@shoutcacophony I glowered at him and said snarky things about him being completely wrong, and only hearing what he wanted to hear.

he didn't hear me.

@wohali It's amazing, I'll confront people back directly at times, and they'll say...nothing. After they're the ones who started it. Shrugs

@wohali The one I get a lot is "Is everything OK?" while I'm just standing there, buying groceries or whatever. lol

@wohali When they do something like what you encountered today, and I talk back, same deal

@shoutcacophony Not surprised...confrontation and actual speaking to someone you don't know are....surprising at the very least

@wohali I know the reasons why people do it, it's just like they don't see how its invasive, in both cases.

I understand when people misread my face, they think they're being helpful (or acting out social norms, or both), but from my end, it's mostly baffling.

@wohali People being shitty though, that's more like a confrontation on my part.

Not necessarily a...linear, going to script one, but entitled people always feel they have the right to start something, no matter how rude.

I presume they're expecting something like "Show some compassion" (which is valid ofc), but I'm usually like "No, your shoes stink. No, you're on drugs."

@shoutcacophony Yeah. I do a bunch of that. Though I moderate it with self-preservation, because I'm not a very strong person.