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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited August 2020
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 

    Is a "richard" the male version on a "karen"?

    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)

    Haha!  My mother was the Mario Andretti of the everyday road. 

    And my wife?  And one time I followed C. home in a separate car (I guess a separate car would be a necessity, huh?) and it totally cracked me up.  When we're riding together, she gently scratches my leg which is her signal to "slow down".  But when I followed her?  Bat out of hell!  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    brianlux said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 

    Is a "richard" the male version on a "karen"?

    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)

    Haha!  My mother was the Mario Andretti of the everyday road. 

    And my wife?  And one time I followed C. home in a separate car (I guess a separate car would be a necessity, huh?) and it totally cracked me up.  When we're riding together, she gently scratches my leg which is her signal to "slow down".  But when I followed her?  Bat out of hell!  :lol:
    lol, I was  refraining from writing the word "dick".

    hahahahaha
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    brianlux said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 

    Is a "richard" the male version on a "karen"?

    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)

    Haha!  My mother was the Mario Andretti of the everyday road. 

    And my wife?  And one time I followed C. home in a separate car (I guess a separate car would be a necessity, huh?) and it totally cracked me up.  When we're riding together, she gently scratches my leg which is her signal to "slow down".  But when I followed her?  Bat out of hell!  :lol:
    lol, I was  refraining from writing the word "dick".

    hahahahaha

    Good one!  :lol: 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    brianlux said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 

    Is a "richard" the male version on a "karen"?

    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)

    Haha!  My mother was the Mario Andretti of the everyday road. 

    And my wife?  And one time I followed C. home in a separate car (I guess a separate car would be a necessity, huh?) and it totally cracked me up.  When we're riding together, she gently scratches my leg which is her signal to "slow down".  But when I followed her?  Bat out of hell!  :lol:
    lol, I was  refraining from writing the word "dick".

    hahahahaha

    ...and he tricked you into writing it... #3Dchess
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    OnWis97 said:
    brianlux said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 

    Is a "richard" the male version on a "karen"?

    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)

    Haha!  My mother was the Mario Andretti of the everyday road. 

    And my wife?  And one time I followed C. home in a separate car (I guess a separate car would be a necessity, huh?) and it totally cracked me up.  When we're riding together, she gently scratches my leg which is her signal to "slow down".  But when I followed her?  Bat out of hell!  :lol:
    lol, I was  refraining from writing the word "dick".

    hahahahaha

    ...and he tricked you into writing it... #3Dchess
    Yeah at this point I didn't care, it was more fun to let the joke out.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited August 2020
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 
    Post edited by hedonist on
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    edited August 2020
    dankind said:


    I wish I had kept one of these from back in the day, but while driving around with my folks one day I spotted a bumper sticker that said, "Don't pull out a Dick in the middle of a screw/ Vote for Nixon in '72"   I had to stifle my laugh because I think if I had pointed it out, it would have embarrassed my mom big time!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 
    I used to live out there so I know.  I believe that is where the "stay put in the passing lane" craze all started.

    I have my little rant/comedy sketch about NY'ers too.  One day I'll get to perform it on a stage...
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,824
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 
    I used to live out there so I know.  I believe that is where the "stay put in the passing lane" craze all started.

    I have my little rant/comedy sketch about NY'ers too.  One day I'll get to perform it on a stage...
    I lived in LA until I was 30. Everyone claims the drivers are terrible. I disagree. I think LA has good drivers. They are just very rude. There’s a difference.
    When I moved to Colorado these drivers here are terrible. They stop traffic to make a left turn instead of using the left turn lane. Everyone swigs far left to make a right turn (or right to make a left turn). People don’t make right turns on a red light, they’ll sit and wait for the green. It’s crazy. LA is rude, but CO just doesn’t know basic rules of the road.
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 

    I've driven in LA, Boston (with its reputation), NYC, DC, and many other large US Cities.  I hate driving in Chicago the most, by a long shot. Though it's not so much for the drivers, but more for the consistent congestion from about 6 suburbs deep into the city. It's miserable.

    As for drivers, I don't think it's the big-city ones that are the worst.  It's more medium-city or rural.  I did pick up that in New England, there's a lot of self-centeredness that comes out very polarized.  What I mean is assholes trying to go 100 MPH, weaving and damn near killing everyone and then super-slow people who just don't seem aware that there are others around. They're less dangerous but probably add 10 minutes to 100 different drivers' trips every time they go out. My other favorite behavior was the mid-block u-turn (I call it the "Connecticut U-turn"). At 46 years, old, the majority of mid-block U-turns I have seen were in my 2.5 years in Connecticut.  And it seemed to come out of nowhere.  All the sudden a car from the right lane was perpendicular to me and then going the opposite direct.  One time I had to slam my breaks so I honked my horn...of course he flips the bird. 

    I don't think any of this was "privilege" per se, more a feeling of "I'm special" not so much related to one's demographics. It was also kinda just "the culture."  When I was in grad school at the University of Iowa, I quickly noticed how bad people were at parking...over the lines in parking lots, etc.  And they loved to block sidewalk curb cuts in Iowa City (though that may be a "campus - entitled punk" thing).  In Peorila IL, where I lived before Connecticut, they seemed really poor at getting on freeways.  Here in Minnesota, people tend to put their cars all the way to the right (and sometimes across the line) in left-turn lanes so they can make a big, sweeping turn.  None of this is really any kind of privilege, but it's...well it's something...
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    OnWis97 said:
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 

    I've driven in LA, Boston (with its reputation), NYC, DC, and many other large US Cities.  I hate driving in Chicago the most, by a long shot. Though it's not so much for the drivers, but more for the consistent congestion from about 6 suburbs deep into the city. It's miserable.

    As for drivers, I don't think it's the big-city ones that are the worst.  It's more medium-city or rural.  I did pick up that in New England, there's a lot of self-centeredness that comes out very polarized.  What I mean is assholes trying to go 100 MPH, weaving and damn near killing everyone and then super-slow people who just don't seem aware that there are others around. They're less dangerous but probably add 10 minutes to 100 different drivers' trips every time they go out. My other favorite behavior was the mid-block u-turn (I call it the "Connecticut U-turn"). At 46 years, old, the majority of mid-block U-turns I have seen were in my 2.5 years in Connecticut.  And it seemed to come out of nowhere.  All the sudden a car from the right lane was perpendicular to me and then going the opposite direct.  One time I had to slam my breaks so I honked my horn...of course he flips the bird. 

    I don't think any of this was "privilege" per se, more a feeling of "I'm special" not so much related to one's demographics. It was also kinda just "the culture."  When I was in grad school at the University of Iowa, I quickly noticed how bad people were at parking...over the lines in parking lots, etc.  And they loved to block sidewalk curb cuts in Iowa City (though that may be a "campus - entitled punk" thing).  In Peorila IL, where I lived before Connecticut, they seemed really poor at getting on freeways.  Here in Minnesota, people tend to put their cars all the way to the right (and sometimes across the line) in left-turn lanes so they can make a big, sweeping turn.  None of this is really any kind of privilege, but it's...well it's something...
    Here in NY the people driving have a hard time dealing/using the center turning lane.  They have the inability to get in the lane completely.  They do not understand that there is no partial credit for 3/4 of your car being in it.  It's not Horseshoes where you need to get close.

    Get in between the friggin lines! 
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,824
    OnWis97 said:
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    Why is it that white middle aged women in expensive cars think that they own the road?

    Is that Privilege?
    I’ve seen selfish or otherwise asshole-ish drivers of every race and gender. And car. 

    Plus we all know that women can’t drive for shit ;)
    Not trying to be a richard here but the past week I have had some run ins w some awful people all whom I described above. 
    Try driving in LA! Seriously, we take the fucking cake.

    Bill Burr did a wonderful and hilarious series of him driving around the city berating people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel (my own mother included). 

    *Edited to clarify that my mom was not featured by Bill, just that she shouldn’t be driving anymore. 

    I've driven in LA, Boston (with its reputation), NYC, DC, and many other large US Cities.  I hate driving in Chicago the most, by a long shot. Though it's not so much for the drivers, but more for the consistent congestion from about 6 suburbs deep into the city. It's miserable.

    As for drivers, I don't think it's the big-city ones that are the worst.  It's more medium-city or rural.  I did pick up that in New England, there's a lot of self-centeredness that comes out very polarized.  What I mean is assholes trying to go 100 MPH, weaving and damn near killing everyone and then super-slow people who just don't seem aware that there are others around. They're less dangerous but probably add 10 minutes to 100 different drivers' trips every time they go out. My other favorite behavior was the mid-block u-turn (I call it the "Connecticut U-turn"). At 46 years, old, the majority of mid-block U-turns I have seen were in my 2.5 years in Connecticut.  And it seemed to come out of nowhere.  All the sudden a car from the right lane was perpendicular to me and then going the opposite direct.  One time I had to slam my breaks so I honked my horn...of course he flips the bird. 

    I don't think any of this was "privilege" per se, more a feeling of "I'm special" not so much related to one's demographics. It was also kinda just "the culture."  When I was in grad school at the University of Iowa, I quickly noticed how bad people were at parking...over the lines in parking lots, etc.  And they loved to block sidewalk curb cuts in Iowa City (though that may be a "campus - entitled punk" thing).  In Peorila IL, where I lived before Connecticut, they seemed really poor at getting on freeways.  Here in Minnesota, people tend to put their cars all the way to the right (and sometimes across the line) in left-turn lanes so they can make a big, sweeping turn.  None of this is really any kind of privilege, but it's...well it's something...
    Here in NY the people driving have a hard time dealing/using the center turning lane.  They have the inability to get in the lane completely.  They do not understand that there is no partial credit for 3/4 of your car being in it.  It's not Horseshoes where you need to get close.

    Get in between the friggin lines! 
    That’s how they drive in Colorado. Blows my mind. There’s a left turn lane, you refuse to use it or maybe just half way. Why?
    That and driving like you’re pulling a trailer. Swing out into the left lane before making a right turn. 
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    As Rod Serling said, “People are alike all over.”
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,876
    hedonist said:
    As Rod Serling said, “People are alike all over.”
    Including over here. Dangerous richards and karens!


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    edited August 2020
    dankind said:


    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,876
    Haha ^^^^^wow poor old dicky boy


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -