Why did a guy walk into the mud when he saw me coming down the sidewalk? - Lemmy
lemmy.ml
1. He saw me walking. 2. He walked into the grass & mud when I was 15m away. 3. He continued to walk in the grass & mud past me. 4. When he was past me for an additional 10m, he walked back onto the sidewalk. Yeah I was wearing what I think is pretty good style (picture attached), but was that all the reason to get his sneakers wet and muddy? There was plenty of space on the sidewalk for us to just, walk on our respective right sides. Need perspective of some men. Picture of my outfit. [https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/1f690f0c-2f68-46d6-8775-268cc9925e63.jpeg] — Edit 1 I am going with "DeltaWingDragon"s response [https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18375257]. Most likely a covid era leftover behavior, especially because I was wearing a mask and he was not. — Edit 2 For the men posting about not wanting to be a threat, in this case I think it would have been best for you (not him, as his reason is unknown and likely what the precious edit mentioned), is to pass by while following the sidewalk sharing rules (move to your right side of the sidewalk) and nodding a “good morning” or whichever time day it was as you go bye, without shifting much eye focus from the path you’re walking. Please don’t internalize that you’re a threat, you can be much more then what you’re painted as.

I recently made the post above.

Overall the responses were insightful, and I had a joy responding to some comments. ✨

I ended up choosing the comment that made most sense, and included an edit explaining to guys what I think would have been best in that situation if they were the ones walking by.

But after I added those edits in, it seems to have ruffled the feathers of some men, whom took it upon themselves to insult me and or throw shade upon me for my conclusions.

I did get the insight I wished for, and better understand the situation that occured. But I didn’t want to also have dirt in my mouth after eating my meal.

I wish that in times like this there was a way for me to mute threads etc. 😞

Vent over, meow meow meow.

  • dandelionMEnglish
    6·
    18 hours ago

    I didn’t know .ml was left-communist (the ML I thought stood for Marxist-Leninist, which is certainly not left-communist).

    I thought they leaned authoritarian, more “tankie” (e.g. defending Russia and North Korea) rather than anti-authoritarian. 🤔

    My experience with .ml folks has certainly been that they are of that aggressive authoritarian strain. As I understand it, of the ml Lemmy devs even suggested the bourgeoisie are pushing a pro-trans (and LGBT+) agenda and thus it’s unlikely they would be anti-trans.

    Not that I enjoy inviting the wrath of ml users on me or mentioning Lemmy in-fighting in the first place, just that this is the first time I’ve heard they’re left-communist.

      • SharkWeekEnglish
        6·
        16 hours ago

        IIRC Lemmygrad is the third of the “tankie triad” that you may have been thinking of, along with Hexbear and Lemmy.ml

      • dandelionMEnglish
        4·
        18 hours ago

        honestly not sure - there is also hexbear (maybe that’s the one you were thinking of?) which is also obnoxiously tankie, so much so that lots of instances defederate from them

        (these are glossed over impressions on my part, I don’t know enough to speak about this, tbh - just hoping someone else knows more than me, lol)