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There's been this narrative that stranger danger was oversold to most people as children. Most people are basically good, and we were deprived of something by b
by VyseofArcadia 3y ago
There's been this narrative that stranger danger was oversold to most people as children. Most people are basically good, and we were deprived of something by being so suspicious of everyone.
Which is true, but a lot of people took it to mean "there are no bad people" which is definitely false.
This is a really easy scenario to imagine. This does not require a criminal mastermind. It's become commonplace to sleep on a stranger's couch, get in a stranger's car, etc., but it is worthwhile to occasionally contemplate what could go wrong.
- pc86 3y ago> It's become commonplace to sleep on a stranger's couch Has it, really? Unless you're talking about AirB&B, staying in a complete stranger's house while they're there has definitely not become commonplace for me or any of my circle.
- VyseofArcadia 3y agoI think AirB&B counts.
- pc86 3y agoMaybe, but I would also say that 90% of the AirB&B's I've stayed at have not had the owner staying the same building, even including something like staying in a basement with a separate entrance.
- VyseofArcadia 3y agoIt's still their building, though. They have access. Can you say for certain an AirB&B host has never snuck in to eatch you sleep?