Thinking that the government lockdowns have caused a lot of issues for attention seekers.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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Attention

My first thought.

flashguy

Loud pipe Harley guy - formerly - sold it a few years ago.

I was always chill in residential areas, idle speed only.

But on the open road, I liked to let it rumble. For me, I just like the sound it makes. And if that makes you judge me or my appendage, I don’t give a damn.

I wasn’t trying to save lives or draw attention, it just made me happy. And if that makes you angry, you’ll just have to get happy the same way you got sad. Because waiting on me to change will be a long, bitter, and disappointing project for one of us.

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Originally posted by bionic218:
Loud pipe Harley guy - formerly - sold it a few years ago.

I was always chill in residential areas, idle speed only.

But on the open road, I liked to let it rumble. For me, I just like the sound it makes. And if that makes you judge me or my appendage, I don’t give a damn.

I wasn’t trying to save lives or draw attention, it just made me happy. And if that makes you angry, you’ll just have to get happy the same way you got sad. Because waiting on me to change will be a long, bitter, and disappointing project for one of us.

I'm with you, sir. I love the sound of a Harley. (I don't want it to break windows, but I like it to be loud, when it can be.)

flashguy

There’s a reason I bring up loud pipes.

They are intentionally offensive, and cause hearing damage to pedestrians/people in convertibles/driving with their windows down,
and the only defense is “why should I care about anyone else, compared to a fleeting pleasurable moment.”

It would be like me smoking a cigar in an elevator.

Except No one intentionally makes a cigar smell offensive

I don't mind displays of attention getting behavior like roller blading backwards. It's something to see.

What I do mind is attention seeking behavior in small group settings. Like an in-law who speaks out loud to a dying matriarch in her hospital bed, "My family is here now, I know we're the ones you've been waiting for" in front of the other children.

Or a group of people around a fixed program of lunch and having a guest of honor and someone gets up to sing some Italian song in a not-so-good voice as a "special treat" for the guest.

So, why do people put huge rings in their nose? There are about 4 or 5 twenty something year olds at our small company. One girl is even fairly attractive, sans her green and blue hair. I simply don't understand nose rings.

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Originally posted by Ironmike57:... I simply don't understand nose rings.

And the people with the ring in their nose, may not understand you.

It's culture and familiarity.

Take you back in a time machine and drop you "among your people", and they would see you as "odd" and you would likely be uncomfortable.

Anyone who served in the military, even military brats, knows that feeling of "not belonging" until a few months later, after the "capture and release" you find you now "belong", and you "recognize your own", yet go back home and all your "familiar" acquaintances and you are no longer in the same alignment.

It is sort of like that.

A blind man don't give a shit about nose rings or blue hair.

And I'll wager you will find many people whit whom you "share familiar company" we'll cause you a pause, when you first meet them in real life, and you will discover many perceptions you had of some people you would never give a second thought to in passing in life, you now overlook for the kinship you share. And vice versa.

We are all, uniquely the same, and exactly different from each other.

Why do people, different from you (and others) think if it "befuddling to infuriating", it is in any way superior or permissible to think that person, or those people, are worthy of derision?

There is no end of things to find to focus negative time and energy, and overlook all the positive things in life.

It's a short run, let others do as they are free to do, you do the same.

(Dangerous acts, abhorrent behavior, harm or harassment to others, you know, being unkind and such are not a part what I am talking about.)

And the reasons of "attention seeking" are as many as those that do in some very obvious ways, and those that do in ways they think no one else notices, and some do things with no idea they are seeking attention.

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
There’s a reason I bring up loud pipes.

They are intentionally offensive, and cause hearing damage to pedestrians/people in convertibles/driving with their windows down,
and the only defense is “why should I care about anyone else, compared to a fleeting pleasurable moment.”

It would be like me smoking a cigar in an elevator.

Hearing damage? Seems a bit silly. Maybe it’s just a pet peeve for you.

As far as attention seeking adults I have come to believe there are more adult children today. A lot more.

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Originally posted by flashguy:

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Originally posted by bionic218:
Loud pipe Harley guy - formerly - sold it a few years ago.

I was always chill in residential areas, idle speed only.

But on the open road, I liked to let it rumble. For me, I just like the sound it makes. And if that makes you judge me or my appendage, I don’t give a damn.

I wasn’t trying to save lives or draw attention, it just made me happy. And if that makes you angry, you’ll just have to get happy the same way you got sad. Because waiting on me to change will be a long, bitter, and disappointing project for one of us.

I'm with you, sir. I love the sound of a Harley. (I don't want it to break windows, but I like it to be loud, when it can be.)

flashguy

Interestingly, I was driving on the highway on Saturday. In my mirror I saw a group of bikers approaching in the HOV lane. There were two columns of 6 bikers and one lone biker riding in my lane. I was doing almost 80 moving with the flow of traffic in the next lane. These guys were gaining on me by at least 10 MPH. When they were abreast with my truck, I was impressed at the thunder of all of those Harleys at full throat. 12 V twins pounding away as they went by. Printed on the back of their jackets was Mongols Utah. The lone rider blew by me and continued beside the other Mongols in the passing lane. Not sure why he didn't ride in the HOV lane with the rest of them. I was also impressed at how tightly they rode side by side and front to back; literally just four or five feet apart.

Yeah, hearing damage is a thing for convertible drivers from loud pipes - the pipes are about the same height as the drivers ear - admittedly when it happened to me, the person was splitting lanes.

Yup, Hardly Davidson owners and every woman on any social media platform. Attention whores.
Harley owners are like the guys who want other men to think they're "gun guys" too so they buy a Taurus Judge and open carry in an Uncle Mike's holster. They just don't know enough to know that there's way better hardware out there.

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
Except No one intentionally makes a cigar smell offensive

Yes they do. They light it.

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Harley owners are like the guys who want other men to think

Exactly! They remind me of those people that make vague sweeping generalizations about people.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Look at me...look at me...look at me!

And if you won’t look at me, I’ll take a selfie so I can look at me!!!

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Originally posted by Infidel:

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
Except No one intentionally makes a cigar smell offensive

Yes they do. They light it.

I agree with that 100% except for Swisher Sweets.

And no, I don't smoke anything at all.