it is communicating without actually talking to a stranger
I like literally refuse to smile at someone I don't know unless I'm already interacting with them.
I think I've got establishing a wall of ice between myself and the world that I am not interested in dealing with down to an art. Even despite exclusively traveling via public transit for the last six years of my life I am basically hassled by no one ever. I can shrug off people asking for money, conmen, and crazies with surprising ease.
The only thing is I get asked for directions a lot.
The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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How dangerous being a cop is is also wildly overstated.
Being a construction worker is about as dangerous.
Depends on the type of construction worker, but often times being a construction worker is dangerous because of human stupidity, where being a cop is dangerous because of malice aforethought.
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I smile and wave at most strangers because small town
Also I smile at basically everyone because I like to smile and I want them to smile too
It's all part of my dastardly plot to conquer the world through polite kindness
Also bloody coups
I do that at work, always smile and acknowledge people, usually when I'm getting coffee / coming back to my desk.
Unfortunately the hallway is a bit too long, so I end up acknowledging people, smiling, and saying hi. They respond, but we've still got the awkward few seconds of walking toward / past each other when we've already done the 'hey, you exist' acknowledgement.
If the hall was longer, you could take a second before acknowledging someone, or if it was shorter you would be past them by the time you do the basic hi / how are you.
The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
I hear that a lot from people not from the Americas.
We're apparently overly friendly and welcoming.
Aside from NYC, but if you're not trying to accost random NYers while they're walking, they're pretty nice too.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
you totally are
pretty much everyone I know who has been across the pond were like "what's happening what do these people want from me"
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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How dangerous being a cop is is also wildly overstated.
Being a construction worker is about as dangerous.
Also a pretty dangerous job. And the working enviroment of a builder tends to remain fairly static, whereas the difference between being a cop in downtown LA, and some suburb in the middle of nowhere are going to be pretty disparate. In addition if you look at th enumber of injuries things become a lot more interesting.
In addition to this you can't really ignore the fact that construction workers die, whilst police tend to get killed, which is an important distinction.
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The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
you totally are
pretty much everyone I know who has been across the pond were like "what's happening what do these people want from me"
We want nothing from you
Nothing at all
We might want your organs
Your delicious, delicious organs
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
Swiss girl asked me yesterday about how all her coworkers/bosses at her internship tell her how great her work is and how well she's doing, and that she knows she's doing pointless busywork
Is America just always nice? She's like I'm not used to these compliments, it feels like everyone is lying
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
How dangerous being a cop is is also wildly overstated.
Being a construction worker is about as dangerous.
Depends on the type of construction worker, but often times being a construction worker is dangerous because of human stupidity, where being a cop is dangerous because of malice aforethought.
The most dangerous jobs are dangerous because you are working in isolated places far from help (logging / fishing), jobs where there is a fall risk (roofing) or you're working with dangerous equipment (construction worker / farmer).
The more of those factors the more dangerous the job.
Unfortunately the hallway is a bit too long, so I end up acknowledging people, smiling, and saying hi. They respond, but we've still got the awkward few seconds of walking toward / past each other when we've already done the 'hey, you exist' acknowledgement.
This is a thing I dislike.
The way it works here is everyone feigns a keen interest in the walls, until roughly halfway through the hall. That way our verbal acknowledgement can be timed accordingly.
Worst people say "hi" too soon, and fail to find walls intriguing.
The only problem (benefit?) to carrying around a backpack everywhere is that people assume you are a college student.
You can get a fancy backpack
I have one!
What constitutes a fancy backpack?
Also, you could carry around a briefcase everywhere and be all "I AM SERIOUS BUSINESS. LOOK HOW SERIOUS BUSINESS I AM."
I think that's what i'll do from now on.
Complement it by always wearing a full suit everywhere you go even when doing so would be wildly inappropriate. Shrug off any awkwardness with the implication that you just came from DOING SERIOUS BUSINESS and that you have no time for trivialities like changing into casual clothing.
I've never known a cop that didn't go out with pepperspray and a club. Tasers and maglites aren't uncommon as well. The idea that a cop is going to be beaten to death because of rules against shooting is pretty goosey. Cops who die on the job die of three things 90+% of the time: Car accidents, getting shot and unrelated health problems. A prison guard might occasionally be killed via a stabbing but cops don't get beaten to death. One off duty cop was beaten to death in 2011. A few died after having heart attacks after a scuffle. One cop was stabbed to death in 2010. There isn't a secret population of cops in fear of being beaten to death
The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
Swiss girl asked me yesterday about how all her coworkers/bosses at her internship tell her how great her work is and how well she's doing, and that she knows she's doing pointless busywork
Is America just always nice? She's like I'm not used to these compliments, it feels like everyone is lying
In a sense, probably.
I mean, I think that culturally we're really invested in everyone at least appearing to be doing well and being happy.
I think that a lot of times we actually want people to be happy, we're just bad at knowing how to do that.
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The smiling thing is totally a cultural thing though.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
Swiss girl asked me yesterday about how all her coworkers/bosses at her internship tell her how great her work is and how well she's doing, and that she knows she's doing pointless busywork
Is America just always nice? She's like I'm not used to these compliments, it feels like everyone is lying
Every time I go to Europe I've gotten comments on how polite and nice Americans are. Sometimes they say "especially people from Boston" and then I wonder if I'm not picking up on sarcasm.
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You can get a fancy backpack
I have one!
lots of work alone'll do that
I like literally refuse to smile at someone I don't know unless I'm already interacting with them.
I think I've got establishing a wall of ice between myself and the world that I am not interested in dealing with down to an art. Even despite exclusively traveling via public transit for the last six years of my life I am basically hassled by no one ever. I can shrug off people asking for money, conmen, and crazies with surprising ease.
The only thing is I get asked for directions a lot.
I have a Russian friend, she smiles now, but I was talking with her and it was one of the weirder things that she had to adjust to was people smiling at her on the street.
And of course expecting her to smile.
So yeah, we're a strangely friendly bunch in at least the US/America's Hat
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The song is still dope sauce
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
I do that at work, always smile and acknowledge people, usually when I'm getting coffee / coming back to my desk.
Unfortunately the hallway is a bit too long, so I end up acknowledging people, smiling, and saying hi. They respond, but we've still got the awkward few seconds of walking toward / past each other when we've already done the 'hey, you exist' acknowledgement.
If the hall was longer, you could take a second before acknowledging someone, or if it was shorter you would be past them by the time you do the basic hi / how are you.
I hear that a lot from people not from the Americas.
We're apparently overly friendly and welcoming.
Aside from NYC, but if you're not trying to accost random NYers while they're walking, they're pretty nice too.
What constitutes a fancy backpack?
Also, you could carry around a briefcase everywhere and be all "I AM SERIOUS BUSINESS. LOOK HOW SERIOUS BUSINESS I AM."
you totally are
pretty much everyone I know who has been across the pond were like "what's happening what do these people want from me"
God do I hate short cops.
Wait, shit.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Also a pretty dangerous job. And the working enviroment of a builder tends to remain fairly static, whereas the difference between being a cop in downtown LA, and some suburb in the middle of nowhere are going to be pretty disparate. In addition if you look at th enumber of injuries things become a lot more interesting.
In addition to this you can't really ignore the fact that construction workers die, whilst police tend to get killed, which is an important distinction.
I think that's what i'll do from now on.
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I have one of these
http://perks.urbandaddy.com/the-british-belt-company-oxburgh-backpack.html
We want nothing from you
Nothing at all
We might want your organs
Your delicious, delicious organs
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Swiss girl asked me yesterday about how all her coworkers/bosses at her internship tell her how great her work is and how well she's doing, and that she knows she's doing pointless busywork
Is America just always nice? She's like I'm not used to these compliments, it feels like everyone is lying
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
The most dangerous jobs are dangerous because you are working in isolated places far from help (logging / fishing), jobs where there is a fall risk (roofing) or you're working with dangerous equipment (construction worker / farmer).
The more of those factors the more dangerous the job.
*Does a hop off of Yoshi, throwing him down an endless pit*
Haliburton case handcuffed to your wrist.
This is a thing I dislike.
The way it works here is everyone feigns a keen interest in the walls, until roughly halfway through the hall. That way our verbal acknowledgement can be timed accordingly.
Worst people say "hi" too soon, and fail to find walls intriguing.
Complement it by always wearing a full suit everywhere you go even when doing so would be wildly inappropriate. Shrug off any awkwardness with the implication that you just came from DOING SERIOUS BUSINESS and that you have no time for trivialities like changing into casual clothing.
If we make eye contact I stare blankly at them
Oh, yeah.
That works
if you're wearing tweed
You just ruled out my entire non-internet social life.
Thanks.
butts.
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In a sense, probably.
I mean, I think that culturally we're really invested in everyone at least appearing to be doing well and being happy.
I think that a lot of times we actually want people to be happy, we're just bad at knowing how to do that.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Dang a ton of people here are getting married!
what i do with my face is none of your business person i don't know
Rules for vapid social interaction.
Carrying bags.
Shooting each other.
I don't know, they are the ones that have to deal with it.
Every time I go to Europe I've gotten comments on how polite and nice Americans are. Sometimes they say "especially people from Boston" and then I wonder if I'm not picking up on sarcasm.
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