disgraced.fk8
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- Drew
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Has anyone else noticed a massive uptick in violence, especially shootouts, at car meets lately? I live in Rochester NY so it's not exactly the safest place around, but I never have worried about much of anything, ESPECIALLY at car meets. I've been here about 8 years and it has always been simple: stay away from a few blocks in the city and you're good to go. I heard (second hand info, can't find the stories to verify) that there were like 2 or 3 incidents this past weekend ALONE. That is insane. Oh and these aren't takeover events, we thankfully don't really have those here... Not sure what is going on out there, but I have a few theories (and in no particular order):
- After the initial scare of COVID and the riots that were taking place, a ridiculous number of people marched right out to their local Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up whatever they could in case of total anarchy. Now everyone's strapped.
- The divide between the left and the right is worse than ever. Don't need to say more lol.
- The society that we now live in where everyone has to be better than everyone else. People start a bit of banter, maybe so-and-so's car is faster, etc. Things start to get heated, tensions rise, and next thing you know shots get fired. I have started to believe that some folks simply can't handle not having what others have. Sure, we all have our moments of jealousy, but honestly I really do think this has a bit more to do with violence than it should. And the worst part is, once you become an adult you realize that you can drive a Mercedes, BMW or go get a fast sports car on most any budget if you're willing to grind and sacrifice other things. You'd have to find a cheap housing situation and live in squalor, and maybe you eat ramen most days, but hey it does mean that much to some people that they will do it... If you've never driven through a mobile home park, it's usually surprising how many newer or more expensive cars are there.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree? What did I miss? I could be waaaay the hell off the mark, or I could be close. I'm just grasping at straws. I'm sure I could come up with more but it's a good starting point.
Any and all civil discussion is welcome - I'm just trying to wrap my head around this insanity and usually we have some fantastic discourse here on the forum. Would love to hear others share ideas, opinions and points of view on this.
- After the initial scare of COVID and the riots that were taking place, a ridiculous number of people marched right out to their local Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up whatever they could in case of total anarchy. Now everyone's strapped.
- The divide between the left and the right is worse than ever. Don't need to say more lol.
- The society that we now live in where everyone has to be better than everyone else. People start a bit of banter, maybe so-and-so's car is faster, etc. Things start to get heated, tensions rise, and next thing you know shots get fired. I have started to believe that some folks simply can't handle not having what others have. Sure, we all have our moments of jealousy, but honestly I really do think this has a bit more to do with violence than it should. And the worst part is, once you become an adult you realize that you can drive a Mercedes, BMW or go get a fast sports car on most any budget if you're willing to grind and sacrifice other things. You'd have to find a cheap housing situation and live in squalor, and maybe you eat ramen most days, but hey it does mean that much to some people that they will do it... If you've never driven through a mobile home park, it's usually surprising how many newer or more expensive cars are there.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree? What did I miss? I could be waaaay the hell off the mark, or I could be close. I'm just grasping at straws. I'm sure I could come up with more but it's a good starting point.
Any and all civil discussion is welcome - I'm just trying to wrap my head around this insanity and usually we have some fantastic discourse here on the forum. Would love to hear others share ideas, opinions and points of view on this.
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