Comments on: The Thursday Blog: Rude Drivers Edition

By: orald

orald — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:14:32 +0000

That…and I’m unable to pass up on women-behind-the-wheel jokes, usually when in my older sister’s car while she’s driving.

I personally don’t have a driving license and haven’t bothered with driving lessons etc, and am always puzzled by the male obsession regarding these devil-made horseless-carriages.
I find racing games to be boring as well…You don’t even get to shoot anyone most of the time.

By: Kroiden

Kroiden — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:23:33 +0000

I suspect that Orald has some sort of death-wish.

By: orald

orald — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:47:26 +0000

It was deemed unfair to the lady-folk, what with their inherent problems with parking and all.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:51:59 +0000

Ok, so we HAD flying cars. I guess landing them was a bitch.

By: Elfguy

Elfguy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:31:04 +0000

Been there. Done that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohka

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:05 +0000

And people wonder why we don’t have flying cars yet. Might be safer to install steering wheels on SCUD missles.

By: Don B.

Don B. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:16:23 +0000

Thanks Orald, I remember now. I gotta check out both book and movie again. It’s been a while since I checked out either one.

By: orald

orald — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:04 +0000

You become Lemon Man, the most sour villain the world has ever seen, and squeeze human-lemonade out of your victims?

On sec0nd thought, human-lemonade doesn’t sound all that good…Damn you, Kevin, you’ve tricked me into making a second pee-fetish reference in one day!

By: orald

orald — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:43:11 +0000

If your avatar is close to your appearance I can see why. I’m guessing you’re not a short fellow, and the diet-related posts indicate you’re probably somewhat heavy, which gives weight to your words(ooh, a pun!). That facial hair is another “bonus”. In all likeliness you look like a burly, scary man whenever you’re scowling.
In short, you’ve got a positive modifier on your “Intimidate” checks.

I admit I got a bit “heated” when I suspected you might be telling me it was a morally wrong thing to do, because one of the things that makes(or maybe shows it) people so callous is the fact that they might shout for the blood of a murderer, rapist or some-such, but they’ll ignore the simple, everyday evil that surrounds them.
They think they’re good and pure but they behave like assholes when they can, and that’s almost just as evil.

By: anonymous coward

anonymous coward — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:41:09 +0000

Moments of clarity such as was described above tend to be fleeting and even where they are understood for what they are they often get forgotten in the distractions of the rest of life.
This next bit will make not being a jerk seem a lot harder for anyone that doesn’t grasp this lesson strongly though: The true measure of someone being a jerk is subjective, in the eyes and expectations of those we interact with. It isn’t always enough to just not be the kind of jerk that would piss ourselves off, others have different standards. The flip-side to that is that when we better understand those we interact with we don’t have to worry about things that actually wouldn’t bother them so much. This second part is at least as hard but also as least as rewarding as the first lesson.