This is real. I’ve been in such a bad place mentally before that I just didn’t care and the rage and anger would just flow out of me.
Good on you for working on it.
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Yo, if you were really more zen, you’d have been riding a tandem fixie and you wouldn’t have stopped at the light, man
But seriously, I think the biggest fights I’ve had with my wife were because of me running my stupid mouth at assholes on the street. It’s taken me years to get a handle on my confrontational nature and it still sometimes gets me in trouble.
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I try the tech support thing:
“have a great day!” = Fuck you, your face, your dumb kids, and your mother!
“hey man, I’m trying to get home too!” = Fuck you, your face, your dumb kids, and your mother!
“I love you!” = Fuck you, your face, your dumb kids, and your mother, you hollow shell of a person who fills the yawning dark void in their soul with material objects. I hope you have a terrible accident involving a truckload of broken fluorescent bulbs soaked in salty lemon juice and that you realize the error of your ways and regret everything you’ve done, and then die.
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Are we talking about hating ourselves and wanting to die now?
Getting angry when someone tries to kill you seems reasonable to me. Some folks are equipped with more aggression than others, I think that’s part of the human condition.
My wife rolled up on me one day in a car and jokingly yelled at me, “get on the sidewalk!” I think I roared something in response, “FUCKYOUDIEMOTHERFUCKERHELLSHITFUCKDAMNI’LLKILLYOUNOW!!!”
Was kinda embarrassing.
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same, i flicked off a coworker after work b/c he gave me a little toot on the horn.
like, come on dude, i don’t have any idea what car you drive.
explained to him the next day why plz no honk, and that we were in one of my frequent incident zones.
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One of the few times I was actually ready to put someone in the hospital was because they threatened my girlfriend at the time by speeding at her in their cab. He pulled out into traffic to cut her off, which she had seen coming and slowed down for. He was getting out of his car so I threw my bike down in the road and walked towards him brandishing my u-lock, telling him to get back in the fucking car and leave or I’d crack his skull or something. I still feel fully justified, but she was furious and would probably still be mad at me if she thought about it.
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I’ve gone from yelling and giving the finger, to busting mirrors and running, to squirting into windows with a bidon, but since I was put up against a storefront window by my neck on a bustling street abt a year ago I’ve tried to tone it down a bit. Mostly I just clap heartily now.
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Hey! That happened to me too, but not for traffic shit, but because some homeless guy grabbed my arm when he was asking for change, I reacted like I was being grabbed by a stranger and he took it the wrong way. His girlfriend tried to take my camera bag while he held me by the neck and hit me in the face, but I wouldn’t let go of it.
Long story short they got their asses handed to them by a very large bouncer whose problem I made it and were arrested shortly after.
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I saw a parked car with a trump 2020 sticker on it while I was out riding the other day. It would have bee so easy to stop, slip my pocket knife out of my right pocket, slash a tire and ride away unseen I almost did it and I kinda wish I had.
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what if one were to have a stash of stickers in the same size and color way as the trump stickers, that overlaid the MAGA portion with more accurate slogans like “can’t lynch 'em all, but we can try” or “I think you should die for oil” or “my entitlement is more important than your rights”
I don’t know how to go about printing those without coming off as sincerely espousing those ideas, but potentially less violent than a tire slashing
I <3 GUNS AND OPPRESSION
I <3 GUNS AND COVFEFE
TRUMP (jail) 2020
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OBEY, CONSUME, MARRY AND REPRODUCE, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, THIS IS YOUR GOD, etc
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What was that easy TRUMP PENCE sign modification? Trump Penis?
I started trying to tone it down after I “love tapped” a car with my daughter in tow. She’s doesn’t need to see her dad doing that. Or be involved with possible consequences.
But honestly anyone who rides a bike for any amount of time is full of something similar to PTSD that triggers these primal anger responses. Especially clear when a friend honks at me and I feel my blood rush to my head instantly. Or when I hear anyone honk for any reason at all nearby. It’s an instant adrenaline rush. Ready to rumble
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yeah, i’ll never forget getting chased the wrong way down a one way street in DC after i hit a guys car. taking a mirror off is really satisfying, but looking over your shoulder for the rest of the ride saps a lot of the fun.
that said, i will kick the shit out of a car that encroaches on me in the bike lane or otherwise acts like they can’t see me. percussion is a lot more noticeable than yelling, inside the cage.
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I’ve got a couple coworkers who live in my neighborhood who like to shout and honk when they see me biking and it almost always puts me 9/10 of the way to psycho mode
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