# The wachowskis ruined my son. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064 "2010-10-14T00:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/1 "2010-10-14T00:00:08Z")
He’s an art fiend, loves cars and racing. Drew a picture of a racetrack, he did. Looks like your lower intestine. I blame this on his watching Speed Racer. Frankly, I kinda liked it. It got the whole competitive savant racer guy down, and managed to be visually amazing. But I’m afraid the racing series our children will create will look like your lower intestine. It’ll probably up the fatality rate too, unless they decide watching drones is more fun than restrictor plates and flesh n blood drivers. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/2 "2010-10-14T01:26:17Z")
First of all, how do you know what my lower intestine looks like? :dubious: If your son could turn this into a video game, I would love to play a racing game where the track looks like my lower intestine. I think we need more racing games like this. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/3 "2010-10-14T01:29:52Z")
whelp, it looks like this: [http://www.millertwinracing.com/track.jpg](http://www.millertwinracing.com/track.jpg) You tell me. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/4 "2010-10-14T02:08:04Z")
I don’t think your son is influenced by the Wachochiskis at all. Instead, he is attempting to summon the Elder Gods. This might not be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/5 "2010-10-14T02:15:11Z")
I kinda thought the Wachowskis might ruin your son by making him want to be your daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/6 "2010-10-14T02:20:52Z")
I think that looks like the worms in my lower intestine. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/7 "2010-10-14T02:22:59Z")
Carmageddon! ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/8 "2010-10-14T02:40:38Z")
So you see my concern then? ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/9 "2010-10-14T02:56:24Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > So you see my concern then? Yeah. If your intestines are shaped like that you don’t have much time left. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/10 "2010-10-14T03:13:00Z")
Honestly, I think there’s a blockage near the start/finish line. I suspect a visit to Dr. Jellyfinger will be in order. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/11 "2010-10-14T03:22:18Z")
“Son, it’s called a race track, not a race tract.” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/12 "2010-10-14T04:43:03Z")
Watch out, Turn 94 is a doozy! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/13 "2010-10-14T05:33:38Z")
Give your son a pat on the back for such a creative design. Ten million NASCAR fans couldn’t come up with anything better than an oval! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/14 "2010-10-14T07:37:11Z")
I think this has less to do with the Wachowskis & more to do with being a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/15 "2010-10-14T11:29:30Z")
Hey man! Watch what yer sayin 'bout my Unique Snowflake! 😃 (and upon further review, I think I’m seeing more than a little Mario Kart in there too, so Lana’s off the hook.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/16 "2010-10-14T12:16:27Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Give your son a pat on the back for such a creative design. Ten million NASCAR fans couldn’t come up with anything better than an oval! 😃 I agree. That would be an awesome racetrack. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/17 "2010-10-14T15:27:46Z")
My friends and I used to draw tracks like that for each other. One guy would draw it and the other guy would hold the very back end of a pen and try to “drive” around the track without going out of the lines. Do stuff like oil slicks where you scribble all over the track to make in hard to stay in the lines. I haven’t thought about that game in years… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/18 "2010-10-14T15:32:29Z")
I really liked Speed Racer and was sorry it bombed. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/19 "2010-10-14T15:37:03Z")
It’s an impressive BluRay disk! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064/20 "2010-10-14T16:06:23Z")
You don’t say how old your son is. If he’s in his 20’s you may have some legitimate concerns. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wachowskis-ruined-my-son/557064.md?page=2)