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I knew people like that growing up. I can't say we were friends, mainly because of the societal gulf between us. But if you're broken down by the side of the r

• Isamu 10y ago
  True. In the days before cell phones I was literally broken down by the side of the road and started to walk the several miles to some destination where I could get help. I was picked up by a wonderful family in a falling-apart station wagon, the little kids looked at me with big eyes and the mom was very kind but seemed to be hiding her bad teeth. I thanked them for the help and the dad said it was fine, he knew that nobody wants to stop to help out. It was true - all the nice cars just drove by.
• aswanson 10y ago
  Some of the nicest, most helpful people I've met lived in trailers for a time. I wouldn't even call an animal trash. Those who use that term to describe any person, let alone those people, need to check their sociopathy.
  • ElectronCharge 10y ago
    +1000
• tomcam 10y ago
  Yep. If you're out on a trip when a hurricane hits and you get back home a couple days later, they'll have cut the fallen trees in your driveway and boarded up the windows without even bothering to call you.
  • ghamrick 9y ago
    if they know you. I recently visited the town my dad grew up in, deep in the bowels of WV. Every single person there, at the stores, restaurants and gas stations said to me "You're not from around here, are you?" When I told them my name there was some modicum of welcome. If I had just been a regular tourist I would have just left because of the rudeness