> I feel like the general societal trend is more in the direction of talking to stranger becoming less socially acceptable I agree with this. > not to mention

> I feel like the general societal trend is more in the direction of talking to stranger becoming less socially acceptable I agree with this. > not to mention to mention that is already very unacceptable in many countries and would be seen at outright weird. You're missing the fact that such weirdness will be overlooked if you have fun/humor, good looks or positivity to bring, or a shared perspective on the world. Two people told me as much when we were talking about psychedelics. They were like "this is weird but we're talking about really cool stuff." We even exchanged numbers. People can change their opinion on this quite rapidly. And some can't. > I find it odd that nearly no one mentioned the issue that some people don't want to be talked to. People can just say they don't want to be talked to. That's how you "figure it out". If they can't, at some point the conversation becomes so boring, it'll die a natural death.