Again with the shouting?

[jannyblue]

Just a quick note of how I got yelled at by a foursome of early 20-somethings tonight...

Comments

[bad_latin]

That's pretty darn cool, what you did.

[featheredfrog]

SHE's pretty darn cool, actually.

[nostasia]

I'm glad you aren't going to let that group getting offended stop you. Please do continue to check on girls who sound like they aren't agreeing to something - even if said girls (and their male escorts) are too dumb (or too easily offended) to understand what you are trying to do. Thank you for being concerned and trying to protect others.

[jannyblue]

Hey, I don't care if they get pissed at me.

I'd rather they be pissed at me than dead (or worse).

[bloodsong1]

That's the second time in, what, about a year?

You Rock.

[jannyblue]

Yeah, it is.

I remember reading about Kitty Genovese and the bystander effect in sociology class, and it had a pretty big impact on me.

I suppose I'm hyper-sensitive to that sort of stuff (having been severely bullied with nobody sticking up for me) and a large part of the reason I stay completely sober most of the time is so I can remain aware and be that catalyst in preventing a bad situation by making that first move "nobody" wants to... (sobriety helps me avoid being a victim in that sort of situation, too.)

I became aware of the word mamihlapinatapei (word #2 on that list) a while ago, and it's a related concept, though not always for bad situations...

[bloodsong1]

Oh, the things I missed by not taking sociology.

I'm still grateful to those janitor guys who found me lying on the floor outside the mailroom when I was working for Countrywide. (turned out to be a migraine, I discovered about five years after the event) And the painting guys who fished me out of a fountain when I stupidly went after my phone.

[featheredfrog]

http://backupproject.org/

[blueeowyn]

You rock.