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That is something sorely missing in the US. People don't want to talk to someone they don't know. Or may be just not to me :)
by yalogin 10y ago
That is something sorely missing in the US. People don't want to talk to someone they don't know. Or may be just not to me :)
- jccalhoun 10y agoMaybe there's something about me then because I hate it when strangers try to talk to me on a plane or in line (I'm in the midwest of the USA so no so much train riding going on here). Maybe it is cultural, maybe it is because I'm an only child, maybe it is genetic, or some combination of all of them (probably) but this article sounds like a nightmare to me. I don't want to hear about your kids. I don't want to hear about your favorite sports team. I don't want to hear about your political views.
- bogomipz 10y agoThats patently untrue. The US is actually very big on small talk and causal chatter. You can't really make a blanket statement about a country the size of the US. New Yorkers will strike up a conversation with total stranger without thinking twice. In the deep south it would be considered rude to not say hello if you were passing someone on your block or street.
- vinay427 10y agoThis reminds me of my flight returning from San Jose, CA to the upper Midwest, my current home. Within a few moments of my choosing an aisle seat, someone (who I later found out was from my hometown) joined me in the neighboring middle seat and immediately struck up a conversation. It was about his recommendation of a book I had in my lap that he had previously read. It was then that I realized this type of occurrence hadn't happened throughout the time I was in CA, and was a welcome reminder of home. Perhaps it was just coincidence that a stranger confronted me on my flight home, but I certainly have perceived people here to be a good deal more willing to talk to strangers and seemingly less aloof.