A little somethin' for the ladies
Ladies, I have a question for you.
Being a manly man type man of manly proportions, when I am startled or shocked by potential danger, I have one of two reactions. If it's a bug, snake, or similar "don't let it bite you" kind of creature, I tend to go "Whoa!" and back away as quickly as possible.
If it's a villainous type, I tend to go rushing forward with fists balled (not a smart reaction.)
However, television (coughSUPERNATURALcough) would lead me to believe that women, when faced in either of these two situations, will stand stock still, open their mouths as wide as possible, and shriek in one long sustained note.
So my question to you, ladies, is this: Have you ever actually stood there screaming like an idiot when something scared you? Were you properly ashamed of yourself afterwards? Do you suffer from the vapors?
Explanation of above:
Due to recent boredom, laziness, brain-dysfunction, and and a whole host of other reasons, I started watching Supernatural again, picking up where I left off somewhere around the beginning of Season Two. I know a lot of you folks seem to like this show, but man alive there's a lot of shrieking women on this show. Even the tough chick who wants to be a demon hunter type starts shrieking the second a poltergeist starts getting a little polty with her.
I just can't imagine being in a situation where something scary happens and my initial response is to simply stand there and scream my head off. Chickens, actual honest-to-god poultry, have more intelligent reactions than that.
Maybe ghosts have superpowers that can negate hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution. Fight or flight becomes scream or shriek.
I'm sure the great episodes that are full of snappy writing and grand drama are going to show up aaaany second now.
Being a manly man type man of manly proportions, when I am startled or shocked by potential danger, I have one of two reactions. If it's a bug, snake, or similar "don't let it bite you" kind of creature, I tend to go "Whoa!" and back away as quickly as possible.
If it's a villainous type, I tend to go rushing forward with fists balled (not a smart reaction.)
However, television (coughSUPERNATURALcough) would lead me to believe that women, when faced in either of these two situations, will stand stock still, open their mouths as wide as possible, and shriek in one long sustained note.
So my question to you, ladies, is this: Have you ever actually stood there screaming like an idiot when something scared you? Were you properly ashamed of yourself afterwards? Do you suffer from the vapors?
Explanation of above:
Due to recent boredom, laziness, brain-dysfunction, and and a whole host of other reasons, I started watching Supernatural again, picking up where I left off somewhere around the beginning of Season Two. I know a lot of you folks seem to like this show, but man alive there's a lot of shrieking women on this show. Even the tough chick who wants to be a demon hunter type starts shrieking the second a poltergeist starts getting a little polty with her.
I just can't imagine being in a situation where something scary happens and my initial response is to simply stand there and scream my head off. Chickens, actual honest-to-god poultry, have more intelligent reactions than that.
Maybe ghosts have superpowers that can negate hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution. Fight or flight becomes scream or shriek.
I'm sure the great episodes that are full of snappy writing and grand drama are going to show up aaaany second now.