# Things You Shouldn't Need To Tell People

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**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-shouldnt-need-to-tell-people/945674 "2021-07-04T19:29:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-shouldnt-need-to-tell-people/945674/344 "2021-08-17T00:33:37Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> I tend to disagree here. In my experience, honking is always at the car in front of (or right next to) you. At best, you are honking at me to get me to honk at the ding-a-ling holding the line up. My immediate thought in this case would be “what do you want me to do about it? I can’t move either!”.

> [@Asuka](#):
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> If I honk my horn at someone two cars ahead of me because the light is green and they’re still not moving, if you’re the person in the car ahead of me but still behind the problem car DON’T automatically assume I’m honking at you and start getting pissed off.
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> Like holy shit this is the simplest concept to understand because you’re literally stuck because of the same car.

No such ambiguity on the highway the other day. I was stuck behind a left lane hog as he went to pass the semi in the right lane at a speed differential of .0000001 MPH. A guy in a pickup comes up behind me and starts flashing his highbeams at _me_. Last I checked my car wasn’t invisible (thus only I could see the flashes). Yeah, even if I get out of your way Jack, you’ll still have to deal with the bozo that was in front of me.

Of course, as soon as I was clear of the semi (the hog natcherally couldn’t be arsed to move right) I zipped around the hog and left them all in my dust.

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