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Hailing a taxi can look a lot like you're looking for a high five.
Sep 27, 2009 1:51 PM
Re: High Five New York City
Pretty awesome the range of reaction. From amusement to anger. But I think the worst is when there is no reaction at all. To me that says they are either just so frozen with fear of interacting with something foreign, or they are mindless sheep and would do anything to avoid a change of the norm.
Be happy, get angry, do anything, but don't just keep your head down and try to pretend it didn't happen. That's the absolute worst to me.
Be happy, get angry, do anything, but don't just keep your head down and try to pretend it didn't happen. That's the absolute worst to me.
By: ltgalloway
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Have you lived in NYC? Not to be rude, but have you? Lots of people have, and they react differently to it.
I am really surprised there weren't more "fuck yous" as a result of people feeling threatened. That shit is funny (to me), but really against the rules.
When I lived there, I felt like I was always within 14 feet of another human being, even when I was asleep. I developed a strange sense of privacy there. Instead of space, you have make-believe blinders on. In California, we have cars--they don't have them in NYC. It was really rough getting used to that for me.
I learned to ignore other people as a polite sort of thing. I didn't expect interactions with people out of context--that's the whole reason people do this sort of performance art shit, and sometimes it took me time to realize what was going on when things were really non sequitur-ish. It's also the reason people get really self-centered. Don't get me started about the time I saw a man pissed that the train was held up when a baby was having a seizure...
I am really surprised there weren't more "fuck yous" as a result of people feeling threatened. That shit is funny (to me), but really against the rules.
When I lived there, I felt like I was always within 14 feet of another human being, even when I was asleep. I developed a strange sense of privacy there. Instead of space, you have make-believe blinders on. In California, we have cars--they don't have them in NYC. It was really rough getting used to that for me.
I learned to ignore other people as a polite sort of thing. I didn't expect interactions with people out of context--that's the whole reason people do this sort of performance art shit, and sometimes it took me time to realize what was going on when things were really non sequitur-ish. It's also the reason people get really self-centered. Don't get me started about the time I saw a man pissed that the train was held up when a baby was having a seizure...
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That's interesting insight (I've never lived there). Thanks for sharing that info.
By: hypersapien
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And you think this closeting of yourself to human interaction is a positive thing? This is the reason I hate NYC inhabitants so much. The uncontrollable claustrophobic human interaction has numbed them to the idea of positive and friendly human interaction.
It isn't non-sequitur. It's supposed to be standard human interaction. I live in a small suburban town, and I greet everyone I pass on the street with a smile, and a hello, or at the least, the tip of my hat.
It isn't non-sequitur. It's supposed to be standard human interaction. I live in a small suburban town, and I greet everyone I pass on the street with a smile, and a hello, or at the least, the tip of my hat.
By: WhiskeyDrinker
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If you live in a place where high-fives are a standard human interaction, I think you must live in Funkytown, USA, sir. I pay tribute to you with a little stanky legg.
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Maybe that's why I like it so much... ;)
Awesome music! This clip tickled me far more than it had a right to. 5*
Awesome music! This clip tickled me far more than it had a right to. 5*
