• @AA5B
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    9 days ago

    Hear hear! As a bigger guy with a faster pace, I have yet to find a way that doesn’t make everyone uncomfortable while also making me frustrated as hell because I can’t walk at my own pace.

    Even worse, I’m probably walking with my dog, who likes an even faster pace, and she’s a rescue who looks scary and isn’t yet well behaved

    • @ChexMax
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      78 days ago

      Wear a reflective vest. It makes it obvious you’re just trying to safely walk your dog, makes you less likely to be hit by a car and signals safety because dangerous people don’t usually want to be conspicuous

    • @papalonian
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      79 days ago

      If it makes you feel any better, a large person walking with a scary dog seems much less likely to be a psychopath than just a large person by themselves (to me, at least).

      Obviously not to say that large people are psychopaths 😂 just that someone with an animal they’re caring for doesn’t strike me as someone who is going to attack me.

      • @AA5B
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        27 days ago

        That would be hilarious …. I’m not sure I remember how.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 days ago

          Step 1: braid your hair. Two braids to the sides or two pigtails, either works

          Step 2: get one of those big swirly lollies

          Step 3: ba-dee ba-daa

          Left- right – air time – right-left – air time

    • @Eranziel
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      28 days ago

      I think (as a white dude, so take your grains of salt as you please) that a dog would make you less threatening. Makes it clearer what you’re up to, and people bringing their dogs along to mug or rape someone is exceedingly rare.