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New comment by Dezvous in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

Dezvous — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:35:24 +0000

Have you considered people can enjoy different things than you? I personally enjoy a nice exhaust tone and I like subwoofers as well. And I don't like them just because they might piss off somebody like yourself, it's for my own enjoyment. Not all exhausts and subwoofers are created equal. Most modern cars with 'premium' sound systems like Bose, JBL, etc. have subwoofers, but they're usually small and don't require a lot of power. The system they installed in this car might have been the OEM premium sound package as well - the one Toyota offers is JBL and comes with a subwoofer. Do you get mad when it's OEM or just DIY? The GR Corolla has a 'loud' exhaust from the factory as well. Loud enough that you'd probably rage at it judging by this comment.

People buy aftermarket exhausts for a variety of reasons. They can produce a different tone, cut down on exhaust 'drone' (which the GR Corolla is notorious for with it's factory exhaust), offer alternative styling, provide weight savings, and reduce backpressure/improve flow. It's not just about volume. Certainly you could be an asshole who buys an exhaust just because it's loud, but that's not why the majority are doing it, it's for their own enjoyment and usually provides a performance improvement. If they really wanted to achieve max volume they could just do an open dump exhaust or a hood exit, it would be cheaper than buying a Borla and significantly louder.

New comment by Dezvous in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

Dezvous — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:58:19 +0000

Imagine the shock of the non-car-enthusiasts in this thread when they discover the factory exhaust on this car is already pretty loud. It's so loud from the factory it comes with a valved exhaust to tone it down under light throttle and idle.

New comment by Dezvous in "Grok 4.3"

Dezvous — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:25:39 +0000

Elon publicly states a lot of things, most of which aren't truthful.

New comment by Dezvous in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

Dezvous — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:38:27 +0000

Surely he means that himself and his billionaire buddies will be the first boots on the ground when we decide to plunder another country for oil again. No?

New comment by Dezvous in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

Dezvous — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:21:29 +0000

It's going up and not even close to the tipping point of going down

New comment by Dezvous in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

Dezvous — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:02:35 +0000

I'm also on firefox 149 with ublock origin. Probably just need to enable some more filters.

New comment by Dezvous in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

Dezvous — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:29:20 +0000

It's quite ironic to get an amazon ring video ad while viewing this article.

New comment by Dezvous in "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"

Dezvous — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:14:05 +0000

They can, yes. But this is a legal loophole that the government abuses to circumvent a warrant required by the 4th amendment.

New comment by Dezvous in "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"

Dezvous — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:07:20 +0000

Requesting or buying, the end result is the same; the government is obtaining historical location information on private citizens. Arguably, buying it is worse too. At least with a warrant there is ostensibly probable cause to support a search. Circumventing a warrant and buying in bulk means they're searching data of citizens not even suspected of crimes. And you're probably right that the courts (government) are not going to prevent the FBI (a government agency) from doing their job. That doesn't mean I'm wrong in my assessment. It means that you base your idea of correctness on an obviously flawed legal system.

New comment by Dezvous in "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"

Dezvous — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:35:51 +0000

Consenting to data being collected by a company does not mean you consent to a search by the government of said data.

New comment by Dezvous in "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"

Dezvous — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:36:53 +0000

> This is very different from buying your data from a company especially when the user consented to their location being tracked.

No, it's not 'very different'. When you sign a cellular contract you consent to all sorts of tracking and data collection, but it still requires a warrant for government to obtain.