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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by bambax on Thursday August 25, 2022 @04:30AM (#32591117)
They serve as a signalling mechanism all right; they signal that their owner has no taste, and doesn't care.
Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by branon on Thursday August 25, 2022 @08:38AM (#32592895)
Similar to how your comments signal that you have a weird personal vendetta against pickup trucks?
Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by Retric on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:34AM (#32592302)
Just like every generation’s thinks the next generations music sucks, this reaction is intended.

Fashion is about signaling not whatever you happen to agree with.

Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by hwestiii on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:49AM (#32592433)
how is signaling different from "whatever you happen to agree with"?
Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by Retric on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:34AM (#32593502)
Because a strong negative reaction is also a sign of fashion.

Tattoos aren’t universal, what’s acceptable for Army special forces, goths, gang members, etc are all different. So, good or bad only exists in a specific context it isn’t something that any person can judge universally. Someone really can define good as whatever pisses people like you off.

Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by lucidone on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:47AM (#32593647)
Some of us need the utility of a truck (hauling a trailer for camping, hauling gear bi-weekly to a racetrack, driving through poorly maintained roads during the winter).