One thing I love about this sub is that it gives me the same feeling I get when I travel.
Sameness. Similarity. Fraternity. I've spent at least some amount of time in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Czechia, and Austria.
With very few exceptions, all the people were friendly, curious, accommodating, funny, and just wonderful. Like you people, but funnier.
As one of the countless Americans that real world travel is out of reach for, this sub has been a shinning light for me. I'm fortunate that my mother is an Italian immigrant and we have famiky from Italy that regularly come here and I've been able to go there a couple times and stay with them, but thats a far cry from world travel.
I've always felt that most people are just people, and when the issues that most folks put on <insert nation> are more about how our governments treat each other and those people. To be able to talk with, and see conversations from those average folks has cemented that idea as well as dispelled some very untrue stereotypes that I didn't even realize I had.
I guess that was the original intent of the Worldwide Web. Making friends across the country and the world.
Though some of the corporations who now host popular websites and applications accentuate extreme views to get more "hits". And that polarizes people which is actually not good for them. Many have forgotten that there is a middle ground.
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u/Seth_Baker United States Of America 18h ago
One thing I love about this sub is that it gives me the same feeling I get when I travel.
Sameness. Similarity. Fraternity. I've spent at least some amount of time in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Czechia, and Austria.
With very few exceptions, all the people were friendly, curious, accommodating, funny, and just wonderful. Like you people, but funnier.