>Talking to strangers on the bus Why would you do this?

>>30398618
We aren't a nation of sperglords. This is why you have no gf, being outgoing is the first step.

Only scum and weirdos ride the bus in the US, it's not unsurprising to run into people like this.

I only speak to stranger if I bother about route and want to ask her/him where it is

>>30398618
>sitting silently and awkwardly, alone on the bus.
No wonder America has to police the world, you're all a bunch of spineless pussies

>>30398730
>We aren't a nation of sperglords. This is why you have no gf, being outgoing is the first step.

So why don't you have a gf? :^)

>>30398904

Why would you talk to a stranger on the bus?

Does anyone even use public transportation in US?

>>30399088
It is very difficult for many Americans to stay quiet for more than 10 minutes

>>30399203
Only poor people.

>>30399208

do American have ADHD? seriously? tell me it's joke and bullshit.

Is it difficult to be a not very talkative person in the US? Do people consider you a weirdo if you don't talk all the time? How can such culture even produce spergy shut ins?

>being afraid of strangers

but for what purpose?
people in the world are friendly as fuck.
if i ever go to germany, sweden or finland, i want to talk to every random person on the bs now.

>>30399403
It's horrible. People try to talk to you constantly even if there is no reason to need to talk and nothing important to say, so when you naturally can't think of any words to say they think you're being rude to them. People think you're stuck up and that you think you're better than them if you don't go around initiating pointless conversation all the time. I don't think I'm better than everyone, but I have no choice but to have reputation of a stuck up asshole.

>>30399208
>can't sit still
this is why the US is a country of morons

>>30399403
Yes. America is very extroverted. Introverts are considered creepy.

I live in a small town its impossible to walk through downtown without getting spoken to

>>30399650
>Introverts are considered creepy.
where they aren't considered creepy

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>>30399533

>70 year old female
>Married
>Childless
>Read on
>mfw

>>30399721
Finland

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>>30399403
>high school
>be on field trip with older kids I don't know
>don't talk at all
>two girls behind me on the bus ask me why I don't talk
>just shrug
>they start getting angry and telling me to stop being quiet
>I ignore them
>they start slapping me in the back of the head and calling me weirdo
>try to hold back the tears
>this goes on for like 20 minutes

I wish I was making this up

>>30399472
Severe brain problems

or are you a nigga

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>>30399587
sounds horrible

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>>30399841

>Irish people
>White

>>30399884
Pls save me.

>>30399587
That's what I've heard too. I think that it's weird, haven't Americans ever heard of shy people? If a person is not very talkative here, he/she is just considered shy or a man of few words, not arrogant.

>>30399831
they probably wanted benis in vagina hard

>>30399831
>two girls behind me on the bus ask me why I don't talk
why you no answer, just missed a opportunity to have a gf

>>30400009
>tfw no woman of few words to cuddle with

>>30399831
That's fucked

>>30399208
I honestly admire that loose sense of ..publicity?
Some of illiterate savages among you guys often go total rude scums according to liveleak
Though I would be so cozy if my cultural code didn't compel me to respect autistic awkward silence in publicity

>>30398618
I wish someone would do this in Sweden...

I've talked to a stranger on the bus before too, it wasn't bad or anything. Why does this matter so much?

>>30398618

Wait, isn't it socially acceptable to act like a dick against people on work that's bellow you, in the US?

Like if the doctors eat lunch with the nurses it's seen as weird and stuff like that?

>>30400343
I don't want some random dude invading my personal space

germany has one of the highest population densities, so I guess that's an important factor

>>30400343
Your invading my personal space for no good reason except you're bored; it's pretty much rape.

i talk to strangers on the bus, at stores, and at the gym. well, not really talk, but i make eye contact with people and smile. then usually they will say 'hi' or something, and there is a brief exchange of greetings and sometimes some small talk. nobody seems bothered by it because you can just avoid the eye contact in the first place if you don't want to interact with anybody. i think this works for me because i am a decent looking young white male so everybody wants to be my friend.

Do Americans have a concept of comfortable silence?

>>30400715
Greeting is common here even if you don't know the person.

But people asking what's your job randomly is a bit too mutch.

>>30400841
Sadly no. Any silence is awkward for them.

>>30400841
no, they get nervous and start shooting each other

>>30400888
Must be awful when you run out of things to say.

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>>30398618
>be me 21, pale skin, light brown hair / blue eyes
>go to sweden with a rental car
>politely ask random pedestrians for directions
>they get startled and eyeball me
>"excuse me sir/mam, can you help me?"
>they just ignore me and walk away rapidly

true story, happened 3 times that day

i mean this is ridiculous, why are scandinavian people so socially retarded?

>>30400507
I don't want people to talk to me while on the bus either, but why does it bother you so much?

>>30400556
lol, do you have assburgers?

>>30400993
That's the thing that mystifies me more than anything else. They never do. I have no idea how, but they just create an endless stream of words without even trying. People say even one thing to me and I need to think really hard just to come up with a few words to say back at them, but somehow they can just keep thinking of more word to say indefinitely, it's like a superpower. That's why they think it's so strange when no one is talking.

>>30399208

are you people retarded

>>30401239
>be American
>run out of things to say on the bus
>start talking about heritage

>>30401130

Weird, no one ever ignored me when I asked for directions in Stockholm and I've done it like 20+ times, in English.

>>30401130
>go in breaking every social protocol
>expect service from random passers-by
>insist talking googelymoogely language
>might as well be nude, screaming and setting fires
>why is everyone so standoffish
gee i dunno pierre

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>>30399739
This is true.

>>30401130
Jesus christ, what a bunch of assburgers

>>30400503
>Like if the doctors eat lunch with the nurses it's seen as weird and stuff like that?
No? My dad takes his surgery team out to dinner all the time

>>30401130
For me it was the opposite in Sweden. They were all very helpful.

I once made out with a girl I met at the bus stop. We were both drunk and we were heading to the same club.

>tfw couldn't get in the club because a friend of mine had no id
>tfw couldn't keep making out with that chick

>>30401130
>be a swede
>minding my own business as I walk to the local reeducation centre
>suddenly a fucking french cunt off the starboard bow
>"escusi mio seevu pley, could you plesse direct moi to les the bunker fucking"
>try to ignore him
>"pls respondoi cevu pley, moi how you say, ass, is in need of soume coque fucking"
>push a fellow pedestrian into his rape path and catch the earliest flight to australia

>>30398618
What the fuck

>Go to bank.
>Professional greeter lady comes up to me.
>"Hello! How are you doing today? Can I help you with anything?"
>"N-no. I'm fine. Just here to deposit a check."
>"I see you're wearing a uniform for a shop. Do you work there? Is it fun to work there?"
>"It's alright. It's not much."
>"I bet you work very hard. What else are you doing for the rest of the day?"
>"I'm sorry. I don't like talking to people..."
>She frowns and shrugs her shoulders

>>30398618
does anyone else soak their feet in water for 20 minutes then put their shoes on to go on public transit without socks so that the smell keeps people away?

>>30401130
>that picture
Pig disgusting.
Why is social interaction considered a bad thing in Europe? Is it because Dr. Shekelstein told you in sociology that talking is rape?

Jesus guys, it's a little conversation. What the fuck is wrong with you guys? Honest question: Why is this wrong?

>>30401649
>DA JOOS
Fuck off faggot.

>>30401470
yeah the swedes are very friendly with niggers/moors

>>30401610
She wanted the d

>>30401610
>depositing a check in the year 2014

>>30401649
>social interaction
we are a very sociable people
but why would you interact with strangers you dont want to talk to and who dont want to talk to you?
why would you put on a fake american smile and talk about inane bullshit with someone you will never ever meet again
thats not socializing, thats just being a phony

>>30399354
I can honestly say this is true. Long silences just come off as awkward. If you're among good and understanding friends, this is no problem. But if you're say out to dinner with a few co-workers or something, it's expected of you to participate in lively conversation

>>30401764
boredom

>>30401764

We're all going to die. Our consciousness will end one day and there's nothing to stop it from happening. We should all be depressed as fuck and kill ourselves.

Instead, we fake it. We pretend life isn't some short, fury-filled hellish torment. And if you're going to fake as if life isn't the greatest hell, you might as well fake it completely.

>>30401764
>Fake smile

Why do people even think this? A lot of the time, it's not fake. Sometimes people genuinely just want to talk with someone, and it helps to be friendly

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>>30398618
Lots of cute girls ride the subway in NY, I occasionally will talk to them, some turn out to be models or actresses sometimes

In America we live off the entropy of chance and excitement, it's different in Europe I guess. Although when I was in Sweden girls usually were thrilled we'd introduce themselves to them in bars and clubs

I don't know why you all are so afraid of each other

>>30401735
you're welfare comes on a prepaid card, right Tyrone?

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>>30401910
>it's not fake
you just get the fuck away from me you psycho

>>30401899
Wait a second are you telling me that americans are capable of realizing anything beyond their TV screen?

>>30401987
>you're

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>>30401939
>wasting your time talking
>not taking pictures of them instead

am I the only one?

That feel that in Latin america is pretty common to speak in any place.

>>30398618
I just had a discussion about labour market with some old guys at (or "in" or "of" don't what preposition) the train.

>>30402079

Nah, I think it's a pretty normal thing to do.

>>30402138
'on' the train

>>30402079
>spongebob cellphone cover
dont know why this says to me she is a kinky slut

>>30399472
You're obviously not talking about Dublin Bus which is full of people who can't speak English and skanger drug addicts you resist the urge to beat the shit out of.

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>>30402079
That's a subway in Japan

why would you do that you filthy Gaijin?

>>30401764
Answering a question isn't socializing. When someone asks me for directions, I don't think "GOSH HOW RUDE, HE DOESN'T REALIZE IM HAVING A BAD DAY!" I answer the question because I'm not a 'sperg.

I'm convinced your whole continent is full of aspies, at this point.

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>>30398618
>not greeting everyone when you enter the bus or any other public transport
How can you be so autist?

Old people are even likelier to start a conversation than other people in the US. Is this not a norm in other countries?

The other day I had an old lady tell me about her life and her husband who died a little more than a year ago. She was crying by the end of it and I gave her a hug. Complete stranger.

>>30402208
Only the busdriver

>>30402266
You do not consider others human?

>>30402162
thank you.

>>30402260
Yes! They start conversations faster and actually have interesting things to say.

>>30402260
Old people sometimes start conversations here too, once an old woman stopped me to ask for the time but then proceeded to talk about everything from F1 drivers to Finland's past presidents and her son. She must've been quite lonely so I didn't mind it.

>>30402260
old people are funny. you probably could've gotten money out of her if you had wanted to.

>>30402079
wtf look at those feets look at that shit those are huuuuuuuuugeeeeeee fucking hobbits man

>>30402260
Yep
I think it's because they don't give a shit or because they feel alone

>>30402378

I think a lot of old people are lonely here too. I remember once that I had this old man talk to me for 20 minutes about a time he had beaten his brother badly in a 1-on-1 basketball game.

How are your bosses? In Norway, we treat the hierarchy at work as if it does not exist. We call the boss by whatever name we want, and we openly disagree with him whenever we want. We even make jokes at his expense infront of him, though they always join in on the fun.

I've heard that in the US, you are supposed to treat him with respect, say sir/madam/title, and shy away if he comes around. Basically you are subordinate, and you should act like it.
Is any of that true?

>>30402208

>being a bus pedlar (does that term exist?)

>>30401987
No, it's called living in the 21st century where things such as direct deposit exist.

>>30402317
It's not like i can walk to the train driver and say hi. And if you mean other people in the bus no it's not common here.

>>30402458
thanks for ruining that pic for me now i have to look at the guy on the advertisement

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>>30402386

>stealing from old people

>>30402475
Depends on the boss. There's a "boss" boss, and there's a fun boss, and sometimes there's a blending of the two. Generally you treat him with respect but you can call him by first name if you get to know him.

Now, your bosses boss? You better say "sir" when you meet him.

>>30398618
I wouldn't mind having casual chats with strangers on public transports...

Over here I am quiet, but I can imagine being friendly with strangers in foreign countries.

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>superficial wittering with strangers
>socialising

>>30402530
easy as shit son

>>30401939
I envy you, if I were to start a conversation with a random girl on the subway, I would probably get ignored or even yelled at. Over here you just don't talk to people you don't know, it's seen as some kind of aggression. But still, we're not nearly as socially retarded as the Swedes.

>>30402475
>work for international company
>joke around with yuropean colleagues
>everything is open for disscusion
>try discussing something with an american colleague for a change
>nope.jpeg
>I'm a director and you have to do what I say, and what I say is not up to debate
>everything he says is wrong

>>30402386
>>30402625
>new worlder

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>AUTISM

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>>30402585
Me neither, I think that I would actually try to start small conversations with strangers if I only knew how to do it. I think that I have to travel to America some day to learn their ways. I like meeting new people.

>>30402185
They hate us anyway, so fuck 'em.

>>30402653
because freedom is always right

>>30402653
Sounds like the damn military. I don't think I could effectively work with a man like that, unless it was in a military setting.

>>30402565
So overall a lot more formal, but still room for shenanigans? Many of the foreigners I have met are absolutely horrified by the way me and my coworkers treat our superiors. But they'd be laughed out of the office if they tried any bowing or anything like that here.

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>take the seats right behind the second set of doors, behind that glass wall
>put my duffle bag up on the outer seat
>next stop tons of people enter, clogging the entire bus
>immigrant bus driver angrily telling me that "if the bag doesn't have a ticket it doesn't have a seat" over the speaker system
>reach around the glass wall and get a ticket for the bag
>bus driver now curses over the speaker system calling me an idiot

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Two girls from college started talking to me on the bus and kept going on about my eye color and how much they like it. Those whores, why would they do this to me. I just want to be left alone with my autism. Is that too much to ask for?

>>30402891
ayy

Once in a while there's a guy on the bus that I don't know that will talk to me. He's a downs tard, so I allow it.

>>30402891
>immigrant bus driver angrily telling me that "if the bag doesn't have a ticket it doesn't have a seat" over the speaker system
>reach around the glass wall and get a ticket for the bag

w-what? You can buy a ticket for your groceries?

>>30402870
>Sounds like the damn military
During WWI

>so it's agreed guys
>at 2PM we all run straight into machine gun fire
>they possibly can't shoot us all!

Where I live the shitbags and drunks always sit in the back of the bus, is this the case elsewhere?

>>30402946
He probably swiped his busscard over the reader twice. So effectively he has a ticket for him and one more, which would be his groceries.

But if any people wanted that seat, they'd ask for it. Scandis aren't that socially awkward that we can't ask or talk to strangers.

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>>30401430
>tfw you're considered an introverted creep in Finland

>>30401452
Ok. Sorry if I sounded like a dick.

>>30402891
Good job Swen.
That is how I'll handle those situations from now on.

>>30403055

What's wrong with this?

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>>30403055

>>30403009
speak for yourself, m8

>>30399721
The former prime minister of Sweden made a point about how we should stop shaming introverts in a streamed debate the day before election.

>>30403054
>tfw you can go an entire normal day without touching a person or even opening your mouth
Wake up, eat breakfast, go to school, sit there and listen, go shopping, go home.
Feels good to live in autist heaven.

I just hate small talk and that's the only thing people on busses are able to do. I tried but i just can't come up with enough info about the weather

>>30403055
>>30403179
ayyyyyyy

>>30398618
this is my worst nightmare

>>30402891
lol, well done. We wealthy people must show how selfish and rich we are.

>Be Euro
>Come to America on vacation
>Having a good time
>I buy a sandwich and sit down on a park bench, watching people go by
>Feels relaxed man
>Hear a rumbling behind me
>American waddles up to my bench
>He stops for a second and looks at my sandwich, breathing heavily
>I'm confused
>He points at my sandwich
>Still don't understand
>He shuffles forward muttering his name, how he has two kids, what the weather is like today
>Petrified with fear, I don't understand what is going on
>He takes hold of my sandwich and gently tries to pry it from my grip
>I am holding back tears
>He finally takes half and eats it in front of me, still muttering with a mouth full of bread
>He then leans down and wraps his arms around me
>Oh dog I am going to get robbed
>Starts to hug me
>W-What
>He smells of grease and sweat
>Gently puts me down, I am shaking with fear and unable to move
>He gives me a confused look and walks away

>>30403251
I've never met anyone interesting on a bus. Seriously, stop talking to poor people.

>>30403251
>meet someone you are acquainted with, but don't really know or care to know
>you also met him last week
>you ran through the motions about school, work, family, etc etc last week
>have to come up with totally new shit in the blink of an eye
Man, it's exhausting. I almost gasp for air when exiting the buss after such a situation. How do extroverts manage to find all those hollow words?

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I'm planning to do my masters in a small town in Pennsylvania, and I'm hope that living amongst the burgers will force me to overcome my autism.

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>>30399472
>mfw an Irish man randomly tried striking up a conversation with me at the train station last week

The fact he was Irish is pretty much irrelevant though, to be quite honest.

>>30398618
happens a lot in southern europe and latin america, honestly. a bit less so now cuz americanization and shit

>>30403451
*I hope
fug

>>30403358
came here to post exactly this

>>30398618
The only people doing this here are:
>Stoners/drunks
>Mentally unstable people
>Elderlies

>>30403451
I thought Canada and US are similar in this regard?

If you REALLY want to break out of your autistic shell, you need to go down south.

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Well i usually catch the bus to and from university. Why WOULDN'T i talk to a girl I sit beside?

and always stay on the bus longer than the girl you sit beside. When they have to leave, they either have to squeeze by with their ass or tits in your face

>>30402079
Thank I want to fap on some asian porn now

>>30403581
Everyone on the West Coast is extremely unfriendly/socially awkward, especially in Vancouver. Eastern Canada is friendlier, but still nothing like America.

>>30403581
>I thought Canada and US are similar in this regard?
don't judge the whole country by one person on the largest collection of autists on the internet

>long line
>spot a tall black guy near the front
>walk up to him and ask if he plays basketball
>continue talking
>slip in line behind him
>save a ton of time
God bless Anerica

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>>30403423
extraverts usually just use a routine of the same old shit. if u hang out long enough with them you'll find them just saying the same stuff over and over again, its even worse with jokes. they hardly ever are witty, they just keep bringing up the same things that aren't even funny to begin with. .

>sitting on a fairly empty train, headphones on, clearly not inviting conversation
>see weird looking guy walking down the carriage, can feel what is imminent
>"what are you listening to? ;^)"
>mumble some vague band
>oh, well I like metallica, do you like metallica?
>this inane questioning continues for about 10 minutes despite repeated attempts to cold shoulder
>only ends once I decide to disembark that train

Is this what being an American feels like?

I can understand an occasional "g'day, how you going?, alright, yourself?, yeah good" (this usually at least has some context) - but like actual out of the blue deep questioning is so obnoxious.

>>30401470
>This

I was in Sweden for a week (both Stockholm and way up north in Lulea), and everyone was polite, friendly, and most people even actually smiled at me. I can only recall one guy who seemed a bit spooked when I asked for directions, and a woman at an internet cafe who was just a moody, stone-faced bitch. Everyone else was nice as pie.

Real shame the country's jumped on the "let's shit everything up with muslims' band wagon, just like us.

why the fuck would you talk to any stranger on the bus? just.. why?

>>30403829
>people even actually smiled at me
But only when I spoke to them, I might add. Otherwise that'd just seem weird.

>>30403766
Yeah, kind of.

>>30403766
>"ey could you let me listen to my music bro"
Problem solved

>>30403766
>>30403920
or
>"I'll glass yer mum, you cunt"

>>30403766
I wouldn't know what to do either.

>>30403766
No and yes. Depends on where you are. Not everyone is going to start talking to you, you spergs. Most people wont. If someone is feeling it, then you politely talk with him, but most people wont bother

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>>30403055
I often say "Hello, who is it?".

>>30403766
>Is this what being an American feels like?
That sounds like a genuine retard, but yeah, that could happen.

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If someone I do not know talks to without reason, I simply assume they're coming on to me.

I know I'm right.

>>30403766
>how you going?

try replying that things are pretty shitty, mostly because the way your parents dealt with your basic sexual and aggressive desires determined how your personality developed and whether or not you would end up well-adjusted as an adult.

they'll fuck right off. they don't really care how you're doing.

never understood why people would ask such a question if all they wanna hear is 'good'

>>30402744

First you need to figure out if they're receptive. Shy people like to talk too; you're just trying to avoid the anti-social. Try to get a feel for their body language. Are they averting their eyes? Do they physically move away from you as you approach?

Next, start with a smile and eye contact. Not prolonged, not creepy. Usually, you start with "hey, how are you?" and that's not actually a question. It's a greeting. And you're expected to say "fine" "good" "not bad" etc... followed by "how are you?" About half the time, the person will not respond in kind. It is not an insult; you're not really asking a question. You're just greeting them.

Next, you start small talk. Common go-to topics are "hey, did you watch that sport event?" "Sure is nice/awful/weird weather we're having." "I love that dress/purse/tie"

Do NOT talk politics. Do NOT talk religion.

From there, you just sort of work your way into a conversation. Your talking partner will make a connection and move the conversation along. Or you will.

Example

a: Hello. how ya doing?
b: Oh, I'm fine. How are you?
a: Sure is a beautiful day out, isn't it?
b: Oh yeah, definitely. I hate all the rain we've been having recently.
a: I've lived here for 15 years and the weather isn't usually this intense.
b: I moved here 4 years ago. I'm originally from Houston.
a: No kidding? I have a brother who lives in Houston. He moved there to work in the medical tech industry there.
b: Well, Houston is definitely the place to go.
a: He enjoys it there.
b: Shame the Astros have been so awful though.
a: I'm a Cardinals fan myself. It's weird that they're not in the NL anymore.
b: What do you think about Pujols over with the Angels?

etc etc... maybe person a has a family member in California and they'll talk about something there. Maybe person a isn't much of a baseball fan and they'll talk about football next. It just goes back and forth and you learn about what the person does for a living, their family, etc...

>>30398618
Because I'm not an aspie

>>30404297
So all the times my British coworkers asked me how it was going, they didn't actually want to know how it was going? Then why the fuck do they ask?

>>30399587
Usually there's at least one girl looking at me in the public transport, I'm not even that hadsome I'm just average.
They stare but never say anything and I'm just too aspergers to start a conversation with a strange girl.
In those situations I just look away and ''watch them'' with the corner of my eye, some of them stare me so fucking much that the awkwardness is unbearable and I have to get off the bus.
I never think of something to say, with all those strangers hearing at your conversation it's fucking difficult.

>>30404440
It's just a polite greeting.

>>30404466
Try "Como estas, pinche puta"

Seems to be good enough for the Mexicans I know

>>30404506
It's not polite if you don't actually want to know how it is going. Then it is just an empty gesture.

>>30404440

The French do it too.

"Salut mon ami"
"Salut"
"Comment ca va?"
"Ca va. Et vous?"
"Ca va aussi"

>>30404440
I would say it depends on the individual asking, we're pretty Americanised when it comes to bullshittery and small talk for no reason. But that doesn't mean everyone is doing it just for the sake of small talk.

>>30404624
Well, English speakers consider it polite. If it makes you butthurt, stick to Danish.

>>30404624

You're falling into the classic autist trap.

You're taking words too literally. Words aren't concrete ideas concentrated into disjoint building blocks. Words are more like the notes of communication. You only get a melody by putting them together. And one word may mean something else when put in one context than it will in another.

Yes, literally "how are you" is asking about your wellbeing. But when used at the start of a conversation, it's just showing that you have basic manners. Not asking "how are you" makes you come off as rude. But even in asking it, you don't actually give a fuck about how the person is.

>>30404440
The fuck is wrong with you?

>>30404803
>>30404841

you guys are weird

>>30398618
the following exchange is purely imaginary, its only purpose is to picture what's in the air when a stranger tries to talk to me on the bus :
> what's the next stop ?
> sarah connor ?

that was me in the past, i've made progress though

>>30401582
Top tier shitpost

I once started a conversation with strangers in the train.
Never again.

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This must be bait, there's no way Scandis are this autistic, even in fucking 4chan...

>>30404952
If we say "see you later" we don't actually mean we'll set up a time to see you again. It's a way of saying goodbye

Saying "what's up?" Is the same as this. You can either say "nothing, what about you?" Or actually talk about something that's up.

Americans are just friendly, like big dogs

>>30405099

That New World feel.

>>30404803
>But even in asking it, you don't actually give a fuck about how the person is.
Why would you ever do this for fucks sake?

>>30405099
do you americanos suddenly start bothering people with dozens of questions and boring smalltalk just because they make one second eye contact with you on the street as they pass you by?
what the fuck man?

>>30405099
Come to Scandinavia and see for yourself. Make sure you visit us on a regular weekday, and not during the weekend. People are radically different during the two.

>had a long day
>sit in the train on my way home
>fall asleep with my mouth open
>suddenly wake up
>make a weird sound while I wake up
>qt across looks at me with a strange look
>emberassed and quickly grab my phone

ffs

>>30405170
>>30404952
You can also respond to "what's up?" with "hello" or another greeting, too.

>>30405201
Not on the street, but I'd you're in a line, watch out.

>>30404803
I just want people to use greetings instead of asking me how I am when they don't give a bloody damn. Just allow me to be reserved and not want to converse in length with random people about things neither of us really give a toss about just so they can appear to be 'polite' call me an autist but i'd rather silence or just a polite greeting then returning to our own business.

Some wonna did this to me once, and she tried to see what cind of a person i am. She just had a feeling about These this.
One of the things she said was that i wasnt good with children, and i'm a Kindergarten assistent. Lol'd so hard when i got of the bus

>>30405262
oh god, you sick fucks

>>30405262
But if, I meant.

>>30405227
>30405227
Here, it's quite normal for me to just kiss, instead of responding with a word or phrase.

>>30405322
post tits

>>30405322
You aren't supposed to be drinking on tuesdays, Ole.

>>30405322
I'm a guy...

>>30405319

Hello! How are you?
*look down at watch* Ah, just half past three. *turn as to not face them*
...

They'll feel too awkward to try and ask a second time.

>>30405442
>kindergarten assistant

you're not fooling me

post tits

>>30405391
You mean to just make a smooching sound with your lips?

>>30405406
Not drinking, i was on my phone lel

>>30405482
Still a guy...

>>30404440

It's a quick greeting.

"How you doing mate, y'alright?"
"Yeah steady, you?"
"Yep, good cheers."

That's it.

>>30404297
I felt physically ill just trying to imagine doing that.

>>30405582
You know the drill

Tits and time stamp

>>30405703
Fuck that

Post feet

>>30403232
That sounds perfect, I wish I lived in Finland and didn't have to put up with everyone speaking to me when I'm going about my daily business. It's a shame that your language is too hard to learn

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>>30405740
shut it, foot pleb

>>30405582
Well, its not stopping you from posting your manboobs,so tits and timestamp.

This never happens in Boston
Southerners are a lot more friendly and
always strike up conversation though

>>30405740
Fucking disgusting.

>>30405869
Just be careful, when a guy walks up to you real quick and asks, "hey bro whats the time?" You're being robbed. Either run or start fighting.

>>30405869
Nobody wants to talk to Bostonians

-west mass

>>30405740

Wow, stop posting anytime.

>>30404466
Either you're Adonis and you don't realize it, or Colombian girls crave for the dick 24/7.

>>30401582
i love australian posters

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>>30405442
> I'm a guy

>>30403829
Why were you in Luleå?

>>30405808
>>30405918
>>30405971
You can leave the socks on if you want

>>30405442
Are you a pedophile?

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>>30405703
>>30405808

>>30406232
>Paki fingers

>>30405483
Yes, generally, if a guy greets another, it's quite a regular occurrence for the responding guy to just kiss the air, directing it towards the other.

Guys who've met before, however, tend to just kiss on the lips.

Back when people had functioning societies, it was common for people to interact and build bonds of friendship with each other. This man must not have gotten the memo to be an anti-social shut-in.

>>30406232
>brown nipple
Not white.

>>30405482
I'm really good with children, and don't want a job where i sit at a desk all day..
Guys can be kindergarten assitents too.

>>30406323
nice, I'll definitely try this with the Brits I know here

>>30406290
>>30406329
I'm a white norwegian male what the fuck.

>>30406368
please turn yourself in, m8

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>>30406368
>Guys can be kindergarten assitents too.
>Guys

>>30405929
But the accent is so charming "Fuuuk'n Sahhhks game brah"
lel

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>>30404803
fuck you words are bricks that I use to build my perfect word house no americans or girls allowed

>>30406459
>>30406463
fuck this thread, i'm out.
Was just trying to tell about some crazy lady on the bus.

>>30406368
But still

>assistant

are you in school for teaching or something?

whats wrong with it, I have to go those long 2hour train trips, its nice to be able to meet new people and talk about stuff with random people

but I guess in a country of asburgers like Sweden thats unthinkable

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>>30406559
Oh please, I'm so sorry, I forget to put a [TRIGGER WARNING]

>>30406559
fleeing is an admission of guilt, Bjorn

>>30406041
Just had an urge to drive from Sweden to Finland, and cross the arctic circle whilst there.

>>30406559
smell ya later Mohammed

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>Some dude starts talking with me on the bus
>Panic
>Say something along the lines of ''y..you too.''
>Got off at the next stop
>Walked around the block so it seemed I had to get off and got on the next bus
I can't take the pressure. Who knows this feel?

>>30403766
are you a grill? because that would deflate some of the autism

>>30400009
Even a shy or stoic man is expected to respond to basic inquiries. These people, like you, are autistic, and thus miss important social cues and do not exhibit proper behavior.

>>30401764
this guy's got a good point, that's really how I feel whenever having a conversation with a random person. at least, with someone I don't know too personally. I feel like acknowledging each other in a friendly way would be enough

>>30401130
That happens to me all the time in southern New England. Everyone is afraid of each other for no reason.

>>30406290
what's wrong with having paki fingers fuccboi

>>30403766
How would you even function in that situation, it must be horrible. I don't understand why Americans do this either

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>>30406451
Topkek. Cheers, m80

>>30406986
There's usually a Paki attached to them.

>>30406986

literally everything

In my experience scandis arent reallyany more introvert than brits.

I travel on public transport into and out of and around london, I never speak to anyone and certainly wouldnt strike up a conversation

However in shops/the street its different and i think scandilands are similar. When i was in Finland people were chill as fug, regularly spoke to me, especially once they realised I was english.

Same in Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Never been to Denmark but id be surprised if its that different.

I don't think its unreasonable to be unsocial in an unsocial environment like a bus. I didn't come to a bus to chat to people so its not in my frame to do it. I came to a bar to socialise so I will do it. People in bars/restaurants or whatever are social everywhere ive been

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>the weird guy from school comes to sit next to you while you're waiting for friends
>you can see he's trying to start small talk

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>>30407248
>he looks at your screen during class, reads your paper out loud, and then comments on every last bit of it
pls, spare me ;_;

>>30402386
Heywood you want to needle money from an old lady, you despicable nerd?

>>30403232
I should learn spurdish and live in Finland

What really russels my jammies is when people confuse "asocial" for "anti-social", shy and reserved people are not anti-social, that would assume they actively go against social norms, "asocial" is when you don't partake in it

>>30408061
>He's never been to a bj bar and had some cold brews with the lads while some ladyboys suck you all off under the bar

>>30407248
>Rode the bus home in High School
>Got in, sat down.
>Friend was absent, so I sat alone.
>Tall, skinny, white guy gets on the bus
>Smells fucking horrible
>Spends the whole bus ride talking to me about how great Insane Clown Posse is.

Longest ride home of my life.

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>>30406559
cmon we weren't trying to hurt yer feels

>>30398730
This. First time in Britain I was weirded out so badly. Dour fuckers.

>>30408406
>He think's spouting inane rubbish makes him interesting
>American education

>>30403766
No that's autism or very aggressive flirting. Typically the latter. Neither of which would fly here.

>>30408514
As opposed to walking around with your head down never making eye contact hoping no one notices you.
That shit is legitimately the domain of the autistic here. No exaggeration. No ebin may may. It's literally autistic.

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>>30401582

honestly i always though yuros would consider it kind of an honor to be addressed by a random american, like your culture was being acknowledged and in a way validated

I hate it when strangers try to speak to me. Happens all the time.

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>people try to talk to me
>kind of zone out
>respond with no more than 5 word answers
>conversation ends and I think of things I could have said

>>30409904
don''t need validation from some spic nigger that has no culture, Jose

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>>30410356
> mfw a totally ebin masterpiece of a reply comes 5 hours late

>>30401130
so if this is how far apart they are while waiting for a bus, what's the standard distance you keep at a urinal?

Havent read the thread, just op-picture. On the british answer lold because the only place where strangers tried to speak with me all the time was England. (Im russian, just travelling)

>>30408903
>he thinks that randomly starting a conversation with complete strangers is normal

>>30402891
You are a nigger.

>>30412509
No, they can't afford bus tickets. They just wave their expired card and argue with the driver until he gives up and lets them ride free.

>>30402993
here its mostly lads and rats that sit at the back although most of them are drunk shitbags

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfW_r_Yi0MU
vid related

lol @ American comments vs Norwegian comments
>What I learned today: Norwegians are socially awkward
>I don't understated how anyone would leave the greatest country on earth for America.

Swedish extremism needs to be put down.

>>30399627

top kek

Being polite and friendly makes us a country of morons.

Goddamn you euros are dumb shits.

>>30413365

She is very pale.

>>30413752
Blue light, brother

>>30413365

>people don't even talk to strangers
>when they talk to people they do know they almost always talk about the weather

What a vibrant culture.

>>30399403
It's not too bad. If you get roped into a conversation and you don't have anything to say it can be awkward. People assume you're smarter, though.

>>30398618
I fucking hate it when complete strangers try to talk to me.

>>30401764
Is America the only place where happy is the ideal default behavior?

You yuropoors don't know the half of it. If you're eating in a restaurant by yourself other lone diners will come up and try to join you. Especially if it's a more informal place, in university it used to happen to me literally every time I ate at the dining halls regardless of how many open tables there were. This country is hell if you can't make small talk.

>>30414451
No. I went to Venezuela to see family and it was awful. Every single person you see wants to hug you and become best friends. They are completely fucking insane on a level that yuros wouldn't even be able to comprehend. Even the most obnoxiously "friendly" southerner would be put off by it.

>>30414566
Can confirm. Hispanics in general make the average white American seem like a Finn. They never shut the fuck up

>>30398618
>implying anyone rides the bus here

I gotta get my ass to America.

I love talking to people, except I'm always too nervous to start conversations. Self esteem issues, I guess.

I wanna go to the land where I don't have to try.

>Public Transportation
>USA

Must be a nigger

>>30415327
>the land where I don't have to try.

not quite as catchy as "land of the free" but still solid.

>>30415379
Also more truthful.

>>30398618
Why wouldn't you? Is it really that awkward or just /int/ >tfw no gf speaking?

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>>30401582
GRADE A SHITPOST AUSBRO

>>30398618
Everyone do that here

I thought thats normal

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>>30402386
>you probably could've gotten money out of her
thank you for embarrassing our country on the internet

>>30415327
If you come to America you will literally make so many friends and get so much pussy so fast it'll probably make your head spin

Not even kidding

I guess the one thing I don't get is all the people say "what do you even talk about" or "what if you don't have anything to say" line to you map out and color code your conversations before they even begin? The point of these conversations isn't utilitarian, it's to pass the time, get a sense of the people around you, maybe hear something interest or make an acquaintance. And if you don't want to talk you can generally tune out of a conversation and they'll get that you don't want to talk.

I feel bad for girls though. If a girl says she doesn't want to talk everyone calls her a bitch and sometimes they get really scary angry

>>30416315
So how do you know what to say then? You aren't just saying words at random so there must be some algorithm you are following.

>>30414566
> I went to Venezuela
No family member is worth that much.

>>30403920
>"ey could you let me listen to my music bro"
Problem solved


Why would you even ask the question in the first place??

>>30418529
This was in 2007, so things hadn't completely reached war zone levels of shittiness at that time. And when your abuelita is having life saving major surgery with uncertain outcomes, you drop what you're doing and go there.

>>30419973
You're right. Those times weren't as bad.
I hope everything went as well as it possibly could with your grandma.

>>30420131
Thanks. It turned out pretty well, that woman is a fucking tank. She's had two separate strokes on both sides of her brain and she just keeps on going even at 80+ years and only needs minor assistance. I'm really glad to have inherited genes from her since she's virtually invincible.