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Mid-80's, me and a few of my friends got over 600 miles of rides mostly in the back of pickups after working a summer in AK. We'd split into pairs and meet up at a designated town. No cell phones back then, just look or wait for the other pair to show up on the side of the road. We were just 19-20 at the time, so not very scary looking. After that summer, I wound up giving rides to hitchhikers who may not have looked upstanding, but appreciated the lift.

I guess I could've made this an AskPoal question instead: Can you trust strangers not to murder you?

Mid-80's, me and a few of my friends got over 600 miles of rides mostly in the back of pickups after working a summer in AK. We'd split into pairs and meet up at a designated town. No cell phones back then, just look or wait for the other pair to show up on the side of the road. We were just 19-20 at the time, so not very scary looking. After that summer, I wound up giving rides to hitchhikers who may not have looked upstanding, but appreciated the lift. I guess I could've made this an AskPoal question instead: Can you trust strangers not to murder you?

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It is less common, so are many other typical high social trust activities. Letting kids play in the neighborhood unsupervised, hitchhiking… I think tv gaslighting how terrible and dangerous everything is, and the rise of multiculturalism (less aligned values and more violent cultures) play in. I’ve done it, and I e licked people up, no problem was ever had. I’m far far away at the moment, and now it’s a daily occurrence that I give someone a ride, total strangers that don’t speak the same language as me. Neither the media nor Africans are a part of society here…

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"I’ve done it, and I e licked people up" how did they taste?

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Shit. Goddamn mobile autocorrect. That’s ducking gay.