For the record, Freak, your last few posts have cleared you in my book. I stand by my earlier comments because I really took exception to your actions, but I ain’t gonna hold it against you after this.
MerrySquirrels,
Tradition dictates that I cannot concede a point to Maeglin. Just between you and me, though, the two of you are quite correct and I may have been, to a certain extent, talking out of my butt. If you run into him, please pass the word along surreptitiously.
**True. Aside from a few exaggerations to make the story a bit better.
False. There weren’t any embellishments.**
exaggerate
(1) to think, speak, or write of as greater than is really so; magnify beyond the fact; overstate.
(2) to increase or enlarge to an extreme or abnormal degree; overemphasize; intensify.
Synonyms - overestimate, overdraw, overstate, misrepresent, falsify, magnify, expand, amplify, pile up, heighten, intensify, distort, enlarge (on), stretch, overdo, overcolor, misquote, misreport, hyperbolize, go to extremes, give color to, misjudge, elaborate, romance, embroider, embellish, color, make too much of, lie, fabricate, corrupt; all (D): shoot with a long bow, pull a hot one, pretty up, paint in glowing colors, sling the bull, carry too far, lay it on, make a mountain out of a molehill, cook up, build up, grasp at straws, make much of, make the most of, make the eagle scream, heap up.
embellish
(1) to decorate or improve by adding detail; ornament; adorn.
(2) to improve (an account or report) by adding details, often of a fictitious or imaginary kind.
I’m afraid I don’t see a marked difference between “exaggerate” and “embellish”.
Thanks for the help UncleBeer, I really needed that. :rolleyes:
Tymp, I’m glad you won’t hold it against me. I just wish you weren’t the only one.
That’s cause you’re a jackass.
MR
I think what Freak did was funny and his explanations about how this woman usually conducted herself make the action he took even funnier.
Freak, she deserved it.
FWIW, since I’m 19 and this is so far the worst thing I’ve ever done, I think I’m actually doing pretty good so far. I have errors of judgement but I’m not a bad person. Honest.
Well, living is learning, and 19 is a good age to do it.
FF, just to explain some of what may have been going on in her mind:
Whe I was 18 I moved to Hollywood and lived there for 4 years. During that time I had my purse snatched 3 times, was stalked by one really scary guy for several months, was groped on the bus, was verbally harrassed far beyond a comment or two, was physically attacked twice on a busy street in broad daylight, and had a knife pulled on me in a restaurant. I learned pretty early on that as a female, frequently walking or bussing by myself,I got messed with a whole lot less if I put on a “don’t fuck with me, asshole” attitude as you walked out the door. I’m sure that there were plenty of people who thought I was a stuck-up bitch (but I have never kicked a puppy), and since my job required me to dress in suit, you can add “yuppie” to that list. And yes, if someone who had been staring at me on the bus follwed me off, then came up behind me and touched me, he would have been carrying his gonads home in a baggie. Nothing personal, but I would not have waited to find out if his intentions were benign or not. Easier to apologize if I’m wrong. Incidentaly, the second time I was attacked, the guy who did it ended up running away from me.
Archer,
None too quick on the up take, are ya?
Here I am, all ready to unload some rightous anger on you, and you go and show remorse for your actions. You ruined a perfectly good post, you bitch.
You know, I make it a rule not to post much stuff from my personal life on the Board, and I don’t intend to start now, but . . . .
FREAK, if I lived in your town, I would be that standoffish, superior-seeming woman on the bus. Dressed nice because my job demands it, riding the bus because said job doesn’t really pay much, and greeting every man I met with a serious, don’t-fuck-with-me look on my face – including panhandlers. What you do not know about me, as you watch me ride along and condemn me for being haughty, is the number of times I’ve been hit on by unsavory men, or the number of times I’ve been assaulted or raped, or the number of times a guy who slyly studied me then mugged me and stole my purse, or the lengths I’ve had to go to avoid my very own personal stalker.
Which of these is my real reason for cultivating a “stay the hell away from me” attitude in such a situation is really none of your business, but the very idea that you would unknowingly play upon my painful personal history for your own enjoyment both irritates and alarms me.
I’m very glad you realize this wasn’t a smart thing to do, and I’m glad you wouldn’t do it again. I can only imagine that those who thought your actions funny are the type who either take amusement from causing others pain and fear, or feel themselves justified in judging and punishing total strangers. Neither is an attitude I would recommend you attempt to cultivate. Personally, I think you owe the lady an apology, but I imagine she’d be just as happy if you stayed the hell away from her.
I laughed when I read this story. Oh, my , goodness has Freak gotten his ass kicked on this.
Now, true, it was a little bit much. But I wouldn’t call him an asshole or deliver a loud Fuck You to the guy. I mean, he didn’t hurt the woman, just loosened her sphincter a little. All that ranting and raving about rape and murder is so chicken little. People need to Stay in the fucking house if life is that scary, but don’t use any appliances or take a shower or use anything sharper than a spork to eat with. Maybe she shouldn’t treat humans like waste if she is so afraid of the outcome. Ask me, Freak was a bit of Karma.
Freak, I know the look that set you off. That “turd in a pool” look that can just fry your innards and make you want to slap a stranger. Had she smiled at you, or even just looked away shyly, you would not have done this, would you? But she made the EFFORT to purse her mouth and let you know that she found you unworthy or distasteful, therefore (IMHO) inviting you to respond. And excuse me, people, but if Freak recognized HER from passing over time, how come she didn’t recognize HIM as a fellow commuter? They ride the same route weekly, from what I gathered. I reckon it’s because she is most likely a self centered uppity bitch, that’s why. Lives within 6 inches of her face, which is why she got so nervous. She treats anonymous humans like shit and expected Freak to hurt her. That’s on her, not him.
Now, giving it to her on the bus would have been enough, she probably would have jumped satisfactorily. But maybe the more you went with it, the more savory the outcome became. Seeing her face contorted with shock as you handed her the wallet… oh.
You are a rare one, Freak. Minnesotans can be sick fucks, I know cuz I am one. I also know that some of the shallowest, superfical people I know live 6 inches from their face in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Don’t do it again, but remember it always.
I don’t want to hear about “shallowest” not being a word.
Most Shallow. Fine.
SAYSHA says:
And you know this how? You are privy to this woman’s personal history and can gauge exactly how upset or hurt she would be by being approached by a man who intentially made her feel anxious and unsafe? Bullshit.
Fuck you! I really mean this – fuck you for the fucking insenstive nothing-bad-every-happened-to-me-in-my-life little cretin that you are. If a person has been raped or assaulted, it’s a big fucking deal, and to be made to feel unsafe in the wake of that is a big fucking deal as well. Get it?
If there was ever a person who deserved a “turd in the pool” look, it is you – not Freak, who at least sees that his actions were ill-advised, but you.
This just fries me. A person on the bus owes jack-shit to a total stranger. Not a smile, not a nod, not a friendly wave – though God knows the world would be a better place if there was more of that. But neither you nor anyone has a right to demand it, and some people have damn good reasons – which you could not possibly know – for acting unfriendly or standoffish around strangers.
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because she doesn’t pay any attention to the total strangers surrounding her on a daily basis? Maybe she’s reading her book, or mentally balancing her checkbook, or MINDING HER OWN FUCKING BUSINESS. If I do not know you from a hole in the ground, I owe you nothing – not a smile, not even recognition.
Seems to me that you think you know the lady pretty damn well which, of course, you don’t. Read the thread again, genius – Freak intentionally made this woman feel uncomfortable, nervous, and afraid. That’s on him, not on her.
Yes, you are. Kindly stay the fuck away from me.
Why am I totally unsurprised that you know this look.
here’s a clue: Women may be giving you this look because you act like a (this is the pit, right?) goat felching inbred piece of scum. try to stop acting like that, maybe you might see other reactions to you.
WHAT??
Are you implying that I am a man or a turd in a pool? I’m sorry, do you know me? Did I miss something again? I have as quickly assessed your character.
WAS Freak acting like a whatever blitherings you posted? He rode the bus, looked repeatedly at a woman, got off and walked behind her. He tapped her on the shoulder and gave her wallet back. The rest is conjecture and assumption, just like that horseshit you trotted out.
Yeah, I see him all the time! And funny you should mention that tradition, I had that going with him a while back too!
Can you not read? Not even Freak, who was there and would know, paints his actions so innocuously. He intended to intimidate and unsettle the woman, and her reaction indicated unequivocally that he was successful. This is not “conjecture and assumption,” it is how the situation unfolded according to the person who was there. What is “conjecture and assumption” is your indefensible conclusion that she deserved to be frightened or harassed because you decided she wasn’t friendly enough. That’s your bullshit, and you’ll have to stand by it or take it back, without rewriting the situation to make it something that it wasn’t.
What kind of fucking hypocritical tripe is this?
I’m sorry, did you know the woman on the bus?
Or did you just assess her character from a face she made and a refusal to cough up a quarter to a panhandler? Oh, but that’s more than enough for you to decide what she deserves, that “a self centered uppity bitch…Lives within 6 inches of her face…She treats anonymous humans like shit”.
Then you get huffy when wring calls you a turd, based on the fact that s/he doesn’t know you?
Try swallowing some an ounce of that shit before you spew it. Christ, I could take a piss in the electrical outlet, and bang my head off of the keyboard in an involuntary spasm and produce a more intelligible post than you have shown.
Somewhere there is a stranger who hates me because I didn’t flip out on Freak. Isn’t this the pit?
It WAS funny, was I the only one who said so? Noooo.
I have to exit this place, the angst is suffocating me.
Christ, Jodi, get a hobby.