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>It’s unsafe for me to react authentically to anyone. Not sure if that's a problem of our society or of the individuals themselves. I feel like we have extreme
by Kenji 10y ago
>It’s unsafe for me to react authentically to anyone.
Not sure if that's a problem of our society or of the individuals themselves. I feel like we have extremely low tolerance for nonstandard behaviour.
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- HarryHirsch 10y agoCompared to other nations, I find Americans extremely standardized. It must be the repressive schooling combined with the extremely regimented college experience. They have a great need to belong.
- maxerickson 10y agoHigher education attainment isn't uniform and is thus unlikely to be a particularly large factor in uniformity. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p20-578.pdf https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio... (even among young people less than half the population has an associates degree or more)
- thatcat 10y agoThe intellectual community has its own standards and protocols that mostly homogenous and are an extension of the us high schools standards.
- oneplane 10y agoThe 'how are you doing' you always seem to get from total strangers always baffles me when I visit that country. Whats, worse, it's not a real question, but just a protocol that demands the "I'm fine, thank you" type of answer in all cases. Neither party gets anything out of it, and instead of being some sort of prelude/preamble it's just something on it's own with no use whatsoever.
- paulryanrogers 10y agoThis had bothered me in the past despite growing up in a culture that demands it. Yet many things in language are far removed from their original intent, and we accept them (i.e. irregular verbs). Personally I try to use less invasive openers, or at least take a moment to genuinely respond with how I feel at the time.