# You are a bunch of losers! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781 "2003-07-02T14:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/21 "2003-07-02T19:51:53Z")
I swear one of these guys drove down the road behind my apartment last night. at least fifty feet away, all my windows closed, and still stuff was rattling on the bookshelves. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/22 "2003-07-02T20:08:47Z")
But does all that wattage actually make the music sound better? (Okay, the _1812 Overture_ would benefit, but…) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/23 "2003-07-02T20:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*But does all that wattage actually make the music sound better? > > (Okay, the _1812 Overture_ would benefit, but…) \*\* Well say Justin Timberlake was blasting out of the speakers, and you stuck your head in the car and instantly went deaf. That might be considered “sounding better”. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/24 "2003-07-02T22:42:14Z")
I would love to, just once, hear one of those cars playing Shatner’s “Lucy in the Sky” on Lakeshore Drive. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/25 "2003-07-02T23:41:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*His amp can deliver **1800** watts RMS \*\* Yeah? Well MY amp can deliver 1900 watts\*\* PMS!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/26 "2003-07-02T23:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > Yeah? Well MY amp can deliver 1900 watts_\* PMS!\*\* So what? It also goes south at the same time every month. And, yes, my friend’s system does play real music, and rather well I might add. As to the decible dragsters, a single short duration tone pulse doth not a high performance audio system make. That’s like a drag race over a quarter yard. Woo fricking hoo. ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/27 "2003-07-03T00:29:53Z")
Yeah, but does it go to “eleven?” ---
**Author:** ![Zelmph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/46a35a/32.png) [@Zelmph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zelmph)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/28 "2003-07-03T01:11:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*I would love to, just once, hear one of those cars playing Shatner’s “Lucy in the Sky” on Lakeshore Drive. \*\* Should have been on Mass Ave in Boston a couple of months ago. My brother-in-law was in town with his tricked-out, over-stereoed Honda. I had to borrow it to run some errands, so I decided to blast Music for Airports. I called it x-treme ambient. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/29 "2003-07-03T03:06:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by buttonjockey308 \* > \*\*Well, if they could generate that low frequency tone that either neil young or the army is working on that forces contractions in the colon causing unintended defecation in ones trousers, I might just sponsor one of these decibel dunderheads myself. \*\* They’ve found it. It was stumbled upon during **OPERATION BROWN NOISE** but the resulting mess was so horrible from its use that it was secretly banned by the Geneva Convention. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/30 "2003-07-03T05:39:02Z")
I guess if he had a post count of 4000+ he’d be down with the in-crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/31 "2003-07-03T06:53:31Z")
This thread reminds me of an old poster – perhaps an ad. It was called The Revenge of the Million Watt Speakers. Anyone remember? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/32 "2003-07-03T06:59:23Z")
Sigh. And yet, somehow, my plan for accoustically triggered limpet mines that could be scattered throughout the streets still remains without government funding. BTW, what is the latest on “the brown sound”? I’m afraid I haven’t been keeping up with my conspiracy theory/nonlethal riot control reading lately. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/33 "2003-07-03T07:25:04Z")
Well I guess I now add to my wide brush stereotyping list: The larger the tires the smaller the brain the bigger the ego the smaller the dick. The louder the noise the smaller the brain the bigger the ego the smaller the dick. I bet if the military created this as a weapon, it would be declared illegal under he “rules” of war. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/34 "2003-07-04T11:42:10Z")
So when these contests happen, does Chris Cornell come out of his apartment and bob his head until the car falls apart? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/35 "2003-07-05T10:26:22Z")
I think I have just read a description of hell! Dopers, if any of you ever feel the need to torture me to death or insanity (the unpleasant kind, that is), just picture sticking me inside one of those cars, locking the doors, and hitting the remote. A shuddering CJ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/36 "2003-07-05T19:34:49Z")
Okay, I guess I’ve got the minority view here, but I think those cars are **completely fucking awesome!** If I had $80,000 to spare, I’d definetly get one myself. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/37 "2003-07-06T10:51:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duckster \* > \*\*Well I guess I now add to my wide brush stereotyping list: > > The larger the tires the smaller the brain the bigger the ego the smaller the dick. > > The louder the noise the smaller the brain the bigger the ego the smaller the dick. > > I bet if the military created this as a weapon, it would be declared illegal under he “rules” of war. \*\* So basicaly these guys are dickless wonders? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/38 "2003-07-06T14:16:57Z")
More than a waste of money, doesn’t it sound kinda dangerous? ---
**Author:** ![DdDHellspawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DdDHellspawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DdDHellspawn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781/39 "2003-07-07T01:37:18Z")
I’m all about nice cars but if I had $80,000 to spend on a sound system I think I would spend at most $5,000 with sound proofing and all and take the other $75,000 and invest it in a yatch(sp?) or a house or something. Seriously $75,000 can buy a nice ass Escalade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-bunch-of-losers/185781.md?page=1)