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> I've never feared being out in Singapore, even at 4am at night, in any part of the city. You might have never been in fear, but were you ever stoked? And I m
by GDC7 5y ago
> I've never feared being out in Singapore, even at 4am at night, in any part of the city.
You might have never been in fear, but were you ever stoked? And I mean genuinely socially stoked, not the monetary excitement after winning at the casino.
Violence is a big predictor of strong sentiments among the populace.
If you don't risk taking punches and kicks, you'll hardly get the reward of hugs and kisses.
Social volatilty gives socially competent people a good opportunity to capitalize on their competence. Nowhere is this ever more clear than places like Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico...
A socially competent person will make friends and romantic relationships as soon as they get off the plane.
A socially incompetent person will get robbed and risk mugging, again as soon as they get off the plane.
The so called dangerous places are also the fun places.
- coldtea 5y agoYou've convinced me, I'm booking a plane to some hell-hole to 'capitalize on my competence' and achieve big-feelings...
- AutumnCurtain 5y agoThis strikes me as a very naive sort of romanticism, as someone who grew up in alternately a very safe and very dangerous locale.
- GDC7 5y agoWhat? If you are a socially competent person (say a rapper with > 500k followers) you can go in the most dangerous areas of Lagos and people will maybe beat and shot each other....but to host you for the night...I know this for a fact! Of course if you are loaded but socially incompetent (say many of the billionaires in Silicon Valley or Wall Street) then your 50B net worth won't be enough for people to restrain themselves from beating you unconscious and taking you Rolex or Phatek Philippe (that your socially incompetent brain decided to sport there even though you are nobody but a walking wallet with no street cred)
- slownews45 5y agoSorry to see you getting downvoted, its an interesting perspective. That said, even rappers seem to retire to "safer" places then these "lively" options you describe. So something about being safe appeals to many people, not just the socially incompetents'.
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- GDC7 5y agoBut rappers do frequent the most socially volatile areas, albeit in the US. The US is huge and there are pockets of instability of course, especially in big metro areas such as LA, Chicago , Baltimore and Detroit. For a socially competent person who lacks the prequalifer of fame though ,they are not that great again due to prices which are US-like
- selimthegrim 5y agoSo when are you booking your ticket to New Orleans? coldtea and I are waiting. I'll meet you at the airport arrivals.
- slownews45 5y agoBut for example Young Dolph, went back to get some cookies in a tougher area, blown away and killed. Not so good. It's not clear that being socially competent / successful helped him.
- etaioinshrdlu 5y agoYou have the most intriguing, Kanye-esque definition of social competence.
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