Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym

Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by subscribed on Monday May 04, 2026 @12:43PM (#48011154)

Or maybe they have one of the millions of reason to not want to talk with the strangers.

World is not your amusement park, people are entitle to NOT wanting to talk to you as much as you feel entitled to talk with everyone.

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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by nathanielks on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:07PM (#48012512)

> World is not your amusement park

That's literally what the world is. It's the amusement park for all of us. Some of us like sharing our joy with others. It's up to you whether you are open to receiving it.

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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by soopypoos on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:14PM (#48012607)

the flasher's fallacy

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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by nathanielks on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:54PM (#48013230)

Consent is still necessary. People's opening line when talking to strangers should indicate whether the other consents or not.

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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by subscribed on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @04:40AM (#48033795)

Oh, but I'm not opposed to joy or taking to strangers. I just respect that some may not want that for all sort of reasons, all valid to me, regardless of how superficial they are.

And notice the subtle difference: in response to your (IMO rather entitled) expectation that everyone should be open to talking to you, I said that the "world is not your amusement park", to which you responded shifting it slightly to "world is the amusement park for all of us" -- I agree with the latter, I just want you to not expect everyone behave like it was yours :)

All the best.

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