March 8, 2006

My ipod jumped off a bridge two days ago so I actually have to hear the ambient noise in my surroundings now.

At first I was like; "Wow isn't this fun, birds chirping, people cursing in languages other than my own, it's like, I don't know, real life or something..."

Today though, on the shuttle bus from Loyola, there were two uber-nerdy looking dudes sitting behind me and this is what I overheard:

"The paki girl never showed up for her exam you know."
"Which girl?"
"The one in chem and math with us"
"Oh Azrrah"
"Yeah I dunno, in my head I always call her the Paki girl"
"Cuz she's from Pakistan?"
"Yeah, I guess I should say Pakistani right?"
"Yeah I think the other way is kind of racist maybe"
"Yeah, I guess, you can't get away with that in a university. You can say Pakistani-girl but not Paki-girl"
"Uh-huh, it's like you can't call someone a faggot either"
"I mean it makes no difference to me what you say, Paki or Pakistani but in a professional environment, better to be safe. In my head she'll still be the Paki girl."
"Right, like with faggot, I mean, it's not like I have to agree with it, I just have to watch my mouth."
"Yep no calling anyone a faggot, that's for sure."
"It's like swearing eh?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well everyone is swearing all the time now, it's like we've lost all control."
"I swore once in church, my pants got stuck on something and tore and I said' Oh fuck!' and everyone looked over at me."
"I think it's like on the bus or on the metro you gotta watch your mouth that's for sure."

And now you're wondering why I didn't stand my faggot-jew ass up and start calling them weird fuckwit racist shitheads.

Good question, I must be losing my touch.