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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

It's incredible how certain people are conditioned to think the sound of a gas motor and shifting because your puny motor is out of optimal torque and rpm range are manly.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Vroom vroom is fun.

Shifting is fun.

Fun is good.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Never said anything about it being manly, but it can sound good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm a car guy and far from manly. I drive a loud annoying stick shift because it's fun and life is too short to be bored while driving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Life is too short to have to fucking drive everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeh, but unless I uproot my life and move to a different country, I'm stuck doing it, so I can either bitch and moan about how much I hate it, or have the best time I can doing it 🤷🏾‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

For sure, I used to drive stick when I drove, but I also argued for town planning that would make driving optional. Personal choices to deal with the reality you're given, public policy activism for the reality you want.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

There you go pointlessly gendering again!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I guess all those professional female race car drivers are doing it to feel "manly"