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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Posted
9:00 AM
by freelance radical
I like to watch the Discovery Channel's Cash-Cab show for several reasons, one of which is the amazing insight you can get into the personal and family dynamics of a few individuals taking a 10-minute cab-ride in Manhattan. Because it's a highly competitive situation (they answer trivia questions and receive or lose money according to how much they know) people tend to show more of their emotional weirdness than they would in more ordinary circumstances, but what amazes me the most - each time I watch it - is how incredibly different men and women are! For instance: men tend to be cooperative and very supportive of each other, while women tend to confuse, disparage, and sabotage each other. men almost immediately distribute their winnings (which one of them receives in cash) among all the other people they hailed that cab and played that game with, while women usually give their friends and/or relatives a token bill from the stash that was handed over to them, and, until challenged, try keep the rest for themselves. men tend to remain calm and in control of their emotions, while women squeal, rage, yell, jump, shout, clap their hands, and permit themselves to get totally out-of-control. most males seem to store about 10 times as much information in their brains, than most members of the female sex. OTHER THAN THAT: It seems like everybody in Manhattan is high-fiving everybody else in Manhattan, all the flocking time.....which gets really annoying! BUT OTHER THAN THAT: New Yorkers are incredibly alert, fun-loving, adventurous, and totally brilliant, well-informed human beings! AND OTHER THAN THAT: New York City is said to have 14,000 cabs.....all of which are bright orange Toyota vehicles with the ingenious invention of SLIDING DOORS......pretty damn cool!
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