Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym

Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by 3sdff on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:19PM (#48016221)

"If you don’t need help but you’re coming up with reasons to trick someone into giving you help so you can talk to them, that’s a situation with an ulterior motive. People are good at identifying ulterior motives and it doesn’t set you up for conversational success."

Lmao unless you're a female... I've never seen this happen in a gym. And im a religious gym-goer of the past 10 years.

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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym by Aurornis on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:22PM (#48016254)

That's literally the point of the comment: It's an unnatural thing to do so we shouldn't be suggesting it as a conversation starter.

I wasn't saying it was normal. I'm trying to explain why it's not normal to do that as a way of discouraging readers from thinking it's a trick they should use to start conversations.

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