AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Because usually, when something is making someone unwell, it presents itself in some displeasing sign, like hacking and coughing. It usually doesn't present itself as a British butlerish demeanor.

Pretty bold to expect politeness and consideration for others when you give none.

An extreme case and an emphatic reaction; certainly quite unfortunate, but hardly the norm.

Terribly rude, I agree, but smoking has a hobby doesn't necessitate that one needs to actively seek out the maximum amount of people to offend, does it?

Aren't you an excellent chap, then.

I thought Omnithea meant more along the lines that he'd follow around behind said smokers, coughing loudly and intentionally in an attempt to make them go away. Obviously coughing a few times as a bodily reaction can hardly be considered rude, but there are many people who will follow you around intentionally making horrible hacking noises instead of just either walking away or asking you to move, which, really, is hardly polite.

No. I wouldn't do that. Those people irritate me. Replacing spoken language with noise. A terrible trend.

I would also say that just following someone around is its own kind of annoyance. Who does that, seriously?

Yeah I don't cough around smokers to be rude. I just can't help it. Smoke makes my throat and lungs tickle.

And when over half of the people in my school smoke, I'm guaranteed to pass a smoker on my way to class. Especially near the benches. despite smoking having been banned to the outer edges of the campus.

i posted this in the main chat already but since i've been sick lately i cough a lot and it's been happening around smokers frequently and i feel like a giant jerk because i don't want them to think i'm judging them

I never have that problem.

Usually because when I should be worried about whether or not they think I'm judging them, I'm just judging them.

Then again it's been a while since I've been around a smoker who I would consider "obnoxious". It's probably because I spend 90% of my time around the University, which I believe banned smoking????*unsure*

I for one love the smell of cigarette smoke. Also, what does cis stand for, exactly? I can't seem to find a proper definition

It means "on the same side as", whereas trans means "on the other side as". Both are antonyms, and when used to denote gender, cis means you are male with a male gender, and trans means you are male with a female gender. This can be applied to fats as well and other chemicals.

thanks for clearing that one up. i thought it was the initialisation of "constructs in sex".

it baffles me how some guys think that women owe them their vaginas because they were "nice" to them

i just don't understand how a mind can work that way

Part of it is the socialization. There are tons of movies, for example, where you have a male protagonist who overcomes a conflict, whatever it is, and gets the girl as a reward. So there's kind of this social expectation that if a guy does things right, getting the girl just naturally happens, but that's not the reality. Then the guy gets mad at the girl because his expectations weren't met.

I'm generalizing, obviously, but this mindset is surprisingly common.

Many of those same guys have a lack of balls. They won't ask a girl out directly, instead trying to be friends first (sound familiar, AZ?). The guy thinks that they're becoming closer romantically, while the girl thinks they're still just friends. Once the revelation comes, he'll think she had been leading him on because of the fact that she never outright said that they wouldn't date.

Is it a shitty thing to do? Yes.

Is is understandable? Also yes.

Sometimes it's just a communication issue, where the guy thinks the girl has a romantic interest, but the girl thinks they're just friends. This can make the guy feel led on, because guys often try to win favour by buying expensive gifts and dinner. The solution is simple, talk to each other make clear what your relationship is about. Two tips for both sides: girls, if a guy is overly nice to you, especially compared to how he is to other people (not that he might be less nice, just show less attention or do less favours for them), he probably has a 'special' interest in you. Guys, take the hint. If she ain't interested, that's the way things are.