Posted on November 24th 2017
Theme: Obliviousness
By Alex Linder
Ever notice just how oblivious people are? these days or always. So (why so? so, no so) I'm at the PO. I come out the door. There's two women in the street, right in front of my car, between my car and another. I walk up to them, in a C around them. Get in the car. Start the car. The one woman reacts like a hurricane hit out of nowhere. Complete and utter oblivious surprise. She's literally standing in the street, heavily trafficked street, as people are continually coming in and out of the PO. Utter surprise. Women live in a world that is basically a three-foot bubble of social chatter, and anything beyond that sphere they have to be pig-whistled to attention to pick up on. I've said many times, just watch them at cash register. They act like they're surprised they have to pay. Zero anticipation of anything. Even the most predictable thing in the world. The only alt-explanation is of course they know they have to pay, but they feel no urgency, they enjoy their line-backing social chatter. Or they enjoy being in what to them seems to be, for me on the outside, the mini-spotlight of being The Chosen One checking out. I would pay it no mind if I hadn't seen the same blankness over and over and over again. Then the dig in the purse for the coins, bills or checkbook. The laborious writing-out. Women never learn. They are the same at 80 as at 18, mentally, and if you think that's a joke, it aint. It really and truly aint. They don't truly develop or mature. Or, they mature to the very limited extent they can, and never develop beyond it. Whereas men, at least many men, or good men, develop and improve their entire lives - again, MENTALLY.[ The above is from a blog posting. ]