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> If, instead of scrolling HN, you talked to me, both our lives would improve. Talking to random strangers in public is generally very awkward and unpleasant f
by rascul 3y ago
> If, instead of scrolling HN, you talked to me, both our lives would improve.
Talking to random strangers in public is generally very awkward and unpleasant for me and I don't see how subjecting myself to that would improve my life in the general case.
- berkes 3y agoMe too. But science tells it's the reverse. Obv. statistics, so it doesn't apply to your personal situation. Yet, I, introvert++ have had the best moments when travelling, talked to random strangers or exchanged beers, music and stories when stuck in transport. This still comes out as net positive for me in all the decades of having awkward conversations, unwanted attention or just social interaction. I won't give up those hundred of situations that made me uncomfortable for the few that truly changed my life.