When you spot a coal rolling stereotype.

I had a Betta fish once.  He lived in a vase with a plant on top.  My wife kept it on the kitchen table.  His name was Gary.  We never had no Alpha fishes.

There's some silly bullE36 M3 happening in this thread but I just want to post this:

yupididit said:

Duke said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Duke :

So what if he's just an shiny happy person who do things for self-entertainment but doesn't feel inferior as you would assume? 

I find it hard to believe that you can discern the difference between an alpha or beta based on how they feel without actually knowing how that person feels. 

If self-entertainment includes being rude and disdainful to those around you (see previous rolling coal / whistling), then you are a beta male whether you feel inferior or not.

Are you also a beta male? If not, why? If so, how? 

Bored, here?

I'm not driving around being a jackwagon to random strangers, am I?  He is.

You'll have to decide if I'm a beta male or not.  I don't consider myself an alpha male by any stretch, and frankly don't have any desire to be.  So feel free to assign me whatever level of status you deem appropriate.

Duke said:

yupididit said:

Duke said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Duke :

So what if he's just an shiny happy person who do things for self-entertainment but doesn't feel inferior as you would assume? 

I find it hard to believe that you can discern the difference between an alpha or beta based on how they feel without actually knowing how that person feels. 

If self-entertainment includes being rude and disdainful to those around you (see previous rolling coal / whistling), then you are a beta male whether you feel inferior or not.

Are you also a beta male? If not, why? If so, how? 

Bored, here?

I'm not driving around being a jackwagon to random strangers, am I?  He is.

You'll have to decide if I'm a beta male or not.  I don't consider myself an alpha male by any stretch, and frankly don't have any desire to be.  So feel free to assign me whatever level of status you deem appropriate.

 

Not bored. Just trying to gain more understanding. I will not assign people such titles. But was curious of your qualifications. 

I know you don't coal-roll or whatever.

Have you ever been rude or done something disrespectful to people around you? 

_ said:

oh, and he kindly left his truck running the entire fill up so all of us could breathe that trash in. 

That is because, according to them, Diesels are delicate flowers and you damage them by shutting them off and restarting.

yupididit said:

Have you ever been rude or done something disrespectful to people around you? 

I try very hard not to do so, unless I am treated rudely first.  I'm sure I have been rude accidently on many occasions - but I always try to have enough situational awareness to avoid it by thinking outside my little personal sphere just a bit.

Duke said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Duke :

What's a Beta-Male to you? I still don't understand the various uses of this term in regards to human males. 

I'm considering it to be a male who feels the need to inflict himself on others as a way of dominating those to whom he secretly feels inferior.

I.e. the rolling coal and preemptive whistling for an attendant.

 

Sounds like an shiny happy person driver I encountered years ago down in GA.  Dude was gassing up at a large service center on a holiday weekend (place was packed and had an outdoor seating area for families to enjoy an ice cream before getting back on the road).  The whole time he was fueling he left his car running (fine) and his stereo blasting the most offensive rap at painful volume (less fine) while standing there shirtless and looking around to see who was offended by his actions.  

I give less than a E36 M3 about what people want to get up to for themselves, but intentionally inflicting it on others isn't acceptable.  The station attendant should have refused to fill his tank till he turned it off. 

KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

Duke said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Duke :

What's a Beta-Male to you? I still don't understand the various uses of this term in regards to human males. 

I'm considering it to be a male who feels the need to inflict himself on others as a way of dominating those to whom he secretly feels inferior.

I.e. the rolling coal and preemptive whistling for an attendant.

 

Sounds like an shiny happy person driver I encountered years ago down in GA.  Dude was gassing up at a large service center on a holiday weekend (place was packed and had an outdoor seating area for families to enjoy an ice cream before getting back on the road).  The whole time he was fueling he left his car running (fine) and his stereo blasting the most offensive rap at painful volume (less fine) while standing there shirtless and looking around to see who was offended by his actions.  

I give less than a E36 M3 about what people want to get up to for themselves, but intentionally inflicting it on others isn't acceptable.  The station attendant should have refused to fill his tank till he turned it off. 

We need paddleboards for memes.

KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

I give less than a E36 M3 about what people want to get up to for themselves, but intentionally inflicting it on others isn't acceptable.  The station attendant should have refused to fill his tank till he turned it off. 

Although of course I cannot be certain, I would bet that something like being refused service would be exactly the kind of opportunity Mr. Bag would be happy to provoke.

Driven5 said:

In reply to RevRico :

There is a HUGE difference between merely having 'different vehicle taste' and literally forcing the people around you to taste your vehicle.

+1

I don't need to get into personalities or alpha/beta splits or anything to say: rolling coal defacto makes you a douchebag. There is not a single coal roller in the world that is not a douchebag. It's like saying "sure you saw him slap the waitress on the ass and call her sweetie, but how can you possibly judge his personality without knowing him?"

This dude is a douchebag. Full stop.

I'd just like to point out those are clearly sliders and not flip-flops.

this whole thread

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

There's some silly bullE36 M3 happening in this thread but I just want to post this:

Can we have a thread about these sometime? I don't know E36 M3 about them but think they're neat.

No Time said:

So is the leader of the Beta-males called the Master Beta?

Betamax

logdog said:

I had a Betta fish once.  He lived in a vase with a plant on top.  My wife kept it on the kitchen table.  His name was Gary.  We never had no Alpha fishes.

 

If confine two of them together in a small space for a certain amount of time, they will fight.

Datsun310Guy said:

Bro

DUDE!

yupididit said:

In reply to Duke :

What's a Beta-Male to you? I still don't understand the various uses of this term in regards to human males. 

I can't tell if it's this: 

Or this:

To coal roller guy and yuppididit in BC at a self serve leaving your engine running while fuelling should earn you a time out. The attendant should shut down the pump and direct the operator to shut down the vehicle.

classicJackets said:

this whole thread

This mixing of Simpsons memes is throwing me off

For all the ire they raise, I think the Beta is handsome

At least in coupe form. 

I mean I'd still drive the 5 door Berlina, but more as an oddity 

Trent said:

I mean I'd still drive the 5 door Berlina, but more as an oddity 

That looks like what would have happened if Italy built Chevy Citations.

Nothing feels better than pointing out the shortcomings of others: https://youtu.be/9L0fS7ZgAJA

MadScientistMatt said:

Trent said:

I mean I'd still drive the 5 door Berlina, but more as an oddity 

That looks like what would have happened if Italy built Chevy Citations.

I was thinking it was what a cross between a Chevette and a Citation would've looked like. It also sorta looks like the front of a Mazda GLC (the RWD version) and the back half of some sort of Datsun. Maybe a B210? Just add a set of rear doors in the middle and that is pretty much it.

Cooter said:

logdog said:

I had a Betta fish once.  He lived in a vase with a plant on top.  My wife kept it on the kitchen table.  His name was Gary.  We never had no Alpha fishes.

 

If confine two of them together in a small space for a certain amount of time, they will fight.

A small space like a Forum or Thread?