So I went to McDonalds drive through last night.
I pull up to the window and the guy says to me
Did anyone ever tell you that you look like the guy who plays Freddy Kruger?
So I said, "Without the make-up, right?"
Yes, without the make-up.
"No, I've never heard that one."
so he gives me my bag and I said
"Thanks, I'll see you in your dreams!"
I drove away.
OK. I do look a little like Robert Englund, especially when we are both unshaven.
But that still seems like kind of an insult, right? Freddy Kruger!?!
And I was so busy congratulating myself on my quick wit, that I didn't realize until I got home that he never gave me my Dr. Pepper.
Moral of the story: check your order, then be funny.
That was actually last night. tonight I went out to dinner, and when the waitress brought me a refill of my drink (drink themed post) she said, "you had a regular Coke, right?" by which she means, "You had a regualr Coke, right fattie?" Not that I'm fat, like grotesque, but clearly the waitress felt I stood to lose a few pounds. And let's be clear. I know sometimes seemingly normal women drink diet soda for no reason, but guys don't drink diet soda unless they're diabetic, or fat. and considering I was eating a brownie sundae, I don't think she thought I was diabetic. why is the food service industry always busting me balls, and why are they so intent on fucking with my hydration?
I pull up to the window and the guy says to me
Did anyone ever tell you that you look like the guy who plays Freddy Kruger?
So I said, "Without the make-up, right?"
Yes, without the make-up.
"No, I've never heard that one."
so he gives me my bag and I said
"Thanks, I'll see you in your dreams!"
I drove away.
OK. I do look a little like Robert Englund, especially when we are both unshaven.
But that still seems like kind of an insult, right? Freddy Kruger!?!
And I was so busy congratulating myself on my quick wit, that I didn't realize until I got home that he never gave me my Dr. Pepper.
Moral of the story: check your order, then be funny.
That was actually last night. tonight I went out to dinner, and when the waitress brought me a refill of my drink (drink themed post) she said, "you had a regular Coke, right?" by which she means, "You had a regualr Coke, right fattie?" Not that I'm fat, like grotesque, but clearly the waitress felt I stood to lose a few pounds. And let's be clear. I know sometimes seemingly normal women drink diet soda for no reason, but guys don't drink diet soda unless they're diabetic, or fat. and considering I was eating a brownie sundae, I don't think she thought I was diabetic. why is the food service industry always busting me balls, and why are they so intent on fucking with my hydration?
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anyway ... first, that's a great point re: women/pregnancy. it does seem a mistake to seem that childless women are the SAME as men. that's obviously not true - in part b/c of the way gender identifies are imposed on us right? i guess i'm trying to think in an "ideal situation" - w/o other social conditioning - mothers/women might still be different b/c of unique biological processes. that these matter in how we (men & women) perceive the world - to some degree (we're not talking incommensurable differences).
the cognitive dissonance way of looking at it pregnancy is interesting. it's not QUITE what i was going for - b/c i think that has some negative connotations as "rationalization," and not quite a *legitimate* response. so, i would think of pregnancy as a "real" feeling, based on "true" circumstances. but i dunno ... huh .... good thoughts. thanks