@vriska @kaia @mangeurdenuage in eastern europe you can get lots of nightly conversation from drunk russian bums. for the locals that's still taboo though atleast here idk about the rest of europe but like latvia and finland atleast both have the "most introverted countries" type of reputation. I've seen articles of west euroes complaining about it though so it surely isn't everywhere.

but seriously what do you get out of small talk with people you dont know, and having to keep up with random gestures all the time? nothing, it's a waste of time that you can also easily fuck up and get quite uncomfortable with very quickly

though when i lived in a small village here probably every few people i walked by would say hi or good day but that wasn't very many