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by benchmark 5713 days ago
"This just means you're constantly asking people to give you things."

Not necessarily. How often have we seen people not offer assistance to a needy stranger? Or pay someone a compliment? Or say hello to a complete stranger? We don't because we might not get a response we expect.

Rejection attempts should always be a win/win, or at the very least completely harmless, and Jason demonstrated that.