Cultural Differences, North American Strangers

[Ssuusshhii]

Because the moment you substantiate your claim, it no longer is advice based on opinion, it becomes a research paper which if you live your life only choosing to give your opinion to people only when you have research and citations backing up your opinion than that is your choice and you probably are pretty boring person at parties lol.

An opinion can be (and in certain contexts, should be) backed my evidence. There are multiple ways to interpret and understand the information that is given to you. Opinions about what you like or prefer mean nothing and can be formed however you want them to be. If you're talking about large groups of people and attributing certain traits and attitudes to them, you better be sure you know what you're talking about if you don't want to look like a fool/offend other people. Even more so if you're giving advice.

[Aenarion]

If you're talking about large groups of people and attributing certain traits and attitudes to them, you better be sure you know what you're talking about if you don't want to look like a fool/offend other people. Even more so if you're giving advice.

Unless it's Americans, there is just something about those 300 million+ people that just makes for spot-on sweeping generalizations

[MochaLatte]

If we look at the population results posted from the recent live letter... it's almost 50% guys/girls playing in Japan. Versus 60% guys, 40% girls playing in NA/EU.

Many guys playing video games in NA are competitive, aggressive towards others while playing, critical of others, impatient, etc...NOT friendly. Look at the behaviors of people who play CoD, WoW. I would think that has something to do with the unfriendliness of the NA community.