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.
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.
“Do you have drugs?” “No” “Okay you are innocent.” “No” “Want money?” “No” It always works and agree with them
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.
That’s the good shit.
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.
If you really need a pee and can’t somewhere to go, put your hand in a bowl of warm water.
Never go to a secondary location.
ELI5 please…
It’s from the “street smarts” John Mulaney comedy bit, but in all seriousness—
If an attacker insists on transporting you away from where the initial attack occurred, you are going to die. Fight back like your life depends on it, because it does.
In the United States, the most common street name is second Street. That’s because some municipalities have first Street and some municipalities have main Street.
That’s a fun fact, ty
If someone asks you where you’re from say “nowhere”
“brass city” as you spit near their shoes is good too!
I normally say I’m from Pain-Town and offer to give them a tour if they keep being nosey
“Don’t worry about it.”
This actually works for a lot of questions.
“Don’t worry about it.”
That is a very different response to that question and one that could very well escalate the situation.
The correct answer is: “nowhere”
Always look at both sides before you start crossing the road.
This applies to one way roads too.
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
Even interstates?
No, the advice there is to not cross them at all unless on a different elevation.
Like shrooms?
Street smart
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 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.
Walk with a purpose.
Keep eye contact to a minimum.
Use mirror, reflections and shadows to tell movement without looking directly at it.
Don’t use headphones, you need your senses.
Don’t listen to strangers.
Trust your gut.
If you want people to move out of your way when walking, look over their heads or behind them. That unconsciously signals other walkers to move.
If your arm falls asleep, put water on it it’ll wake it up
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.
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.
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
