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DTJ - 25 Mar 2006 04:24 GMT I have decided that Scott and others are wrong. Sometimes Scott talks about sloth drivers that deliberately drive next to someone, only to speed up when it comes time for them to merge.
I argue that these people are not sloths.
They are WCIFWT drivers.
Who Can I f.ck With Today
That sure fits better than sloth, as sloth drivers are sloth all the time, just like he uses the phrase sloth speeders for sloth accelerators who end up speeding.
************************* Dave
Dave - 25 Mar 2006 09:17 GMT >I have decided that Scott and others are wrong. Sometimes Scott talks > about sloth drivers that deliberately drive next to someone, only to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Who Can I f.ck With Today I like it. A few years ago, I met a driver who matches that description. I was stuck behind her for several miles at 10 under the speed limit. Just as we entered the first passing zone, she sped up to ~85 in a 55. She literally DOUBLED her speed just as we entered the passing zone. I passed her anyway. She was pretty PISSED that I actually passed her. But moments later she was so far behind me I couldn't even see her anymore. :)
So like you said, she wasn't really a SLOT, but a WCIFWT. A sloth would have continued driving slower than the speed limit through the passing zone. Deliberately trying to keep someone behind you just to slow them down is f.cking with them, obviously. -Dave
Scott en Aztlán - 25 Mar 2006 21:33 GMT >So like you said, she wasn't really a SLOT, but a WCIFWT. Was that a Freudian slit - er, I mean, slip?
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Mike T. - 27 Mar 2006 17:24 GMT >>So like you said, she wasn't really a SLOT, but a WCIFWT. > > Was that a Freudian slit - er, I mean, slip? Yes, it was. She wasn't a SLOT either. :) -Dave
DTJ - 26 Mar 2006 00:29 GMT >>I have decided that Scott and others are wrong. Sometimes Scott talks >> about sloth drivers that deliberately drive next to someone, only to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Deliberately trying to keep someone behind you just to slow them down is >f.cking with them, obviously. -Dave And it happens every day. Today I was driving down a country highway that is one lane each way. Guy ahead of me is doing about 10 over. We came to a no passing zone, and he slowed down to 5 under. Then when the passing zone opened up, he stayed slow because there was traffic preventing a pass. As soon as that cleared, he then sped up. So I passed his sorry a.s in my minivan, which of course just really annoys these WCIFWT fuckwits. Of course, since I had to exceed the speed limit by about 30 MPH, I then immediately hit my breaks to slow down to 10 over, which for some unforseen reason really, really pissed off the fuckwit. So he tailgated me for a small time, until my superior driving ability resulted in his being left behind on a few curves.
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Scott en Aztlán - 26 Mar 2006 15:48 GMT >Today I was driving down a country highway >that is one lane each way. Guy ahead of me is doing about 10 over. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >down to 10 over, which for some unforseen reason really, really pissed >off the fuckwit. "Unforseen" my a.s - I saw that coming a mile away (and I wasn't even there! :)
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necromancer - 25 Mar 2006 09:29 GMT > DTJ: > I have decided that Scott and others are wrong. Sometimes Scott talks [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > time, just like he uses the phrase sloth speeders for sloth > accelerators who end up speeding. I like it. Sloth describes a small set of drivers while WCIFWT pretty much covers the whol range of obnoxious things that I see people do on a given day. Actually, sloth could be considered a subset of WCIFWT.
Now here's a question: where does MFFY fit into this picture?
Scott en Aztlán - 25 Mar 2006 21:45 GMT >I like it. Sloth describes a small set of drivers while WCIFWT pretty >much covers the whol range of obnoxious things that I see people do on a >given day. Actually, sloth could be considered a subset of WCIFWT. > >Now here's a question: where does MFFY fit into this picture? MFFY seeks to advance itself at the expense of everyone else. For example, a MFFY will pull out of a driveway into a busy street to make a left turn and block one half of the street while waiting for traffic to clear on the other half. MFFY says "I don't care if I inconvenience anyone else; MY convenience is paramount."
Truckers who micro-pass other Truckers are classic examples of MFFY. Instead of slowing down slightly and waiting 10 extra seconds for a car or two to pass before beginning his own pass, the MFFY Trucker will whip his rig out directly in front of oncoming traffic, forcing them to slam on their brakes and wait for 60 - 90 seconds while his speed-governed semi passes another speed-governed semi at a 0.0001 MPH speed differential. These Truckers say Me First, f.ck You.
Usually the MFFY's goal is to get where they're going with less delay. WCIFWT (HTF do you procounce that, anyway?) has a different goal: they don't care how long it takes them to get where they are going; what they care about is f.cking with other people, slowing THEM down.
Sloth is generally oblivious to everything around it. It neither knows nor cares that it is slowing you down; it just wants to drive within its ridiculously small comfort envelope. It won't try to stop you when you pass it, but it won't help you out, either (e.g. if you're on a two-lane road with a double-yellow center stripe, Sloth won't pull off the road or use a turnout even if there are 20 cars behind it).
Does this seem like a reasonable way to tell the various categories of a.sholes apart?
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DTJ - 26 Mar 2006 00:37 GMT >>Now here's a question: where does MFFY fit into this picture? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Usually the MFFY's goal is to get where they're going with less delay. >WCIFWT (HTF do you procounce that, anyway?) has a different goal: they "Wicca-fwit"?
>don't care how long it takes them to get where they are going; what >they care about is f.cking with other people, slowing THEM down. Kind of like our favorite troll.
>Sloth is generally oblivious to everything around it. It neither knows >nor cares that it is slowing you down; it just wants to drive within >its ridiculously small comfort envelope. It won't try to stop you when >you pass it, but it won't help you out, either (e.g. if you're on a >two-lane road with a double-yellow center stripe, Sloth won't pull off >the road or use a turnout even if there are 20 cars behind it).
>Does this seem like a reasonable way to tell the various categories of >a.sholes apart? Absolutely. The one thing we all will never disagree on is that each of these categories of drivers are a.sholes.
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gpsman - 27 Mar 2006 18:09 GMT DTJ wrote: <brevity snip>
> >WCIFWT (HTF do you procounce that, anyway?) Wacky-f.ck-wit... -----
- gpsman
DTJ - 26 Mar 2006 00:31 GMT >> DTJ: >> I have decided that Scott and others are wrong. Sometimes Scott talks [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Now here's a question: where does MFFY fit into this picture? I am not sure that MFFYs are WCIFWTs. Some may be, but for the most part I think they aren't. WCIFWTs spend their entire time driving trying find someone to annoy, while MFFYs I think are more oblivious and end up f.cking with people more because they are stupid.
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Old Wolf - 27 Mar 2006 07:22 GMT > I am not sure that MFFYs are WCIFWTs. Some may be, but for the most > part I think they aren't. WCIFWTs spend their entire time driving > trying find someone to annoy Not so sure about that. Most WCIFWTs are sloths, but turn into WCIFWTs when they wake up and notice another car near them. They try to control the other car until it becomes too scary to do so, then they go back into sloth mode until the next hapless victim comes up behind them.
Scott en Aztlán - 27 Mar 2006 15:40 GMT >> I am not sure that MFFYs are WCIFWTs. Some may be, but for the most >> part I think they aren't. WCIFWTs spend their entire time driving >> trying find someone to annoy > >Not so sure about that. Most WCIFWTs are sloths, but turn into >WCIFWTs when they wake up and notice another car near them. There is a fundamental distinction between a Territorial Sloth (the control freaks who like to drive slow as long as you are behind them, but turn into Larry Leadfoot the moment you attempt to pass) and a WCIFWT. In fact, I've seen WCIFWTs do the exact opposite: drive fast until they pick a target to f.ck with, and THEN slow down to block the victim's path.
>They try to control the other car until it becomes too scary to do so, >then they go back into sloth mode until the next hapless victim >comes up behind them. This is probably a Territorial Control Freak Sloth, not a WCIFWT.
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DTJ - 30 Mar 2006 01:54 GMT >> I am not sure that MFFYs are WCIFWTs. Some may be, but for the most >> part I think they aren't. WCIFWTs spend their entire time driving [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >then they go back into sloth mode until the next hapless victim >comes up behind them. Which makes them a WCIFWT. A true sloth doesn't change just because someone gets close, except maybe to slow down more. A WCIFWT will speed up when you try to get around, whereas a sloth will never do that.
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SD Dave - 30 Mar 2006 07:11 GMT >>> I am not sure that MFFYs are WCIFWTs. Some may be, but for the most >>> part I think they aren't. WCIFWTs spend their entire time driving [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >************************* >Dave I found one today! He would go 67 mph in #1 on I-5 (in Encinitas, no surprise there) until someone tried passing him. Then it'd get fun, while he sped up to 90+mph to prevent any passing in his BMW 700-series.
I filmed him doing so, but the video came out too shitty to be worth posting. Okay, I deleted it while on a smoke break at work because it was a lot more of my wipers and dirty windshield than the car ahead, whatever. It still moved him to the #4 lane, so I guess maybe I 'won.'
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Scott en Aztlán - 25 Mar 2006 21:32 GMT >I argue that these people are not sloths. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >time, just like he uses the phrase sloth speeders for sloth >accelerators who end up speeding. I can accept that.
I also have a new term for those Ducklings that drive fast until they catch up with you, pass you, merge into the right lane directly in front of you, and then slow down to match your speed: FUCKLINGS (a contraction of Front Ducklings). Unlike regular ducklings, who keep station off your stern or your port side, the fucklings keep station off your bow.
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DTJ - 26 Mar 2006 00:33 GMT >>I argue that these people are not sloths. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >station off your stern or your port side, the fucklings keep station >off your bow. Good one. I haven't seen too many of those, but there have been a few. I think I don't really notice them because when I see someone behaving in a way that might lead to them FUCKLING or DUCKLING me, I accelerate and get away from them. The only thing worse than having someone drive in proximity to your vehicle is actually meeting LBMHB on the road.
************************* Dave
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