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This is not the Swedish norm, this is Stockholm culture. Go to a small village and walk around pretending that other people are invisable, and you will have the
by progre 5y ago
This is not the Swedish norm, this is Stockholm culture. Go to a small village and walk around pretending that other people are invisable, and you will have the police called on you for acting like a psyco.
Edit: In fact, people pretending that others are invisable are the easiest way to spot the outsiders who only come here to steal our outboard motors
- null_object 5y agoI'm always hesitant to get into these types of discussions on HN, as I find that some people are quite defensive about sweeping 'national characteristics' (and in many ways, quite rightly so), and of course there are exceptions and gradations of severity, but having lived here in Sweden for slightly over 20 years, and having lived in Stockholm but also spent long periods of time in the family and friends' towns and villages, I'd say that even though the behavioral pattern is most acute in Stockholm, even outside in the countryside or in small towns the contrast to other countries I've lived in or visited is very great.