Culture shock, sure, but the whole “Nordic model” is just a bit… Shit, honestly.
The whole country (that I have seen so far) feels like “Pleasantville”, but woke, and uber-modern, rather than 1950s Americana…
And the Turks. The fucking Turks here. Eugh…
Their rudeness seems more intentional than I would say it seems to be with more… “Native” Swedes.
Gonna be interesting learning to survive here. As a very “social” person, I… Certainly have some adjusting to do.
The strange mix of ultra-conformity and extreme cultural introvertedness is… A vibe. I’ll say that much.
Customer service? Ha…
Everyone thinks that others are the conformists. Folks around me claim that Americans are very conformist, while Americans think that Europeans are very conformist.
That said, everyone can agree that the Germans are the worst.
leftism is definitionally conformist. that's how feminism works.
I think Sweden is probably more “conformist” than Germany, though, tbh…
Swedes seem much, much more like their stereotype, as a whole, than Germans do…
Perhaps because there is 80 million Germans, and only 10 million Swedes…
But who knows.
I'm not an expert on Swedes, but I think for Swedes it comes from within, while in Germany it's obedience to authority.
I’m currently sitting in a pub hanging out with Swiss and Austrians, because we all realized we are more “normal” than the Swedes surrounding us, ha…
It’s a strange vibe.
But admittedly, these a) are not Germans, and b) none of us are from here, so…
I guess that’s a factor.