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rrrrr  ·  3617 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 3 American Habits I Lost When I Moved to Finland

It caught me off guard as a Brit living in the US that people would say "Hi, how are you?" and just walk past as I opened my mouth to reply. After a while I figured out that this was just a formulaic greeting and not something to be offended by, but it was weird at first. Also "What's up?" - I had to teach myself not to attempt an answer.