What are some weird flexes people have that they think make them better than others? (piefed.world)

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People who proudly boast about how they never spend a dime on Epic Games, in their store, but has hundreds of free games to play with no intent to play them. Like, I don't know who is supposed to be impressed by that. Not to mention, that's not really a good method of protesting if you're someone who hates Epic Games.

You're still spending the time and effort, not to mention even bothering to have an account with them to begin with, to redeem free games that they give away. Who are you seriously trying to impress or what message are you trying to convey? Because all I see are contradictions and ironies.

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[-] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 33 points 14 hours ago

Their vehicle.

Think of, for example, the obnoxious shitbag in his emotional support truck, or the BMW prick, and all the behaviors attributed thereto.

[-] AskewLord@piefed.social 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

what if your pride and joy is base level hatchback with a manual transmission?

or are you just talking about people who see autos as status symbols of their wealth and 'success' despite the the fact their car is objectively a moneypit POS, like a Jeep.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 7 points 12 hours ago

Whoa, I ran a used 5-speed for about a decade and totally douched out on how much I was not paying for my car.

[-] AskewLord@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

i have a couple of friends who are stupidly addicted to their falling apart 20 year old cars, but they seem to take perverse pride in dropping $5K for a new transmission or other major repair every other year, and going on about how much they are saving buy not buying a new car...

i have one buddy with a 2004 VW and he's spend like 20K on it in the past 4-5 years and like goes on about how new cars are all debt traps and he'll never have a loan again... and i'm over here looking at a '23 Integra that's like 25K... and won't need any major repairs for 15+ years...

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh, the engine on mine was going out and I sold it to buy something else. It has to go when that happens.

My philosophy is that I have to be able to fix it myself.

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 5 points 10 hours ago

There’s a big open outdoor shopping mall area near me that for some reason they decided to allow people to drive in the interior streets instead of putting the garages on the edges of the area so people can park and just walk around. On Friday and Saturday evenings, idiots with pimped up cars and loud exhausts love to just drive the interior streets over and over to get maximum attention from shoppers walking around. It’s loud, obnoxious, and makes the place stink of car exhaust; not to mention a waste of gas.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 9 points 13 hours ago

I saw one of my old friends was proposed to in front of her now fiance's Dodge truck. He was wearing camo. She said yes!. Jesus Christ talk about lacking a personality.

[-] AskewLord@piefed.social 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

his personality is his multiple DUI violations.

It's wild to me how like people who DUI are proud of it, it's so fucking bizarre. and they always drive objectively unreliable shitty cars that they are very proud of.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I could understand it if it’s a project they work on, eg restoring it from a junkyard. For some people, their car is not just a utility they use to get around; similar to how much of my life revolves around a computer I built.

But yeah, that’s not many people. Quite a few bought theirs out of a yard.

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