Gradually realizing that, now that my personality feels contingent and impersonal, new social contexts feel like jolts in the reality model.
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The difference in energy from Norway to Poland is extreme.
Polish social reality is anarchic, loud, harsh and intensely warm.
Norway is comparatively structured, cushy and quiet, cold/detached and yet mostly pleasant.
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Wow, this experientially sounds a bit like the difference between being in Canada (every anglo province) and being in the US.
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Mmh. It's a lot like how those two are stereotyped. And my one stay in the US (in brief custody at LA airport) fit well with the Polish vibe.