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No offence to anyone but this is very “American”. As a European I can tell that there are absolutely some places with the same “issues”. But no, I feel free whe
by sMarsIntruder 5y ago
No offence to anyone but this is very “American”.
As a European I can tell that there are absolutely some places with the same “issues”.
But no, I feel free where I live since my peers don’t give a duck about “metrics”.
- steve_adams_86 5y agoI think what he’s describing is fairly typical of most or all humans, but I’d agree that the examples given aren’t and they do seem particularly American. Even outside of bubbles like that I see people do this quite often. It could be that the best examples of it are kids. Memetic propagation of desires is almost borg-like with them. I suspect all kids do it and it continues in many (but probably more subtle) forms into adulthood.
- Ma8ee 5y agoNot at all. We might be interested in slightly different metrics in Europe, but the difference is minimal. Maybe you and your click of friends have distinctly anti-materialistic values, but then some people can't help to casually mention how much time they idly spent most of their weekend strolling in the forest, and someone else suddenly feels a small pain of regret for wasting their weekend by reading or turning their compost.
- nicbou 5y agoIn Europe the metrics are simply different. I've seen people care a great deal about how much they travel, that score postgrads use to measure each other, how nice their flat is, and so on. We're just the same, albeit a little more debt-averse.