You won't be raped tonight...you're fucking welcome, bitch.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

@Norse

At the mall today, while I was standing at the checkout of one of the stores, a woman comes and asks the clerks to call security, she was being harassed by a drunk.

Your original story.

@Norse

Nobody ever asked for my help in that episode. I intruded without ever being asked. Quite contrary to the advice that I should

The woman was seeking help and security wasn’t forthcoming. You then stepped in and helped in a situation in which she was clearly asking for help.

@Norse

And I would probably have intervened in a situation like the OP was describing, except that I’d have a somewhat less aggressive demeanor and wouldn’t have called it “playing the male part” to my wife. But I’d probably intervened. Macho alpha male Internet tough guy, right?

The parts you say you would leave out is what makes it a macho thing.

@AlienVessels

You’ve never heard of people complaining about the way in which they were helped after they asked for it?

Irony thy name is.

I wasn’t talking about the generalized idea of berating someone even when they asked for help but the specific story Chef Troy was relating. Why was it ironic?