Originally Posted by
Normie
Yeah, that's fine. By that time you are no longer a complete "stranger."
You need to say "hello, how do you do, what's the weather like out your way" et cetera before you start in with "So in regard to your lack of gems that's bringing us all down...."
Basically, people interpret unsolicited advice/criticism from a stranger as an assault, and react in one of three ways:
(1) Ignore it/take it in silence and hope it goes away (the "mature" response),
(2) Feel shitty about being berated by a stranger (more of a female response),
(3) Respond aggressively (typical 18-30 yo male response).
They never, ever (4) Have an epiphany and feel instant gratitude toward the advice-giver.
It doesn't matter whether your advice is 100% correct. Not a bit.