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Would you ever walk up to a total stranger and strike up a conversation? (lemmy.today)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'd like to but I'm scared of people. I also feel like i'm bothering people.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    This is something that you can work through. For the longest time I was unable to figure out that, if I was not bothered when someone striked up a conv with me, then surely... the opposite was likely to be true as well. ofc YMMV because everyone is different, but try it out. Leave your expectations at the door and try it out. Have a good one,

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    You could try talking to older people who didn't grow up with a phone plastered to their face so it wouldn't be weird for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    How old are we talking?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    Probably anyone over 40-45 or so who reached adulthood before smartphones became a thing. The first iphone was 2007 and it was still a while before everyone had one and the addictive apps took them over. So even if they had cell phones in their teens or tweens they would only have been talking and texting with their friends on them, IOW socially interacting face to face with people most of the time.

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