A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism

Post by red-iron-pine » Thu, May 14, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC

mrandish wrote: post #27

I'm not a car guy, so I used to think such ear-damaging decibels were necessary for performance but have since learned it's not required even for ultra-high performance road cars that can go >200 mph. While a 12 cylinder Lamborghini Aventador is louder than a Hyundai, when both are idling at a stop light, it's actually barely louder from 100 feet away. And yet people with real supercars almost never modify them to be…

Post by red-iron-pine » Thu, May 14, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

episode404 wrote: post #45

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #25

My friends and I always assumed it correlates with a small penis.

This probably won't surprise you, but most of the time, the only variable psychologists measure during initial patient assessment is penis size, because it explains nearly every male behavior there is.

Post by rationalist » Thu, May 14, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

sawjet wrote: post #33

I wonder if this correlates with people who blow whistles or play loud musical instruments at protests.

Post by BobaFloutist » Thu, May 14, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

simulator5g wrote: post #16

autoexec wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> those who seek loudness uniformly present as men, and in large majority tend to treat prosocial-community responses with disregard, hostility, or mockery. Is the loudness then just a big "fuck you" to the rest of the world or does it provide the loudness seeker with something besides the joy of knowing that they're pissing off everyone within earshot? If they were the last living person on Earth would they still go…

It's a pretty basic dopamine response, do something, hear something big happen, feel good. Real basic and, fairly universal. You may prefer a quieter car, but there is also a sound level that is below your preference. Your preference just happens to be different. You may prefer some other form of this concept. Maybe you like loud music. Maybe you like loud colors. Loud flavors. Maybe all of the above. That's fine, th…

Post by bradlys » Thu, May 14, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

red-iron-pine wrote: post #51

mrandish wrote: post #27

I'm not a car guy, so I used to think such ear-damaging decibels were necessary for performance but have since learned it's not required even for ultra-high performance road cars that can go >200 mph. While a 12 cylinder Lamborghini Aventador is louder than a Hyundai, when both are idling at a stop light, it's actually barely louder from 100 feet away. And yet people with real supercars almost never modify them to be…

> And yet people with real supercars almost never modify them to be louder than stock. people with real supercars don't have anything to prove, nor any reason to want more attention. if anything, they want less attention. esp. from the random pleb on the road. the existence of the car itself is enough. and that's before the muscle car sound purist that the parent poster alludes to.