RaivoKulli

RIP Mr. Hands

Me too, but I just leave the butter knife on a plate to begin with. Doesn’t seem necessary to (almost) always get a new one

I generally don’t chitchat with strangers. It doesn’t cost anything in that situation not to talk, there’s no negative to it.

But that’s not how it would go in a situation where you just don’t make conversation. Or are you thinking they really want to have a conversation with you and are just thinking “oh gosh I’m so bummed that random person didn’t talk to me”? I don’t understand

I wouldn’t gamble on someone else’s money since it is not my money to gamble on. It should be up to them imo.

It’s like gambling on someone else’s money. You could do nothing and the situation stays the same, or you could run the risk of losing their money. You feel the odds are good so you go for it, I would feel shit about losing their money just because I wanted to gamble so I don’t do it. And they can gamble on their own too if they want to, it’s not like by not gambling on their behalf you’re preventing them from gambling.

I never said I was doing this “because I wanted to gamble.” I’m doing this because I believe that the chances are quite good at having a positive outcome for both me, and the person I’m interacting with. I additionally believe that the chances of a negative outcome are exceptionally low.

You’re describing gambling…

I’m not ignoring possibility of good things. I just don’t think it’s worth gambling that there’s a negative outcome. If you don’t do anything it won’t cause anything negative and they’re still free ro talk to you. I just wouldn’t want to risk causing someones day to be shittier because I wanted to gamble.

I don’t want to make anyone’s day worse. Gambling on someone else’s feelings just seems icky to me.

So you’re just gambling on their feelings, did I understand that correctly?

Oh you mean UTC?

I knew this was due to DEI!

The blog post seems very readable to me

I don’t get how the articles “back you up” in this point

You’re almost insisting on talking to the people on a situation you know might negatively affect them and where they are stuck in the situation and that just seems odd.

What do the articles have to do with that?

You havent really addressed it propeely imo. I just don’t understand the mindset.

Well you won’t negatively affect them by not interacting with them. They are still free to talk to you, after all. The implication is a good one because they don’t know what sort of creep or angry person you might be and how you would react to rejection. You’re almost insisting on talking to the people on a situation you know might negatively affect them and where they are stuck in the situation and that just seems odd.

You won’t cause anything negative by just chilling during the flight. Meanwhile, by trying to connect, you might make someone’s travel worse. So if you value the fellow passengers, best move is not to risk it, at least not on the plane. Otherwise you’re just gambling with their mood, which seems a bit shitty.

It just seems a bit selfish to try and “connect” in a sotuation where they can’t leave. I get that it is your thing but at least on a plane it would be bettee to just chill for the duration of it. After all nothing negative about that, they might try to connect with you if they’re up for it

You agreed that you never know how the situation goes. And I’m guessing we agree that people are stuck in planes. So why risk it, if you’re going to potentially be making the situation suck for the other person, I’m wondering

A lot of people pretend so as not to seem rude. Also you never know how the other person will react otherwise.

I know you find enjoyment in it, I’m just saying that planes and such places where people are stuck with you are pretty risky.

I see. To me it seemed like you might have forgot what you said earlier