Holy Crap. People who drive cars can be totally dicks.
So I'm in a lane at a stop light, waiting to go straight. Taking a tip I learned from this thread I'm not hugging the curb, I'm a good few feet out, making it impossible for a vehicle to invade my space. So I'm kinda just chillin' thinking about life and all of a sudden some vehicle nudges up into my space! I couldn't believe it, I was genuinely shocked! I do what I pretty much have to and scoot over so this guy won't clip me when he speeds off.
But he rolls down the window, at this point I'm thinking "oh cool, he realized he made a mistake and is gonna say 'sorry man, I spaced. just cruise in front of me at the green.'"
But no, it's some old guy maybe in his 50s and he's like
"get off the road you stupid fucking kid!"
In shock I reply "I'M A VEHICLE TOO, SIR"
"NO YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE GOING TO GET RUN OVER YOU STUPID KID!"
"Actually by the letter of the law I'm considered a vehicle too!"
At this point he just rolls up his window and flips me off. And as a final fuck you the second the light turns green. Oh man, such a horrible interaction. It really shook me up, I have a very large fear of cars, which is why I don't drive to begin with. And it totally just showed me that people really do just operate on completely different planes of existence and without attempting to understand how you fit into the overall picture and influence and affect other's realities you can totally just end up fucking killing some kid because you think you're more entitled to the road than they are. Self important assholes, man. I was almost in tears by the time I arrived home. But now I have a warm cup of coffee and my cat is near me and the rain is pitter pattering on the roof.