25 Feb 08
Originally posted by darvlayPretty much all able-bodied people who stand on escalators annoy me.
People who fail to understand or simply ignore the basic rules of etiquette of public transit. This includes:
- blocking doors out of sheer laziness
- putting your feet up on the seat
- talking loudly on cell phones
- eating
- creating bottle necks for no reason whatsoever
- standing on the walking side of the escalator
- rushing to get in t ...[text shortened]...
- wearing huge backpacks that take up the space of three humans
I could go on forever...
25 Feb 08
Originally posted by NordlysGood distinction, Nordlys. Would still submit to you that one constant manifestation of the downward spiral of the dialectic of cultural change
Men patronising women. I don't mind if someone opens the door for me; I often open the door for others as well. I do mind if it's very noticeable that they only do it because I am female, especially in a culture in which this isn't expected anymore (I once visited Romania, and it was clearly part of the culture there - every man there did it, and they ...[text shortened]... for girls all the time, with a creepy smile on his face. It didn't make him very popular...
is that the once normal gradually becomes abnormal, so that social acceptance requires becoming by degrees abnormally normal... so
that in beliefs, values, social mores, common courtesies, lowest common denomiators of taste, speech or dress most follow the herd.
-gb 🙂
25 Feb 08
Originally posted by darvlayExtremely fat people.
People who fail to understand or simply ignore the basic rules of etiquette of public transit. This includes:
- blocking doors out of sheer laziness
- putting your feet up on the seat
- talking loudly on cell phones
- eating
- creating bottle necks for no reason whatsoever
- standing on the walking side of the escalator
- rushing to get in t ...[text shortened]...
- wearing huge backpacks that take up the space of three humans
I could go on forever...
Which is actually a combination of most of those things.
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25 Feb 08
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt's not just instincts and emotions involved though, I can think rationally as well, another variable...😛
Normal and to be expected. Emotions have no capacity for rational
thought. Their job is to appreciate. Feelings are unable to think. 🙂