How to deal with Chatty Cathys
Someone in the office today showed me a card trick, and I managed to break it on my first attempt! Wasn’t that a great story? I only told it though to tell you this one.
In that same conversation, I made a case a few of you have probably heard if you spend any time around me: Slapping people in the face is ready for a renaissance (not that you’ll believe me, but I spelled that right on my first attempt–this day is going really well). There are plenty of times in a given week when I feel the urge to lightly but firmly connect my open hand with the cheek of whoever is talking at me. A slap is probably the most shocking and effective way to point out to someone that they need to come to their senses and, most likely, shut the fuck up.
Keep in mind the power that comes with slapping someone as you wade into these waters, as it is a skill that can be quite easily abused. The slap can only be leveraged against someone for whom you have displayed a great deal of respect and care. Slapping an acquaintance, or worse yet a total stranger, is like booking an appearance on Monzel and Wyatt’s favorite show.
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I’ve been needing a good slap myself for years now.
And it’s totally different that a slap on the head. A slap on the face actually creates this momentary flash from the slapees perspective. Literally a moment of light. And their brain is instantly pulled back into the more direct experience of reality. Something they probably were drifting away from in order to be slapped in the first place.
Geezus! It seems we need a net equivalent of the slap in response to your joost post.