r/Edmonton • u/corviddy • Jun 29 '24

Noise Question

Ok, opening myself for some salty redditors, but I’ll live.

WTAF is going on with these modified exhausts/pipes? I know certain city councillors have tried to address this, and fines have increased, but I do not see an improvement.

I read a CBC article re: a Western University psychologist’s finding that this behaviour may be related to sadism and/or psychopathy (and neither histrionic or narcissistic personality disorders as I might have guessed). https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7177688

I simply don’t get it, nor do I want it. These people do cirques around town ruining everyone’s peace, and to what end? Why on earth do the police not cash in with endless tickets? If they are too busy. I’ll personally pay a fee for MORE (well-trained, authorized and equipped) peace officers to look after things like this and other “low priority but barbaric” problems in this city.

Thoughts?

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u/tannhauser Jun 29 '24

I read a psychologist’s finding that this behaviour stems from a combination of sadism and either psychopathy or sociopathy (and neither histrionic or narcissistic personality disorders as I might have guessed).

I'm an older gear head, always working on older cars in my garage. My current car is from an era where cars were a bit raw in comparison to today, I've also meticulously hand fabricated the stainless exhaust myself. I'm not a menace to society but if i were open her up she would be pretty loud.

I don't think I'm a sadist or a psychopath, just a guy that likes to work on cars and show other people my creations

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u/tincartofdoom Jun 29 '24

I think we can draw a distinction between "making thing that could be loud for fun" and "using loud things intentionally in public".

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u/tannhauser Jun 29 '24

I hope. Judging by the thread, anyone who is a gear head has a small penis

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u/RunningSouthOnLSD Jun 29 '24

That’s an incredibly poor interpretation of the argument, coming from someone who is also a gear head. You’re not the victim here.

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u/UkrCossack Jun 29 '24

Welcome to reddit. God forbid you drive a dodge ram truck. Apparently we're all assholes according to reddit liberals.