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04-13-2014, 10:38 AM
I would love to say this has only and will only ever happen in NYC but soon these will be everywhere.
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04-13-2014, 11:03 AM
If this is legit, its incredibly Orwellian.
This is just another way to keep people from communicating with one another, may as well just build individual rat/mouse tubes for us to walk around in.
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04-13-2014, 11:07 AM
How about "Please do not ramble psychotically"? I encountered that on the subway at least every few weeks, and it made passengers uncomfortable.
Or these signs are some hipster art project.
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04-13-2014, 11:10 AM
In the south, you smile and wave at strangers.
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04-13-2014, 11:12 AM
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04-13-2014, 11:16 AM
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04-13-2014, 11:21 AM
New mayor DeBlasio off to a rocking start...threatening to raise taxes, reducing police presence, couldn't get the snow plowed effectively this winter from what I was told.
I wonder if his 'ex-lesbian', Wellesley College-educated wife was behind this?)) We all know how bad 'stare-rape' is these days....
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04-13-2014, 11:22 AM
In my home country ( Senegal), people can easily start conversations in public transportation, without any problem.
I think the main difference is that the West is more centered towards the individual, as opposed to African countries, at least the Black African ones.
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04-13-2014, 11:26 AM
Quote: (04-13-2014 11:10 AM)JoyStick Wrote:
In the south, you smile and wave at strangers.
indeed, and that is why I love it here. What used to be 'backward values' are now the last bastions of everyday social interaction.
Someone smiling at someone else must be paying attention to the world around them instead of staring down at their phone.
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04-13-2014, 11:28 AM
Govt will make all the usual excuses "This will reduce street harassment" "Women will feel safer" all BS.
Next it will be eye contact as a form of aggression, then holding hand with someone/or your child is a form of abduction.
And as Parlay just said, its classic divide and conquer....and the scary thing is, it will become normalized within a few months especially in a busy and bustling city like Manhattan where people are too stressed out.
Could see this sort of thing being implemented in London, as it shares a similar mentality to NY.
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04-13-2014, 11:38 AM
Dude are you guys so naive to think that this sign is genuine?
Come on man, that is some art project.
Actually the message is exactly the opposite - why not smile at strangers? The sign is supposed to be ironic.
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04-13-2014, 11:40 AM
I agree this comes across as a shot at irony.
Breaking people out of their bubble with a bit of self-awareness.
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04-13-2014, 11:41 AM
Quote: (04-13-2014 11:38 AM)Ice Wrote:
Dude are you guys so naive to think that this sign is genuine?
Come on man, that is some art project.
Actually the message is exactly the opposite - why not smile at strangers? The sign is supposed to be ironic.
you sir, have an optimism that I envy.
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04-13-2014, 05:25 PM
Kinda funny. Gets people talking at least.
I'm sure this isn't some Orwellian-feminist future dawning upon us LOL.
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04-13-2014, 06:01 PM
I always got a bunch of smiles from the guys when I went to the Walmart next to my apartment. It made me uncomfortable and self conscious! I always wamted to ask whats so funny! What are you smiling at! I figured it was just southern hospitality or they were gay. Probably.
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04-13-2014, 09:47 PM
Check out this article about the #stoptellingwomentosmile project.
Probably deserves it's own thread. These misanthropic bitches are trying to shut down day gaming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/arts/d...orgia.html
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