Look at all of the defensive giant SUV drivers! Really touched a nerve. Not sure why discussing the fact that wasteful lifestyles are wasteful is such a personal slight to so many of you. |
Yeah, the bottle blondes sporting Lululemon in the giant suvs. It's just so weirdly flashy and conformist at the same time. |
So in Europe and the rest of the world why are they able to do this without the need for a HUGE suv? |
This, I don't get any of it. It's a values system I wasn't raised with and don't understand. The thing in the OP I most relate to is that feeling when you notice that a bunch of the people around you all have the exact same thing, like there was a memo that went out. It reminds me of this one woman on my neighborhood listserv who sometimes posts things like, "Ok y'all, what shoes are we all buying for the littles now? Are Natives still in or have people found something better?" It is always extremely jarring to me because she's not asking for a recommendation, she wants to know what "everyone" is doing so that she can do it too. This is such a strange way to go through life, it would not occur to me. When I see her posts, I always click on them so I can read them and the responses, it's like being Jane Goodall or something. Fascinating, but something I observe from a distance. |
The rest of the world doesn't excuse your behavior |
There's never any accounting for "taste" and to them these project the look they are after. There is also utility as well but that same utility could be achieved another way but it wouldn't fit their "uniform" in terms of look. |
You haven’t even met these people and you are judging them by what they drive. They may need a large vehicle for reasons unknown to you (you seem to think it’s for status). I don’t live where you live but in my suburb there are plenty of lovely people who drive large SUVs and if I wrote them off bc of that, I would miss out on knowing some very cool people. You can still have your opinions about SUVs but you seem very closed minded to write off all people who drive them. For the record, I don’t have one bc I don’t need that big of a car and would not enjoy parking it. I have a mid-size so you probably wouldn’t like me either. I say life is too short to judge others based on their purchases. |
OP, there are these things in the suburbs called families. And guess what? They need a way to transport them around.
I know, this is difficult for you to understand. But a family of 4-6 …can’t fit into a Prius. I know, I know, mind blowing, right? |
It's one person responding multiple times. |
Op here. Yes, this this this. I know they don't want to friend me anyway, so I'm not concerned because I don't have the same uniform. |
Oh OP. You’re living in the wrong era. Get your Time Machine to take you back to the 50s or 60s to calm your nerves and what grates on them so |
Yeah no one "needs" a huge SUV. Bs. That's an American thing. |
The "I am a mere observer of these sheep" trope. Every high school story has one. |
This is giving off the same vibe as the mom in Vienna who thought everyone was "conformist" and stepford |
I live in Germany. I’ve also lived in Luxembourg, Belgium, and France in the last decade. Guess what.. they’re all driving SUVs and the market for American branded trucks and vans is HUGE. |