Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!

[Donut417]

1 minute ago, PlayStation 2 said:

BMW was never good. Everyone loves to fucking drool at the notion that "[insert 2-4 generations old BMW] is the last great BMW", but in reality, all of them are fucking mediocre.

BMW attracts a certain type of driver as well. They start with an A and end with a hole. 

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Donut417 said:

BMW attracts a certain type of driver as well. They start with an A and end with a hole. 

BMW drivers are fucking dickheads, no qualms about it. I'm not afraid to say it.

To add to it, most hot hatchback owners are completely fucking insufferable. They're the same BMW driver-type but they can't be seen in something as p O s H as a used 2006 BMW 328i. Like yes, I get it, your hairdryer-sounding 4-cylinder makes more power than a V6 Skyline did in 2003. Welcome to 15 years of technological advancement from your "Used from the Factory" 2018 Subaru WRX STI.

[Bombastinator]

4 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

BMW was never good. Everyone loves to fucking drool at the notion that "[insert 2-4 generations old BMW] is the last great BMW", but in reality, all of them are fucking mediocre.

Every car company made a terrific car at one time or another that put them on the map.  Generally it’s something pretty early. The one that bmw made its bones in the US with was the 2002 (which happened long before 2002).  With Ford it was the modelT, and for Chrysler it was something in the 1930’s?  I forget the body style of that was so iconic it actually got used as the standard shell for at least one type of racing that is still being used.  I recall it was a boxy design with 3 side louvera in the wrap around hood. 

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Every car company made a terrific car at one time or another that put them on the map.  Generally it’s something pretty early. The one that bmw made its bones in the US with was the 2002 (which happened long before 2002).  With Ford it was the modelT, and for Chrysler it was something in the 1930’s?  I forget the body style of that was so iconic it actually got used as the standard shell for at least one type of racing that is still being used.  I recall it was a boxy design with 3 side louvera in the wrap around hood. 

Yeah, but I'm also sick and fucking tired of people bitching about literally everything BMW has done for the past 50 years. All I can take out of it is that BMW fucking sucks and their fans are insufferably picky.

[Bombastinator]

7 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

BMW drivers are fucking dickheads, no qualms about it. I'm not afraid to say it.

To add to it, most hot hatchback owners are completely fucking insufferable. They're the same BMW driver-type but they can't be seen in something as p O s H as a used 2006 BMW 328i. Like yes, I get it, your hairdryer-sounding 4-cylinder makes more power than a V6 Skyline did in 2003. Welcome to 15 years of technological advancement from your "Used from the Factory" 2018 Subaru WRX STI.

The whole bmw driver phenomena was a stereotype. Such things change by time and area.  Currently in my area the drivers to watch out for are well polished 4wheel drive truck with bed covers.

[PlayStation 2]

5 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The whole bmw driver phenomena was a stereotype. Such things change by time and area.  Currently in my area the drivers to watch out for are well polished 4wheel drive truck with bed covers.

It's a stereotype that rings true.

P.S. Volvo drivers can also go fuck themselves. Your car being safe doesn't excuse you from using turn signals.

[Donut417]

4 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The whole bmw driver phenomena was a stereotype. Such things change by time and area.  Currently in my area the drivers to watch out for are well polished 4wheel drive truck with bed covers.

BMW drivers still cant drive worth a shit in the metro Detroit area. Dont get me started on people in big trucks. My reaction to them is they have LDS, thats why they drive a big truck. 

[Bombastinator]

Just now, PlayStation 2 said:

It's a stereotype that rings true.

P.S. Volvo drivers can also go fuck themselves.

Another area thing.  On the east coast volvos have a totally different market than they do in my state.  Where I live volvo drivers are generally geriatric Scandinavians.  Volvo did some rear wheel drive cars that were exceptionally good on snow for a rear wheel drive car.  There was a period in the 80’s and 90’s where if you wanted to drive a rear wheel drive vehicle on snow volvo was the preferred option.  They’re Indian now though.

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Another area thing.  On the east coast volvos have a totally different market than they do in my state.  Where I live volvo drivers are generally geriatric Scandinavians.  Volvo did some rear wheel drive cars that were exceptionally good on snow for a rear wheel drive car.  There was a period in the 80’s and 90’s where if you wanted to drive a rear wheel drive vehicle on snow volvo was the preferred option.  They’re Indian now though.

Volvo drivers where I live are owned by people who:

• think they're white enough to ignore every traffic law in the state
• hate their race more than their family

If ya can't tell, I'm a bit annoyed today. Dunno why, but I am.

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Donut417 said:

BMW drivers still cant drive worth a shit in the metro Detroit area. Dont get me started on people in big trucks. My reaction to them is they have LDS, thats why they drive a big truck. 

Whenever I see that acronym all I can think of is startrek4.

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Volvo drivers where I live are owned by people who:

• think they're white enough to ignore every traffic law in the state
• hate their race more than their family

If ya can't tell, I'm a bit annoyed today. Dunno why, but I am.

Irritability.  A symptom of a bunch of possible things. 

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Irritability.  A symptom of a bunch of possible things. 

Yes, I know what irritability is. I said I was annoyed, not mentally brain-dead.

[Andreas Lilja]

Women's hockey is a joke.

 

There's 2 really competitive teams and the rest, so you get some serious stat padding. Canada beats Switzerland 16-2. 

[PlayStation 2]

Oh hoh hoh, I've got one that's sure to piss more than a few people off:

Pink Floyd isn't just overrated - they suck. All of their catalog is "We live in a society" and a 20 minute guitar solo. Sorry not sorry.

[Bombastinator]

4 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Yes, I know what irritability is. I said I was annoyed, not mentally brain-dead.

What I’m saying I guess is if you’re feeling that way it could be an outside factor.  There are tons though so it doesn’t say anything specific.  Quitting smoking will do it.  So will being hungry for some people. 

[Jtalk4456]

"non-political, non-offensive"

Politics sucks, does that work since it's anti political? XD

[The_russian]

54 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Oh hoh hoh, I've got one that's sure to piss more than a few people off:

Pink Floyd isn't just overrated - they suck. All of their catalog is "We live in a society" and a 20 minute guitar solo. Sorry not sorry.

I was actually going to say something similar after seeing someone say Led Zeppelin sucks. Personally I don't get why people like Pink Floyd so much. 

[atxcyclist]

1 hour ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Oh hoh hoh, I've got one that's sure to piss more than a few people off:

Pink Floyd isn't just overrated - they suck. All of their catalog is "We live in a society" and a 20 minute guitar solo. Sorry not sorry.

 

40 minutes ago, The_russian said:

I was actually going to say something similar after seeing someone say Led Zeppelin sucks. Personally I don't get why people like Pink Floyd so much. 

 

Thoroughly shook by these. Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite album, and I've been listening to songs like No Quarter by Led Zeppelin for decades. All that said, I knew someone that thought The Beatles sucked, they thought they were unimportant to music and over-hyped.

 

[Quackers101]

there are female and male brains?

yesn't.

[Bombastinator]

4 minutes ago, SGT-AMD said:

I had 2 different cars that did very well in the snow: 1973 LTD, with studded snow tires did very well.

2nd car was a Merkur XR4Ti, made in Germany, and agin, did very well with studs. Both were rear wheel drive.

Yep.  Both older.  Snow capacity for rwd has gone down though it’s a bit random. A beetle was good in snow despite rwd, but my not quite former brother-in-law (what do you call your sister’s boyfriend of more than 10 years when they owned a house and business together? Iirc there is a terrific word in Swedish but I forget what it is) had a cayman which couldn’t even make it up a driveway if it was icy.  Thing was a serious hazard in any kind of solid percipitation.  Should have been up on blocks for the winter.

Edited February 28, 2021 by Bombastinator

[Nena Trinity]

Nvidia clearly hoards all the GPUs themselfs so they can mine with them!

[Bombastinator]

7 minutes ago, Nena Trinity said:

Nvidia clearly hoards all the GPUs themselfs so they can mine with them!

I actually kinda wonder why they don’t.

[pythonmegapixel]

  

On 2/27/2021 at 2:38 AM, Bombastinator said:

The whole bmw driver phenomena was a stereotype. Such things change by time and area.  Currently in my area the drivers to watch out for are well polished 4wheel drive truck with bed covers.

Where I live it's Audi or Mini drivers, with the occasional Range Rover thrown in, who are the assholes.

 

Oh, and by the way... I wish people would STOP PRONOUNCING IT "ORDI"!

It's a German company, and in German, "au" makes an "ow" sound. It's "owdi".

[Bombastinator]

50 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

  

Where I live it's Audi or Mini drivers, with the occasional Range Rover thrown in, who are the assholes.

 

Oh, and by the way... I wish people would STOP PRONOUNCING IT "ORDI"!

It's a German company, and in German, "au" makes an "ow" sound. It's "owdi".

I’ve never heard some say ordi.  Might be another localized thing.  I heard the term “bubblah” once and I didn’t know what it was.  On oddity of south Texas I heard about some years ago was that pt cruisers were driven by Mexican gangsters.  Wasn’t at all what was going on in my area at the time.  In my area they were generally driven by soccer moms and old hot rodders.  It seems quite variable.

Edited February 28, 2021 by Bombastinator

[pythonmegapixel]

4 minutes ago, Benji said:

What I think he was going for is the fact that "ow" in English is pronounced like an open-mid back rounded vowel (think "autism" or "automobile", which is not what Audi sounds like), while the German pronunciation of Audi is an open front unrounded vowel (think of the word "bra").

@pythonmegapixel Is that what you meant?

What I meant is that I've heard a lot of Americans pronounce the "au" in "Audi" as in "automobile".

 

I'm not sure if the comparison with the word "bra" is quite right though. In German the comparisons are easy to find - I assumed it was pronounced as in Baum (tree), Traum (dream), automatisch (automatic) - is that correct?

 

In English, "ow" is pronounced as "au" is in most German words.