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. …

  • @[email protected]
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    166 months ago

    Didn’t your mother teach you that it’s rude to be excessively loud and bother everyone you’re around?

    • @Mango
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      -206 months ago

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      • @[email protected]
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        166 months ago

        Ah, so your mother was an inconsiderate asshole too. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

        • @Mango
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          -146 months ago

          While she totally is an inconsiderate asshole, that’s besides the point.

      • EleventhHour
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        106 months ago

        Truck and motorcycle owners, the study suggests, might score even worse.

        • @Mango
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          -86 months ago

          The study is some stuff some people are saying to suit themselves.

          • EleventhHour
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            76 months ago

            While other people deny facts because they reflect poorly on themselves and those they know…

            • @Mango
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              • EleventhHour
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                What “crowd”? You know nothing about me.

                Don’t blame others for the stuff you do.