I'm at the intersection of College and Clinton St. earlier this evening. There are two women (I don't know either one) off to my left.
The temperature was about -10 degrees Celsius but felt like -19 with the windchill.
One is kvetching to the other about how cold it is. "Yeah, it's a good night to stay indoors and do nothing," the friend replied.
I actually didn't find it that cold, and so I interjected.
"C'mon folks, toughen up!" I said in what I thought to be a lighthearted way.
One gal, the friend, laughed.
The kvetcher reacted somewhat differently.
"WH-A-A-A-T-T-T?!?!" she yelled, stopping and glaring at me.
The friend smirked. I followed up with, "It's winter, so enjoy it!" punctuated by raising my hands and turning my palms up in a "what can you do?" gesture.
"You're a fucking idiot," the kvetcher said, following that with, "Fuck off, you fucking asshole."
As they walked off, the friend looked back out of the corner of her eye and smiled at me again as they headed south on Clinton, and I turned west on College. The kvetcher was still muttering with outrage.
"Merry Christmas!" I replied with as much faux sweetness as I could muster.
Afterthought
I guess know I know how Borat feels. :)
I should say that to me, the kvetcher's eyes did not look to be those of a high-functioning person's.