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I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

[JackA]

On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 5:14:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

They are obsessed with iPhones, not other humans!

Jack


Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

[Luxey]

петак, 16. октобар 2015. 23.14.50 UTC+2, је напи�ао/ла:
I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

Yup, unfortunately, this group is a proof what you've described goes both ways.

[geoff]

On 17/10/2015 10:14 a.m., wrote:
I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.


Which is why New Yorkers are famous worldwide for being so friendly,
concerned, helpful, approachable, outgoing, and caring people ;-)

geoff

[Murray[_8_]]

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

It will be interesting to see how you behave when you need someone's assistance in life.

If (when) you are ignored, that's Karma.

[polymod]

"Luxey" wrote in message
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петак, 16. октобар 2015. 23.14.50 UTC+2, је напи�ао/ла:
I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

Yup, unfortunately, this group is a proof what you've described goes both
ways.


No different than anything else in life. Filter the bull**** and move on. I
still continue to learn from the few pros here and for that I'm grateful.

Poly

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Murray wrote: "

It will be interesting to see how you behave when you need someone's assistance in life.

If (when) you are ignored, that's Karma. "


AMEN!

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geoff wrote:

On 17/10/2015 10:14 a.m., wrote:
I live in NYC. When a stranger talks to me because they need
someone to talk to, or they need a response to validate their
existance and make themselves feel 'real'. I ignore them and walk
away.

They never persist. They go somewhere else.

OF COURSE, if I foolishly DO talk to them, they will continue to
engage me any way they can, for as long as they can. The words
mean nothing to them. The human engagement is what they want.

Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.


Which is why New Yorkers are famous worldwide for being so friendly,
concerned, helpful, approachable, outgoing, and caring people ;-)

geoff


I'm as friendly as the next guy but I quickly recognize when
someone is wasting my time on purpose. Yuk. There are other
things going on.

[Luxey]

недеља, 18. октобар 2015. 10.31.31 UTC+2, Murray је напи�ао/ла:
Their desperate neediness is sad, but it's not my problem.

It will be interesting to see how you behave when you need someone's assistance in life.

If (when) you are ignored, that's Karma.

When I hhave a problem, or a need, the first thing I take care of is not to
bother random bypassers, then search for educated in the matter and
actually act according to their advice, or not, but still trying not to bother
them any further.
Helping someone in need is one thing, placing yourseflf in potentialy
unpleasant situation, without possible benefit for either party, is
quite another.