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by ErroneousBosh11 hours ago |
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upvoteby throwaway203753 minutes ago|
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    > It takes about an hour to walk the mile or so back from school because he's got to talk to all the old guys and ask how they're doing.
Wow, this really pushes back against the all might HN narrative that the world is now too dangerous to allow this. You have found a real gem of living. My guess: The farmers are probably all too happy to have a young curious lad to talk with a few times a week!
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upvoteby SyneRyder10 hours ago|
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That's strange to me that you mention London as being similar to Glasgow. I've not had the chance to visit either, but my go-to on this topic has always been this faux news story on the Mash Report:

Northener Terrifies Londoners By Saying "Hello"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YxLiLFjYKc

I hadn't noticed it before, but they even specifically mention the use of headphones as a defense mechanism near the end.

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upvoteby __alias10 hours ago|
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Yeah the most unbelievable part of this is people randomly chatting in London.

I live in London, and I remember flying to Ireland at some point, and I was seated next to an Irish lady returning home from holiday who sparked up a conversation.

My initial reaction was "Why the fuck are you talking to me?" because I had lived in London so long I was thrown off by a random person sparking conversation. But turns out she was just a lovely Irish lady flying from from holiday

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upvoteby ErroneousBosh9 hours ago|
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Maybe it depends on where you are and the cultural makeup of the part of London you're in, then?

As an aside, I used to work for the company in Glasgow that build The Daily Mash's website before they got all into the ad-heavy money-at-all-costs thing. It used to be much better and the guys behind are actually pretty decent.

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