Well… the make is usually written on the car somewhere.
So yeah, I guess I can read.
In a tiny font on the back of the car? Like sure jerk off over your car knowledge but that’s the dumbest way to say “duhhh everyone should know every car make and model” I’ve ever heard
Being mad about people knowing readily available information is a pretty dumb thing to be mad about.
Literally the only part I was okay with was you knowing it. Congratulations! Acting smug that others don’t is what makes you unbearable.
Maybe pay attention to the world around you. It’s literally readily available information that you can see with your own eyes. I’m not a car guy but I can remember reading things I see. Congratulations, you’re the asshole!
I can read it because I’m tailgating them in city traffic on my bicycle.
A great example where it would be incredibly useful to recognize a Deisel vs EV: which exhaust would you rather inhale?
Even worse, I can identify most cars at night using just the taillight/headlight shape
I can look at any car’s headlights and tell you which way they’re going.
Thanks again, Mitch
yOu’Re LiTeRaLlY kIlLiNg ThE pLaNeT bY hAvInG bAsIc PaTtErN rEcOgNiSsIoN
Or by the curve from a part of the wheel arch.
Cool people do something similar with birds and plants. I can do it with dogs
I can do it with tallship designs from the age of sail, there’s more of them floating around than you might think.
I do birb al plant groups too (tho badly)!
But I cannot fucking remember dog breeds at all, or even distinguish between them properly.
I’m much better at identifying cats. Its just a cat, kitty, a chonker even sometimes.
I’ve slowly worked on my wife and now she properly identifies species of local birds unprompted. I’m so proud of her.
It was fun the first time I successfully identified a species of maple from almost a mile away (it was a silver, not super hard lol)
One of the things I absolutely cannot do. I just don’t care about cars at all.
I love cars, but even I’m getting to a point where it’s just “generic SUV”, “generic hybrid crossover”, “holy fuck BMWs are ugly now”.
I’m one of these people that identifies vehicles by looking at them. It’s a talent that impresses my kid so I’ll take that as a positive! 😁
I can do that too. Cars: four wheels, lorries: many wheels, motorcycles (or mopeds): few wheels and an engine (or it’s a bicycle).
It takes a fraction of a second to parse the list once you have it memorised. It’s not that hard.
I will remember the year, make, model and possibly trim level of a person’s car before I remember their name.
Generally you can pretty accurately estimate the years (and make) of cars, due to the design preferences of the time
A 2003 Toyota Tacoma is very recognizable because of the simple and bubbly design a lot of late 90’s and early 2000’s cars had (coincidentally my least favorite time period of car design)
Of course there’s also just a lot of stuff you pick up by seeing a car you don’t recognize, researching it, and mentally noting the differences for the next time you see one!
I had a friend who grew up in a factory town who could not only recognize most car makes and models, but in some cases could name people who probably worked on that car. I still think our culture is too car-centered, but that have me a new perspective on it.
Sometimes you just need to be able to read the badge
Not only am I one of those people, I’m also one who judges people for buying certain cars. Like “Ha, look at that loser who bought that early model Chrysler 300, enjoy your motor blowing up” or “is that a SUPRA that’s actually just a BMW Z4?” Then usually whoever is in the car with me asks what the fuck I’m talking about and I just say “nevermind” and move on to judging the next car in silence.
Except for Tesla’s, I will point at them and yell “ewwww” when I see them, but not because they’re EVs, because of Elon.
The BMW Supra is so strange to me, causes mixed feelings bigly. It’s cool that the Supra is back, but it doesn’t really seem like a Supra without the straight-6 cylinder and its massive torque. Anyway, I would never spend that much on a car so it’s not my problem.
Bro, you sound like a delight to be around. Judging people for what they drive is pretty shitty. Unfortunately, lots of people don’t have much of a choice. Like, sure, buying that
earlyany Chrysler 300 seems like a real bad idea. But maybe the person who bought it got it for the $15 that it’s worth, and maybe it was all they had to their name. And maybe they needed just any car that can get them to their job or transport their kids. Get off your high horse there.Yes I am aware some people don’t have a choice but to buy cheap cars, I have been there as well. After high school I paid $800 for a 96 Suburban that was horrible on gas but it was my only viable option. I mainly judge people who spend obscene money on an overpriced vehicle or a big stupid truck that you can tell they only drive on pavement.
Excuse me? It’s called an emotional support truck.
You probably smugly talk about ‘sportsball’ as well.
Hey, the whole thing about shrimp is a misunderstanding. They have more receptors for different colors, yes. But it’s because their brain is so rudimentary that they can’t combine the input from 3 color receptors to perceive more colors; they need a separate color receptor for every single color.
It’s like reading. I don’t look at letters and think “that’s an A and that’s a B”.
It’s just “Miata, Civic, Explorer, etc”
Or recognizing people. I just know all these strangers names and faces.
Shrimp actually have less color range.
They’ve got more receptor types in their eyes than humans, but lack the ability to interpolate any mixed color data they’re receiving, so they basically only see the 12 colors/shades while humans perceive an entire spectrum.
They were probably making reference to the colours visible to mantis shrimp
Yes, me too. Problem?
Hmmm I just read the study and while a plausible explanation it doesn’t seem to be a settled matter.
You could have specified you were speaking about mantis shrimp to begin with and skipped being snarky for no reason.
Some cars are more iconic than others, and some cars are pretty common.
