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February 17, 2005
Power Fantasy
The other day, a good friend of mine had her bag stolen while we were hanging out in a bar we visit regularly. It was completely random, and nobody saw who did it, but it still made me seethe for not being more observant of my surroundings. I was sitting right next to her, facing the exit even. I should have seen something, but I didn't. Something like this happens, you feel so stupid and helpless. In my mind I turn back the clock. Reload my last save. Restart my current mission. I watch her chair out of the corner of my eye, and when the thief slips by, grab the offending wrist and say something rugged and melodramatic like, "I don't think that goes with your jacket." Possibly follow through with a punch in the nose. Not sure. In any case, beating the crap out of purse-snatchers in Spider-Man 2 has never been so fulfilling. Posted by ClockworkGrue at February 17, 2005 03:48 PMComments
argh that happened to me last spring at 330 Ritch. the purse was never more than a foot away from me. when i aksed hopelessly at the bar if anyone had turned in a purse, he said, no, but two other women had also had their purses stolen that night. a clever thief had done the rounds. driver's license, bank card - all that is a pain to replace, but replaceable; but i lost my GBA SP and my favorite watch that my mom had gotten for me, and a cool card case i'd bought in japan - those were the things that really hurt! sometimes i wonder, from all my watching of hong kong action flicks and van damme movies, in a face to face confrontation with a purse-snatcher, could i just savagely kick him or her in the knee and elbow the eye? i've certainly seen it done enough times. they say that people who visualize shooting a basket several time before they attempt a shot actually do better; could videogames be used as an aid to visualizing self-defense for women? Posted by: jane on February 18, 2005 11:20 AM
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