People raging

[Anonymous]

There seem to be more people who are proud of self centered behavior. I always thought it was caused by the advent of the rich people shows. Whether it's Housewives or Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, the people with money are often portrayed as selfish and self centered and show off rude behavior. Some people believe now that if you are "someone" that's how you should act.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you find people raging a lot these days.? Dh and I were walking the dog on a trail. This man runs past us too close so our little dog reached to sniff his ankle but didnt even get close before dh pulled her back with a warning. We hear this man curse out loudly. The other day a white man in a pickup truck pulls up next to me and hurls random expletives. All in my neighborhood. Are people losing it these days?

I have never had a random person pull up next to me and start hurling random expletives. The closest would be a homeless black person outside an office I worked in for a few years.


What did *you* do to cause the man to shout expletives at you? I'm thinking you did something dangerous like cutting him off and almost causing him to crash his truck into you. That's why he was angry at you.

If two people got upset at you in such a short time span, methinks the problem lies in your actions, not theirs.

This. 100%. There’s no way OP wasn’t at least partially in the wrong in both of these situations. And her responses so far pretty much confirm she’s part of the problem. People who are courteous and kind don’t get raged at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There seem to be more people who are proud of self centered behavior. I always thought it was caused by the advent of the rich people shows. Whether it's Housewives or Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, the people with money are often portrayed as selfish and self centered and show off rude behavior. Some people believe now that if you are "someone" that's how you should act.

Self centered people saunter down the trail giving their bitey dog a long lead and expect nobody to get near them or too close as if it's a one way trail.

[Anonymous]

Another way of saying the dog reached to sniff an ankle is to say the dog lunged. The dog lunged at this man because he was on too long of a leash and the man reacted appropriately.

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Anonymous wrote:Hold your dog better. Sorry, no sympathy from me cause I have zero interest in your dog getting close to me on a trail.

Well, call out if you are approaching people from behind so they have time to react. Don’t creep up and startle them, for starters.

No, you should not be taking up an inch more than 50% of the path. If you do, there's plenty of space for someone to pass you on the left. Especially if your dog is on the right side.

How convenient to assume we were taking up more than 50% of the path! No we weren’t . We were very much on the right side and so was our dog. It’s high time people take accountability for their own emotions & learn to deal with it in a “mature” manner. I wont use the term adults since these were 2 full grown adults. Surprisingly I find a lot of younger people balanced and centered. Stop taking out your frustrations people who are unconnected with whatever’s going on inside you. Unless you want a bubbling cauldron of resentment everywhere.

I'm not sure I understand - can you explain it to us how you were walking?

If everyone in your party is on the right 50%, and the dog is also on the far right of the path, then how in the world was your dog on a short, controlled leash able to get close to the man passing on the left?

This has nothing to do with age. I'm a solidly middle aged woman, but am tired of so many people walking their dogs without consideration for others. I would appreciate if you could explain and paint a visual of how you were walking.

This. The truth is probably the dog was either not leashed at all, but op doesn’t want to admit it, or the dh who was on the left of OP closer to center was walking the dog, so the dog was essentially closer to center. There is no way the dog was on far right and lunged at the runner.

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Anonymous wrote:Hold your dog better. Sorry, no sympathy from me cause I have zero interest in your dog getting close to me on a trail.

I don't disagree but if you are running up from behind, a warning like "passing on your left" would help us both enjoy the trails w/o intrusion/conflict.

If people are obeying good trail etiquette, there is no need for any callouts. There should be an abundance of space to pass on the left.

I disagree due to the mismatch of speeds. If they were both walking, I'd agree, no chance for the dog or the owners to be startled - bikes and runners should announce when overtaking walkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you find people raging a lot these days.? Dh and I were walking the dog on a trail. This man runs past us too close so our little dog reached to sniff his ankle but didnt even get close before dh pulled her back with a warning. We hear this man curse out loudly. The other day a white man in a pickup truck pulls up next to me and hurls random expletives. All in my neighborhood. Are people losing it these days?

I like how the first page of posts after OP's proves her point

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hold your dog better. Sorry, no sympathy from me cause I have zero interest in your dog getting close to me on a trail.

Well, call out if you are approaching people from behind so they have time to react. Don’t creep up and startle them, for starters.

This wasn't clear from your original post. It sounded like you were walking towards one another. I agree those approaching from behind should make themselves known.

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Anonymous wrote:It is the young people. Social media tells them they are victims and everything is horrible.

True. Young people are angry.

+1

[Anonymous]

Someone went nuts - NUTS- on me with a horn for not turning on a red when there were a lot of cars coming and I wanted to be careful. Maybe I couldve gone but I also don’t have to turn on red when cars are coming. (Also my kids were screaming and it was raining).

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Anonymous wrote:Someone went nuts - NUTS- on me with a horn for not turning on a red when there were a lot of cars coming and I wanted to be careful. Maybe I couldve gone but I also don’t have to turn on red when cars are coming. (Also my kids were screaming and it was raining).

I had this happen multiple times pre COVID, in fact, one guy almost tboned his Mercedes SUV by going around me. He went from enraged to white as a sheet quickly. (I am also white, btw.)

Found people in the DMV to get enraged faster pre COVID,and it's gotten worse, at least with driving, post COVID.

I blame that on brain inflammation and damage from multiple COVID cases on top of already existing stress and "main character" syndrome. Haven't noticed any ages particularly affected, seems to vary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone went nuts - NUTS- on me with a horn for not turning on a red when there were a lot of cars coming and I wanted to be careful. Maybe I could've gone but I also don’t have to turn on red when cars are coming. (Also my kids were screaming and it was raining).

It's OK to just ignore people sometimes. Turning right on red is one of them. They can honk but you're mostly safe.

On the other side of the coin, I advise my kids not to be the one laying on the horn in that situation. Too many people have guns in the car and are itching to use them.

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Anonymous wrote:So, you hate white people? Not sure the point of this post or why you bring race into it?

Yeah, that’s pretty much my read on it, too.

Either OP is a racist, or a troll. Or both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate people like you. You have to see that they are white. Why? Is it because you expect this behavior from black people but it’s shocking when a white person displays this behavior? Pathetic world we live in. I hope your next “incident” doesn’t end well for you.

Wow. That’s actually really insightful. I never would’ve considered that, but when explained in that manner and context, it makes perfect sense.

This explains sooooo many other things, too. Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:So, you hate white people? Not sure the point of this post or why you bring race into it?

These were both white people. I’m used to people being very civil and nice. Hence it stood out as odd.

So if two black ladies "rage" than all black ladies are angry? Hmmm... maybe you just figured out where stereotypes come from.