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re: Psychology of the "angry Jeep" mod

Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:05 pm to
Posted by Charter Embers
Member since Nov 2019
191 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:05 pm to
As long as we’re speculating from an amateur level, I’d say that the angry Jeep owners are compensating for the cute image that makes up part of Jeep’s brand. I say this as someone that loves Wranglers
This post was edited on 10/15/24 at 2:07 pm
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
40227 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

There's a guy in the town I live in (around 1500 people so I see him around often) who drives an angry jeep.


That's not an angry jeep.

This is what OP is referencing:



Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15637 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

That's not an angry jeep.

This is what OP is referencing:



oh gawd I haven't seen these before. That's as bad as eyelashes on an Altima.
Posted by Joe_Dirte
The Boot
Member since Feb 2019
869 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:23 pm to
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There’s a Reddit page dedicated to horribly modified jeeps called /r/heep



that's hilarious. I blew about 10 minutes laughing at that page
Posted by smoke225
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
7938 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:41 pm to
Thot Yacht
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
22869 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:44 pm to
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
2629 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:13 pm to
quote:

Do some research on this also and report back. Thanks!



The loud exhaust idiots are pretty easy to analyze IMO. When people willfully aim to make others' lives less pleasant for no obvious reason, it almost always comes from a deep sense of bitterness against "the man" or "the system."

You see it in government employees trapped in a stifling bureaucracy. They react to their impotence within that system by looking for power over others. They lose your file. They rub feces on the bathroom walls (a documented issue at the Social Security HQ in Baltimore, for example). They dawdle and malinger. The world wants them to have zero influence or decision-making power, and they fight back, crudely but effectively making the world notice their existence.

That's the guy driving through your neighborhood making everyone's weekend less pleasant with his subwoofers and his X-pipe exhaust. He lives in a society where material success largely hinges on intellectual ability. He lacks that, and that relegates him to irrelevance. He is tying to make himself relevant by rattling your windows.

When I hear such noise, I sometimes describe it to those around me as "the cry of the defeated."
This post was edited on 10/15/24 at 9:15 pm
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
16593 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:16 pm to
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It's black and he has lime green stickers all over it. I see him parked halfway on a curb quite often.

That dudes name is 100% Kyle and he crushes Monster energy drink all day.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:36 pm to
Angry Jeeps suck.
Posted by Koach K
Member since Nov 2016
4801 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:41 pm to
I figured it was a gay thing. You know like sexual.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118229 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:50 pm to
You know when you see the eyelashes it's either a really fat lesbian that regulates her body temp by removing the doors and smoking Marlboro lights or a high school girl driving three of her sluttiest friends to the mall.
Posted by Rip Torner
Member since Jul 2023
1253 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:59 pm to
You are going to upset the Jeep bros who love overpriced crap that has no power or reliability but they look cool in the Summer lol
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
2629 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 10:02 pm to
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This is a very minimalist, even "chicken shite" version of what I meant
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
2629 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 10:03 pm to
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it's either a really fat lesbian that regulates her body temp by removing the doors and smoking Marlboro lights



Hell yeah, cuttin' diamonds here!

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or a high school girl driving three of her sluttiest friends to the mall.



Damn, man. Way to kill the mood.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
23715 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 1:08 am to
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have noticed a trend recently (actually for MANY years) where truck owners, specifically 4WD drive trucks, lift their trucks in the range of 5+ inches. They add colored suspension parts as if to draw attention to the modification. Then they add large diameter wheels and low profile tires that they "stretch" to fit on the wide wheels. The trucks are always clean as shite (probably cleaner than their butthole) so it is obvious that the vehicles never leave pavement.

I saw one just spinning away at the boat ramp last weekend. All those mods for off road use and it wasn't even 4WD.
Posted by FeauxPaw
BRuh
Member since Sep 2015
1087 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:08 am to
Every angry headlight mod or duck on the dashboard decreases the likelihood that it’s a manual transmission.

We not only see the “angry headlight” look on jeeps nowadays, but see them on cars right off the dealer lots. Manufacturers for years have been moving away from what I guess I’ll call “neutral” headlight shapes. Look at this crap:





Perfectly normal^^^







Autistic sperging^^^




This post was edited on 10/16/24 at 6:20 am
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26396 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:21 am to
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, clean jeep you know the type


I used to be in an off-road club. We called these Jeeps “mall crawlers”.
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
12440 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:25 am to
Gay? Seriously I think they look like crap.
Posted by TSmith
New Orleans, La.
Member since Jan 2004
2238 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 6:29 am to
The rubber duck thing is the cringiest part of Jeep culture, IMO. That alone is reason enough to avoid owning one.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
2843 posts
Posted on 10/16/24 at 7:12 am to
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when they aren't talking about their jeeps.



When is that?
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