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grabyourownboxy

Sac of Warm on My Ass

Jan 11, 2009 10:33

Alice also wrote a brief synopsis hereSo on Friday, Jan. 9th, I got up in the morning, downed four raw eggs, collected all of my books/clothes and headed off to school on my bicycle. This was between 6-6:40 in the morning. About twenty minutes later I had passed Dorothea Dix Hospital, about 2 and a half miles from my apartment. Eventually, ( Read more... )

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hurtpiggypig January 11 2009, 21:11:52 UTC

jesusgod.
I'm glad you're okay.

spencer_best January 11 2009, 21:13:04 UTC

This is probably the only LJ entry over a paragraph long that I haven't just immediately skipped.

The part that makes me most sad is the hundreds of cars that drove by and didn't stop. I just don't understand that at all.

geektrix January 11 2009, 21:14:43 UTC

you and me both... *eye twitch*

thescottyp January 11 2009, 21:46:59 UTC

Good to hear it.

Also, the length of this entry (as you mentioned) is so unusual that you may have suffered some form of head trauma that no one found yet. I expected "yeah, I got hit by a car on my bike, I'm fine, I went to the hospital, eggs."

team_ragnarok January 12 2009, 03:41:39 UTC

People are fucking morons. You'd think someone would have stopped.

Glad to hear you're okay, though.

canis_lupis8 January 16 2009, 13:47:04 UTC

People do this all the time, usually they do not see what has happened because their minds are elsewhere (Ok, I'm on my way to work, same route as every day, if I make these green lights then I might be able to stop for coffee? etc.)

Or there is also a psychological phenomenon whereby people will assume someone else will step up and help. It's similar to social loafing. The most famous example would be Kitty Genovese, a girl who was stabbed to death in front of her apartment complex. Not only did her attacker leave, but he came back again a short while later to finish the job. Due to all the screaming, people went to their windows to look out... it was something like 57 witnesses and not a single one of them stepped outside to help or even dialed 911.

Anyway, I hope Kyle heals quickly, and the two of you are welcome to my pillows and my movies and anything else you might need.

narutoad January 12 2009, 06:29:16 UTC

Thats so unbelievable. I cant comprehend what those people were thinking! Also, this is why they should make bike lanes. In any rate, Im really really glad your ok.