Drusas

Yes. I have spent time living in the south and I have family from there.

Your rant has nothing to do with my comment. I was talking about superficial friendliness versus rudeness.

How are you even supposed to know if they are government agents when ICE is going around in plain clothes with no identification or warrants?

A number of artists I like have had/will have shows here around Seattle this year, and I decided to combat the inertia by splurging and buying tickets to most of them. I always did love live shows (but damn, have they gotten more expensive). I’m

I’ve already seen Eddie/Suzy Izzard, who was as delightful as always. Soon will be seeing Pixies, The Offspring, Josh Johnson, Demetri Martin… I think I’m forgetting somebody.

Jesus fucking christ. Most wanted. For disagreeing with the administration and throwing some rocks.

As someone with an even rarer name, I would be so freaked out and probably a little bit unhappy about it if this came up for me.

You were destined to be together.

I think it was a joke.

I don’t disagree, but the question was whether or not it’s rude. So that’s what I stuck to.

I grew up in notoriously rude New Jersey. You might be surprised to learn that we also had a similar code, we’re just less tactful about it. People in that region are assholes but genuinely kind, helpful people. Kind of like the opposite of the south.

TIL cantaloupe is called rockmelon in your part of the world.

I think you are deeply mistaken in believing that people can be on their phones and not be bored at the same time.

The SSA.

As some others have said, no, it’s not rude to decline. Whether or not it’s rude is in how you word it. You were rude in this particular instance.

The ones that you call neutral, I would say are still rude.

More like c/actuallyinfuriating.

And oh look, his victim was black.

Plenty of us real humans use em dashes.

And then they let him get up so that they can violently throw him back onto the ground.

Baiju is so disgusting.

I like ear plugs that are intended for using while listening to loud live music.

These are what I use, but I’m sure there are many comparable options: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019M576XW