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> I don’t think young people appreciate how talking to strangers in public went from common and acceptable to creepy and taboo in the last 15 years ... uh, wha
by kennethrc 4y ago
> I don’t think young people appreciate how talking to strangers in public went from common and acceptable to creepy and taboo in the last 15 years
... uh, what? I meet people (i.e., "talk to strangers") all the time in public, it hasn't changed at all (and I've been doing it for far longer than 15 years). OK, work's a little different (but that was never particularly a place (for me, anyway) to meet people), but the rest? Don't see the "creepy and taboo" at all.
- clashmoore 4y agoI think it’s more regional. I know in my city visitors find it weird when local strangers just start including them in conversations. I know I’d frequent places a line and be fine striking up conversations with whoever was also there. But me visiting other cities and trying the same, I’d be met with wired looks and asked why I’m talking to them.