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You have an extremely romanticized idea of human interaction.

• wolverine876 3y ago
  It's not romanticized, I do it every day. Not everyone responds but that's fine; it still has an effect, and many do respond. People assume it's not possible, that others are paranoid or bad-willed, and so treat others accordingly or at least don't try. Just try; it works fine. You need to read people and respect them - just basic primate social skill: obviously, some people are busy, upset, etc. and don't want to be bothered. But just trust people are good-willed and friendly, treat them accordingly, and you'll get plenty of good responses. It depends on your mood too; it comes through; if you are angry and trying to be happy, people can sense it - we all have years of experience reading others. Even crazier is that people will actually argue against it, insisting it can't be true, objecting to anyone doing it or trying it. You have to wonder what that's about; that, I think, is very revealing about our society and some of its social trends.