Trainspotting vs car-loving
I think it's generally agreed that trainspotting is up there with bellringing and D&D in the pantheon of tragic hobbies. But, why is it so much more socially acceptable to obsess over cars? I know laddish, red-blooded males who could tell you the Aggregated Spunk Output of a Bugatti Veyron; or that a Ford Mustang has Dual Hyerdrive Buffers. Yet take them down the local railway station and they're laughing, name calling and possibly throwing things at the anoraked ones.

I think some of these car fanboys need to have a good hard look at themselves.
(Bernard Bernoulli, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 10:58, 3 replies)

In response to the first sentence...
My Dad's president of the CCCBR :(. I haven't been in a bell chamber for four years, though I'm the only one in my household that can say that.

Incidentally, probably like many others, I know nothing about cars other than what I've picked up from the sensible-ish bits on Top Gear.
(icassu, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 11:45, closed)

I suppose I should add a disclaimer...
I don't personally have a problem with trainspotters, bellringers or roleplayers: It keeps them off the streets, and their cultish activities don't harm anybody else. Better trainspotting than happy-slapping.
(Bernard Bernoulli, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 14:19, closed)

Oh crap.
Two out of three. Lucky I don't live near a railway...
(Photon wasting your time since, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 20:01, closed)