I have started many conversations with strangers who do, wear, say things that attract my attention. So far it has been a positive experience........

It's not been a problem and I enjoy these encounters greatly.

I have absolutely no issues in meeting and talking to strangers. One of the activities I enjoy doing while camping, is walking the campground and talking to campers and getting a bit of their stories. I will introduce myself to a strange woman to see if she might be receptive to getting acquainted, and it is about 50/50.

Never been a problem. I enjoy talking to people I' ve not met before. It's fun.

I’m a very private person. Also, speaking from the point of view of a person with very high levels of social anxiety I avoid eye contact let alone conversation with strangers. It has absolutely nothing to do with prejudice by any means. Except that most people are generally awful ?

I usually talk to people pretty easily, stranger or not, depending on the mood I'm in.

It’s my social anxiety that keeps me from talking to people I don’t know ?

I've always seen strangers as friends I haven't met yet. After the first encounter, the picture is developed and the details emerge. Before that time, they are merely unknown friends.

I actually talk to strangers often, much to the embarrassment of my daughters.

Hell, I talk to about anybody & everybody. The supermarket, waiting rooms, waiting for a light to change,...you never know when a conversation will teach you something or find you a new friend! I just a few hours ago had a half-hour conversation with two JW's on my front porch! I didn't get aggressive or insulting, tho I did state my case. Right from the get I said I was an active atheist that had read the bible! I listened as much as I spoke (as hard as that might be to believe!!!). I always want to leave folks with a smile rather than a frown, even if my chronic pain is raging, I know it's not their fault! I will never write the 'Great American Novel', or achieve world peace, but I can leave folks feeling a little better when I depart (no smarmy comments to that, please, LOL!) I tease & talk with all the staff at my local supermarket all the time, & even if they weren't before, they are usually smiling after we interact. My little contribution to try & make the world a better place! Better than nothing, anyway!

It depends on a load of variables, whether I've had my morning coffee being an important one, but sure I'll say something, usually in a humerous vein, rather than just being in a vertical coma

It depends on my mood at the time. I do most of the time without being based on any preconceived notions.