I live in New Zealand, but have lived in australia for an odd year or so, enough to get somewhat of a grip on the culture. Haere Mai, my friend.
Isaacdevil wrote:I wish I could leave, but I'm too dependent on my parents despite being 21 years old.
How do you plan to not be so dependent on your parents? Are you able to get a job? Where would you like to go, if you do leave.
I get that I'm not in a third world country, but the pain of not belonging somewhere is terrible.
Being in a third world country doesn't entitle you to sadness, there are plenty of people in underdeveloped countries that are perfectly happy, in the same way that there are people in quite well developed countries that are, as you say;
suffering constantly..
along with being very oppositional to any bossy or rude people.
Oppositional is a very broad term. Do you actively object against any authority in your life, or do you silently stew over it? This may be one of the sources of your problems.
many cultural differences which make it SUPER hard to strongly connect with almost anybody in real life here.
You'd be surprised how easy it can be to find people with similar ideologies to yourself. If you're actively looking for people like yourself, you're bound to find them. Focusing on who opposes you leaves no time to find people who agree with you.
that I don't follow the law (it doesn't care about freedom)
Elaborate a bit more on this, please
Sorry, but people don't care about my wellbeing at all so I don't like them.
Is this the cultural difference you've been talking about? It seems pretty similar to america to me.
Are you talking about the idea of collectivism in Australia? Or the far more lax approach to politics some australian governance can provide. If anything, I'd say Australia is more individualist than most developed civilizations. Live in London for a few years and I'd be willing to wager how much you'd like to be back where you live now. Not to discredit your opinion, the weather is quite seldom for what you're describing in england.
However; with all the cultural differences I mentioned
Which cultural differences?
I can't really be friends with almost anyone in Australia when we really have one "superculture" which dominates cultures immigration brung into Australia.
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Anyone who disregards a person for their political beliefs alone (as in, to the point where you're describing) is either someone best not kept friends with, or repulsed by something other than your political beliefs. I don't know who you are, what you look like, etc, so only you can be the judge of which.
Similarly, if you let your political beliefs dictate who you can, and cannot be friends with, then I'm not sure if you'll end up on the happiest person on the planet. Who knows, people that dislike peppermint tea are crossed off the list in my opinion.
Australia is NOT the "lucky country" if any Australians here think I should love this place. I shouldn't, it really sucks for me.
Why should they think you love it in aussie? You clearly hate it, and you have your reasons to hate it.
Here's what I'm interested in:
1: Your title is captioned "
How to form stronger friendships with Australians.". Yet your post alludes only to the problems you've had in finding connections politically. Do you really want friendships with people where you live? Or are you looking for like-minded individualists like yourself?
2: Forgive me if I'm wrong, but your post looks to me like you're on the defense, is there any expectation in posting here that you're thinking will come for you? Could these expectations bleed over into real life, and have you given any thought as to whether those expectations may be afflicting your abilities to make friends?
3: Do you like peppermint tea?