# Encountering weird sub-cultures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905 "2014-08-19T16:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905/61 "2014-08-23T02:01:05Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > If you drive it for ten years, then tear it apart at check the wear and pitting on the bearings you certainly can tell if there is a quality difference. An oils performance is based on how a car drives - not what the bearings look like under a microscope after 10 years. There is is no discernible differences in the top brands. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905/62 "2014-08-23T03:34:52Z")
> [@bump](#): > > The insane fandom types wouldn’t quibble about whether the Enterprise was white, pale blue, pale gray or something else. Nobody would argue that particular point isn’t important if you’re making a model. But the insane fandom types get way more into it than that. > > They’d quibble about whether it was Testors Model Master Lichtgrau RLM63 - Semi-Gloss gray, Testors Model Master RAL 7001-7038 Mittleblaugrau KMS - Semi-Gloss, or Testors Model Master RAF Medium Sea Gray - Flat. Ah, the Fifty Shades Of Grey fans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-weird-sub-cultures/695905.md?page=3)