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• jve@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lots of research shows that social interactions are far more enjoyable than people expect them to be.

  psychologytoday.com/…/if-socializing-is-so-good-f…

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I expect it not to happen and hope it stays that way since. Please jusr don’t bother me while I’m on the train

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Noted. If we ever see you we’ll ignore you.

      Just post your name and photo so we know what you look like. Thanks.

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      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m the person on public transit

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s like 90% drunk homeless people that talk to you on trains and buses though. It gets tiring.

    If I want chance encounters with sober people, I’ll go to the bar. I mean eventually the people there get drunk too, but it’s a nice “5 hours and 10 beers” drunk not “what month and/or year is it” drunk.

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• aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or getting hit on. I’m just trying to go home, I have no desire to chat with you. I’m busy go away.

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• ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s kinda what I’m saying though. Those aren’t randos! They’re other people taking the same commute as you, every day. Make a connection with one and you might start to notice them more. Maybe you have a similar hobby or interest.

  Give people a chance to enter your life and they often become more than randos on the train. Maybe you find a commute partner, someone to chat with or bitch to about Jane in Accounting.

  I’m not gonna try to convince you, Clearly you saw my point and chose to reject it, that’s your choice. I’d urge you to give different thinking a chance though.

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’re random people I most likely have never seen before and probably won’t ever see again. I live in the city, not a small town where everyone knows each other. The idea of trying to connect with the poor sobs who ended up in the same train as me sounds both crazy and draining as fuck. Not the least bit because where I live, most people cherish that moment to themselves and you’d be fucking that up and bothering them.

    If I was commuting with the same four people every day I’d be more likely to talk to them but not in a full ass train with random people.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re random people I most likely have never seen before and probably won’t ever see again.

      And why do you think that? Have you paid attention to the people around you? If you and another person get to work at the same time, and live in the same area then odds are you will encounter them again. There might be a million people in your city. But how many of them have the exact same commute as you?

      Also so what if you never see them again on the train? What if you end up really liking them, get their number, and stay in contact?

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      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        >And why do you think that

        Because I have eyes and easily recognize faces. And a shitload of people have the same work schedule and commute in and out the same time. And it’s a big ass train.

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