Boring homogenization

[George K]

Interesting thought.

All cars DO look the same. Hell, they all have the same colors now too.

"You can have any color as long as it's white, black, grey, or silver."

[Doctor Phibes]

[Mik]

The really beautiful cars were built in the mid-late 50's through the early 70's. Fins FTW. Mustangs, Camaros, Lincolns, T-Birds. Great stuff.

[Horace]

He must live very near an airport. Who looks up and sees details of planes?

The homogenization of cars probably tracks well with their commoditization. It's always struck me as weird to take pride in one's car. That's like an opportunity to pretend you don't care about something you care way too much about, because status and all that.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Boring homogenization:

The homogenization of cars probably tracks well with their commoditization.

Also, computers. If they're all using software to design them, the software is going to find similar solutions. If it's Alec Issigonis, Malcolm Sayer or Ferdinand Porsche/Adolf Hitler, probably not so much

[Axtremus]

Wait 'til everyone uses AI models trained by largely similar data sets to design stuff.

[Copper]

Concorde was the best looking airplane.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace said in Boring homogenization:

It's always struck me as weird to take pride in one's car

I think it is related to the effort to get it. Natural to take pride in something that required a lot more effort and money to obtain.

USD$0.10 hair tie vs USD$50K car