What. What if I just like cars though. Am I a performative male?

I like guns and cars, but not sports. How exactly is it performative? Both are engineering marvels and fascinating to watch videos about, and they also happen to be a load of fun.

I watch hours of videos on both with nobody else around and don't really talk about those topics with others much. So in the spirit of HN, I'm actually curious to know what about those interests is performative?

Of the three, I only like cars.

I'm from Canada, and I like cars for many of the same reasons I like programming. They're complicated, fickle, and go fucking fast when you get everything right. It's like mainlining adrenaline and validation at the same time.. who wouldn't like that?! They're just fucking fun

New Zealand. I dont own any guns or flash cars but I still think they're interesting

> The rest of the world sits back snd takes just one guess as to which country you’re from.

Are football and F1 not immensely popular in Europe and the rest of the world?

> Modern masculinity has lapped femininity in how utterly performative it is. This shit is so tiring.

People like what they like, big whoop.