> … sports, guns, cars … The rest of the world sits back snd takes just one guess as to which country you’re from.

Modern masculinity has lapped femininity in how utterly performative it is. This shit is so tiring.

What. What if I just like cars though. Am I a performative male?

	▲	AuthAuth 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No. Cars are amazing pieces of engineering and fun to drive. The people who vapidly flex supercars are an irrelevant fraction of the community.

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rglynn 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I like guns and cars, but not sports. How exactly is it performative? Both are engineering marvels and fascinating to watch videos about, and they also happen to be a load of fun.

I watch hours of videos on both with nobody else around and don't really talk about those topics with others much. So in the spirit of HN, I'm actually curious to know what about those interests is performative?

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jesse__ 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of the three, I only like cars.

I'm from Canada, and I like cars for many of the same reasons I like programming. They're complicated, fickle, and go fucking fast when you get everything right. It's like mainlining adrenaline and validation at the same time.. who wouldn't like that?! They're just fucking fun

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AuthAuth 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

New Zealand. I dont own any guns or flash cars but I still think they're interesting

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nozzlegear 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> The rest of the world sits back snd takes just one guess as to which country you’re from.

Are football and F1 not immensely popular in Europe and the rest of the world?

> Modern masculinity has lapped femininity in how utterly performative it is. This shit is so tiring.

People like what they like, big whoop.

	▲	adw 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Football and F1 have become more popular by being less performatively male. Drive to Survive is The Real Househusbands of Oxfordshire (and Monaco).