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Preach it, brother. I would personally find it really awkward and unpleasant if every time I got on a train or bus some random tried to engage me in conversati
by gradstudent 12y ago
Preach it, brother.
I would personally find it really awkward and unpleasant if every time I got on a train or bus some random tried to engage me in conversation. Just leave me alone so I can enjoy being by myself!
- pre 12y agoYeah, I think that too. Random train-strangers aren't going to be as interesting as my book I wouldn't think. But then the article reckoned everyone in their experiment also thought that, and yet turned out to be wrong, their predictions of their own reaction were mistaken. Guess the only way to be sure our predictions of our own reactions are correct is to test 'em now and then.
- gsands 12y agoI think the reason it could be as interesting as some other activity we do in transit because the random conversation is a rare occurrence, and that kind of serendipity is kind of special in some way.