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Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by dgfitz on Friday April 05, 2024 @05:28PM (#39947467)
Someone once told me "as a current BMW driver, the whole 'BMW drivers don't use signals' is complete bullshit, I didn't use them before I drove one!"

So I wonder if someone not using turn signals in a non-BMW is a leading indicator that they may buy one in the future.

Shower thoughts.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by datavirtue on Friday April 05, 2024 @06:35PM (#39948117)
You nailed it.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have been wo... by fbdab103 on Saturday April 06, 2024 @12:56AM (#39950092)
A study actually went into this[0]. Or a popular science summary of it[1]

  Assholes really are more likely to drive Mercedes or BMWs, study finds

  It’s not that all of them are assholes, but according to a new study, self-centered men who are argumentative, stubborn, and overall disagreeable are much more likely to own a high-status car such as an Audi, BMW or Mercedes.
[0] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijop.12642

[1] https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/asshol...

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