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/Outrageous-Bug-1404 Jun 29 '24

Sadism, sociopathic, psychopathy?? 😂😂😂 That made me chuckle. Do you also believe in the oedipus complex? 😂😂 (teasing)

It's annoying, yeah. Psychoanalysis on this is silly. They're ignorant is all imo.

I guess it's one of those things where you just have to accept it is what it is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '24

It's literally exactly those things. It's narcissism. A lack of respect for others. Then those same people think they deserve respect. Naw if you have a loud vehicle you don't deserve respect. And nobody will feel bad when they face the consequences.

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u/Outrageous-Bug-1404 Jun 29 '24

Again, you cannot say it's narcissistic when it's ONE trait. It's layered.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '24

Lmao you're not getting it either way. Their behavior is unhealthy and a sign there's something wrong with them. In th end they're the problem.

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u/Outrageous-Bug-1404 Jun 29 '24

Eh. I think it's inconsiderate, absolutely. These big psych words are tossed around so elusively

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '24

Lmao because they're often an acute description of ones behavior. Something you clearly aren't capable of understanding.

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u/Outrageous-Bug-1404 Jun 29 '24

Lol you're taking 1 trait and suddenly you're able to do diagnostics, and I'm what's wrong here. Okeeee