Re:Ask HN: Why some people do not communicate clearly?
by etempleton on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:03PM
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I have always felt there is a phoniness to west coast social interactions. There is both an indirectness and fake happiness that I find very jarring. On the east coast, particularly New York, people almost relish in their negativity, but at least they are clear about how they feel (typically).
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Re:Ask HN: Why some people do not communicate clearly?
by tetris11 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:32AM
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I once spent a weekend in San Jose as a European, and it was a deeply unsettling experience for me. I've met my share of narcissistics in my time, but not what I'd describe was a whole town full of them. Everyone exhuded an aura of extreme self-importance, confidence, and deliberate grace. It was like walking on the surface of an alien planet.
It took me heading back to an LA bus station and interacting with the random people there to feel that I was among real people again.