May 26, 2004
New Yorker article that explains why people like SUV's, but it might not be from an angle you would expect. The article taps into my long time passion of reading about subconscious processes that determine human behavior on a fundamental level. Very well balanced and pretty rational. (link thanks to this guy who also has a sweet-ass picture that is a tad sensationalistic, but the facts are there too!)
Bravo. I'm officially on the floor over this one. I've read it three times now and I still keep laughing whenever I read it again. That's the last time I put up an anti-SUV diatribe.
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"According to Bradsher, internal industry market research concluded that S.U.V.s tend to be bought by people who are insecure, vain, self-centered, and self-absorbed, who are frequently nervous about their marriages, and who lack confidence in their driving skills."
Well then, Nate, the next time we go to dinner in my Ford Explorer . . . wait, you may never want to ride with me again. Is it something I did? No,of course not, I'm perfect in everyway. Why wouldn't you want to ride with me? If you didn't ride with me, you'd have no one to ride with! What? Why am I even talking about you? I'm the only one that matters here. Huh? Did you hear that? I think my wife, Blake, is sneaking out of the house to go have an affair with some dude that drives a Mini-Cooper. Hmmm. I'd follow her to see if its true, but alas, I don't know if I could get the damn thing out of park!
Yep, the facts are all there.
posted by leroy at 09:35AM CST on May 28