Longtime lurker, first-time poster on Ratsnet. Just want to know if IABU.
Last night I was enjoying a quiet dinner in my local wheelie bin when suddenly out of nowhere a human hand appeared over the side. I got the fright of my life and screamed bloody murder but it just hung on. The human then must have started dragging the bin because I was jostled and flung all over the shop. My dinner went flying.
Naturally I was terrified but managed to scramble out of the bin and onto the human. Just touching her gave me the heaves but down the back side of her was the quickest route to the ground.
Well you would have thought I had taken a big juicy bite out of her neck. Drool! (Sorry got distracted). The screaming! The language! I grew up in a rough environment but it still shocked me. She threw down the bin and started running.
I'm usually a bit of a doormat but I decided to give her a piece of my mind. How many times have I heard "fucking filthy rat" and turned the other hairy cheek to this ugly speciesism. (I'm sure with her friends she's all NARALT but when the smooth dry droppings hit the fan...).
I ran to catch her up and explain how her humanonormative discourse was invalidating my lived experience but she refused to engage and disappeared into the house.
So WIBU to try and assert myself?