#Generation Golf

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Volkswagen Rabbit Pick-Up, 1980. The first generation Golf was marketed as the Rabbit in the US and thus the pick-up that was sold in Europe as the Caddy became the Rabbit Pick-Up. It only survived for one generation

[aiarts-posts]

Female golfer

[kripsybac0n125]

[alwaysbewoke]

[i-am-dulaman]

Why I hate Golf

This is the Takapuna Golf Course in Auckland, New Zealand.

It is in the middle of Auckland's north shore suburbs.

According to their website, they are one of the most popular golf courses in Aotearoa and have an annual visitor count of 60,000 people. They don't clarify if that is individual unique visitors or recounts, but lets be generous and say its unique visitors. 60,000, not bad.

This is Eden Park Stadium (the little square on the right) and oh look there's another golf course on the left there, ignore that one for now.

(the above two images are at the same scale)

Eden park has a capacity of 50,000 people. Ed Sheeran was here earlier this year and sold out the two nights he performed. That's 100,000 people in a weekend all in that little red square. 60,000 in a year no longer seems so great.

60,000 people per year is also only 160 people per day. 160 visitors to a golf course that is 470,000 square meters in area. Now the average property size in Auckland is 500 square meters. So the golf course takes up the area of 940 houses.

940 homes worth of land for 160 people.

And that is Auckland housing sizes. Auckland is horribly designed and very spread out. Let's instead look at Barcelona, considered one of the most well designed cities in the world.

This is Takapuna golf course side by side with Barcelona

(The scale is as close to being equal as I could get them, I don't have ArcGIS data for Barcelona so had to use google maps)

Each red square overlaid on Takapuna Golf Course is exactly 133m in height/width, the same size as each city block in Barcelona, road width included.

There are 23 Barcelona blocks worth of space in Takapuna Golf Course with room to spare. About 640 people live in each Barcelona block, that's 15000 people.

15000 peoples worth of homes and living spaces, sacrificed so 160 people can play golf in a day.

Now this is just one golf course in a big city, what's 15,000 people to a city of 1.6 million, who cares right?

Here is a wider shot of Auckland City.

Those red dots? They're golf courses.

There are 16 golf courses inside the metropolitan area of Auckland City (4 not pictured as Auckland is too spread out to get one clean screenshot). Keep in mind these are not rural golf courses out in the country, these are right beside housing developments and shopping malls. And for the record I could not find a single golf course in the Barcelona metropolitan area, you had to go out into the country before finding one.

So lets multiply that 15,000 people by 16 golf courses?

240,000 people.

With Auckland City's golf courses you could house 240,000 people comfortably with some good urban planning.

That is why I hate golf.

[findingambrose49]

Do as yer told, innit?

How you liking me now, bruv?

Hehe! Fek-yeh.

[pinglet]

Objects Reimagined

[gingerbredman1989]

Muscular Gay Couple at a miniature golf course.

Microsoft Designer

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 50 years makes juxtaposition of Volkswagen Golf, 1974 and Volkswagen Golf 2024. This year marks half a century since VW's "right-size" hatchback entered the market. It has survived through 8 generations with multiple variants and trim levels. The current generation will be the last to offer internal combustion engines. The Golf model name will survive to a ninth generation later this decade but it will be an all-electric range

[mooztoonz]

“Goofy Golfing” ⛳

A drawing presents for my dad for Father’s Day but I forgot to post it 😅

[rosecandyart]

For how mid this game is, at least Daisy absolutely slayed. By far one of her best outfits.

A neat detail I noticed is that she's actually wearing shorts!

[im-not-a-virgo-im-a-lesbo]

Ajsjdjdjjsjajaajsjd "I saved her." JSHDHHDHSJAJSJDJSJSJ

[pmpwbrrs]

Comission!!

[midnightlament]

My human Golfball design (ft TB)

She's a lab hermit, that's why she wears three layers

Object head Test Tube (ii), Cactus (gob), and Golfball (bfdi-tpot)

Or as I like to call them, The Skirt Scientists (heehee-)

Some more- GOB doodles (we dont ask about the heart between CJ and Earth)

I feel like Cactus and Earth would be friends, every mad scientist needs a partner that's on the calmer side after all (idk lol)

[synth-ai]

[mad-raptorzzz]

I think that it's so hard to buy gifts for gen x and older millennial parents/friends is because they were basically taught/told by their boomer parents that you just didn't have interests or hobbies when you grow up. Like "oh you like playing mario now, well get it all done because once you have a job no time for that." Or "oh you're really into collecting fossils, well adults can't have cool interests so better sell all those fossils when you get married and start a family."

But younger millennials and gen Z don't really care? We just kind of keep our hobbies and interests. And that's evident by the fact that more lego sets are bought by adults these days, game consols are also marketed towards adults, many toys are bought by adults, and there are so many adults that go to cons/Disney/Universal. Because we understand that you can still like Donkey Kong and have a 401k. You can still have a light saber collection and also work in finance. You can still have a ton of bird themed decorations and also be a mother of 4.

TLDR: keep your hobbies and your niche interests. They make you cool. Says the job having adult who collects dinosaur figurines, has a multi-amusement park season pass, and still draws dragons.