Forums...and the car scene

[GAtegs]

There is a small problem with all of this. What happens if you actually LIKE what is popular and "in". When you do it, are you "selling out" or "copying" the last guy that did it? Are you being unoriginal for doing to your car what YOU think looks good even though thousands of people have already done it?

I think it's unfair to say that people care too much what other people think. Maybe it's because I am one of those people that did to my car what everyone else did or maybe it's because I am one of those people that did to my car what everyone else did BECAUSE IT IS WHAT I LIKED.

People tell me all the time, "man, I wish my Integra looked as good as yours" or "man, your Integra is my inspiration"...it's not because they want to copy me or because they can't think for themselves, it's because it fucking looks good and who are you guys to say otherwise?

I am not trying to start shit here or tell anyone that their opinion on the subject is wrong, I am just saying you have to be careful about what you are saying. When you have (for example) millions of Honda enthusiasts across the globe, people are bound to replicate what other people have done...it's mathematically impossible for everyone to be original.

[quickdodge®]

[QUOTE=GAtegs;38513565] Are you being unoriginal for doing to your car what YOU think looks good even though thousands of people have already done it?

Yes. Even though you are doing something that everyone has already done because you like it, you are being unoriginal. True. But it doesn't mean you can't do it.

I think it's unfair to say that people care too much what other people think.

I disagree to a point. Online forums have brought it to the point that people DO CARE what others think. The ones that care the most are the ones that get mad if someone says something negative about their car.

People tell me all the time, "man, I wish my Integra looked as good as yours" or "man, your Integra is my inspiration"...it's not because they want to copy me or because they can't think for themselves, it's because it fucking looks good and who are you guys to say otherwise?

I do agree here. If you like the way a car looks and want to emulate it to an extent, go for it. And who am I to say otherwise? Exactly. I used to be bad about popping in a thread and saying a car looked like shit. Now a I have a tasteful attitude about it. If I say a negative about a car, I always try to follow up with a positive; "I don't care for the paint, but the wheels look great." And I don't blatantly bash it; "Paint looks like shit."

When you have (for example) millions of Honda enthusiasts across the globe, people are bound to replicate what other people have done...it's mathematically impossible for everyone to be original.

Impossible is correct, sir, lolol. Later, QD.