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"I want to tell them how awesome it is that they are doing it, but am never sure if that's the right thing to do some stranger lol." General heuristic: If you
by aci 16y ago
"I want to tell them how awesome it is that they are doing it, but am never sure if that's the right thing to do some stranger lol."
General heuristic: If you are not sure, if it is right to approach a stranger, just do it. Really. Talk to them next time.
And don't end your sentences with "lol", please.
- matwood 16y agoI go back and forth on things like lol. It's hard to convey in writing when something should be take lightly or as a joke. Without the standard facial cues of smiling it's easy to take something the wrong way. And in general your heuristic is correct, but the gym is an odd place. I'm pretty social, but would prefer no one talk to me while working out. I'm usually so busy watching the clock and focusing on the task at hand that I don't want to seem rude to someone by having to eventually ignore them to finish my workout.
- henrikschroder 16y agoThis is why we have these punctuation marks called "smilies". :-) (I fear that all the image-substitution of smilies will create a generation of internet users that can't read the original ascii ones...)