Brazilian Shares Biggest Culture Shock Living in Austria

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• Falco 😘

  • Rock me Amadeus, but stop smiling at my dog.

• Yh it's narrow minded to me as well that you and your friends need to have something in common to get along. In my country Iran people just need to be able to talk and be friendly, cool thats it.

  • And then gossip about everybody, haha. Gossip is the fundament of Iranian communication.
    Now, when I said this I wonder what it is like in Austria in this regard.

  • ​@@tantucethen you never understood Iranian culture. We share information, we make bonds we protect our selves. we share experience good or bad we make a plan and we move toward that. When you don't understand these concepts ( BCA these concepts never exist in you culture) you get convert them to your culture to understand concepts doesn't exist in your culture,which is Gossips. So you are seeing yourself in mirror more than anybody else.

• The biggest mistake of being expatriate is having dependency on "friends".
  Friend or no friend life goes on, anywhere you have to live and work.

  • Dependency to have real friends, whilst very good acquaintances would be great to have in your life too?
    And subsequential loneliness when living elsewhere. Healthy communication/relationships are very much possible without being best friends.

• Those are such extremely different cultures. Certain aspects of Austrian culture and other European cultures like it seem depressing to me, even as a quiet, shy introvert.

  • Exactly. I think I've turned into a shy introvert because of the environment.
    I remember I used to be happy, spontaneous and bubbly when a toddler. Eventually turned into a shy introvert with low self esteem.
    I'm from one of those socially cold countries.

  • ​@tantuce i literature suffer from anxiety due to them lol. The West has a really sick culture. Human to human interaction is terrible. They are definitely not 'free'

  • @@enlightenlife2840 depends what you see as the west. E.g, when visiting Italy I'm definitely happier. Not for long though. Their chaos and noise become overwhelming, lol
    I'm happier even in England where exchanging smiles with strangers when passing by and complimenting on someone's dog is encouraged. And excellent customer service absolutely everywhere. But they have other issues, probably because they are so tired of immigrants. And I'm one of them (with my accent they can't stand). I've been briefly to the Netherlands and Belgium. Very nice middle ground of my social needs, I think.

  • @tantuce  I'm friends with immigrants become they are more full of life ad easy to get along with also they bring their values which are usually positive in general. Like family and loyalty. I live in England, and I think it's a very passive-aggressive society. Small talk but no genuine barriers broken.

    I loved Egypt, though I'm not Egyptian. People love life and want very easy to befriend peace. Everyone is loving, and it made me want to stay their forever.

  • @@enlightenlife2840 haha, I live in England now too. They beat around the bush a lot, can't be direct. But on the other hand they want to be considerate, not hurt your feelings. When I do gardening, some of the regular passerbys would stop for a short chat. I not always know what to say, I haven't mastered the small talk yet, unless that's about gardening or my car, lol

• Why does the Brazilian province map look like a diagram of a brain?

  • Because we are the smarter country in the world.

• I love how she talks

• Please bring back YOU KNOW YOU ARE DATING...these interviews are braindead and boooooring

• Austrians and Germans tend to be cold.

• Yeah, it´s the common in Europe. You must TEND BRIDGES which means to look for ways to integrate with them, it can be adopting a hobbie that most locals have. I am aware is not usual for foreigners to do this but that´s how it is, those are the rules here, wether you like it or not. I am also a foreigner and live in the Netherlands and I am applying this and I guess it is working, little by little, but working.

• Friendship is impossible or likely possible with them but trough sport, hobbies you can have conversations.