The more I travel (37 countries on four continents) the more I realize everyone is the same. For me, it’s like a mini-version of the overview effect.
Everyone has a hand wrap (pita, taco, wrap, sandwich).
Everyone has their customs that bleed into public life (religious, secular, religious-cum-secular)
Everyone has to take care of children
Everyone has a grocery store
Everyone likes to drink a hot liquid out of a mug. Everyone likes to drink a cold liquid out of a glass
Everyone has their pockets of disengaged youth who lash out at society, “normalcy” and the status quo
it’s not a weird, scary world. We are all people. We all live here. The content of my pita might be different from what’s in your taco, but it’s basically the same thing. The difference between my town and one a few kilometers away is not that much larger than one on the other side of the world. We are all people living our lives.
Heh I meant coffee or tea