Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and itβs amazing how many men Iβve run into bc they expected me to move
Gotta try it
I work (and walk) on a college campus. Iβve lost count of how many men Iβve smacked shoulders with.
Recently, I was standing outside my sonβs classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didnβt; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadnβt leapt out of his manly path.
Now Iβm wishing Iβd leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, βMy Liege!β
I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.
Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where Iβm the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.
Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friendβs medication, and I didnβt understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literallyβone guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because thatβs just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.
I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought Iβd had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.
I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I βlooked like a soldier.β Iβm not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.
Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like youβve been sent to murder Captain America.
WALK LIKE YOUβVE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA
Itβs called the Murder Strut.
ITβS BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldnβt find it. Iβm so glad ITβS BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!
A guy on a bike went around me because he could tell I had no intention of moving. Thanks to this post.
One day and I bumped into a guy while doing the Murder Strut and he apologized to me even though I was the one who had bumped into him.
It works wonders.
In case you were wondering, yes you can do this in a wheelchair. Same look in your eyes and let βem know you will run them down. Just picture yourself in a sports car accelerating towards someone with the intention of flattening them.
If thereβs anything more satisfying than watching Abled men leap out of my way when they realize Iβm not moving for them, I canβt think of it atm.
Walk like youβve been sent to murder Captain America.
Wheel like youβre gonna win the Indy 500 and donβt care how.
Your crutches are short swords; walk like you can see them buried in the bodies of anyone who crosses (in front of) you.
Tumblr: teaching women how to be Moses and part the fucking Red Sea with the power of their minds.
I had never seen these updates to the Patriarchy Chicken Game before and they are all a goddam DELIGHT
Patriarchy Chicken and The Murder Strut, dance names for the new millenium.Β
OH MY GOD I HAD BARELY SCROLLED DOWN THIS POST AND WAS GONNA SAY βJUST TAKE SOME ADVICE FROM ME THAT I LEARNT FROM AN OLD TUMBLR POST ABOUT WALKING LIKE THE WINTER SOLDIER FROM YEARS AGOβ BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE THIS POST
I first discovered this a few years ago when I was an insecure 14-year-old, and since then I indeed do the βmurder strutβ and staunch everywhere I go, literally works wonders
My favorite method is walking as If I have throwing knives strapped to my thigh. with my icy gaze, no one dares get in my way. I also just have a natural rbf, so no one approaches me in public anyways.
