11-02-2024, 05:48 AM
(11-02-2024, 04:24 AM)Ridiculously Likeable Wrote:Because all people, men and women, have daddy issues, its simply a fact of life and is nothing embarrassing or pathological even if its still fun to satirize. No shade to them. But it is a psychological factor that every business ought to account for in order to maximize profits. And what great luck when the most economical way to produce a product accords with that psychology such as in the case of guns. They don’t need to take additional steps in the production line.(10-02-2024, 11:50 PM)slop Wrote: I agree with Ridiculously Likeable that guns are scary much more because of their functional than aesthetic aspects. Although form and function are never wholly separated. Even the most purely functional appearing weapons have their own kind of aesthetic appeal. Black is a Masc King color and gun owners are mostly Masc Kings so they need to appeal to them. The manufacturers are lucky the materials used to make guns are already Masc King colors so they don't have to spend money making them these colors so they can channel the classically masculine (non)aesthetic of "i don't care how things look like girls do its all about being functional teehee. the guns black and it just kind of happened that way, see how much we don't care about appearances? see? look, don't you see? please look." Can you imagine a 50yo boomer in rural iowa picking up a lavender or pistachio ar15 or glock (assuming for whatever reason this was the default color of the weapon)? or even a "neutral" nonblack color like white? No, because he'd feel like he's being emasculated and that's the worst thing that could happen to him. Regardless of how well the gun works. Especially with guns. Guns are cocks. Changing their color would get you more resistance from gun owners than acceptance from liberalsoycucks, who would think it's some kind of bizarre joke. he wouldn't pick up that gun for the same reason that he makes fun of prettyboys and (semi)deliberately buys clothes that do not fit well, just so he can then go through the ritual of his wife going to her girl friends and being "i need to dress my husband since he can't do it himself teehee." For some Masc King gun owners, if the gun has any kind of attention to detail that seems to go beyond just a pure concern for its functionality, he'll be put off, which ultimately betrays an aesthetic obsession of his own. Regardless of how well it actually functions. I'm being hyperbolic, but you get the point.
this gun could be the most well oiled machine in the world, doing better than all similar firearms by 50% and not come in any other designs or colors, and most gun owners would not lay a finger on it. they wouldn't even pick it up ironically
"i don't care how things look like girls do its all about being functional teehee. the guns black and it just kind of happened that way, see how much we don't care about appearances? see? look, don't you see? please look."
why do fags always do this thing where they pretend normal straight men are insecure and need to constantly affirm their masculinity, rather than simply express it (naturally and subconsciously)? yeah, turns out most men dont want to have their weapon in neon pink. shocking, isnt it.
"For some Masc King gun owners, if the gun has any kind of attention to detail that seems to go beyond just a pure concern for its functionality, he'll be put off, which ultimately betrays an aesthetic obsession of his own. Regardless of how well it actually functions."
again, most guys dont want some super-fancy looking gun - so what? we have to say its about their fragile hanging-on-by-a-thread masculinity and their obsessive self image, or something? and im assuming by attention to detail you mean blatant queer stuff like your picture, unless, of course, drug lords and terrorists are more in touch with their feminine side?
a quick search of 'gun engraving' shows that this is hardly a niche market for closeted gun owners. and 'sword engraving' will show a long history. but yeah, most guns aren't going to be expensive showpieces, and for most of their recent history they havent been able to be customised by the buyer much.
sure, there are probably boomers that would rather have a 'real gun' (heavy and wooden) rather than a plastic one,
but the sheer popularity of plastic-furniture guns shows that most people go with the most advantageous option regardless of aesthetic sensibilities
In any case my argument still stands. Manufacturers would have everything to lose and nothing to gain by making guns different colors. Fwiw I would personally never want a pistol in any color other than black.

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