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This just in, owning an SUV — especially a Hummer — is a fashion faux pas. NPR’s words, not mine.

A fashion faux pas.

Interesting. Also? A recent survey mentioned on NPR stated that women will be much more interested in talking to a guy with a hybrid rather than a sports car. How much more likely? 9 times out of 10. My boyfriend did not believe this. Honestly, after the 80’s, when have sports cars been sexy anyway? I tend to want to flip-off a sports car rather than want to hump its owner. Hybrids are interesting in theory, but when they develop a way to turn trash (not new food) into fuel, then let’s talk. Neither are that impressive. How does the subject come up at the bar, anyway, without one of the people coming off as an uber-lame ass-clown? “Hey, I-uh, noticed you drove up in that Prius. That’s really, really admirable. So are your underpants made of recycled materials also?” Or, “So, foxy lady. You wanna go for a ride with the top down? My Porsche has your name written all over it.” Ugh. Seriously.

I’ve never had a love relationship with cars, it’s mostly been hate. Attribute my never having a driver’s license to that. My only car love was an ‘88 Buick Regal that got laid to rest two years ago. She was a gas guzzling boat that I drove (ahem) with a driver’s permit. But like I’ve always said, it’s the unhealthy relationships that we cherish the most.

The concept of “going green” as a fashion statement rather than having it be a conscious effort to save our environment just has “wrong” leaking oil all over it. What happens when the trend is over, then?

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