That’s the good shit.
If someone asks you a question your answer is always “no.”
“Do you know the time?” “No”
“Do you want a free bottle of designer perfume?” “No”
“Can I ask you a question?” “No”
“Do you want to help starving children?” “No”
“My name is James, what’s your name?” “No”
There’s no upside to interacting with people on the street. Don’t be polite because they’ll use it against you.
When someone stopped me to ask if they could ask something, I used to say yes because I always thought, maybe they need directions or something. After moving to the city I quickly learned to stop doing that and to either ignore people or to give an excuse and keep on walking. It has happened exactly one time that someone actually needed my help getting somewhere - every other time they just ask for money.
“Do you have drugs?” “No” “Okay you are innocent.” “No” “Want money?” “No” It always works and agree with them
After a few years of Living downtown in a not great city my automatic on the street response has become a short “Fuck off bud”
I’ve never been followed after saying it, Only after trying to not be a bitch.
Always look both sides before crossing the road, if you wear headphones take one phone off before crossing too.
Crossing red lights is fine, but make sure you have time to safely get to the other side before a car comes, if your tired just play it safe and wait for the light to change.
When it’s raining try to stay away from poodles on the road, or drivers will just splash you with water.
Be aware of dog poo on the floor.
And bikes and electric scooters on the sidewalks, almost got ran over them several times, they are supposed to use the road.
I hate getting splashed with a poodle. Takes forever to get the blood and fur out of my hair
Wink often to let people know you’re not hungry, appear confident during your constitutional to convey a sense of community, and only fart with the wind never against it.
Don’t look tough, look crazy. People don’t bother me in the street. It’s because I dress like a hobo and mutter / silently move my lips talking to myself while walking down the sidewalk. If they do manage to get me to make eye contact, it’s intense enough they wish they hadn’t. A wallet and groping my ass aren’t worth losing an eyeball or testicle to what looks like a tweaker.
If you did that in my town you’d be on the local crime watch group and be called a drug addict and have your local image tarnished
just saying all your thoughts outload is a fantastic way to keep people away from you, also acts as a sort of…humility check for yourself and as a socrates check for everyone else
Never give the money before you have the stuff in your hand, and can confirm that it is, indeed, the good stuff.
Don’t get into fights of any kind. Nobody comes out the winner, just losers.
Honor, Street Cred, Respect, whatever. None of that is worth injuries and the bills from the hospital or getting involved with the police over.
Don’t put a climbing rope on asphalt the oils will mess it up.
I remember hearing about this, so I tend to avoid yardsaling my climbing gear all over the parking lot. But at the same time, I don’t really worry about it. If leaving nylon on asphalt actually caused a strength reduction to the point where the gear would fail, we’d hear about a lot more climbing deaths due to snapped ropes - which we don’t.
The don’t survive to tell the tale.
I assume this is a joke, but people don’t just die and disappear off the face of the earth. When someone dies in a climbing accident, people find out, and the death is documented in climbing accident journals.
Maybe Big Rope is silencing people.
Late hours, on long stretches of road and away from intersections, walk down the centre of a street.
You have better line of sight, fewer blind corners, and you should be picked up by cameras. As long as you’re not intoxicated, you can also tell when someone or something approaches better.
Also a good pocket light with focus options. You can light the way with it, or blind anything temporarily. If built well, it can reinforce your fist, and you can hammer strike.
Don’t stop or talk when people are trying to talk to you in a public place, especially if you’re in a foreign country.
If you’re out walking late at night, having bigger dogs help. Ain’t nobody gonna come up to me looking for trouble if they see me walking a couple big pit mixes.
Throw them off their rhythm.
If you really need a pee and can’t somewhere to go, put your hand in a bowl of warm water.
If your arm falls asleep, put water on it it’ll wake it up
Always look at both sides before you start crossing the road.
This applies to one way roads too.
Even interstates?
No, the advice there is to not cross them at all unless on a different elevation.
Like shrooms?
Especially 1 way roads, if someone’s not paying enough attention to see a no entry sign they aren’t paying enough attention to see you
Street smart
