I’m not trying to get into the “how to disengage from a stranger” conversation, but your assessment of people interacting in public seems to be predicated with an assumption that they dont understand people.
You have made some additional bad assumptions about how you think the interactions I’m proposing should go, and how and when they should stop.
The good news is that this hostility toward the world that you seem to set on projecting from these comments is usually pretty obvious, so I probably wouldn’t have bothered.
Just put your headphones on and your hoodie up so you can get back to arguing with strangers on the internet, and continue your transit in misery.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
It wouldn’t cost you anything not to bother others, especially in situations where they can’t leave. I’m sure your intentions are good but you will be making a lot of people uncomfortable in your attempt to connect with them. There’s better places for that than public transit or a plane. That’s all.
jve@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Also doesn’t cost anything to bring some joy into people’s lives.
I think you dramatically overestimate how many people are made uncomfortable due to your own anxieties about it. I also think you’re missing out on little opportunities for joy in your life.
I can keep posting links, but it’s pretty clear you’re not reading them.
There are also plenty of worse ones.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
But you won’t know if it will bring them joy or not. But you push ahead, even in situations where people are stuck. It just feels self-serving.
jve@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
That’s true. Hard to predict the future.
I’d say it’s a lot more likely that joy or anxiety are the outlier cases, and just a kind of indifference is the baseline.
And now we’re back to bad assumptions and straw men.
Fine fine, one more link.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0037323