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Wouldn't work in the US, I find that the social value of having saved someone's life is somewhere between zero and negative, unless that someone belongs to your
by spiritplumber 11y ago
Wouldn't work in the US, I find that the social value of having saved someone's life is somewhere between zero and negative, unless that someone belongs to your interlocutor's subculture.
You tell an investor in SF, in passing, "I talked a junkie off the bridge and took her away before the cops showed up, and let her stay at my place for six months until she cleaned up", and they'll think you are mad, not honorable.
(Not a true story; composite of three separate incidents)
- imjustsaying 11y ago>"I talked a junkie off the bridge and took her away before the cops showed up, and let her stay at my place for six months until she cleaned up" It's reassuring to know I'm not the only one who got an ex-girlfriend this way.
- spiritplumber 11y agoNah, I have a guest room with its own door. Don't stick your dip in crazy, and all that.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI'd probably think both.
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