I had the most ridiculous fucking argument on the way home from work today

The BBQ Pit
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Riding home with my roommate/co-worker. He is totally consumed by popular culture and popular entertainment. He loves radio and mtv rap music and loves the cars and the styles that go with them.

He was talking about the wheels on an SUV we were passing and I asked him, “How long do you think until big wheels go out of style?”

He gave me a rather disgusted look indicating that he didn’t think they would ever go out of style.

He immediately cited chrome as something that had never gone out of style and I had to break the news to him that yes, chrome has come and gone many times over the decades. Of course he thought this was absolutely ridiculous and wouldn’t buy it for a second. “Chrome just LOOKS NICE! IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE!!!”

I cited the 1950s Chevrolets. There was the 210 and the Bel-Air and, to my knowledge, the only difference in them was that the Bel-Air had more chrome. This was popular at the time but in later years the 210 became more sought-after because chrome was considered passe.

He, in turn, started comparing chrome to the mirror on the back of my passenger-side visor. “This has never gone out of style”

“Yes my dear simpleton but it is a PRACTICAL ITEM, people USE it for things. There is no use for chrome except looks and things like that tend to wax and wane in popularity.”

I cited the feathered hair of the 70s and the hip-hugger jeans that have come and gone several times. The hair looked GREAT back then but if a girl wore it today it would almost look funny. Similarly, try going back to 1987 and wearing a pair of hip-hugger jeans. They may look great today but I bet our time-travelling female friend wouldn’t have much luck with the guys back then. That’s because hair and clothing styles are for looks, they don’t have PRACTICAL USES, much like chrome doesn’t have a practical use.

Next he cited my air conditioner. “An air conditioner is a luxury item!”

Maybe so but it has a practical use. You don’t use an air conditioner to pick up girls. You use it to cool your hot ass down when you live in Phoenix.

“You can use it to pick up girls! Go tell a girl you don’t have air conditioner and see if she’ll go out with you!”

First of all, you can’t argue for dick. Just because a girl may not want you without air conditioning doesn’t mean she WILL want you with it. Second of all, I’ll pass on the uber-materialistic chicks that I don’t want and YOU can’t get.

Next, the little fucker had the nerve to cite seat belts. FUCKING SEAT-BELTS! He said seat-belts came in style and never went out. This was getting absolutely ridiculous and this guy was dead serious. Seat belts have to be in your car by fucking law and they were never a goddamned fashion item. He seems to think that because HE doesn’t like them that they aren’t popular and therefore…wait a second, therefore nothing, he was no longer making sense in the least bit at this point.

This is when he got mad, started yelling, and told me that I was so close minded that he couldn’t even talk to me.

Yea you fucking idiot, you think that because something is in style now it will always be in style and I’M close minded. I’M FUCKING GLAD THAT YOU DON’T KNOW YET THAT I PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER AND I MIGHT BE MOVING TO CALIFORNIA AND LEAVING YOUR SORRY, STUPID, BITCHY, WHINY, UNGRATEFUL-ASS TO ROT HERE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!

GO BACK AND LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS WHO YOU HATE FOR NO REASON BECAUSE YOUR FRIENDS CAN’T KEEP CARRYING YOU THROUGH LIFE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE TOWARDS THEM!

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This is a sign. You’re now resentful towards somebody you essentially have to spend 24 hours a day with.

I honestly reckon you should consider changing your lifestyle. An arguement like the one you just outlined above is a classic symptom of “over saturation” I find.

At the very least, you should get a roommate who isn’t also a co worker. Unless, of course, you’re a couple! :smiley:

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Only in the sense that I’m Holden and he’s a whinier, more annoying Banky.

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I’ve been reading a lot more rants like this since text has been in style.

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You live and work with this guy? My condolences.

You’re leaving him to go onto greener pastures, while he gets a reality check? Heinous!! :stuck_out_tongue:

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It had possibilities for being in top 100 rants of this year, but then you lost it when you went to all caps.

And your co-worker/roommate is a fucking idiot who needs to stop living in dreamland and grow the fuck up.

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One flaw in your original assertion is that big wheels aren’t just for style. They are very effective, and a generally big improvement in vehicle handling and performance. They’re not going away.

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Tell him that the big wheels are going to blow his suspension out.

It’s true, they will.

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We’re talking 22"-24" shiny chrome wheels on SUVs Sam, not the (large but still practical) 18" and wheels they’re putting on sports cars now.

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Sounds like he was just arguing for the sake of it.

“I’d like to buy an argument, please…”

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Awww, the desert isn’t that bad, is it?

:smiley:

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I saw some of those big chromies the other day. These were super cool though, they kept spinning when the SUV was stopped. Very nice :slight_smile:

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Anyone here remember chrome Mag wheels? I think they must have been the first chrome wheels around. Pretty rare to see them anymore, even on a show car from that era.

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I saw a few examples of these in LA when I visited the US a couple weeks back. I laughed like a drain, stopped for breath…

… and then laughed some. :slight_smile:

'Course, they’ll probably make their way down here too…

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There’s a certain method of retaliation available, that’s recently come back in style. It was popular 80 years ago.

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Feh. Find something with a little more substance to argue about if youze guys feel the need to draw blood.

Chrome will always be in style. If you just repeated that a couple times and not let yourself get drawn into an energy-sucking argument that MEANS NOTHING IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, you wouldn’t be all jacked up right now. Take a chill pill.

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And why would you want to have big meals in cars? It’s crazy I tell you! It’s dangerous to eat a big meal in a car! Someone ought to do something!

Oh…
[Emily Litella]Never mind.[/Emily Litella]

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What pisses me off is that this little peon is so far from ever understanding “THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS” that he can compare the practicality of chrome to that of seat belts, and in his fucked up little mind it makes perfect sense and I’m a moron.

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What are you up to, writing a script for The New Odd Couple?

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I made friends when the style was to have something in common with a person, to enjoy each other’s company and mutually benefit from the relationship. I hope that comes back in vogue someday.