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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by gjulianm on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:12PM (#48012590)
The people likely to talk to strangers unprompted are also likely to ignore those kind of messages. Anything that can lead to further conversation can be used (like "oh, what's worrying you?") so actually politely nodding and smiling without giving any footing to further conversation works better than being assertive.
Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by cubefox on Monday May 04, 2026 @03:00PM (#48013331)
> The people likely to talk to strangers unprompted are also likely to ignore those kind of messages.

No, that obviously false. They might be more likely, but they are certainly not likely.

Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by gjulianm on Monday May 04, 2026 @03:13PM (#48013537)
I don’t think it’s false, much less obviously false. On one hand I have my personal experience about it, on the other you can see there’s only a small range in the “I want a conversation” scale where they want it enough to ignore the nonverbal signs that the person doesn’t want to talk but not enough to ignore the verbal ones.
Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by cubefox on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @11:51AM (#48024187)
Well, I don't see a "small range" at all. It's the opposite, extroverted pleople usually have better social skills than ones with social anxiety.