physco185 said:

i find it hard to trust ppl i know let alone complete strangers

there is a stranger that wants to get to ...lets say know me better...

i just know it will end in disaster, as everything else has 4 me

A stranger wants to get to know you better? Like meet you?

In my opinion they won't be a stranger when you've met them and got to know them properly.

Have you already met them and they just want to get closer? Then get to know them a little more and see how it goes.

Or if we're talking about online strangers.... always keep your guard up.

All of the orgers i've met IRL have been just as lovely as they are here. But i'm sure that there are some who aren't quite as lovely IRL as they are here.

Cerebus said:

I don't trust anything that breathes and moves unless it gives me a damn good reason to do so.

Thank you.

I hardly trust family, let alone strangers.

There's ONLY one person in my life that I truly trust, and I wouldn't even burden him with everything that goes around in my mind.

Its a big a responsibility, thats why I don't want most of my loved ones to confide in me either.

Mach said:

I trust myself ... my intuition, my gut

Yes ... I trust some strangers

Thats a courage I hope I develop in the future. Near hopefully.

BlackAdder7 said:

whistle said:

i think the Org might be one of the least secretive areas of society

I swear, no one knows you're the brain behind wikileaks.

physco185 said:

BlackAdder7 said:

your heart should answer your own question.

i have no heart

so you are Republican!?

I should trust strangers, im married to one...:-/

Harlepolis said:

Mach said:

I trust myself ... my intuition, my gut

Yes ... I trust some strangers

Thats a courage I hope I develop in the future. Near hopefully.

For me it's a very powerful tool and something I rely on and again, something I trust

Mach said:

I trust myself ... my intuition, my gut

Yes ... I trust some strangers

same here.

RodeoSchro said:

physco185 said:

why do i always end up falling into the same shit with ppl

thinking there is hope...when only there is only bull shit

i tell myself but i never listen....DO NOT TRUST ANYONE

Try the exact opposite - always assume everyone you meet has good intentions towards you.

That's the best I advice I ever received.

That will get u KILLED.

Graycap23 said:

RodeoSchro said:

Try the exact opposite - always assume everyone you meet has good intentions towards you.

That's the best I advice I ever received.

That will get u KILLED.

i find you get back what you put out. Trust is not blindness. You can trust and be aware of things.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Graycap23 said:

That will get u KILLED.

i find you get back what you put out. Trust is not blindness. You can trust and be aware of things.

I'll agree 90% with that.

I trust them as far as I can throw them.

Graycap23 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

i find you get back what you put out. Trust is not blindness. You can trust and be aware of things.

I'll agree 90% with that.

10% caution goes a long way!

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Graycap23 said:

I'll agree 90% with that.

10% caution goes a long way!

4 sure.

Graycap23 said:

RodeoSchro said:

Try the exact opposite - always assume everyone you meet has good intentions towards you.

That's the best I advice I ever received.

That will get u KILLED.

Wait...are you saying I'm dead?!? I AM A ZOMBIE?!?!?!?

Brains, I want brains......and Charlotte.

Angelic1302 said:

I trust them as far as I can throw them.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Graycap23 said:

That will get u KILLED.

i find you get back what you put out. Trust is not blindness. You can trust and be aware of things.

I think that's what RodeoSchro was saying in effect, and I agree with both of you.

I have a relative who thinks everyone has an angle, then wonders why no one bothers to do anything for them.

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error, I ment to say Rodeoschro not Graycap

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Mach said:

I trust myself ... my intuition, my gut

Yes ... I trust some strangers

RodeoSchro said:

Graycap23 said:

That will get u KILLED.

Wait...are you saying I'm dead?!? I AM A ZOMBIE?!?!?!?

Brains, I want brains......and Charlotte.

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

XxAxX said:

RodeoSchro said:

Wait...are you saying I'm dead?!? I AM A ZOMBIE?!?!?!?

Brains, I want brains......and Charlotte.

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

.......and in real life.

ZombieKitten said:

strangers are just friends you never met yet!

most of them are a lot nicer than the people you already know

"I can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend"

Graycap23 said:

XxAxX said:

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

.......and in real life.

that too

XxAxX said:

RodeoSchro said:

Wait...are you saying I'm dead?!? I AM A ZOMBIE?!?!?!?

Brains, I want brains......and Charlotte.

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

makes me miss the good old days where if you could get someone to send you an IM you could find out where they live (down to a few houses. you could back track them to about 1/8 of a city block! it was scary)

it also worked for some emails and on some web sites too.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

XxAxX said:

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

makes me miss the good old days where if you could get someone to send you an IM you could find out where they live (down to a few houses. you could back track them to about 1/8 of a city block! it was scary)

it also worked for some emails and on some web sites too.

you still can

Graycap23 said:

XxAxX said:

settle for good advice instead: be careful who you trust on the internet

.......and in real life.

You guys are maybe not getting what I'm saying.

I am NOT saying everyone has good intentions. I'm saying that I assume everyone I meet DOES have good intentions towards me - WHEN I MEET THEM.

Now, they might dispel that notion one second after we've met, or one year after we've met. And I'm surely not going to give my bank account password and credit card number just because I met them.

But I APPROACH everyone with the assumption that they do not want to hurt me. 99.99% of the people I meet don't want to hurt me, either.

And I've been around long enough to pretty much knock off the .01% of jerks out there pretty fast, so they become the exception rather than the rule.

If you're running around assuming that everyone you meet wants to kill you or rob you blind, you're going to be right maybe 1% of the time, which means you've cast away many people in that other 99% that could have fulfilled your life in some meaningful way.

XxAxX said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

makes me miss the good old days where if you could get someone to send you an IM you could find out where they live (down to a few houses. you could back track them to about 1/8 of a city block! it was scary)

it also worked for some emails and on some web sites too.

you still can

shhhh (i put it in past tense for a reason.)

RodeoSchro said:

Graycap23 said:

.......and in real life.

You guys are maybe not getting what I'm saying.

I am NOT saying everyone has good intentions. I'm saying that I assume everyone I meet DOES have good intentions towards me - WHEN I MEET THEM.

Now, they might dispel that notion one second after we've met, or one year after we've met. And I'm surely not going to give my bank account password and credit card number just because I met them.

But I APPROACH everyone with the assumption that they do not want to hurt me. 99.99% of the people I meet don't want to hurt me, either.

And I've been around long enough to pretty much knock off the .01% of jerks out there pretty fast, so they become the exception rather than the rule.

If you're running around assuming that everyone you meet wants to kill you or rob you blind, you're going to be right maybe 1% of the time, which means you've cast away many people in that other 99% that could have fulfilled your life in some meaningful way.

no. i DO understand. i gave someone here at the ORG the benefit of the doubt, provided enough information to reveal myself. although he did tell me (and i beleived him) that he would not use the info to stalk me, he most certainly did, in a truly nasty way. so, i get where you are coming from but you should understand that a trusting approach did me real harm

XxAxX said:

RodeoSchro said:

You guys are maybe not getting what I'm saying.

I am NOT saying everyone has good intentions. I'm saying that I assume everyone I meet DOES have good intentions towards me - WHEN I MEET THEM.

Now, they might dispel that notion one second after we've met, or one year after we've met. And I'm surely not going to give my bank account password and credit card number just because I met them.

But I APPROACH everyone with the assumption that they do not want to hurt me. 99.99% of the people I meet don't want to hurt me, either.

And I've been around long enough to pretty much knock off the .01% of jerks out there pretty fast, so they become the exception rather than the rule.

If you're running around assuming that everyone you meet wants to kill you or rob you blind, you're going to be right maybe 1% of the time, which means you've cast away many people in that other 99% that could have fulfilled your life in some meaningful way.

no. i DO understand. i gave someone here at the ORG the benefit of the doubt, provided enough information to reveal myself. although he did tell me (and i beleived him) that he would not use the info to stalk me, he most certainly did, in a truly nasty way. so, i get where you are coming from but you should understand that a trusting approach did me real harm

many of us do that. it takes a surprisingly little bit of info,

OnlyNDaUsa said:

XxAxX said:

no. i DO understand. i gave someone here at the ORG the benefit of the doubt, provided enough information to reveal myself. although he did tell me (and i beleived him) that he would not use the info to stalk me, he most certainly did, in a truly nasty way. so, i get where you are coming from but you should understand that a trusting approach did me real harm

many of us do that. it takes a surprisingly little bit of info,

i realize this. i don't usually reveal information about myself, and won't in the future, due to this experience

XxAxX said:

RodeoSchro said:

You guys are maybe not getting what I'm saying.

I am NOT saying everyone has good intentions. I'm saying that I assume everyone I meet DOES have good intentions towards me - WHEN I MEET THEM.

Now, they might dispel that notion one second after we've met, or one year after we've met. And I'm surely not going to give my bank account password and credit card number just because I met them.

But I APPROACH everyone with the assumption that they do not want to hurt me. 99.99% of the people I meet don't want to hurt me, either.

And I've been around long enough to pretty much knock off the .01% of jerks out there pretty fast, so they become the exception rather than the rule.

If you're running around assuming that everyone you meet wants to kill you or rob you blind, you're going to be right maybe 1% of the time, which means you've cast away many people in that other 99% that could have fulfilled your life in some meaningful way.

no. i DO understand. i gave someone here at the ORG the benefit of the doubt, provided enough information to reveal myself. although he did tell me (and i beleived him) that he would not use the info to stalk me, he most certainly did, in a truly nasty way. so, i get where you are coming from but you should understand that a trusting approach did me real harm

That's a bummer. I guess I'm old, but I didn't clarify that when I said "meet" I meant "in person".

I don't use the same phlosophy on the internet, because you don't really "meet" anyone.