I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.
An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered
I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS”
Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers
Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft
In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.
I’m recovering from an injury and not feeling particularly eloquent, but trust me on this: Everyone should watch M*A*S*H. It’s progressive and fun and funny and unabashedly horny. If you haven’t seen it before, take this as your sign to go watch a few episodes.
The setting for the show is an American military post. Despite being a sitcom, the American military is also the primary antagonist of the show.
It’s like the exact opposite of copaganda. Almost everyone hates being there and is constantly trying to leave, and any character who believes in the US military is a total tool.
put rainbow laces on all my shoes recently which is fun and sexy but has the side effect that i have gotten multiple “i like your shoelaces” from strangers and like. i cant NOT “i stole them from the president” in return. just in case. but its recieved mostly awkward laughs and looks of confusion. embarrasing myself in public out here over my damn shoelaces.
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