want people to make fun of them.
Woke 1 cringe must go
I understand the academic roots and I’m sure the paper it was coined in is top tier sociology. But we have got to stop labeling bad shit as masculine, it only amplifies the behavior. The dude 6" off your bumper is not going to hear “petro-masculinity” and have a quiet contemplative moment about carbon emissions and road safety. He’s going to feel scolded, hear that you’re triggered and frightened of his masculinity, and then he’s going to start driving even more aggressively out of spite. And nobody will stop him, because nobody with the power to do so cares. Hell, the cops themselves are often the ones who drive like this.
He’s going to feel scolded, hear that you’re triggered and frightened of his masculinity,
oh poor fuckin baby, he’s gonna feel scolded because he’s being CALLED OUT ON HIS SHIT BEHAVIOR
Is there any action that won’t trigger spite from this type of person? Their entire existence consists of playing the victim and throwing tantrums because somebody advocated for something different to what they are used to.
Making fun of them, making them part of the outgroup. You can’t show fear, so in this case with the car just get out of the way and let them fuck tenderness up the road because they will get caught. Or call the cops and say they are swerving appearing drunk lol.
But in regular life you basically need to laugh in their face and cut them out of being in the group.
This thread got me thinking. I think OP is correct that we need to stop doing the masculinity thing. If its a behavior change we are hoping for a better way to cause self reflection might be to use some of the noble features of what they think masculinity is. Does a protector drive like that and endanger everyone? Other peoples families / kids are also on the road. Would someone trust you to drive their loved ones around? Dont you want to be the guy everyone can count on to do the right thing and get us back safe?
Hey man I saw you pull into the lot the other day. I was surprised cause don’t act like you would drive that way. Make them question how they are being perceived. A little manipulative but fuck it.
Nah, this doesn’t work. I tried to gently tell a guy at the gas station one time, in one of those huge lifted pickups, that he had his brights on (as a hint that his headlights were too fucking bright) and he freaked out on me, screaming, threatening, etc.
Gently doesn’t work and you were a stranger. These messages need to come from friends or acquaintances / coworkers / clients. The message needs to be delivered assertively while leaving them a small out to protect their ego.
They won’t change in front of you, they need to process that on their own. Don’t rub their face in it if they change.
Really good way to go about it. You do the same thing with children.
Yep. If you want to reach people it’s gotta be relevant to what they care about.
My mom drives like this, don’t be sexist about a non gendered issue. Ah just realized it’s from the opinion article title.
yes, I’m sure there are a couple of dozen examples to the contrary… nationwide.
overwhelmingly the aggressive drivers and motorheads whose entire personality is VROOM VROOM are male.
You know this, I know this, you see it every day, but sure, throw your mom under the bus… Cute
M.A.D.D. was too weak for the Vin Diesel onslaught. Also, fuck Jackie Stewart! /s
Journalism finally discovering terminal car brain?
Driving
that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity?Hey now, I drive my nerdy EV 10 below in the far right lane.
my wife is the aggressive driver in my household.
Because we think it kills more of them than it actually kills the rest of us?
Sadly, it does not. Also think about all the non-fatal but life changing injuries they cause.
This sounds very whiny. Why don’t you get your local council to build some speed bumps. No one is going to speed up over them. And the idiots will then go on to get killed on the empty country roads.
You’re right, sending them my orders now. Local council have to do everything I tell them, right?
People racing around you at night sounds like a problem of everyone. If enough people are affected then the council will surely listen
And writing articles about a problem is not a valid way of getting more people to support your cause and convincing politicians to address them? How are people supposed to get their councils to do something without complaining about it?
Framing it like an issue of masculinity surely does not help
Yes, this completely different point you’re making now is better then the first point you’ve made.
Better to just install them yourself.
