Talking about South America as a homogeneous unit is… weird. Even neighbouring countries speaking the same language can be entirely different in this regard.

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temp0826 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree (and I don't normally generalize like this, so I apologize). I've spent most of my time in Peru but noticed it in neighboring countries as well.

	▲	thiagoeh 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That also is my perception, from Brazil. There is even the concept of "cordial man", coined by sociologist Sergio Buarque d Holanda, that is connected to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial_man
	▲	wesleyfsmith an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		can speak from personal experience that it's the same culturally in colombia

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sieabahlpark 13 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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