TIL drivers in my city are very kinky
this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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Everyone is bringing up Crash the novel/movie, but don’t forget this also a much weirder Palahnuik book where the erotic car crashes help a guy time travel and fuck/impregnate all of his female ancestors.
sorry wtf did I just read?
That’s Palahnuik’s Rant. His non-Fight Club stuff is pretty unhinged.
I read Haunted in middle school, and it fucked me up, although it was funny to read “Guts” out loud to everyone on the bus. (Be prepared if you are going to read this one - it’s pretty famous for people fainting during live readings.)
I read a time travelling book (very old and dusty, relatively short, I think it's from the 70s) where the protagonists discovers over time that he is his own father/mother. He travels in time so often that there are zillions of him at different ages in each time.
He just ends up partying with himself because he can be just himself. And with all the drugs and partying one thing leads to another. Also because he travels so damn much somehow that leads to a female version of himself.
That Ethan Hawk film Predestination is a less fucked up, similar version of the story.
That’s fucking crazy. If you remember the name of the book let me know so I can find a copy to read lol
rant by Chuck palinuik might be it, it didn't come out in the 70s though
There's no female Rant in the book that I can remember. He was just his own father. Fun book though.
rant is an amazing book and this is the first time I've heard anybody else reference it in the wild
"Sexually starved rats crash car in desperation to make the pain stop"
I've felt like that sometimes.
Adrenaline.
........should I ask why the rats are being sexually gratified by car crashes?
No, you should ask how they measure it.
The answer is "they weren't. The study had nothing to do with that."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763
But they did get fruit loop pieces with marshmallow used to "glue" them to the dispenser, so that's pretty cute. I mean it's a lot cuter to imagine than a bunch of horned up rats.
Thanks for the link but I read halfway through and then realized that what I really wanted was more images (and video) of rats driving cars.
My sister used to have one with a hamster ball in the middle that actually moved
It's kinda cruel to keep your sister in a hamster ball.
Definitely one of those times where I go "Oh shit, I never did get around to watching that, did I?"
Thanks for helping out the terminally unaware.
Yes.
The grant application practically writes itself.
I am sure it makes sense to the rats xD I remember stumbling upon a youtube channel where a couple had built little operational trains and cars for their rats to drive around the house. It was a joy to watch. Found them: Kronk and Kuzko
It's so adorable and weird at the same time.
Not the best drivers, but clearly drivers! Cool.
They're better drivers than some humans I know
Reminds me of that movie, Crash:
Whenever I see a hot woman on the road, I hit her car just to get her number. Then I never call her because I'm too shy.
"I'm so shy I immediately drive away after hitting her car."
*teehee*
They don't even have to be in a car. It works just the same.
Sexual gratification?
Wow. Those massive Nascar crashes finally make sense.
Sexual ... I dont quite get it, but rats will do what rats are gonna do I guess.
Vroom vroom
There was a misunderstanding at my school where the world religions teacher recommended the Sandra Bullock Crash to an entire class and the first student to find it and send the class a link found this one (could have been an honest mistake or intentional) and someone reported the teacher. It was pretty easily cleared up, but the teacher was definitely shaken that the other movie existed.
The fuck were they doing recommending that pile of shit? That's almost as bad as having to watch The Apprentice in one of my classes.
A lot of people started hating Trump in 2015 but he's been my enemy since 2004. No way you can watch that show and like that guy
It was a religion teacher. They’re not known for their taste.
I love it when I have no idea where in the sentence the transition from truth to lie happened.
BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKER
Anyone got a link to the actual paper?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763
It's about stress levels, and how rats who were in control of the vehicles were less stress than rats who were just passengers.
I feel like we don't need to be mass breeding animals for this. To my knowledge we mainly use rats to test things we don't want to put humans through, but I've heard enough backseat driving to solve this on my own without the use of rats
I don't think the rats were especially bred for this.
It's more likely that existing lab rats got a bumper car break :3