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by skeezyboy 280 days ago
> I would like to do that but I live in Sweden, talking to stranger is considered rude.

you all sound like a lovely bunch. is this a modern thing?

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Not who you asked, but no, old ingrained cultural thing!

The trick is to trick us into not realising we are interacting, then we are quite friendly and polite :)

> The trick is to trick us into not realising we are interacting, then we are quite friendly and polite :)

i dont think you can be friendly and ALSO dislike talking to strangers. I think thats what it means to be friendly, or at least its a necessary component of it