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Man, talking to strangers in random places just feels socially uncalibrated to me, like I'm being retarded. The first time I across that idea was in the form of
by AntiDyatlov 7mo ago
Man, talking to strangers in random places just feels socially uncalibrated to me, like I'm being retarded. The first time I across that idea was in the form of "cold approach", the idea of trying to score a date from a woman you see while out and about.
I wonder if anyone who did this had to start from a baseline of feeling this is straight up weird (I'm pretty sure it is weird in my culture).
- Agingcoder 7mo agoThis is very different Most random encounters have a pretext, from smoking a cigarette to talking to the shopkeeper, or being in a queue for a long time. Talking to a woman ( esp given that many of them are harassed from what I understand from my female friends ) without any reason to is much harder
- paulpauper 7mo agoCold approaches worked better before social media and smartphones . now your awkward encounters can live forever online and cause humiliation for years to come , or some stranger looking for clout may step in. This is has become so common now , because everyone wants to be a hero.