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Nov. 7th, 2007 10:52 amSome popular thought processes that I don't understand:
1) I'm in a car, I cannot wait for pedestrians. - This one kills me. You're in a goddamn car. You have heat, radio, and a comfortable seat. If you are driving locally, it will take you much less time than it will take me to reach whatever your destination is. You can deal with waiting 2 seconds for me to dart in front of your car in the parking lot. You can suffer through dealing with my right of way when I'm crossing the street. Also, please don't stop your car in the crosswalk during a red light, especially if you're not planning on turning. That makes you a douchebag.
2) Fat girls should not be in the gym. - Apparently, at some point in history, the gym went from a place for people to both get in shape and stay in shape to just a place for the latter. Can somebody explain this one? Is it really that offensive to have to share your precious equipment with somebody who doesn't have your chiseled body? This goes hand in hand with another observation I've made -- if somebody comes in and wants to use a treadmill, but they're all occupied by in-shape people running on them, it's okay. If they come in to use a treadmill and one of them is occupied by the not-quite-in-shape girl who, gasp, isn't just running for 35 minutes straight, suddenly it's resentment time. Get a grip. Go outside if I'm infringing on your precious need to run. Or, you know, go to our college's big gym. It's a two minute walk away.
3) By society's standards, I am vastly superior to you, so hence I am going to burst into laughter whenever I see you! - I don't get this one as much anymore, but I used to get it a lot and it still pisses me off to see anybody doing it to anyone. If you're that shallow that the only way to can think of to spend your idle time is to compare yourself to every person that you see, whatever. However, just because you were born with the genes for a more "physically standard" body -- the long limbs, the straight hair -- and just because you have the money to buy "society accepted" clothing and jewelry or whatever does not excuse you openly mocking people who committed the crime of looking different in your precious presence. It's cruel, it's bad karma, and it doesn't accomplish anything except possibly making an already outcasted person feel worse and driving your own overblown ego up a little more. Get a life.
Does anybody else have any other examples? I'm sure I could go on all day, but I probably shouldn't. Or, can you explain any of these? Are you an impatient driver? A gym hog? These are three things I've been thinking a lot about lately, so I'm really interested in any input possible.
I thought I had more to write about, but I guess I don't right now. Let's just pick up where we left off later, all right?
1) I'm in a car, I cannot wait for pedestrians. - This one kills me. You're in a goddamn car. You have heat, radio, and a comfortable seat. If you are driving locally, it will take you much less time than it will take me to reach whatever your destination is. You can deal with waiting 2 seconds for me to dart in front of your car in the parking lot. You can suffer through dealing with my right of way when I'm crossing the street. Also, please don't stop your car in the crosswalk during a red light, especially if you're not planning on turning. That makes you a douchebag.
2) Fat girls should not be in the gym. - Apparently, at some point in history, the gym went from a place for people to both get in shape and stay in shape to just a place for the latter. Can somebody explain this one? Is it really that offensive to have to share your precious equipment with somebody who doesn't have your chiseled body? This goes hand in hand with another observation I've made -- if somebody comes in and wants to use a treadmill, but they're all occupied by in-shape people running on them, it's okay. If they come in to use a treadmill and one of them is occupied by the not-quite-in-shape girl who, gasp, isn't just running for 35 minutes straight, suddenly it's resentment time. Get a grip. Go outside if I'm infringing on your precious need to run. Or, you know, go to our college's big gym. It's a two minute walk away.
3) By society's standards, I am vastly superior to you, so hence I am going to burst into laughter whenever I see you! - I don't get this one as much anymore, but I used to get it a lot and it still pisses me off to see anybody doing it to anyone. If you're that shallow that the only way to can think of to spend your idle time is to compare yourself to every person that you see, whatever. However, just because you were born with the genes for a more "physically standard" body -- the long limbs, the straight hair -- and just because you have the money to buy "society accepted" clothing and jewelry or whatever does not excuse you openly mocking people who committed the crime of looking different in your precious presence. It's cruel, it's bad karma, and it doesn't accomplish anything except possibly making an already outcasted person feel worse and driving your own overblown ego up a little more. Get a life.
Does anybody else have any other examples? I'm sure I could go on all day, but I probably shouldn't. Or, can you explain any of these? Are you an impatient driver? A gym hog? These are three things I've been thinking a lot about lately, so I'm really interested in any input possible.
I thought I had more to write about, but I guess I don't right now. Let's just pick up where we left off later, all right?
