- October 27th, 2023, 4:07 pm
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I got honked at yesterday while riding my bike. I was waiting for my green light and when it came, made my move to get on my way. That's when I heard a loud car honk apparently coming from some car next to me.
So, I turn around trying to figure out who's the hot head out there that's blowing his/her horn. At first glance, I can't determine what's going on. Then I think, if that's the car next to me that has horned, then what was it about? Suddenly, the thought that it might be me the driver was upset about because he/she thought they had the right of way to make a right turn on that green light.
But I have trained myself (or have been trained by technology disruptions) to respond to car honks by automatically saying "oy kcuf" which is the reverse spelling of a well known slur. It's now one of my common or normal response to technology trying to speak to me. I could mention this curse in the regular way, but we know that most people tend to think that people talk to people, not to technology and so if I were to scream the expletive the normal way, the driver might think that I am cursing him/her.
Even if I were to explain to him or her that my curse is at the technology and not him/her, they could respond that they stand behind the technology sound they used to jolt me and therefore a curse going out to the technology they used is a curse directed at them.
Well, actually if they claim to be standing behind the technology they used, then I have no issue with cursing the real flesh and blood person because it's getting clear to me that I am speaking with someone who has adopted the cyborg personality and is no longer a true human being. A real human being would try to apologize for the technology, saying that he/she just wanted to draw my attention and got his/her horn going. Now, if that's how the person's comes across in response then I'm likely going to taper down my curses towards the technology, and perhaps have a reasonable discussion with the driver.
Unfortunately, I am keenly aware that there are indeed some people who stand behind the technology they use, and so it is quite possible that I end up wanting to beat up such person, as one might try to turn off a troubling out of control robot. And let me be clear, knowing my self I know that I am willing and able to go down that route but unfortunately, in our society, we protect people that stand for the action of machines and so inhumanity is protected. Because of that, I try to stick with "oy kcuf".
One thing I have learned about people who stand for the actions of machines is that they are all deplorable and because they are like that, they simply cannot figure out why I say "Oy kcuf" in front of them as they horn their cars. I speak a language that they do not speak and therefore they cannot answer me or feel my offensiveness. This type of people are incapable or realizing that when they are hit by a car or shot by a gun that there is offensiveness on the part of the technology towards them. To deplorable people, only the person standing behind the gun or the car may be expressing offensiveness (depending on that person's motivation). Deplorable people are unwilling to see the machinery as an actor because they can't see themselves as machines and therefore can't project themselves onto machines from where they'd be able to detect offensiveness on the part of the technology with their hearts. Nevertheless, deplorable people will readily claim to "stand" behind the machine's power and apparently not realizing that this actually dehumanize them (which means that human rights shouldn't be something they should want so you should feel free to turn them off as if they were the machine that they pretend is doing their actions and will).
Keeping this attitude on the roads has been helpful to me. It has increased my confidence level on the roads. Just as I may talk to plants, I can respond to technology's loud noise without it being perceived as a critique of the person that fed the technology what it needed to produce the sounds. Once, some person not even in their car used their fob to lock their cars and the typical sound accompanying this blurted out next to me and surprised me as I was right next to the car and locking my bike to some street pole. So I responded by blurting some expletives, not reversed ones but something clearly understandable even by deplorable people. After my gut reaction, I noticed a person in the distance seemed troubled by my reaction. But the offensive nature of my reaction made them stay away from me. But it was clear that I wasn't cursing anyone for their was no one in the car. I was cursing the technological sound. Now you have to wonder, is that bad? If it is then how so? Do people pass a judgement upon me for reacting this way? If not and this becomes socially acceptable to curse unappreciated technology, then are we opening up the path to clearing power technology from our lives? For some reason, now that the Jennie is out of the bottle, I think we are on that path. Thank you for reading. Oy kanht.
So, I turn around trying to figure out who's the hot head out there that's blowing his/her horn. At first glance, I can't determine what's going on. Then I think, if that's the car next to me that has horned, then what was it about? Suddenly, the thought that it might be me the driver was upset about because he/she thought they had the right of way to make a right turn on that green light.
But I have trained myself (or have been trained by technology disruptions) to respond to car honks by automatically saying "oy kcuf" which is the reverse spelling of a well known slur. It's now one of my common or normal response to technology trying to speak to me. I could mention this curse in the regular way, but we know that most people tend to think that people talk to people, not to technology and so if I were to scream the expletive the normal way, the driver might think that I am cursing him/her.
Even if I were to explain to him or her that my curse is at the technology and not him/her, they could respond that they stand behind the technology sound they used to jolt me and therefore a curse going out to the technology they used is a curse directed at them.
Well, actually if they claim to be standing behind the technology they used, then I have no issue with cursing the real flesh and blood person because it's getting clear to me that I am speaking with someone who has adopted the cyborg personality and is no longer a true human being. A real human being would try to apologize for the technology, saying that he/she just wanted to draw my attention and got his/her horn going. Now, if that's how the person's comes across in response then I'm likely going to taper down my curses towards the technology, and perhaps have a reasonable discussion with the driver.
Unfortunately, I am keenly aware that there are indeed some people who stand behind the technology they use, and so it is quite possible that I end up wanting to beat up such person, as one might try to turn off a troubling out of control robot. And let me be clear, knowing my self I know that I am willing and able to go down that route but unfortunately, in our society, we protect people that stand for the action of machines and so inhumanity is protected. Because of that, I try to stick with "oy kcuf".
One thing I have learned about people who stand for the actions of machines is that they are all deplorable and because they are like that, they simply cannot figure out why I say "Oy kcuf" in front of them as they horn their cars. I speak a language that they do not speak and therefore they cannot answer me or feel my offensiveness. This type of people are incapable or realizing that when they are hit by a car or shot by a gun that there is offensiveness on the part of the technology towards them. To deplorable people, only the person standing behind the gun or the car may be expressing offensiveness (depending on that person's motivation). Deplorable people are unwilling to see the machinery as an actor because they can't see themselves as machines and therefore can't project themselves onto machines from where they'd be able to detect offensiveness on the part of the technology with their hearts. Nevertheless, deplorable people will readily claim to "stand" behind the machine's power and apparently not realizing that this actually dehumanize them (which means that human rights shouldn't be something they should want so you should feel free to turn them off as if they were the machine that they pretend is doing their actions and will).
Keeping this attitude on the roads has been helpful to me. It has increased my confidence level on the roads. Just as I may talk to plants, I can respond to technology's loud noise without it being perceived as a critique of the person that fed the technology what it needed to produce the sounds. Once, some person not even in their car used their fob to lock their cars and the typical sound accompanying this blurted out next to me and surprised me as I was right next to the car and locking my bike to some street pole. So I responded by blurting some expletives, not reversed ones but something clearly understandable even by deplorable people. After my gut reaction, I noticed a person in the distance seemed troubled by my reaction. But the offensive nature of my reaction made them stay away from me. But it was clear that I wasn't cursing anyone for their was no one in the car. I was cursing the technological sound. Now you have to wonder, is that bad? If it is then how so? Do people pass a judgement upon me for reacting this way? If not and this becomes socially acceptable to curse unappreciated technology, then are we opening up the path to clearing power technology from our lives? For some reason, now that the Jennie is out of the bottle, I think we are on that path. Thank you for reading. Oy kanht.
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