We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports

Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by leephillips on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:44AM (#46719143)

I got this so often in every part of the United States that some decades ago I just stopped asking anyone for directions.

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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by koliber on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:09AM (#46719426)

Strange. Never had it happen regularly in the US.

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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by virgil_disgr4ce on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:21AM (#46719581)

I've never once experienced this nor literally ever heard anyone say someone gave them made-up directions in the US.

The only time I've ever experienced made-up directions were trying to get out of the souk in Marrakech.

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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by lostlogin on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:10AM (#46720225)

> I've never once experienced this nor literally ever heard anyone say someone gave them made-up directions in the US.

Wouldn’t know. After the first two instructions I can never remember what came next.

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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by leephillips on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:49AM (#46719912)

I was unclear. I’m pretty sure the wrong directions I routinely got in the US (I was born and raised in NYC) were not made up, just wrong.

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