>>118059you misunderstand. We're young people, and therefore, in relation to other people we'll all be viewed as pretentious to someone, so never defend yourself from this accusation. Diffuse it.
(also, most people that claim to be modest, smart, good at something, aren't.)
Like, if you go out, right? and you have a nice backpack with clean everything, everything you need to be on the road for months at a time, a decent amount of food and water, people are going to assume you're just on vacation having a lookie-loo at the bojangles.
Mind you, im not saying people WILL, but these are destitute junkies and addicts with no home. They may feel you being there is in and of itself making fun of them. They may rob you blind and leave you by the side of the road with nothing because, one, then you're TRULY like them, and two, you have a family or friends somewhere that will bail you out and make sure you get home safe.
You know, you need to understand these things. Regardless of you're intentions, what you want to do is seriously not at all unlike a white suburban kid trying to move into a trap house in compton "just for the experience". You might fucking die.
