As someone who briefly lived in NYC if anyone for any reason at all tries to stop you for conversation, Do. Not. Engage. Headphones in, never make eye contact, and never stop moving. Anyone who doesn’t behave that way is a tourist, a cop, crazy, or a mark. None of which you want to be. So this is already self-selecting for people you don’t want to interact with
Do we have an equivalent of r/thattotallyhappened or whatever that sub was called?
I had to look this one up and it turns out Leon Chang is a comedian. And is also the one posting it
Normally I’m with you, but I won’t deny this one happened. There are two different reasons though.
As someone who briefly lived in NYC if anyone for any reason at all tries to stop you for conversation, Do. Not. Engage. Headphones in, never make eye contact, and never stop moving. Anyone who doesn’t behave that way is a tourist, a cop, crazy, or a mark. None of which you want to be. So this is already self-selecting for people you don’t want to interact with
Whats a mark?
Someone easily scammed