Quote Originally Posted by Jelly View Post
Yeah this is pretty much the case here. Get attacked in public, and your only hope is to single out a friendly face and specifically ask them for help. In a public area, people feel that responsibility is diffused amongst the crowd of people, so they'll watch something horrible take place, but won't want to do anything about it because nobody else is. When you single out a person, all the responsibility collapses on them and you're much more likely to get help.
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