As an Australian many years ago i read a thread on reddit from some stressed lady or other (I.S/ wjo said her best times were eatibg a sandwich in the car park of tje sandwhich place…and i was like, shoot me now, how can that be? it was beyond my ability to grok not going to a park, or the beach, or a lake or whatever and getting out of the shitty spot that is a a car, in a carpark, beisde a road, in front of a sandwich joint to eat a sandwich and collect your thoughts.
Don’t wanna excuse car-centric development, but i’d guess that they want the food to be fresh and they don’t wanna film inside the restaurant, and car provide them some soundproofing from outside.
Yeah, this seems like the alternative to being that annoying streamer in a restaurant, I actually find it really thoughtful.
Take the takeout home?
Unless we’re talking about fast food, hot food continues to cook after serving, the longer it takes for you to start eating it the food is gonna be different than when it’s just served. Which is why they all eat inside their car, because taking it home will mean letting the food sit for 10/15/20 minutes. Also they might not be reviewing said food in their neighborhood, they could be driven 20km or 30km away for it, food reviewer tend to go places further than their area.
Not everyone is privileged enough to have the level of privacy at home needed for such a video.
Hell, even just making this video was probably an excuse to get this guy out of the house for some peace.
It’s the lack of third places in the US (and increasingly everywhere else). The only place they can unconditionally exist at, outside of their house, is their car.
I think this is the real reason that carbrain has so thoroughly overtaken America. It’s our last remaining free space outside our house. You will get trespassed or ticketed for loitering if we hang out anywhere in public
The land of the free
What sort of third places exist in other countries? I’ve always wondered. I’m in the US and we have a lot of parks, most of which have benches where plenty of folks go to eat lunch or gather, but that’s only feasible when the weather is nice. It would be amazing to have a third place with heat or AC where you can hang out. The library works in some cases but obviously you can’t eat there and you have to be quiet.
The only place they can unconditionally exist at, outside of their house, is their car.
Even then police will come by to see what you’re doing.
In these third places in Europe, can I film there? Would it be rude or possibly illegal to film there?
Y’all are wildly reading into something that’s pointless. You’re trying to beat someone down in your own class and finding ways to allow a divide in to separate you. These people reviewing food in their car aren’t your enemy. City planners, department of transportation, landlords, and CEOs are your enemy. They’re the ones that make the system the way it is that necessitates people having cars.
A third place isn’t going to solve this. No third place is going to be set for filming. Is going to be socially comfortable for filming. Just let these people exist and move the fuck on.
European third spaces often have street performers doing all kinds of crazy stuff, so no, it wouldn’t be rude to film your little review.
Yeah there’s no such thing as street performers here in the states either. Well, at least our buskers don’t pick pocket people
I’ll take the pickpockets over the mass shooters.
Actual reason: acoustics for media presentation. A car is a vocal booth.
Yeah, reviewing in the restaurant would be rude and reviewing at home would get cold.
My thoughts exactly. The privacy aspect of not capturing other people in the video, not being bothered by other people, not taking up a table for too long, etc.
Not going to lie, I’m definitely not a fan of car-dependent infrastructure, but in this world we currently have, the car does provide a convenient enclosure for this purpose
getting in the car and doing anything is also the only time a lot of people can get time to and for themselves.
This. We have a culture that doesn’t allow for much in the way of personal time.
Yeah exactly this. Can’t give an accurate food review if you can’t eat it immediately as presented. And if one-sided phone calls in restaurants weren’t bad enough presenting loudly to a camera would likely get you walked out.
I was at an airport waiting at the gate and this guy was trying to film a snippet for some “outrage” thing. The funniest part is he would do his little “yelling speech” listen to it and rerecord it. It must have been around 8 takes until he got it. Everyone else was just glancing at each other and trying not to laugh.
How hard was it to resist the urge to keep ‘innocently’ ruining his takes?
But then again. If I’m buying take-away from a restaurant, I’d prefer the review to be as close to my experience as possible. So I’d rather they had to drive 10-15 minutes and review a slightly colder product.
Eh. Would you rather they sit in the restaurant and annoy everyone with their filming and talking?
Yeah, I feel like it’s a lot more normal than filming in a car to be honest
If I see someone filming in a restaurant, I am not going in there. I’m probably not alone. I honestly don’t get what this post has to do with cars in the first place.
Is someone sitting accross from a camera and quietly talking to it really much different from someone sitting accross from a person and talking to them?
Most reviews they get into the food and it becomes a lot louder than that. Which is fine, get into your video, but that would be weird in the restaurant.
Also, recording people could make them uncomfortable. One complaint and they could be thrown out mid video and meal.
It just doesn’t make sense to do it inside IMO. I don’t get what’s so bad about them doing it in a car.
Modern mics that clip to a shirt means they can pretty much whisper their review. Doing it inside lets them show how the dining experience is such as the atmosphere of the restaurant, what kind of decorations they have on the walls, how the food looks properly plated instead of crammed into a take out box.
Someone politely and quietly doing a food review doesn’t impact your dining experience much compared to anyone else dining at that table.
Yes, they could whisper their review. Doesn’t sound like a very fun or energetic review though.
Yes, they could show the inside of the place, but that’s not what they’re reviewing, they’re reviewing the food.
No, it doesn’t impact people in the place too much. Unless they might be on camera and made to feel uncomfortable. That could cause issues.
I’d say someone politely and quietly doing a food review in their car doesn’t impact your dining experience at all. Fully.
It is actually possible to talk at a normal volume and film discreetly in the restaurant without bothering anyone, Americans are just loud as hell
The number of “why do influencers always film in public” that I’ve seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a “Social Media brainrot. That’s why. They think they can just film anywhere.” post in some other community instead.
Look, I agree, “fuck cars”; but eating and filming in the car you own is just not problematic beyond owning the car in and on itself, at all. There’s plenty of valid car criticism to be had, you don’t have to go looking for things to be enraged by.
The number of “why do influencers always film in public” that I’ve seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a “Social Media brainrot. That’s why. They think they can just film anywhere.” post in some other community instead.
So you’re saying that, if the video didn’t have a car in it, it wouldn’t be in this “Fuck Cars” community? Deep thoughts.
I am saying this is rage for rage’s sake and shouldn’t be in this community now.
Sometimes it seems like people don’t even read your comments, doesn’t it?
“why do influencers always film in public”
Those are the obnoxious ones who go out of their way to make their content everyone else’s problem. You know the ones – and yeah, they exist everywhere, and no one likes them.
But this filming in a car thing is very uniquely American – you rarely, if ever, see people from other parts of the world doing this, even if they’re making the exact same kind of content. The majority of content filmed inside a vehicle by someone not from North America is when being in or around the vehicle is integral to the content being made (like a car review.)
To stick with this example, food reviewers can and do make their reviews right there in the restaurant – like I said, it’s not exactly difficult to set up your phone or compact camera and talk at a reasonable tone and volume so none of the other people around you are disturbed, aside from the occasional sourpuss who might give you the stinkeye regardless, and still get excellent content. My partner often does this kind of thing and not once have we ever felt the need to sit in her car to do it.
I don’t have the slightest problem with people eating and filming in their cars – the reason this post is here is because of the way Americans, and uniquely Americans (and Canadians, I guess) have been systemically primed into viewing their massive, cavernous cars as a viable third space to do this sort of thing when the rest of the world doesn’t, because there’s plenty of space outside to do it – and even when there is space to do it, they gravitate back to their cars because carbrain.
Americans: because of the system and place I was born into, the only place I can get privacy to express myself is in my car.
You: BWAHAHA AMERICANS ARE SO LOUD THEY CAN’T RECORD IN PUBLIC BUT THEY SHOULD ANYWAY YOU DON’T HAVE THIRD SPACES BUT THAT’S YOUR FAULT SOMEHOW CARBRAIN CARBRAIN CARBRAIN
Jfc you sound judgemental and pretentious. I think we need to do stuff to eliminate cars and stuff but if someone even doing anything related to cars makes you go this rabid maybe take a step back.
Yeah, I hate driving, but it just sucks that this comm is more interested in insulting me for needing a car than helping me avoid the thing I hate. I sold my car last year… and now I have to borrow a car to get to therapy each week because a ten minute drive is an hour away on the bus, and that bus only comes by once every four hours. Cycling is not an option because it’s a truck route and I’ve already been run off the road once on a bike.
I really want to love this community, but it’s pretty clear that the general opinion is that I don’t deserve transit because my government isn’t listening to me. Like, holy shit, if you want to attend the public opinion meetings at my transit authority, they’ll send a car to pick you up because it’s not serviced by bus, and that’s better than most of the US. But I’m the carbrain when I complain about how unusable transit is.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Pretty much everyone here wants a less car centric society.
All they say is don’t be a dick to people who (have to) use one.
The filming in Restaurants in a whole other can of worms in which many like me say no I don’t want a tape rolling nearby while i eat.
I think you responded to the wrong comment
This is the most American response ever.
Your responses has been pretty judgemental. You don’t need to be an American to see that.
Seriously, you might need to take a step back and touch grass if that’s how you respond to things, I’m kind of worried about your mental state
Your take a wild…
People don’t film in their cars because they have room mates, are trying to side hustle, and it’s 100 F outside, no they simply have carnivorous car brain… Wild…
Making a video in a restaurant can make others feel weird, one complaint from one Karen and now your video and meal is over, plus you could be banned. So now you wrecked your meal and video. Why risk it? Why deal with the background noise? Why not be somewhere you can be more animated and expressive in your review? I mean it seems very logical to film in the car…
It’s the only way you can hear us over the gunshots
I’d rather they skip the filming. You are watching the American season of ‘happy muhkbang’
i was driven by an uber driver yesterday who seriously thought cycling should be illegal.
his rationale was that bicycles are “unregistered vehicles and so if they cause accident who is going to pay?!” when i pointed out that probably they should pay just as anyone else he just dismissed it like this: “that is not possible. if a cyclist crashes into me and kills me who is gonna pay me?!” i was speechless after that.
I guess walking should be outlawed too, after all someone could be walking on a sidewalk and accidentally bump into you and knock you into the street. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Shoes are unregistered vehicles!
Hey! No walking over 2km/h! 🚫
I’d love a quick gif of two people accidentally bumping into each other and causing a huge explosion like every time a car crashes in a movie.
That’s a one star trip for sure.
They practically live in the damn things.
Have you seen rent prices
literally the only option for many.
TBF you want the food to be fresh and you also want an isolated place to review it alone.
TBF I would eat and simply “review” later, the guide michelin doesn’t show pictures of the food their testers had in the examined restaurants either.
Seriously I find all this review channels to be quite awkward. React channels… shure. Restaurant critics… everyone is a frogging critic nowadays… even me. But I remember those reviews are always subjective.
But I somehow I find a lot studios of “content creators” , especially TikTakTok, are created in the front seat of their cars.
You know, you do raise a valid point, here. Note-taking has become something of a lost art/skill in the smartphone age. Not many people write shit down in notebooks and journals outside of what they are required to do in school, college, university in the US, anyway. I’m personally working on getting my groove back when it comes to taking notes on things, because as much as I love to create content I find it hard not to go into a rambling diatribe without notes. Honestly the dumbing down of America has led to a lot of people not writing shit down and that’s going to be a huge problem down the line.
No channels. User created media is worthless at best, and wildly dangerous at worst. Even diy can be pretty sketchy. Saw one on home elecrical wiring years ago that I was wondering if the creator was still alive because what he created was less of a fire hazard, and more of a fire guarantee with RNG timing.
It’s not something I’d ever choose to watch, but apparently there’s a market for it, and if people can make a living doing it, more power to them. It’s pretty harmless, really.
For someone that lives in a country that isn’t that car centric it is cringe to watch people making “content” in the frontseat of their cars.
So don’t watch them? You know you have a choice in the matter, right?
And you’re right. Sometimes they come as unsavory bonus with compilations.
…do you really not understand the difference between a Michelin food reviewer and a social media influencer who happens to be reviewing a dish?
Do you understand the concept of an exaggerated example?
Because the US is a dystopian nightmare
I really don’t understand who even watches videos like this. I don’t trust anyone to have a good sense of taste except myself and my wife. Unless someone is a chef I trust, I don’t want them telling me how the food “tastes” since most people simply can’t.
If you want to try food, then try it. If you can’t afford it, then don’t think about it. You can probably make something like it yourself cheaper and better if you put in the effort.
Also, fuck large chain restaurants, support local food and establishments that treat workers well.
Also, fuck large chain restaurants,
Exactly my first thought… Fucking Red Lobster reviews are “starting to trickle in”? What??
I hope these idiots are at least sponsored…
Local establishments often don’t treat workers well either. Plus they often just add 15% or so to the bill calling it a service charge, while technically its optional to pay people often feel pressured into paying for it and sometimes are actually pressured by management coming over.
So I don’t support any of them.
They don’t always, trust me.
That being said, I miss our mom-and-pop Italian restaurant, and the same owners of a Mexican casual place across the street from the Italian place.
I know (for a fact) they take people straight out of rehab or jail, and train them on fine dining waiting, at least at the Italian location.
Give them an upscale skill that will still hire felons (or addicts in recovery), train em up, and be happy for their future success as an individual rebuilding their life, even if it isn’t at THEIR restaurant. They also understand that addicts may have lapses. My BIL works for them (now) but previously, their chef started showing up at the BIL’s AA meetings before he pretty much blackballed himself from his industry (The BIL, for clarity).
He didn’t violate AA rules, but he cautiously asked after the chef… yeah, he was cooking and drinking, and the food quality suffered. They gave the chef a week off, paid, to get his shit together - frankly speaking.
And he did. He spent the first couple days TANKED, and then sobered up again.
The owners are good people, but they’ll work you lol. Its a paycheck on par with the position, maybe a little better, but you’re gonna work up a sweat.
I’ve been in an office for the past ~12 years, and am looking for work in my new state, but just yesterday I applied for a job that consists of “pick up heavy boxes, put them elsewhere.” Today, not mentioning other jobs, I applied for a prep chef position. I’m not afraid of sweating, or even bleeding to an extent, but I need a paycheck lol.
You know, I love what you guys are trying to do here. I love seeing the pictures you guys post when progress is made and I agree with you that the world would be better with more walkable places that are beautiful and green.
This post though? It is pointless and it makes you all look batshit insane.
“Oh no, someone used a drive thru. Stupid car brain! Use ur legs moron!”
Meanwhile I’m sitting here 45 miles from the nearest Walmart haha. Out here in rural hell I’d have to camp out overnight to finish my journey to get food.
I know, I know. I should take my talentless, unskilled ass to a city and leave everyone I know and love behind so I can walk from my cardboard box to McDonald’s.
Maybe I’m just in a bad mood. I usually like the posts here. This one just rubs me the wrong way.
Red Lobster has a drive thru?
It has an option to do takeout
Well now I feel like an idiot.
I’ve never ate there. Always assumed.
This post though? It is pointless and it makes you all look batshit insane.
Well, you are.
Oh no I stand by the comment. It’s still a batshit insane post.
Bruh get one of those insulated bags that the doordash people use. Order the food in the drive through, put it in the insulated bag, close the lid. Then drive home and have your food at the kitchen table with a metal knife and fork like a civilized person. You won’t get crumbs and sauce on the carpet of your car. You’ll have an actual table to put your plate on. You can watch TV if you want. You can have a soda from the fridge at home instead of spending all that money on the McDonald’s sprite. You can sit down with your family and talk about your day.
I mean, I think mcdonalds food is already shitty as hell, but why let it get even shittier by letting the moisture parts seep into the dry, the moisture parts dry out, and the meat parts get cold? Insulated bags keep food sort of hot/cold, but the only correct way to eat food is at the moment it is done. Otherwise it just gets nasty. I don’t care how you reheat your fries, ninja air idiots, they aren’t anywhere close to fresh. Repeat ad nauseam for everything else.
Also, if you’re eating a mcdonalds burger with a fork and knife, your life has gone off the deep end. Or fries, if you’re already eating a burger.
If I’m eating McDonalds, it’s because my hunger got the better of me on my 6th trip to the hardware store that day and I said “fuck it”. I want to get my food, get in my car, and finish driving to the hardware store while eating so I can buy a single bolt, and drive back home to finish whatever project I’m working on. No, I’m not going to have a nice sit down meal with my non-existant family. That’s not what McDonalds is for.
For me, that would be some very cold food by the time I got to eat it.
I always put my phone on my steering wheel and watch tv. I’m a stay at home dad, my kids know all about my day haha.
Daymon Patterson aka Dayum Drops became YouTube famous and made/makes a good living doing food reviews from his car since 2010.
People who can’t be original try to replicate success, I guess.
Because there are kids and spouses and often parents and other family at home, can’t shoot a video with all that noise.
Well that and isn’t a significant % of US citizens homeless these days?
