> that pretty girl? a slut who's been had by half the guys in there.

I'm not going to comment on the rest, but this is a gross and misogynistic remark.

I'm sorry you got offended.

Is it any worse than the anecdotes about the guys beating their wife and kids? It is a bit offensive, but on the other hand, if we are being honest real life often is. I do not think we should go out of our way to offend people, but neither should we go out of our way to be offended.

If you equate being sexually promiscuous with beating your children, then you have some serious self reflection to do on your moral compass.

I have never met someone in real life who would say that sexual promiscuity is worse than beating your wife and/or kids. Your moral compass is indeed in need of calibration.

How this gets posted on HN is beyond me, perhaps that's where the isolation of modern life leads to.

Village life isnt for everyone but what you’re describing here isn’t even remotely the same thing as the discussion we’re having about being friendly towards strangers.

If you need to introduce yourself, then you clearly don’t live in a village where everyone knows your name. ;)

I was just pointing out what the pre-modern life was like.

No. You're pointing out what small-village life is like. There's plenty of villages that are still like this (I lived in one until recently). And your comment implies that cities are a relatively new phenomena despite the fact that most cities are hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.

city life a hundred and a thousand years ago was entirely unlike city life now.

It is possible to treat someone as worthy of sympathy and still be annoyed.