Machinery Camera Hypothesis

It's true!
Taking pictures is a great conversation starter. Based on a sample of 4 exchanges, I hypothesize that guys are likely to talk to you if you are taking pictures of heavy machinery with a cool camera. Trains work best. At the very least, the train crew will toot at you.

No grown men talked to me when I was drawing pictures of trees. Once when I was writing in Central Park, this weird-Euro guy came up and asked me if I liked "the poetry of Maya Angeloooo." That's no good. It's got to be taking pictures of machines with a cool camera.

Perhaps one day, this scientific discovery will lead to loving.