[jordypip23]

Interesting article about the repressed culture here in America & the West (and this guy claims in Asia as well):

http://www.happierabroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8765

I'm sure many of you folks can relate to this & the sense of isolation that we feel sometimes in this toxic culture. Enjoy!

[Walderschmidt]

I've noticed this. I remember studying abroad in southern Germany for two weeks. I felt like I got closer to a group of Germans in one night (at a birthday party) than I have with plenty Americans in a year.