Post AdDBKyAUV1JB6jM0Ya by thor@berserker.town
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 (DIR) Post #AdDBKwR4wNO9jb6E8O by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-26T19:37:45Z
       
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       I think it's fairly accurate to say that when Nordics form networks, they're usually star networks.One person forms the hub and pulls other people in for social functions, but if the person disappears, the whole network goes down, because people didn't form any connections separately.In a way, my family unit was like that. We all had a strong bond to my mother, but not a strong bond to each other.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDBKxGppwmyK7JYo4 by derpoltergeist@col.social
       2023-12-26T19:40:33Z
       
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       @thor This is like the antithesis of being Latin American.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDBKyAUV1JB6jM0Ya by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-26T19:49:18Z
       
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       @derpoltergeist We do remark on how different we are from the Latins here in Europe. They are seen as emotional and temperamental. Hot-blooded.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDBKz0bNGzZiLjcmW by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-26T19:52:07Z
       
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       @derpoltergeist I think the star networks are a natural result of the Nordic tendency to do this: Give each other space, both physically and emotionally.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdE3QYD7Jj1Trbh0SW by ClassicalRae@noagendasocial.com
       2023-12-27T00:47:44Z
       
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       @thor interesting. That’s what I observed with my mom’s family. When my grandma passed away, the siblings stopped having family gatherings. I thought it was just a dysfunctional family dynamic…didn’t realize it might be related to their culture (Swedish)
       
 (DIR) Post #AdE3QZ4e6hqCXcjktU by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-27T04:21:36Z
       
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       @ClassicalRae Neither did I until I started thinking about it in the middle of writing that. "If it applies to social circles, why not families too?"So far, the Norwegians I've shared that post with since have had no objections to that description.Funny that you should mention it: My mother had a big family but the family gatherings stopped after my grandma passed away.There isn't really a strong idea here that families should always stick together, I think. Polar opposite of Latin-Americans with their big and tightly knit families.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdE3QZvov0NLCXcDmC by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-27T04:25:48Z
       
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       @ClassicalRae I heard a story that the head of the Rotary Club, an American guy, had decided that the slogan of the year would be "family values". The head of the Norwegian branch didn't know what to do, because we don't do that here. It's what we call American mushiness.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdE3QakrrDCzkrUzLM by thor@berserker.town
       2023-12-27T04:46:52Z
       
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       @ClassicalRae Previously, I came to the conclusion that if I want a friend circle, I might have to create it myself by turning into an arranger of social functions.Some years ago, I arranged one of the first Reddit meet-ups in Norway. I did them a couple of times. Someone later came to ask me if I could please do more of them.I didn't quite understand why at the time, but it was probably because that was the only opportunity that person had see the same people again.