okay more hijacking... People being scared of touching other people in a crowded place. Claustrophobia is one thing, but when I was at the movie theater the other day everyone was freaking out about getting in each other's way. Or people being afraid to ride the bus for the same reason. People not taking the back seats on the bus because they are afraid of getting a tiny bit cozy. Then they get it everyone's way by blocking the aisle. People who stand in the middle of a thoroughfare having a nice chat with their buddy... on the bus mall I purposely almost-bump into these people so they don't get too comfortable (I am a b-word). When we are in these public spaces, it's time to switch gears a little. Be cool. Stand against the wall when you looky-loo or chat with your buddy. Take a seat or offer it to a stranger. Look in someone's face and say Excuse me when you have to wiggle past them. Maybe people are afraid of each other for all the wrong reasons.
I think vigilante public transportation etiquette is fun. I purposely bump into people who are barnacles of the subway doors. I will go out of my way to make it frustrating for people who are trying to push their way into the train before letting people out. Or if someone is wrapping their body around a pole during rush hour I will gladly grab the pole to demonstrate that it is a shared space.
Ha ha!! Yes!!! If I am in line to board a bus when it's busy, and I see a venerable person who may need more time heading to board, I strategically act as a subtle yet effective barrier to the eager beavers, thereby allowing the honored citizen their rights of first boarding. Of course, if they allow me with a nod of the head to board before them, I honor this preference.
Slowing down rushed cashiers who are infecting the whole place with their bad vibes. This is a really raunchy move, but sometimes it can be handled with finesse. "Hello,-How-Are-You-Today," = "Slow down." If they are bummed for a good reason it's nice, if they are just stressing it's a spanking.
I live near a Pastaworks. That place must have bad management because the employees are 80% jerks. I finally stopped trying to make friends with one of them. I didn't say a word to her but "no, thanks," no eye contact--just giving her exactly what she has given me for many months. NOW she makes an effort to be civil. I don't know the psychology exactly, I just know that this pattern often works. I suspect it could have to do with trust... the mean people might think you want something from them, or that you're stupid for trusting them because they don't trust anyone.
In general I think it's better to give strangers the benefit of the doubt. Mistrust is dangerous. The smell of fear really does bring out bloodlust in all of us, I think that's part of human nature.
In general I think it's better to give strangers the benefit of the doubt. Mistrust is dangerous. The smell of fear really does bring out bloodlust in all of us, I think that's part of human nature.
Natural-type hot springs: Bagby (charging for parking now), Wind River, McCredie, Wall Creek, Cougar. Alvord Desert. Yurt camping at Nahalem Bay. Climb Hood and Helens. Tour Bonneville Dam, see the sturgeon & salmons. Visit the Reed reactor. Nutria hunting in Oregon City. Springwater trail bike trip/ Oaks Park/ Cartlandia food cart pod. Low tide tidepools at Devils Punchbowl. See a roller derby bout. Seems I've heard of a wolf park in WA, a little woowoo for me.
There was also a pretty long thread before, things to do before I leave town.
I rejected quite a few words to get woo woo, but you are on the right track along with discovering their inner whatever. Never been, so sure I'm stereotyping max. Here it is - http://www.wolfhaven.org/
woo woo is new age/hippie, I think, more than bourgeois
like, yoga is bourgeois, but someone who actually goes fucking deep with the sanskrit and the chakras and who never wears shoes because of connecting with the earth, and who smudges their home with sage for bad spirits...that's woowoo
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You should call this guy
My poor sister was bit on the lip by my grandmother's dog when she was very small and has had a dumb scar her whole life :(
People being scared of touching other people in a crowded place.
Claustrophobia is one thing, but when I was at the movie theater the other day everyone was freaking out about getting in each other's way. Or people being afraid to ride the bus for the same reason. People not taking the back seats on the bus because they are afraid of getting a tiny bit cozy. Then they get it everyone's way by blocking the aisle. People who stand in the middle of a thoroughfare having a nice chat with their buddy... on the bus mall I purposely almost-bump into these people so they don't get too comfortable (I am a b-word). When we are in these public spaces, it's time to switch gears a little. Be cool. Stand against the wall when you looky-loo or chat with your buddy. Take a seat or offer it to a stranger. Look in someone's face and say Excuse me when you have to wiggle past them.
Maybe people are afraid of each other for all the wrong reasons.
If I am in line to board a bus when it's busy, and I see a venerable person who may need more time heading to board, I strategically act as a subtle yet effective barrier to the eager beavers, thereby allowing the honored citizen their rights of first boarding. Of course, if they allow me with a nod of the head to board before them, I honor this preference.
Slowing down rushed cashiers who are infecting the whole place with their bad vibes. This is a really raunchy move, but sometimes it can be handled with finesse. "Hello,-How-Are-You-Today," = "Slow down." If they are bummed for a good reason it's nice, if they are just stressing it's a spanking.
I live near a Pastaworks. That place must have bad management because the employees are 80% jerks. I finally stopped trying to make friends with one of them. I didn't say a word to her but "no, thanks," no eye contact--just giving her exactly what she has given me for many months. NOW she makes an effort to be civil. I don't know the psychology exactly, I just know that this pattern often works. I suspect it could have to do with trust... the mean people might think you want something from them, or that you're stupid for trusting them because they don't trust anyone.
In general I think it's better to give strangers the benefit of the doubt. Mistrust is dangerous. The smell of fear really does bring out bloodlust in all of us, I think that's part of human nature.
There was also a pretty long thread before, things to do before I leave town.
Or does it refer to the harmonic overlap of the two?
like, yoga is bourgeois, but someone who actually goes fucking deep with the sanskrit and the chakras and who never wears shoes because of connecting with the earth, and who smudges their home with sage for bad spirits...that's woowoo
In Seattle the dog parks have fences. (Duh.)