Pom-pom prefers the single deuce

[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.