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Cloak of Invisibilty
posted at 06:09 pm on 10-19-2007
I recently purchased a used auto, which shall remain brandless. It doesn't have a CD player, a GPS device, a DVD player, air bags, heated seats, or a tilt steering wheel. It's 24 years old, and runs beautifully. It doesn't have power assisted steering, or an automatic transmission, or a power outlet for charging my laptop, it doesn't even have cup holders. But it looks nice. In fact it ought to turn heads. Blokes ask me all the time, "do people comment?" The answer is they don't. It's not the kind of auto you see every day. In fact, it's quite rare. But no shouts of "awright" or thumbs up, or any comments in general. It makes me wonder. Are people afraid to be spontaneous anymore? Certainly I don't appear threatening. I don't think people see me and think I'm some mercenary, and liable to pull a gun on them. (I do look a bit like that Yank writer Hunter S. Thompson, but not like his twin.) I wonder if people in general these days are afraid to comment on something even if it's positive? Are we so afraid of each other? I joke that it has a built-in cloaking device, but I haven't found the switch to turn it off. I get tempted to try something bizarre like wearing Groucho glasses, or some odd get-up just to see how far this goes. I've read of blokes wearing bizarre costumes in public to see people's reactions, and then getting none. What's at work here? We see something out of the ordinary, and turn our head back so we don't get seen looking. But seen by who? I live in a frightfully large city, and never see anyone I know when I'm out driving. Who is everyone afraid of? The next time I'm out and about, and see a nice Porsche, I'll make a point of complimenting the driver, just to see what happens.....
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