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submitted 6 months ago by fpslem@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car's exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren't bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse.

  • A professor in Ontario, Canada, has released results of a study of people's attitudes toward loud vehicles.
  • Having asked undergraduate business students whether they think such vehicles are "cool," the result, not totally surprisingly, was that many of them do.
  • Respondents also scored high on the "psychopathy and sadism" scale, but the study was only for cars. Truck and motorcycle owners, the study suggests, might score even worse.

A new study by Western University in Ontario says that if you've got a car with a modified exhaust system, odds are you're a guy and probably also psychotic and sadistic. Slapping a Cherry Bomb glasspack on your Monte Carlo doesn't (necessarily) mean you're a Ted Bundy–level psycho, but the data someone points to a personality that enjoys inflicting unpleasantness on others. The study—catchily titled, "A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"—was commissioned by professor Julie Aitken Schermer, who heard many a loud car in London, Ontario, and wondered what kind of person would want their car exhaust to be louder than normal. She probably could have saved a lot of time by simply looking up Cadillac Escalade-V registrations. ...

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[-] TK420@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

Iron Oxide says I’m fucking poor not a psypchopath or sadist.

I hate bullshit “studies” like this, especially from people in academia, that are half assed.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Do you LIKE having the loud exhaust though? Or are you just stuck with it? It seems to me that you didn't understand the study.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Little bit of both and yes, I understand this study wasn’t great and has lots of holes in it, like peoples exhaust systems.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

little bit of both

Well then that's correlated with negative traits. Hope you don't have them.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

The correlation is poor at best. I would take it with a grain of salt as they say.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That's not you modifying your car.

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