I'm stunned

I was driving down a street today when a new car, Chrysler 300 Magnum, drove up in the lane beside me, then pulled a bit ahead in that lane. When I saw her signalling I slowed down and let her change lanes in front of me. I almost had to stop as her lane was backed up and stopped. She had a sun roof, and I saw her put her hand up through it. I thought she was going to wave to thank me. She gave me the finger! Then she pulled into the parking lot of a store beside the street and as she was pulling in she had her window rolled down and her other arm out giving me the finger. I slowed down as I got by her to see what was going on and she had the most ugly, rage-filled look on her face that I've even seen. Somehow I was responsible for something? Her children were late for soccer? Some sales clerk didn't recognize her special status as a young person and unique in and of herself? Perhaps once again the world conspired to NOT name her queen of the world? Perhaps I didn't intuitively know she wanted to be in the lane in front of me so it's my fault. I don't know.

That very ugly and nasty look, scrunched up, scowling, mouthing epithets, a look that I've very rarely seen, is the look of road rage on a person with an incredible sense of entitlement. The world is hers, you'd better not plan on being in her way...

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Amen.

Why are ‘Christians’ so angry, and sometimes downright hateful?

"This kind of hatred and bigotry can even result in the kind of mass killings we have just seen in Norway"

And if I have ever been guilty of any of this vitriol or anger, I ask forgiveness from anyone I've hurt or offended...

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Narcissism? Hostility? Really?

A Generation’s Vanity, Heard Through Lyrics

The sarcasm in the title doesn't come through well at all on the intertubes. Always a problem...

The hostility surprises me a LITTLE bit, but the narcissism makes perfect sense. Who is more concerned about themselves than people going through the teen and adolescent years? Still, more and more, music isn't about any kind of 'us', but all about 'me'. (The image they use with the article is really great. 'I heart I'...)

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I saw this yesterday

I really can't believe this.

Frustrated fans vent online

"Social media sites allow Rider followers to share support, anger"

This makes it sound like it's a therapy group for those angry people who need to get themselves under control.

When you think about it, I suppose it is. I mean, they're not living in the real world if they let something like a sports game get them that angry in the first place, so why not have a cyber-support group too?

I don't swear much, but when I read this I really just want to say "It's just a @#%^@&*$^@ game people! Get upset about people starving to death and freezing in your own cities! Get over yourselves!"

Bah!

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Of course

they're selling the documents (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)...

Following atheist trend, Britons seek 'de-baptism'

They want to renounce their Church. A baptism just 'is'. You can decide to sin so that the effects of your baptism is outweighed by the sin, but that's not what the people are looking for. Ah, well...