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I, too, talk to random people. For some reason, apparently, I look like the kind of person people should open up to, and so they approach me and oh boy do they
by foobiekr 3y ago
I, too, talk to random people.
For some reason, apparently, I look like the kind of person people should open up to, and so they approach me and oh boy do they open up. I get the crazies - moon landing denialists, people who think other people are secretly wolves, flat earthers who say "I thought you looked like a fellow traveler", various apparnet schizophrenics who hand me 50+ page printed resumes (not a joke or exaggeration), chain smokers who think I can help them with their struggles with their mothers, people claiming to have taken part in Ross Perot's Iran hostage rescue, young women who urgently want to have sex right now without a condom (I am not good looking and they are usually shaking or twitching and often wandering around in sweat pants), and so on. I've even met famous people more than once, well, dopplegangers had taken over their lives so they'd lost their fame - it had been stolen.
I generally like talking to people, and will happily talk to total strangers, but given my experience I am hesitant to initiate conversations - because i wonder - sure, I don't believe in weird outlandish things, but what if I am also a crazy? Do the crazies know what they are? And so I don't.
- cafebee 3y agoThat’s fascinating - my weirdest stranger story wouldn’t make your top 100. Is there something about your home, work, or hobbies that could account for so many strange encounters? Or just luck of the draw?
- foobiekr 3y agoI don’t think so. It’s been like this all my life - even as a kid.
- pedalpete 3y agoI don't find I'm approached by the "crazies" on the street, but put me at a meetup, and they seek me out!