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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Is there any large city where people would have responded? I don't think anyone would clap in NYC, because people who ask you to do things in public are usually mentally ill, want your money, or both, and so the normal thing to do is to pretend they don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago

Many people make exceptions for children in these instances.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the Subway in Glasgow would have a moderate chance of at least some people clapping.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but only because they're pissed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I endeavor to be the person who claps his hands when a kid says it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

In Berlin people might