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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoI noticed everyone in Japan was surprisingly well-behaved. I wondered if this was the punishment for those who stepped out of line.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.luOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoThere’s a culture of not sticking out of the pack, and the feeling that everyone is judging you if you do. It’s sadly more about that than deep understanding of the value of civism, according to my native friends.
minus-squareQuantumSparkleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThis just how I think of society and people in general why I have so much social anxiety
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.luOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think Western cultures often value differentiating yourself from the mass, it has its stupid downsides too of course.
I noticed everyone in Japan was surprisingly well-behaved. I wondered if this was the punishment for those who stepped out of line.
There’s a culture of not sticking out of the pack, and the feeling that everyone is judging you if you do. It’s sadly more about that than deep understanding of the value of civism, according to my native friends.
This just how I think of society and people in general why I have so much social anxiety
I think Western cultures often value differentiating yourself from the mass, it has its stupid downsides too of course.