He gives me, gives me, gives me the honky talk blues

Interesting.

Every time J hears a car horn, he responds with open hostility, typically in the form of a particular verbal insult forcefully hurled in the direction of the offending vehicle. But is he really upset at the driver? Or is it just an indiscriminate response to outward stimuli? I think the latter. And as proof, I offer this interesting example.

Yesterday, in a parking lot, someone's car alarm went off, resulting in the following exchange:

Car: HONK!
J: You IDIOT!!
Car: HONK!
J: You IDIOT!!
Car: HONK!
J: You IDIOT!!
Car: HONK!
J: You IDIOT!!
Car: HONK!
J: You IDIOT!!

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One person's "bad parenting" is another person's "conditioned reflex experiment". Don't judge me!