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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by odammit on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:13AM (#16427526)
I lived in Roatan and there is a notion of “island time” you hear flying out of every lazy white mouth who is trying to sound hyper-local, but most people I met that grew up there, that work there and make plans with friends there - they tend to be pretty respectfully on-time.

Nice stereotype though!

Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by ZenoArrow on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:09AM (#16430451)
> "Nice stereotype though!"

If you don't like the example I gave, you can have another example, looking at Ikaria:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171116-the-greek-island-wi...

Quoting the article (note this was said by a Greek person, not an expat):

"Retired doctor Christodoulos Xenakis has another theory about how Ikarians avoid unnecessary anxiety. We met briefly during my first hour on the island and we had agreed to meet again, though tracking him down wasn’t easy.

“No-one really sets appointments here,” he shrugged when I greeted the 81 year old – who is considered a young man by Ikaria standards – a few days later in the village. Time is an important part of life on Ikaria, Xenakis explained, but not the way most people think. “It’s more like ‘see you in the morning, afternoon or evening’. We don’t stress.”"

Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by odammit on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:28PM (#16431668)
Sounds like he always eats his food cold when he shows up at dinner parties.