> I’ve spent enough time in places like Germany, Japan, Romania, Vietnam, Turkey, and Peru, to understand how different we are when it comes to food, and to see how little it matters to us, culturally speaking, compared to almost everyone else.
I am skeptical of this trope that Americans are somehow uniquely spiritually deficienct (for lack of a better term). I have heard this about food, socialization, work culture, and just about everything else. I used to believe it before I had really travelled or met people from other countries. I even planned to move to a different country because I had always been told of how much better they were.
I wouldn't call myself worldly now but the more exposure I have the more I feel people are fairly similar everywhere. They have different preferences partially shaped by their experiences and countries have various pros, cons, and quirks but it's along a spectrum. I don't think absolute statements about counties like this are particularly informative.
I am skeptical of this trope that Americans are somehow uniquely spiritually deficienct (for lack of a better term). I have heard this about food, socialization, work culture, and just about everything else. I used to believe it before I had really travelled or met people from other countries. I even planned to move to a different country because I had always been told of how much better they were.
I wouldn't call myself worldly now but the more exposure I have the more I feel people are fairly similar everywhere. They have different preferences partially shaped by their experiences and countries have various pros, cons, and quirks but it's along a spectrum. I don't think absolute statements about counties like this are particularly informative.