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WhtvrCms2Mnd t1_ixeh9jp wrote

Is it rude to pretend to be deaf? In all seriousness. Don’t want to offend, but there has to be a full zero tolerance/shut down any engagement way to respond…

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celj1234 t1_ixehzcn wrote

You don’t have to do that. Just keep walking and don’t make eye contact

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WhtvrCms2Mnd t1_ixej3dp wrote

Yeah. I’ve got some PTSD issues and really shut down when people are aggressive with me. I do know some ASL (still learning) and would love to use it to disengage from random street confrontations (but I appreciate that it would just be/come across disrespectful). I just imagine if some large person was aggressive with me/tried to grab at, corner or chase me down I’d have a melt down real quick.

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