Why should I have to press a fucking button to cross at the lights in front of Citadel High? Is this some kind of twisted Pavlovian experiment to reward those who know how to make the crosswalk sign change and confuse everyone else? What’s wrong with “walk on green” and “stop on red,” like the rest of the world? —Walk On Green
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2013.
Same shit on lacewood/parkland. This one chick missed her bus because she didn’t know she had to press the button to get the walk sign to appear and kept waiting and waiting with a confused look on her face.
I tried yelling over, but she ignored me.
If you can think of a better way for the gubbmint to get your DNA in its database I’d like to hear it.
The rest of the world uses crosswalk buttons, OP.
Well for what it’s worth, with all the people getting mowed down in crosswalks these days, I think it’s safe to assume plenty of people aren’t accustomed to the
“walk on green” and “stop on red” style as you assume.
The lights at SS on Joe Howe are like that too…
you only get the walking dude if you push the button.
I’ve missed lights because I didn’t hit it in time.
I think it’s because in areas of heavy (or in the case of dartmouth just plain stupid) traffic, pressing that button makes right turn traffic a little more careful.
You’ve been waiting for an opportunity to use the word ‘Pavlovian’, haven’t you OP?
Undoubtedly, there’s an APP for this, under the category of the bleeding obvious.
Anything that contributes to pedestrian safety is a good thing
zZz. That intersection that you’re refering to wants me to share this little story with you.
Yesterday waiting for the bus in front of the SS gas bar on Joe Howe (4:20pm), this fucktard across the street kept pressing the button like he was trying to send a message in Morse Code. I knew he wanted to catch the 80 Sackville. So stops traffic dead cold putting his arm out because he’s holding his 3/4 year old daughter with his other arm, and walks into traffic just so he can catch the bus.
Five more minutes another 80 came along.
Did anyone else see this? Can Child Services get involved somehow?
I was going to say…
those 80’s are always clumped together.
Then again… …fairview.
It’s funny how often that excuse is applicable.
Funny as in so very, very sad…
“Is this some kind of twisted Pavlovian experiment to reward those who know how to make the crosswalk sign change and confuse everyone else?” Walk on Green
I think Walk on Green had better brush up on his Pavlov. If it were some sort of successful Pavlovian experiment the crosswalk-walker would eventually cross the crosswalk without having to press the button at all. He would simply cross the crosswalk regardless. Further, once having been successfully conditioned, he would then cross the crosswalk regardless as to whether or not there was a “Walk on Green” or a “Stop on Red” sign. His successful conditioning would inure him to all forms of street signage. Whether or not he would salivate while doing so is an irrelevant consideration so don’t bother bringing it up.
Rather than Pavlov, I think the more appropriate reference would be Darwin. The plan is to weed out the unfit, the congenitally stupid, from the population of the Halifax Underclass – others do not frequent such venues as the base of Citadel Hill – so that there emerges not just the fittest but, given the context of its generally debased level of intelligence, a new breed, a new race of “ubermensch”, one located at the pinnacle of the Halifax Underclass which, of course, is not saying much.
Further reflection prompts the thought that perhaps an even more appropriate reference would have been Nietzsche or even Hitler. Have you noticed anyone with a little mustache sitting in on Council meetings? Take note, for his day shall come.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
** Correction**
That should read “Citadel High” for “Citadel Hill” but the point – that only members of the Halifax Underclass frequent such venues – remains valild.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
When I read this bitch I could only conclude that Me0w was back.
RSVP
: The Brooklyn Biscuit (06/05, 10:17PM)
Why was it your “only conclusion” that MeOw was back? Were no other conclusions possible? What clues led you to that conclusion? Were they of equal evidentiary weight or were the clues ranked in some sort of ascending order? What was the nature of that ascending order? At what point in that ascending order did you attain certitude, i.e., that it was your only possible conclusion that MeOw was back? Or was that only possible conclusion simply a random shot in the dark, only a seat-of-your-pants guess?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
ahha, it’s rare but sometimes MM makes me laugh. Now on with how that sentence was incoherent and something about feminine hygiene products…