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I grew up in a 3rd world country (now I live in Europe) in a city that by HN comments seems similar to SF (big and full of harmless homeless people/drug addicts
by Volrath89 4y ago
I grew up in a 3rd world country (now I live in Europe) in a city that by HN comments seems similar to SF (big and full of harmless homeless people/drug addicts everywhere). I remember when I was a kid and I was with my mother I stared to a homeless man for some time. Of course he just seemed peculiar to me, I was a little kid, but this guy got mad and screamed "Do I owe you money or what? why do you keep looking at me?"
My mother grabbed me in her arms and we just went away quickly. She told me to not look at homeless people for so much time. Of course I was very scared, I don't remember exactly how old I was but I still remember the episode some decades later.
- DFHippie 4y agoIf you stare at anyone long enough they will get mad. I don't recommend this experiment.
- cercatrova 4y agoIt's like a primal reaction among apes and other animals in general. No wonder humans get mad too at being stared at.
- captainredbeard 4y ago> If you stare at anyone long enough they will get mad Well, yes, but decent and functional human beings don't react that way to children.
- asoneth 4y agoI've never observed a person getting mad at a child for staring at them. In my experience people seem to smile, wave, or make funny faces. (A teenager or adult is different, but the story above was a kid small enough for their mother to grab them in her arms.)
- Rebelgecko 4y agoMaybe it's a cultural difference between where I live and where you live, but it's definitely not normal for people to get mad at a child for staring. They're fairly inquisitive by nature.