I1a3_Young
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- Messages
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- Location
- FL
- Ethnic group
- Basically British
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- I1 Z63*
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H5b1
Most of this matches my experiences. Tipping culture keeps servers friendly and attentive. I had bad experiences in Paris but had been warned that it would be the case. I always imagined them as the "New Yorkers" of France and didn't think all French people acted this way.
I frequently drive on dirt roads where it's rude not to wave at everyone you pass whether you know them or not. You can't even get eye contact trying to talk to strangers in NYC. If you've ever seen Crocodile Dundee then you understand.
Smiling....a hilariously American thing. Even the natives were bemused by this custom by the early colonials, so I find it hard to believe smiling wasn't a thing in England. My face is getting permanent wrinkles on my smile lines. The stories of Davy Crockett include "grinning" a coon out of a tree. The Cherokee and Shawnee used names for Daniel Boone that had to do with smiling.
I don't know why so many Americans are so friendly with strangers. Perhaps we are curious about others since we are all so different. I love to hear the stories of others. Is it more common in less populated areas to build meaningless camaraderie with strangers?
I frequently drive on dirt roads where it's rude not to wave at everyone you pass whether you know them or not. You can't even get eye contact trying to talk to strangers in NYC. If you've ever seen Crocodile Dundee then you understand.
Smiling....a hilariously American thing. Even the natives were bemused by this custom by the early colonials, so I find it hard to believe smiling wasn't a thing in England. My face is getting permanent wrinkles on my smile lines. The stories of Davy Crockett include "grinning" a coon out of a tree. The Cherokee and Shawnee used names for Daniel Boone that had to do with smiling.
I don't know why so many Americans are so friendly with strangers. Perhaps we are curious about others since we are all so different. I love to hear the stories of others. Is it more common in less populated areas to build meaningless camaraderie with strangers?