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Hobbies and shared passions are not the only things people can bond over. You know, sometimes I need to remind myself this site has people from other cultures

• seba_dos1 2y ago
  Of course not. They just happen to be the easiest things to bond over. Yeah, you certainly do. Even your list of what "most people" share mostly doesn't apply to this white straight thirty-something mid-class guy living with his partner in the capital of an European country writing this comment to you right now. And regardless of that, it fails to be relevant in the context of OP's post - he found the lifestyles to be different enough to matter, and you come here and reply "no, you didn't".
  • GeoAtreides 2y ago
    That's not what I said, though. What I said was the lifestyles are not actual that different and to stop segregating and splintering into smaller and smaller tribes.
    • seba_dos1 2y ago
      And what I keep saying is that you're missing the point. It doesn't matter that the "lifestyle is not that different" (which is arguable), what matters is that it was different enough to make bonding and fitting in harder, which is hardly unbelievable. And yes, there absolutely is a huge variety in people's lifestyles, even within the same social classes and even when you can still find such similarities as having a roof above one's head. Ignoring it and offering "we're all the same species" instead does not bring anything valuable into the discussion and certainly won't help anyone make friends.
      • GeoAtreides 2y ago
        I'm not missing the point, I'm absolutely disagreeing with it.