Gatekeeping

You look down on people driving a car they can't repair themselves.

I look down on people driving a vehicle they can't power themselves.

We are not the same.

I like these corvette man comics. They are non taxing.

A pleasant momentary diversion!
I like that Corvette Man appears not to suck.
That's nice. And it's nice when things are nice.

OMG the amount of gate keeping that goes on in car “communities” is beyond the pale, absurd and constantly shift.

Its really funny to see EVs coming on the scene with insane 0-60 times and horsepower numbers only for chuds to now claim that those things don't matter.
- EVs have completely killed "the car guy" to me. Like you can just buy a run-of-the-mill EV and it can easily have better overall performance characteristics, better energy efficiency, and require less maintenance than a random "sports car".
  But hey, I guess it doesn't go "vroom-vroom", set off everyone's car alarm on the street when it passes, and doesn't function as a dead giveaway that you're an asshole creep who is having trouble masking their psychopathy.
- Seriously.
  I had a guy in an I forgot what something manly or whatever with rude stickers about liberals or something on the back try to beat me off the line when was driving my leaf.
  It was a complete joke. The instant torque evs have is ridiculous.
- LMAO!
  but they dont have an Exhaust man!!!

"Oh? How many of the 45 product recalls on your Charger did you fix yourself instead of taking it to the dealer?"

That's a Challenger.
- shifts backwards hat
  hands beer to buddy
  steps on the gas, loses control and kills 11 people
  "bro, that's a challenger"
- No, it's just a drawing.
- Potato potato, they're both land boats built like a three legged rhinoceros with the worst front sight lines I've ever seen.

I've experienced the opposite situation lots of times.

Just because I ride a bike does not mean I am a mechanic or fix stuff myself. Far from it, I leave that to a professional. Most people seem to think all men tinker on their bikes.

I wouldn't say tinker, but if you have a bike, I kinda expect you know how to change the oil, lube+tension the chain, change the plugs, battery, tire maybe, just stuff you have to do frequently anyway that you can do in the tine it takes to get to the shop.
The alternative is spending a ton of time and money.
Also they're much easier to work on than cars, especially if there's no cowling.
- But why? I am not a capable handyman, but still want to ride a bike. Still cheaper than car and low maintenance only riding on city streets. As a more efficient (gas and space) commuting vehicle.
  Wouldn't that be gatekeeping? 😁
I'm guilty of this to varying degrees. All motorcyclists and any bicyclists that are doing it as a hobby. I get it for cars where, in my entire continent, they are pretty much a requirement. You have to have a car (let's not do a car-free digression right now).
But motorcycling? Or trail biking? Those are electives. I have bias because I'm mechanical and the people I get along with tend to also be mechanical. Both hobbies are ones where mechanical issues are frequent enough that you'd rather not be stranded for something basic - or, at least, that's my thought process. With a bicycle, there's not a whole lot to it (to me) so why not have the pocket multi tool that could disassemble the whole bike and why not know how to use it? With motorcycles, they have some flukes and tows are so tricky/pricey that I'd like to exhaust all my diagnostic options first. I guess I do have the same view on car drivers as well, but in limited ways. Namely, how to change a flat. I charitably change about 3 a year randomly on the road.
That's my thought process. It matches my initial facial expression. I try to not put it out verbally though and just help if I can.
- As I said in the other answer, it's a commuting vehicle for me. Possibly this especially here on lemmy is a slightly different thing since the US - in Europe's eyes has lots of space for more and more cars but here it has a lot of advantages to not use a car.

funny comic downvote because you cut off the artists signature

Did they edit the post? I can clearly see the creators insta in the bottom right corner
- not visible here (voyager) when the image is opened
- The idiots didn't open the whole image... apparently.
- not visible here (voyager) when the image is opened

I went into a servo with a star wars shirt on once, how dare I, I know, guy behind the counter did his absolute best to make sure I didn't know enough about the franchise to be a TRUE fan, and I was just faking for attention.

Should have told him that Disney started sucking after the original trilogy. Watch him have a stroke.

Why cut off creator's signature? 😢

Its not cut off on mine
- I guess you didn't have problems with phimosis like me. 😕
@the__back__lot
Can you see it now? Maybe OP edited the post after catching flak.
- Yup, 'tis fine now.

Let's see... both males portrayed suck... who cares about corvettes anyway. And then he burns rubber.....

Nothing in the world would elate me more than having a dbag who looks and acts like that tell me that I'm not a part of his group.

You need other people to feel validated or elated? Well you can't call yourself a real lemming then.
I look and act like a tool irl as well, trust me. You're welcome.
- I would wager a shiny nickel that you're actually quite cool irl.

He's actually a human guy, not a car guy.
A car guy is Bumblebee from Transformers.

The man with the backwards hat is confused.

Nothing is as abhorrent as a growing community…?!