mirgro said:
There. That's the crux of the problem in the US. Socializing is an "opt in" feature, not something that happes whether you like it or not. In just about all other nations, socializing is autmatic and you have to opt out of it and work really hard to avoid it. In the US you have to actively be social, otherwise you get in your car, go to work, do your job and socialize with colleagues, get in your car, go back home, work on your garden/computer/personal project/family matters/hobbies, and then sleep. I also understand that you would ignore 99.99% of the people that ignore you on your way to work, or when you go out to eat, or wherever you have to leave your home, however that 0.01% is still a very big amount considering you run into a lot more than 100 people in your daily goings on, and, this is the very big one, because you ignore them doesn't mean they ignore you, and you end up forced to talk, yell, get angry, whatever at them. I am sure that if you ask anyone from any country they will hate the people who piss them off, yet it has been shown that by having to deal with annoying random people, or just anoying friends, you learn how to deal with problems wen things aren't going your way. Humans are social, and even the things you hate about socializing seem to be greatly beneficial to people, there are dozens of studies that show just how social of an animal a human really is. |
What... are you even talking about. I have a Psychology degree and I have no clue. Forcing to interact with people on the street does nothing to help you. In fact, it can make things WORSE.
Culture differences in interaction are only helpful when they occur in places like school, work or a bar. Places where you are going to keep seeing the same people and have to be social.
If it's a place like the street, people will just avoid certain social groups and ascribe negative tendancies to them. The whole "advantage to mixed cultural relationships" only really works when it's built over time with people of that different culture.