#not to be confused with the duracell rabbit

[frogshunnedshadows]

Employee of the Month for March, 2024: The Energizer Bunny!

[hamyilton]

okay i literally know nothing about f1 but i’m too curious to not ask. so what’s the deal with all of the brands and stuff? like, if you were to break them down, which teams (?) mean what? i’m invested but i’m afraid to go down the rabbit hole

thanks for the ask! I imagine the branding of f1 teams might be really confusing so I'll try to explain. Firstly, f1 is a massively expensive sport and as a result the teams need a lot of sponsorships in order to compete, the more money a brand puts into a team the more visible their sponsorship will be, ie. on the car and the team clothing the drivers have to wear. While usually the team name is the most visible part, with some teams it can be hard to see from all the branding. I'll try and break down the teams and how they're identified:

Ferrari: Red is their man color, and the yellow and black prancing horse is the official Ferrari logo. All of the other names written on the car/race suit are their sponsors including Santander bank, aws, puma, richard mille etc.

Mercedes: Their colors are black/teal with silver and purple. They are obvi part of Mercedes-Benz and are also majorly sponsored by Petronas (oil company). The AMG is also part of the Mercedes brand.

Redbull: They are a team owned by the drink company and their colors are navy blue/red and yellow (like the energy drink). They are also sponsored by Oracle, Mobil, Tag Heuer etc.

Alpha Tauri: Their colors are white and blue, and they are the sister team of Redbull meaning they are both owned by the same company. Their logo is also the "bull" but not in color. Alpha Tauri is Redbull's fashion company (I think their clothes are awful).

Alpine: Their colors are blue and pink (the pink comes from BWT, a drink company) and also black on their race suits. Their logo is a stylized A for Alpine, which is owned/part of Renault.

McLaren: Their colors are orange "papaya", grey, and sometimes blue. Their logo is that little "swoosh" which originally meant to be a kiwi bird and got very stylized. Their big sponsors include Dell, Chrome, Arrow and Hilton as well.

Aston Martin: Their color is green, meant to be British racing green and also like a lime green shade. They are heavily sponsored by Cognizant and aramco.

Haas: Their colors are red white and blue (they are an American-owned team) with the stylized H as their logo. Their biggest sponsor is 1&1.

Williams: Their colors are blue and white with the big blue W as their logo. They are mainly sponsored by Mercedes (who is their engine supplier), Dorilton capital who owns the team, Duracell etc.

Alfa Romeo: Their colors are black, red and white. They are sponsored by Orlen (which is tied to Sauber motorsport, which used to be their name). Their logo is the cursive Alfa Romeo and also the little crest that's on their cars with the red cross and green dragon thing.

Hope this helps and is what you were looking for!

[felifeltfrog]

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Gender-related stuff and general identity anxiety rambling underneath the cut.

I know for a fact that I’m not trans. I don’t feel entirely male, but I am definitely not a female. THAT I know. But lately I’ve been thinking. I’ve been using non binary as a general term to describe myself and I’ve asked to be called they/them because she/her just doesn’t cut it.

Problem is I love being mistaken for a man. Or rather, I love wearing traditionally feminine stuff, like pink and frills and cute skirts and dresses. But I also love sporting those outfits with a traditionally masculine frame. Like, I’ve always loved being super tall and brooding, I love talking in a deeper voice whenever I can and I just feel so much better “manspreading“ and just generally acting very “un-feminine”.

I am so unsure though, Idk if I wanna go with a they/him pronouns because it’s so very fluctuating and fluid from day to day. Rn, in this very moment he/him feels really good referring to myself as. But at the same time I really don’t know and I’m so unsure and slightly scared I guess.

I just wish stuff like this were easier to word and easier to understand. I am so bad with wording stuff, especially when I am in a duracell-rabbit-on-speed kinda mindset (which is my brain almost 24/7). Idk I might change my pronouns but I guess I just need to think about it. I have difficult with big changes like this, things I know will make a huge impact on my life.

If I’m gonna try summarize it: I love cute pastelly things and bright colours. I love frilly skirts and dresses and adorable prints. That’s who I am and who I express. However I also love being traditionally masculine and that’s a thing I act like naturally; the way I talk and act and do has always been like that. And I love to be mistaken for a male. It made me happy back when I dressed in baggy pants and had short hair, and it makes me still happy to make people confused as to what I am. That’s also who I am.

Ugh I don’t feel like I’m actually making any sense anymore. Maybe I should’ve rather written this down in my Book of Thoughts (I refuse to call it a diary/journal, that’s way too much pressure), but I felt like if I write it down online maybe someone out there in the same or similar situation sees this and’ll reach out to me to talk. A subconscious or semiconscious reach for myself to have someone to speak with that actually understand my feelings fully.

Ramble done, Zombie out.