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[prog]

As a pedestrian, I've lately started flipping off traffic a lot. I even flip off drivers that aren't interacting with me, but being rude to other motorists. I hypothesize that I am more comfortable about this the closer I am to my home neighborhood.

I enjoy it a great deal, though it doesn't make me any less angry, for that brief period after an incident when I am teeth-grindingly ragey.

Comments

[lediva.livejournal.com]

While I know that my exclamations are highly unlikely to actually be heard by other drivers, I've found that it feels weirdly cathartic to be aggressively cheerful/sarcastic when I yell.

Someone in front of me is riding right up against the line of my lane: "Please stay in your lane! Thank you!"

Someone honks angrily (is there any other way to honk?): "Love you too!"

Someone changes lanes w/o signaling: "Thanks for signaling!"

Friendly honks

[prog.livejournal.com]

A short beep-beep is usually not unfriendly. Shave-and-a-haircut is probably at the extreme end of the friendly-honk continuum.

Re: Friendly honks

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Heh.

On that subject, is it possible to have an unfriendly honk when your horn plays the first few bars of "Dixieland" or "La Cucaracha"?

Re: Friendly honks

[prog.livejournal.com]

Hmm, but are those carhorn replacements or separately installed noisemakers? I don't know but the latter wouldn't surprise me.

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[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

I don't flip 'em off when they nearly clip me, but I sure yell at them. But I try to make it entertaining in an incredulous way for the people around me.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I flip the bird rarely, but I sure do yell, something from "nice job dork" to "!@!$!$! you @#$1$!" depending on the infraction and my mood. I've gotten in altercations with motorists who yell things lile "cunt" at me from thier car *After* they've broken at least one law and nearly hit me. Love it! :P

[prog.livejournal.com]

I see things like this sometimes happening to other people and I flip off the driver for them. I am like a flipping-off vigilante.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Did you know flippin' the bird is evidently illegal in West Virginia? Neither did a friend of mine...somehow he talked his way out of it (the fact that he was off-duty mil and the tropper was ex-mil may have helped).

Shyeah. Freedom of expression.

[dianamp04.livejournal.com]

Some driver had the nerve to honk at me at a cross walk because I was walking too slow. It was like -20 degrees out this morning and she was sitting in a nice warm car, angry at ME. I don't so much flip people off, but if they honk or get pissy (i.e. move until their 2 inches from me), I suddenly slow down to an almost crawl while staring at them. It's fun.

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

i enjoy yelling at pedestrians when i am in the car. and then i get righteously angry as a pedestrian when cars are assholes. it's the circle of life, simba.

[orvilleydyx.livejournal.com]

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