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We get it. You learned how to drive stick in the womb. In your country, newborn babies drive their moms home from the hospital in a 5-speed VW Golf. It’s normal there, and you can’t wrap your head around all of these North Americans talking about different techniques, the fun they have, what shoes they like to drive in, or anything else on the topic of manual transmissions

In the modern US, practically no one drives stick unless they’re an enthusiast. This is a forum for enthusiasts. Sometimes, a new enthusiast doesn’t have anyone in their life who drives stick, so they ask something here

And for some reason, in the comments on every one of those posts, you will find some highbrow European completely baffled anyone would even have this question or discussion. Europeans don’t even have to think about driving. They just put their hands on the shift knob, their ancestors take over, they black out and wake up at their destination

Imagine I went to r/reading and said “In my country, everyone learns to read when they’re a baby. It’s actually easy, what’s all the fuss about? You want recommendations for a “reading” light? Lol, over here, we just call them lights. You can use any light to read, idiot. What is that, a picture of your new bookmark? Uhm. Ok. It’s not that hard to remember what page you were on. Lol.”

The only purpose of these comments is to spread negativity and shut people down who want to talk about different shifting techniques, the optimal way to handle the equipment, the little cosmetics and accessories they think are fun or cool. It’s obnoxious. It’s dismissive. Stop it. Do better