Funny CW moments page 263

[RedMenace]

JennaRose
UHH...RUDE!!! can't believe the crap that people think they can say to random strangers...has real life become the internet???

Thats true. As much as I love these CW stories of SAD people being snarky, I cant help but think that most of the people in and around my life keep their comments to themselves. Pity, id love the excuse to snark right back.

So, I've found that the combination of being fat, eating fat in public, and being in the PNW apparently gives people licence to talk this way to me. Being an anthro major, I find it fascinating. I also find it fascinating that if people did this in Denver they could expect a punch (verbal or meat) in the face.

It will be interesting to see when the outbursts of passive aggression transition into internalized cursing of my name for being skinny and drinking full-fat coffee drinks.

[honeybuns]

So, I've found that the combination of being fat, eating fat in public, and being in the PNW apparently gives people licence to talk this way to me. )

I don't think you are being fair and not at all nice targeting the PNW people as rude. Just because you have run into some that are please do not paint all of us with the same brush.

[quelsen]

I don't think you are being fair and not at all nice targeting the PNW people as rude. Just because you have run into some that are please do not paint all of us with the same brush.

Truth, ALL people have the rudeness gene not jus the PNW. Some of us grow up and learn to not indulge, sadly most dont.

[RedMenace]

I don't think you are being fair and not at all nice targeting the PNW people as rude. Just because you have run into some that are please do not paint all of us with the same brush.

Sorry, not trying to insinuate all PNWers are rude. Just much more willing to talk to strangers whether in snarky tones or no. Most of the time it's quite nice.

[Corvidae]

Sorry, not trying to insinuate all PNWers are rude. Just much more willing to talk to strangers whether in snarky tones or no. Most of the time it's quite nice.

I know what you mean, San Franciscians seem pretty open to random bits of conversation with strangers as well. Example: when I wear my VFFs in the city, I get comments about them all the time (usually along the lines of, "whoah! Weird shoes dude!" or "Hey I like your shoes!"), and frequently people actually stop and ask me about them. Im always happy to give my two cents on how much I like them. But then, by comparison, I went to New York two summers ago and wore them there, and I caught a lot of people staring at me when I wore them, or staring at my feet more specifically, but NO ONE commented or asked me about them ONCE, even though I was in the same sorts of situations (restaurants, shopping, public transit) as I am back in SF when people talk to me about them here.

[Westly]

RE Heavy Cream in Coffee Shops

Sometimes you have to ask for "Manufacturing Cream" It's what they make the whipped cream out of when they have real whipped cream. You can also ask for 'the milk they make the whipped cream with'...

[Grumpycakes]

Me: Actually I've been having one of these a day for months and lost about 15lbs since the holiday season started. How's your diet treating you?

UHH...RUDE!!! can't believe the crap that people think they can say to random strangers...has real life become the internet???

Yeah, that was pretty rude >:|

[athomeontherange]

PNW??

I wore my adidas toe shoes yesterday and my friend was fascinated. She kept saying " I just cant stop looking at them. Can I see the bottom, touch the material?" LOL Here in the midwest.. folks are pretty friendly I think although you will find snarky comments anywhere.

[70in2012]

Listening to vegetarians talk at work makes me realize how much we have in common. The ones I sit near don't want to eat too much fake junk, either. They are trying to make the best of their eating habits for their own reasons. As much as I want to stuff ground beef into their faces, I have to respect them for being as staunchly committed to a way of eating as we are.

If they are vegetarians on account of animal cruelty and if they knowingly accept an inferior diet choice so that they dont have to slaughter, i respect their choice. I have quiet a few friends of this type.

In some ways this is also evolution. Evolution of the mind onto another level. Most "modern" hunter-gatherers wont get it. They would rather have their six packs.

[Heidi]

I have an amazingly hilarious experience to share:

My extended family and I were all eating dinner tonight, and everyone -- my mother, father, siblings, etc. -- were ripping on me because I was only eating meat and salad, and lots of it, and declining the bread and desserts. After a few minutes of everyone telling me how unhealthy my way of eating is, my eighty-eight-year-old grandmother, who until this point had been quiet, spoke up.

"Have you guys noticed how fat Shawn's gotten?" she asks.

Everyone grows quiet, confused. "No," my mom says, "he's not fat at all."

My grandma nods. "Then shut up and let him eat how he wants to eat. He's clearly doing better than everyone else here."

They left me alone after that.

I seriously want to hug your grandma right now. Sassy wisdom is to be admired!