The number of “why do influencers always film in public” that I’ve seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a “Social Media brainrot. That’s why. They think they can just film anywhere.” post in some other community instead.
Look, I agree, “fuck cars”; but eating and filming in the car you own is just not problematic beyond owning the car in and on itself, at all. There’s plenty of valid car criticism to be had, you don’t have to go looking for things to be enraged by.
The number of “why do influencers always film in public” that I’ve seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a “Social Media brainrot. That’s why. They think they can just film anywhere.” post in some other community instead.
So you’re saying that, if the video didn’t have a car in it, it wouldn’t be in this “Fuck Cars” community? Deep thoughts.
Those are the obnoxious ones who go out of their way to make their content everyone else’s problem. You know the ones – and yeah, they exist everywhere, and no one likes them.
But this filming in a car thing is very uniquely American – you rarely, if ever, see people from other parts of the world doing this, even if they’re making the exact same kind of content. The majority of content filmed inside a vehicle by someone not from North America is when being in or around the vehicle is integral to the content being made (like a car review.)
To stick with this example, food reviewers can and do make their reviews right there in the restaurant – like I said, it’s not exactly difficult to set up your phone or compact camera and talk at a reasonable tone and volume so none of the other people around you are disturbed, aside from the occasional sourpuss who might give you the stinkeye regardless, and still get excellent content. My partner often does this kind of thing and not once have we ever felt the need to sit in her car to do it.
I don’t have the slightest problem with people eating and filming in their cars – the reason this post is here is because of the way Americans, and uniquely Americans (and Canadians, I guess) have been systemically primed into viewing their massive, cavernous cars as a viable third space to do this sort of thing when the rest of the world doesn’t, because there’s plenty of space outside to do it – and even when there is space to do it, they gravitate back to their cars because carbrain.
People don’t film in their cars because they have room mates, are trying to side hustle, and it’s 100 F outside, no they simply have carnivorous car brain… Wild…
Making a video in a restaurant can make others feel weird, one complaint from one Karen and now your video and meal is over, plus you could be banned. So now you wrecked your meal and video. Why risk it? Why deal with the background noise? Why not be somewhere you can be more animated and expressive in your review? I mean it seems very logical to film in the car…
Americans: because of the system and place I was born into, the only place I can get privacy to express myself is in my car.
You: BWAHAHA AMERICANS ARE SO LOUD THEY CAN’T RECORD IN PUBLIC BUT THEY SHOULD ANYWAY YOU DON’T HAVE THIRD SPACES BUT THAT’S YOUR FAULT SOMEHOW CARBRAIN CARBRAIN CARBRAIN
Jfc you sound judgemental and pretentious. I think we need to do stuff to eliminate cars and stuff but if someone even doing anything related to cars makes you go this rabid maybe take a step back.
Yeah, I hate driving, but it just sucks that this comm is more interested in insulting me for needing a car than helping me avoid the thing I hate. I sold my car last year… and now I have to borrow a car to get to therapy each week because a ten minute drive is an hour away on the bus, and that bus only comes by once every four hours. Cycling is not an option because it’s a truck route and I’ve already been run off the road once on a bike.
I really want to love this community, but it’s pretty clear that the general opinion is that I don’t deserve transit because my government isn’t listening to me. Like, holy shit, if you want to attend the public opinion meetings at my transit authority, they’ll send a car to pick you up because it’s not serviced by bus, and that’s better than most of the US. But I’m the carbrain when I complain about how unusable transit is.
American here, fully agree with you. I am amazed that the same community that calls out carbrain and lack of public transit to sell cars being a uniquely American issue, then says carbrain being an American issue is wrong.
It is actually possible to talk at a normal volume and film discreetly in the restaurant without bothering anyone, Americans are just loud as hell
The number of “why do influencers always film in public” that I’ve seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a “Social Media brainrot. That’s why. They think they can just film anywhere.” post in some other community instead.
Look, I agree, “fuck cars”; but eating and filming in the car you own is just not problematic beyond owning the car in and on itself, at all. There’s plenty of valid car criticism to be had, you don’t have to go looking for things to be enraged by.
So you’re saying that, if the video didn’t have a car in it, it wouldn’t be in this “Fuck Cars” community? Deep thoughts.
I am saying this is rage for rage’s sake and shouldn’t be in this community now.
Sometimes it seems like people don’t even read your comments, doesn’t it?
Those are the obnoxious ones who go out of their way to make their content everyone else’s problem. You know the ones – and yeah, they exist everywhere, and no one likes them.
But this filming in a car thing is very uniquely American – you rarely, if ever, see people from other parts of the world doing this, even if they’re making the exact same kind of content. The majority of content filmed inside a vehicle by someone not from North America is when being in or around the vehicle is integral to the content being made (like a car review.)
To stick with this example, food reviewers can and do make their reviews right there in the restaurant – like I said, it’s not exactly difficult to set up your phone or compact camera and talk at a reasonable tone and volume so none of the other people around you are disturbed, aside from the occasional sourpuss who might give you the stinkeye regardless, and still get excellent content. My partner often does this kind of thing and not once have we ever felt the need to sit in her car to do it.
I don’t have the slightest problem with people eating and filming in their cars – the reason this post is here is because of the way Americans, and uniquely Americans (and Canadians, I guess) have been systemically primed into viewing their massive, cavernous cars as a viable third space to do this sort of thing when the rest of the world doesn’t, because there’s plenty of space outside to do it – and even when there is space to do it, they gravitate back to their cars because carbrain.
Your take a wild…
People don’t film in their cars because they have room mates, are trying to side hustle, and it’s 100 F outside, no they simply have carnivorous car brain… Wild…
Making a video in a restaurant can make others feel weird, one complaint from one Karen and now your video and meal is over, plus you could be banned. So now you wrecked your meal and video. Why risk it? Why deal with the background noise? Why not be somewhere you can be more animated and expressive in your review? I mean it seems very logical to film in the car…
Americans: because of the system and place I was born into, the only place I can get privacy to express myself is in my car.
You: BWAHAHA AMERICANS ARE SO LOUD THEY CAN’T RECORD IN PUBLIC BUT THEY SHOULD ANYWAY YOU DON’T HAVE THIRD SPACES BUT THAT’S YOUR FAULT SOMEHOW CARBRAIN CARBRAIN CARBRAIN
Jfc you sound judgemental and pretentious. I think we need to do stuff to eliminate cars and stuff but if someone even doing anything related to cars makes you go this rabid maybe take a step back.
Yeah, I hate driving, but it just sucks that this comm is more interested in insulting me for needing a car than helping me avoid the thing I hate. I sold my car last year… and now I have to borrow a car to get to therapy each week because a ten minute drive is an hour away on the bus, and that bus only comes by once every four hours. Cycling is not an option because it’s a truck route and I’ve already been run off the road once on a bike.
I really want to love this community, but it’s pretty clear that the general opinion is that I don’t deserve transit because my government isn’t listening to me. Like, holy shit, if you want to attend the public opinion meetings at my transit authority, they’ll send a car to pick you up because it’s not serviced by bus, and that’s better than most of the US. But I’m the carbrain when I complain about how unusable transit is.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Pretty much everyone here wants a less car centric society.
All they say is don’t be a dick to people who (have to) use one.
The filming in Restaurants in a whole other can of worms in which many like me say no I don’t want a tape rolling nearby while i eat.
I think you responded to the wrong comment
This is the most American response ever.
Seriously, you might need to take a step back and touch grass if that’s how you respond to things, I’m kind of worried about your mental state
Your responses has been pretty judgemental. You don’t need to be an American to see that.
American here, fully agree with you. I am amazed that the same community that calls out carbrain and lack of public transit to sell cars being a uniquely American issue, then says carbrain being an American issue is wrong.
It’s the only way you can hear us over the gunshots