a thought

Got quite worked up and ranty (in my head) on the streetcar while considering moonlightjoy's post from yesterday. It's locked so I won't quote, but I would be willing to bet cash money that every woman out there has at one time or another gone through some variant of the following:

MAN: Hi.
WOMAN: Hi.
MAN: Come over here and talk to me.
WOMAN (smiles politely): No thanks.
MAN: Why not?
WOMAN: I don't want to.
MAN: You don't have to be such a bitch about it. I was just being nice.
WOMAN (who has been properly socialized): *feels guilty, wonders for the next several hours how she could have handled the situation better*

This is not the correct response. The correct response, for next time, is "Hey buddy, you are a complete stranger. What makes you so sure that your random claim on my time and attention is more important than whatever I want to be doing?"

Or "I am not a public service, and I don't care what you think of me."

Or even "No, you were not just being nice. You want to see me being a bitch about it? Fuck off."

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Aside from that, how's everyone's morning?

I love Statistics Canada!

Rural Canadians are almost four times as likely to know more of their neighbours but are no more likely to help them than their urban compatriots (more details from the Globe)

Just as I always suspected.