How have you mistakenly offended people recently?

xp Hi Dere: if you're secretly working for Chris Hansen.

littering is a srs pet peeve of mine. i have been known to yell at people on the street for it. sure, a grapefruit rind is easily biodegradable, but so is dog shit, and no one wants that lying around. a friend of mine "had to" yell at a dude last week, cuz after he picked up & bagged his dog's shit he just left it in the gutter. dude copped a serious attitude about their "not being a trash can" (when the next one was uh, two blocks away.) so imho, don't be lazy, just put your waste where it belongs.

their e_e there.

if dog shit smelled like grapefruit and didn't stick to your shoes i wouldn't give a rind where you left it.

I admit I have copped attitude about not being a trash can so I sort of see where dude was coming from.

i prefer to think of myself as a garbage disposal.

Carrying the dog shit bag is not a pleasant task, but I wouldn't just leave it in a gutter.

that's why the baggies exist, so you can transport the poop to the receptacle

Just to be clear, I dropped it down the drain, so it wasn't sitting out on the street. But yeah, I realize it's not an optimal situation.

Also yes, totally aware of the longevity of the outer peel, cause I have a piece of one from high school (long story) -- but this was like the inner rindy junk, peeled off the back of the section I'd just eaten. (I know there's a word for that, but I don't know what it is -- that's not "pith," is it?)

ooh tell us a story

Hahah btw I realize now that I had dog-poop baggies in my back pocket, so I suppose I could have technically used one of those to store it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pithing

Wikipedia, you are a crepe

I think I angered this woman on Saturday when I applauded her and walked away after she mentioned that she doesn't own a television.

^^ I am applauding you and not going anywhere

was it rousing applause or a golf clap? Maybe you didn't applaud properly.

Was yr applause genuine or sarcastic?

Oh it was definitely sarcastic.

In my defense, I was just going inside to get a beer.

But I did stand up and take a step in her direction before I started applauding, so maybe that seemed confrontational.

*applause*

*leaves thread*

Get me a beer, omar.

I know someone like this who recently claimed not to have any idea who Dora the Explorer is and this is someone with a small kid. I was like really lady? Cartoon little girl with a bowl cup on backpacks everywhere - has a friend named Diego . . . ring any bells? Oh well we don't own a television. It was said in that way that insinuated that she was better for not doing so. Wish I'd thought to applaud and walk away tbh.

"bowl cut"

she is better imo

I only watch youtubes

wow good for you!

Wait, you sarcastically applauded someone and you think that "mistakenly" offended them poly?

TBH I own a TV I never watch, so.

we never got a converter box for our tv, so it's all dvds all the time. tbh i miss the law & order and fuzzy seinfeld.

I think I angered this woman on Saturday when I applauded her and walked away after she mentioned that she doesn't own a television.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, July 6, 2009 4:30 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg poly <3

Wait, you sarcastically applauded someone and you think that "mistakenly" offended them poly?

It wasn't "mistaken" at all, true.

tbh my admiration of polyphonic entirely depends on the context of the utterance, and whether the woman was trying to score points or merely demurring her knowledge of television

Yeah, just because someone says that they don't own a TV, doesn't necessarily mean that they're trying to be smug or superior.

tbh my admiration of polyphonic entirely depends on the context of the utterance, and whether the woman was trying to score points or merely demurring her knowledge of television

I was having having a conversation with other folks about television, and she interjected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw

well THEN it depends if she was part of the group having the conversation, and wanted something to say on the subject, or was simply butting in, having heard what was being discussed, to be all miss specialkins

LJ i applaud your tireless attempts to get to the bottom of this

xp ian - we have this old wood-paneled set that was being tossed out at my old job - many years ago. We don't have a converter box or cable or anything. We watch videotapes and dvds, some of which are television shows. Am I supposed to automatically be apologetic about this?

i start all casual conversations by stating my tv ownership status btw

Louis this woman was obvious being an idiot.

Yeah, just because someone says that they don't own a TV, doesn't necessarily mean that they're trying to be smug or superior.

― snoball, Monday, July 6, 2009 5:31 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

True but the kind of people who go out of their way to tell you this or interject as was the case with Poly often are trying to be smug and superior tbh.

and then i walk away from it xsxp[osts

"obviously" being . . .

Sometimes when people are talking about going to the bathroom I interject and say oh, I don't "go" to the "bathroom"

lol John how is that iPhone treating you

hahahaa

fwiw "i don't watch a lot of tv" is a bit less confrontational that "omg i don't even OWN a tv"

she is better imo

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, July 6, 2009 3:40 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

what we talk about when talk to middlebrow pseuds

"i call it 'television' because 't.v.' is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television... is NO friend of mine"

Is that because television can't dance?

Postscript: Later I won her over and she invited me to a party I will not be attending.