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Anonymous
recently I toyed with the idea of traveling cross country hitch hiking mostly just for the hell of it.

40 years ago I imagine this not that bad of an idea.

but how crazy is this nowa days?
>> Anonymous
Knew a guy who did it and he said he was fine except for a good amount of sketch times. He also said he had very few clothes and very few opportunities to wash them, so by the time he was done with the trip his pants were so greasy that they are STILL greasy.

Honestly in this day and age, I wouldn't personally suggest it. Rather, save up enough to buy a cheap-ass car, leftover for gas and food, and trek it yourself.
>> Anonymous
>>268
Buy a gun if you try this. Seriously. Some people are alright but there's the chance you'll get in a car with a freak. I did this back in the 90's and had to jump out a moving truck going down the highway when the guy in it pulled a knife on me.
>> Anonymous
It;s also worth mentioning it's against the law, and if the highway patrol sees you they can fine you.
>> Anonymous
>>276
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Canada if I found out that a hitchhiker had a gun I'd assume he was a criminal or out to hijack me and I'd be calling the police ASAP.
>> Anonymous
>>305
Thats why you keep it hidden and if someone trys some funny shit you pull it out and get them to stop the car.
>> Anonymous
>>274

>Honestly in this day and age, I wouldn't personally suggest it. Rather, save up enough to buy a cheap-ass car, leftover for gas and food, and trek it yourself.

Agreed, people are paranoid these days of picking up hitch hikers, I think you might actually struggle just getting a lift. Especially if you're a guy.
>> Anonymous
you're probably better off walking.
>> Anonymous
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I guess it's not THAT crazy nowadays...
>> Anonymous
Hitch hiking? No, dude.. bad idea.

So do what>>274said and buy a cheap car.. then you can travel like that.

I wouldn't recommend hitch hiking.. you never know who you'll be dealing with.
>> Anonymous
If you're really set on it, it might even be better if you could get someone to go with you. Having a buddy would be 100x better than going alone even when it's probably not a good idea to go at all.
>> Anonymous
okay so my dad hitchhiked cross country a few times and this one time (i forget where he was) he got in the car with these two guys, and they had him sit up front with him cause they said "Ms. Jones is in the back." And there was like a person lying across the backseat and all he could see was her shoes. The person was under a sheet and she wasn't moving etc. Anyway so these guys are really creepy and they're driving really fast and really crazy and every once in a while one will lean across my dad to the other (he's sitting in the middle) and say "just the touch, just the touch" and the two guys would touch their fingers together and wiggle them...it's hard to explain it. idk they just made a lot of sketchy comments about "Ms. Jones" and at one point they offered him the car for free as long as he didn't tell people where he got it and he was like "oh no man that's okay I'm fine" and he was scared out of his mind...finally he convinced them he had to take a shit so they brought him over to a restaurant and he was really scared getting out of the car cause he thought they'd run over him as he was walking either in front of the car or behind it...anyway he went into the restaurant and called the cops
he didn't stop hitchhiking after that though lol
>> Anonymous
>>386
she was probably just sleeping, don't worry about it.
>> Anonymous
>>402
not with the way they were driving.
he said she was even too limp to just be asleep
>> Anonymous
i used to let hitchikers ride all the time in the bed of my truck. no fear of a knife at your belly/throat. oddest one was a group of germans that couldn't understand when i said i was going to be leaving the main highways. they wanted to keep going all the way. i dropped em off at a dinky gas station in a sleepy town and they gave me a few grams of shitty weed.
>> Anonymous
>>350
I'd feel terrible after I died, for roping in one of my pals into my own crazy adventure.

but I would get so lonely I'd go insane and do things like "just the touch, just the touch"