# I may actually go insane with anger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848 "2012-08-18T03:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/301 "2012-08-20T23:01:04Z")
It’s such a rush to feel like you’re part of a group. I’m sure all you weak-minded dogpilers are feeling that rush now, dogpiling so hard. ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/302 "2012-08-20T23:06:05Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > > [@eulalia](#): > > > > It’s probable that she realized that she couldn’t avoid the dog and turned toward it to center the car over it to avoid getting it with a wheel. I have done exactly that before when a cat ran in front of me and stopped (the cat was okay, luckily). There is no excuse for leaving because she didn’t want to be identified though, unless you HAVE become well known in the neighborhood for over-reacting and losing your temper. > > Your first point is exactly what I thought, too. I’ve done this a couple of times, when a small animal runs out in front of me, and I realize I can’t miss it completely. > > Your second point is just shit-slinging, though. Known in the neighborhood? The trashy hobag drove off because she realized she’d been caught, and trashy people, pretty much by definition, don’t take responsibility for their behavior, when they can avoid it. That doesn’t make any sense. “Caught”? Doing what? Under this interpretation, a driver _successfully avoided_ killing the uncontrolled dog that ran out in the road. The OP should be grateful to her! And, apologetic for his dog precipitating the crisis. Why should the driver flee? Why should she think anyone has any reason to be upset with her? Oh, unless some screaming lunatic is charging at her… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/303 "2012-08-20T23:09:20Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Better than a dachshund _under_ your car… You’re so two days late with that. > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Who has a dachshund under their car? ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/304 "2012-08-20T23:15:09Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > That doesn’t make any sense. > > “Caught”? Doing what? Under this interpretation, a driver _successfully avoided_ killing the uncontrolled dog that ran out in the road. The OP should be grateful to her! And, apologetic for his dog precipitating the crisis. Why should the driver flee? Why should she think anyone has any reason to be upset with her? > > Oh, unless some screaming lunatic is charging at her… _facepalm_ …and the pointless dogpiling continues. Seriously, somebody says “Negro” and all of a sudden they’re the devil? Look man, the whole thing almost certainly happened so fast that the trashy hobag in question probably squealed tires out of there before the OP could even get to his front door. THAT sounds pretty likely to me. This sort of thing can happen _very_ fast, believe me. My dog got run over about 6 years ago, and I was in a line of sight the whole time, and didn’t even see it happen, nor who did it. I just happened to be looking away for 5 seconds or so. If Negro is such an awful word, then why don’t they change the name of the United NEGRO College Fund? It’s a sad day when someone can’t even say LAN without getting dogpiled. ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/305 "2012-08-20T23:23:22Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > Yep, because I’m the one that conspired to commit an illegal act. I’m also the one that hands out doctorates based on race. You’re right that those things have nothing to do with you. What you’re wrong about is that those things have something to do with your racism. No HBCU shenanigans, no Hindus, they have nothing to do with why you feel comfortable defending the use of racist slurs. > [@](#): > > Do you not see the futility of convincing me that I’m the problem in that situation? _That_ situation has nothing to do with you. I have no interest in blaming you for it. _You’re_ the one that keeps bringing it up, because you seem to think that it explains something about your racism. It doesn’t. > [@](#): > > I’m often aghast at the racism I see around me, even in my daughter’s friends, but what am I supposed to do? If all you did was _not be a racist yourself_, then I don’t think very many people would be so hard on you. It’s not that hard. Apparently it’s difficult for a white Atlanta cop to not be racist. Apparently you think that having a Hindu friend who was subject to academic corruption is like being a white Atlanta cop. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/306 "2012-08-20T23:27:45Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > If all you did was _not be a racist yourself_, then I don’t think very many people would be so hard on you. It’s not that hard. Who’s hard on me, 6 internet trolls enjoying the rush of unthinking group behavior via dogpiling? Seriously, I don’t think I care that much about your opinions of me, no offense. I generally find myself wincing at other people’s racism, not trying to hide my own. I’m kind of thinking that nobody is actually thinking through their approach to me right now, though. It looks like you’ve all regressed to high school behavior and are trying to taunt a classmate. That’s OK, I’m immune, I just wanted you to be aware of what’s happening, in case you weren’t. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/307 "2012-08-20T23:30:59Z")
I’ll stop using the words “nigger” and “negro” the day black comedians stop using them. No offense, but not one single person here is my parent, and I will say what I want in the privacy of my own home. I’m not changing just because you peck at me. 🙂 Trying to control what people say…I mean, I understand preventing hate speech, but there’s a fine line between preventing hate speech and censoring people. None of you are my friends even in the loosest sense, and never will be, so there’s no point in trying to appeal to me in that way, either. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/308 "2012-08-20T23:34:53Z")
I think you should say them more. It’s a good way to identify you and the folks like you. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/309 "2012-08-20T23:36:25Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > I’ll stop using the words “nigger” and “negro” the day . . . Racist? Yup. Definitely racist. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/310 "2012-08-20T23:37:07Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > Seriously, somebody says “Negro” and all of a sudden they’re the devil? I haven’t said anything at all about his race-based descriptor. I think that’s being covered elsewhere. > [@al27052](#): > > Look man, the whole thing almost certainly happened so fast that the trashy hobag in question probably squealed tires out of there before the OP could even get to his front door. That’s not exactly what he said, at first anyway, > [@ducati](#): > > She slowed before she got to him, stopped after hitting him, then took off as I made it to the front yard screaming at her to stop. Now in _that_ version, it’s easy to understand why the poor woman would panic and drive away–her adrenaline is already up because a _fucking dog!_ has run out in the road in front of her–and now a _crazy man!_ is screaming and coming at her. What would you recommend that your mother, wife or daughter do in that situation? Get the hell out of there? Or perhaps stand her ground, and throw down on the aggressive stranger? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/311 "2012-08-20T23:42:19Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > If Negro is such an awful word, then why don’t they change the name of the United NEGRO College Fund? > [@al27052](#): > > I’ll stop using the words “nigger” and “negro” the day black comedians stop using them. Nice. You’re just one “how’s come there ain’t no WHITE History Month?” away from a racist BINGO. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/312 "2012-08-20T23:43:14Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > I haven’t said anything at all about his race-based descriptor. I think that’s being covered elsewhere. > > That’s not exactly what he said, at first anyway, > Now in _that_ version, it’s easy to understand why the poor woman would panic and drive away–her adrenaline is already up because a _fucking dog!_ has run out in the road in front of her–and now a _crazy man!_ is screaming and coming at her. > > What would you recommend that your mother, wife or daughter do in that situation? Get the hell out of there? Or perhaps stand her ground, and throw down on the aggressive stranger? Yeah, but you’re doing the opposite of giving him the benefit of the doubt, which is just more bullshit dogpiling. Read the goddamn quote you posted. He said “just as I made it to the front yard…”. I take THAT to mean that, just as he took his first or second step outside his front door, she was already accelerating away at high speed. A DECENT human being would stop, get out, and _check on the motherfucking dog_. She is a white trash hobag, probably trying to piss off her racist North Georgia redneck father by dating/marrying the LAN. That’s not a given, but it’s a pattern I’ve seen. She may also have self-esteem issues, and feel she isn’t “worthy” of a white man, and/or may find that the LAN treats her better than white men do. Don’t go toe-to-toe with me on white trash behavior. I am related to white trash, grew up AROUND white trash, and have been bewildered by their ridiculous over-the-top misanthropy and bad behavior ever since I was probably 10 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/313 "2012-08-20T23:43:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Better than a dachshund _under_ your car… Bucketybuck can sue you for patent infringement. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/314 "2012-08-20T23:45:54Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > It’s a sad day when someone can’t even say LAN without getting dogpiled. ROFL Why do I get the impression that you’re not actually rolling on the floor laughing? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/315 "2012-08-20T23:47:21Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > Yeah, but you’re doing the opposite of giving him the benefit of the doubt, which is just more bullshit dogpiling. > > Read the goddamn quote you posted. He said “just as I made it to the front yard…”. I take THAT to mean that, just as he took his first or second step outside his front door, she was already accelerating away at high speed. > > A DECENT human being would stop, get out, and _check on the motherfucking dog_. > > She is a white trash hobag, probably trying to piss off her racist North Georgia redneck father by dating/marrying the LAN. That’s not a given, but it’s a pattern I’ve seen. She may also have self-esteem issues, and feel she isn’t “worthy” of a white man, and/or may find that the LAN treats her better than white men do. > > Don’t go toe-to-toe with me on white trash behavior. I am related to white trash, grew up AROUND white trash, and have been bewildered by their ridiculous over-the-top misanthropy and bad behavior ever since I was probably 10 years old. Hooo boy, have you got some issues… ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/316 "2012-08-20T23:48:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Nice. You’re just one “how’s come there ain’t no WHITE History Month?” away from a racist BINGO. That was funny, but seriously? You think I don’t laugh at racists myself? This sounds like something I would say. Of course, I’d never say it to a real racist’s FACE…because the best way to deal with extremism is to keep things factual, not mock people. On the internet, it’ll just get you a nice “fuck you” in response. In person it just pisses people off unnecessarily. If you guys think I’m the enemy, I don’t know what to tell you. I sometimes have to hide my LACK of racism from people, to avoid getting into an argument. That’s what growing up in the rural South forces on you. THAT’S why I say the OP is a mild racist compared to some of his Georgia police brethren. He really is quite mild compared to most of them. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/317 "2012-08-20T23:49:27Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Why do I get the impression that you’re not actually rolling on the floor laughing? Watch out, I’ll post a youtube video of me doing just that. But you’re right, I merely LOL’d. I don’t like LOL, though, it’s too generic. I prefer ROFL. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/318 "2012-08-20T23:50:33Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Hooo boy, have you got some issues… I would love to drop you by yourself in my home county sometime for about a day. I’d never do it, though. It would be considered negligent homicide. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/319 "2012-08-20T23:53:43Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > She is a white trash hobag, probably trying to piss off her racist North Georgia redneck father by dating/marrying the LAN. > > . . . > Don’t go toe-to-toe with me on white trash behavior. I am related to white trash, grew up AROUND white trash, You are trash. Racist trash. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848/320 "2012-08-20T23:59:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I think you should say them more. It’s a good way to identify you and the folks like you. I think they should get them tattooed on their faces - that would really clear up who you’re dealing with right quick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848.md?page=17)