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ismnotwasm

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4. This is true

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:11 AM

Apr 2013

I walk fast, head up and give a chin tilt nod to any body who even looks at me and sets off my creepdar.

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Study Suggests Attackers Choose Victims Based on the Way They Walk [View all] arely staircase Apr 2013 OP

Makes sense, I walk fast even by Boston standards Warpy Apr 2013 #1

So do I, but then again I am a transplanted New Yorker and even smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #8

This is something you instinctively learn growing up in the inner city BainsBane Apr 2013 #2

This is true ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #4

I walk with purpose but not hurriedly. BainsBane Apr 2013 #5

I would argue that most people have that sense ... surrealAmerican Apr 2013 #9

Makes sense. silverweb Apr 2013 #3

Walk like a dominant predator, or an armed psychopath, and they'll move away. leveymg Apr 2013 #6

You can also stay safe if you talk like a Russian. . . Journeyman Apr 2013 #7

This is a good thread. I like it a lot. (that's the best I can do at 8 AM!) nt raccoon Apr 2013 #10

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