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“Tum Mera Bistar Mein Hi So Ja Bhai”, American Cant Get Over Indian Hospitality https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/14978/ #AmericanCulture #AmericanHindiSpeaker #CulturalDifferences #GuestHospitality #HospitalityCulture #IndiaVsUs #IndianHospitality #IndianRestaurant #IndianRestaurants #SocialCustomsIndia #UsSocialNorms
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DATE: August 14, 2026 at 08:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men
URL: https://www.psypost.org/how-culture-and-age-shape-the-way-people-view-their-own-morality/
People all over the world consider morality a part of who they are, but how they express it depends heavily on their age, gender, and cultural background. A large new study maps out these differences, revealing that women generally value moral traits more than men do and that younger people in highly competitive societies care deeply about showing their morals to others. These results were recently published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Morality involves caring about fairness, justice, and the welfare of others. It acts as a core psychological need for many people, giving them a sense of being a good person. Yet individuals differ in how strongly they tie moral characteristics to their personal identity.
Psychologists divide this moral identity into two related concepts. Internalization measures the extent to which a person views moral traits as a private, central part of their self-concept. Symbolization measures how much a person values expressing their morality in ways that other people can see, such as through observable actions or group affiliations.
Both aspects predict real-world prosocial behavior, like volunteering and donating to charity. Most previous research on moral identity relied on samples from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic nations.
Researchers Mariola Paruzel-Czachura and Cillian McHugh wanted to understand how these two aspects of moral identity vary across the globe. By looking at a broader range of countries, the researchers hoped to figure out whether existing assumptions about the moral self are universally human or culturally specific.
The researchers analyzed an existing dataset containing survey responses from 46,490 adults across 67 countries. This qualifies as a large study. Participants filled out a questionnaire assessing how much they valued having nine specific moral traits: caring, compassionate, fair, friendly, generous, helpful, hardworking, honest, and kind.
Participants rated their agreement with statements about these traits on an 11-point scale. The researchers then calculated separate scores for internalization and symbolization.
The researchers also gathered country-level data on several cultural dimensions. These included established metrics assessing a society’s acceptance of hierarchy, its focus on community versus the individual, its emphasis on competition, and its comfort with ambiguity. They also included indices of cultural tightness, which measure the strictness of social norms and a society’s tolerance for people breaking those rules.
Using statistical models that accounted for individuals nested within specific nations, the researchers examined how age, gender, and cultural environment related to participants’ moral identity scores.
The analysis revealed that women scored higher than men on both the private and public components of moral identity. This difference was particularly consistent for internalization. In 41 countries, women scored higher than men on internalization, while men scored higher in only two countries. Women scored higher on symbolization in 21 countries, while men scored higher in only one country.
The researchers predicted this gender outcome based on the idea that moral identity is closely linked to the ethical domain of care. Broad cross-cultural evidence indicates that women, on average, place greater emphasis on caring for others than men do. This stronger commitment to care likely contributes to the self-definitional importance of being a moral person.
The relationship between age and moral identity was also nuanced. When looking at the global population as a single group, older age seemed associated with slightly lower moral identity scores. But when the researchers accounted for the specific country each participant lived in, they found the opposite pattern. Within individual countries, older adults tended to place slightly more importance on having moral traits and on being recognized for them than younger adults did.
Cultural environment also shaped how people viewed their morality, especially regarding public expression. Participants reported higher symbolization in societies that are more collectivistic, meaning social life is tightly structured around community and relationships. Publicly displaying moral traits might help people maintain harmony and social acceptance in these environments where interpersonal reputation carries heavy consequences.
Symbolization was also higher in countries with greater acceptance of unequal power and hierarchy. In these societies, demonstrating socially valued qualities might help individuals navigate status differences and signal their reliability to others.
In cultures that prioritize competition and visible success, younger participants showed higher symbolization. For younger adults focused on establishing their social networks and standing, building a visible moral reputation acts as another form of social achievement. Older adults in these same cultures did not show this pattern, perhaps because their social standing is already established through stable roles.
The private side of moral identity showed a different pattern regarding culture. Internalization was higher in societies that focus on community over the individual. It was also higher in countries with lower acceptance of power inequalities, and in places with lower uncertainty avoidance, which are societies more comfortable with ambiguity.
The strictness of a society’s norms also played a role. In cultures with broad, strictly enforced social rules, people generally reported higher levels of both internalization and symbolization. When community expectations are rigid and closely monitored across many areas of life, internalizing those norms and displaying them to others becomes a central part of everyday functioning.
The results were not statistically significant for other cultural dimensions, such as a society’s focus on long-term future goals or its indulgence of personal desires. These factors did not meaningfully alter how strongly people valued having moral traits.
The study relied on older cultural indices that might not perfectly capture modern societal values. Social norms shift over time, and a country’s historical ranking on a cultural dimension might not reflect its current state. The associations between culture and moral identity found in this data were generally modest in size.
The questionnaire used to measure moral identity was originally developed in the United States. It relies on a specific list of moral traits focused on care and fairness. This list might not fully capture the moral ideals of non-Western cultures, where duty, loyalty, or religious devotion might be considered more central to being a good person. Differences between countries might partly reflect how well these specific traits align with local moral priorities.
Future research could address these limitations by developing measurement tools tailored to diverse cultural perspectives. Assessing cultural values directly from the participants at the exact same time as moral identity would also provide a more precise picture of how societies shape the way people view themselves.
The study, “Who Cares More About Having Moral Traits? Evidence From 67 Countries,” was authored by Mariola Paruzel-Czachura and Cillian McHugh.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/how-culture-and-age-shape-the-way-people-view-their-own-morality/
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MoralIdentity #WomenAndMorality #CulturalDifferences #Internalization #Symbolization #MoralTraits #ProsocialBehavior #CrossCulturalPsychology #GenderDifferences #GlobalStudy
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DATE: August 7, 2026 at 07:18AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: Scientists tracked 12 people in Antarctica for 10 months—what happened could shape future Mars missions
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260806050722.htm
A ten-month Antarctic experiment found that astronauts may struggle not only with loneliness but also with spending too much time around the same people. Frequent contact was linked to greater tension and mistrust, while the crew increasingly divided into cultural and language-based groups.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260806050722.htm
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AntarcticaResearch #SpaceMissionPlanning #LonelinessInSpace #CrewDynamics #MarsMissionPrep #InterpersonalTension #CulturalDifferences #TeamCohesion #AstronautWellbeing #IsolationExperiment
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Master linguist visits town with world’s most ‘perplexing’ accent and finally meets his match
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/perplexing-glaswegian-scottish-dialect-ex1/
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DATE: August 3, 2026 at 08:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study reveals how culture shapes our attraction to people who flaunt their wealth
A recent study published in the International Marketing Review suggests that the type of luxury a person displays online can influence how attractive they appear to potential romantic partners, though this effect tends to depend on their cultural background and gender. The findings provide evidence that showing off expensive experiences, like luxury travel, often signals competence more effectively than flaunting material goods like designer watches. This pattern is particularly strong among South Korean women evaluating potential male partners.
“My work centers on conspicuous consumption, that is, spending meant to signal one’s social status and wealth to others,” said study author Hyun Young Cho, an assistant professor in the Department of Business Administration at Daejin University in Pocheon, South Korea. “Traditionally that has meant luxury goods, but as luxury products have become more accessible, material displays have lost some of their signaling power.”
People often display wealth to attract romantic partners by signaling their social status and available resources. This behavior traditionally takes the form of material conspicuous consumption, which involves buying expensive, tangible items like designer clothing, high-end electronics, or luxury cars to visibly communicate financial success to others.
As luxury goods have become easier to acquire, attention has shifted toward experiential conspicuous consumption. This involves spending money on exclusive events, high-end dining, or luxury travel.
“People increasingly signal status through experiences instead,” Cho explained. “These are interesting precisely because they require more than money. They also imply cultural knowledge and taste, which makes them a more refined kind of status claim.”
“I wanted to know whether this shift extends to romantic signaling,” Cho said. “Decades of work in psychology suggest that women weigh a partner’s economic resources heavily, while men weigh physical attractiveness more. But nearly all of that research assumed material displays.”
Cho noted that experiential conspicuous consumption has been studied in consumer contexts, yet its role in mate evaluation had received almost no attention. “The only directly relevant evidence we could find was a single qualitative study in Korea. We ran two experiments to test it directly, and in two countries, because status symbols do not mean the same thing everywhere,” Cho added.
The researchers recruited 120 single adults from South Korea and 200 single adults from the United States for an online experiment. Participants read a hypothetical scenario about going on a blind date and viewing the potential partner’s social media profile. The profile displayed either material luxury, such as a Prada handbag or a Rolex watch, or experiential luxury, such as a stay at a high-end hotel and expensive theater tickets.
The scientists measured how competent the participants thought the partner was, their overall attitude toward the person, and their intention to pursue a romantic relationship. All of these measures used a seven-point rating scale, with higher numbers indicating a stronger response.
In South Korea, participants reported a higher average intention to pursue a romantic relationship with a partner who displayed luxury experiences, scoring 3.50 out of 7, compared to a partner who displayed material goods, who scored 3.00 out of 7.
“In our Korean samples, people responded more favorably to a potential partner who displayed experiences than to one who displayed luxury goods, and this operated through perceived competence,” Cho told PsyPost. “The experiential display made the person look capable and cultured, which improved attitudes toward them, which in turn raised romantic interest. In the U.S. samples, the two kinds of display were broadly interchangeable.”
This pattern in South Korea was largely driven by South Korean women, who rated men displaying expensive experiences as much more competent than those displaying material items. South Korean men did not show a preference between the two types of luxury when evaluating women.
In the United States, participants reported similar levels of romantic interest across both the experiential condition, scoring 5.72 out of 7, and the material condition, scoring 5.56 out of 7. A specific gender difference emerged among the American participants.
“I expected U.S. men to be largely indifferent to the type of consumption a woman displayed, since men’s evaluations of women are generally thought to be driven by attractiveness,” Cho said. “Instead, American men rated women who displayed experiences as more competent and more romantically appealing than women who displayed luxury goods, while American women drew no distinction between the two.”
In Korea, the researchers found the mirror image, where women differentiated and men did not. “So the gender asymmetry in decoding these signals seems to be culturally contingent rather than universal,” Cho explained. “One possible reading, consistent with recent findings on luxury experiences and status attribution on social media, is that a woman’s experiential display is decoded as refinement and cultural capital, whereas luxury goods may hint at material expectations. But that is an interpretation our data cannot fully test, and I would flag it as such.”
To see if these patterns held up with more realistic visual cues, the authors conducted a second experiment using mock Instagram profiles. This sample included 180 single adults from South Korea and 195 single adults from the United States. Participants read a scenario about briefly meeting an attractive person offline and then checking their Instagram account. The mock profile featured either a prominent material luxury item, like a Montblanc pen or Chanel cosmetics, or an exclusive luxury experience, such as a trip to a famous resort island.
The second experiment produced similar but statistically stronger results compared to the first study. South Korean participants again expressed higher romantic intentions toward individuals posting luxury experiences, averaging 3.50 out of 7, compared to those posting material items, who averaged 3.00.
“The effect was weak in Study 1, which used a written scenario, and considerably stronger in Study 2, which used simulated Instagram profiles,” Cho pointed out. “Richer and more realistic cues appear to make these signals easier to read, and that is also closer to how people encounter them in daily life.”
Just as in the first experiment, South Korean women drove this effect by rating men with luxury experiences as more competent, while South Korean men showed no difference in their evaluations of women. For the American participants in the second study, overall romantic intentions were again comparable between the experiential profiles, scoring 6.04 out of 7, and the material profiles, scoring 6.18. Yet, the American men again perceived women who posted luxury experiences as more competent. American women did not differentiate between the two types of posts when evaluating male targets.
Cho reflected on the consistency across the experiments. “Only that the two studies used quite different presentations, a written scenario and a simulated Instagram feed, and the cultural pattern held across both. To me that is the most reassuring part of the result.”
These differences trace back to how societal norms shape the interpretation of wealth. “So the broader point is that a status signal only works if the audience decodes it the way the sender intends,” Cho observed. “In a society that is both highly materialistic and shaped by Confucian norms of modesty, an overt luxury display can register as ostentatious rather than impressive, while an equally expensive experience carries no such penalty. In the U.S., where visible wealth tends to be read as earned, that penalty is much weaker.”
But readers should consider the magnitude of these findings when applying them to real life. The type of luxury someone displays is just a single factor in the complex process of mate selection.
“These are modest effects, and I would want readers to hold them that way,” Cho told PsyPost. “In our first study, consumption type accounted for roughly 2% of the variance in romantic intention. In the second, which used more visually realistic stimuli, it accounted for about 8%. On a seven-point scale, the Korean difference amounted to roughly half a point.”
Cho emphasized that this is a real and replicable difference, but it is only one of many cues that shape romantic interest, alongside appearance, personality, conversation, and shared background. “The practical reading is not that posting about travel will make someone more attractive. It is that the type of status display can shift first impressions at the margin, and that the direction of the shift depends on where you are and who is looking,” Cho explained.
As with all research, the study has some caveats. The experiments isolated visual cues on social media, so the influence of these luxury signals might shift during live, face-to-face interactions. “First of all, this is a study of how observers decode signals, not of what makes people happy or what makes relationships last. We measured initial impressions of a stranger’s profile, not relationship outcomes,” Cho cautioned.
Cho also highlighted important nuances regarding the absolute scores between the two countries. “Also, please don’t read the cross-country comparison as evidence that Americans are more romantically interested than Koreans. Absolute intention scores were much higher in the U.S. samples, but that gap almost certainly reflects differences in how people in the two countries use rating scales, along with differences in recruitment source. The meaningful comparison is within each country, between the two conditions.”
Additionally, in the first study, the interaction between culture and the type of consumption did not reach statistical significance. “The cross-country difference there rests on planned contrasts and should be read as directional,” Cho noted. “Study 2, with more realistic stimuli, provided the stronger test. And because both studies used hypothetical scenarios with opposite-sex targets, extension to real dating behavior, and to same-sex attraction, remains an open question.”
The researchers plan to explore how experiential and material displays function in other areas of life. They are currently looking into whether these signals affect consumer behavior.
“I am currently extending this work from romantic contexts to commercial ones,” Cho said. “The question is whether a salesperson who displays experiential consumption is perceived as more competent than one who displays material consumption, and whether that perception translates into stronger purchase intention among consumers. If status signals shape how we evaluate a potential partner, they may work in a similar way when we evaluate someone we are deciding whether to buy from.”
The study, “Experiential vs. material conspicuous consumption as romantic signals: evidence from South Korea and the United States,” was authored by Jin Suk Lee and Hyun Young Cho.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #ExperientialConspicuousConsumption #LuxurySignals #RomanticAttraction #CulturalDifferences #ExperientialVsMaterial #SocialMediaIdentity #SouthKoreaUSStudy #PerceivedCompetence #StatusSignals #RomanceResearch
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DATE: August 2, 2026 at 02:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: A 12-country study highlights regional differences in ghosting behaviors and attitudes
People across the globe recognize ghosting as a common way to end relationships, but geographic location tends to influence how acceptable they find the practice. Research published in the *Journal of Social and Personal Relationships* provides evidence that individuals from different countries vary in their intentions to cut off contact and their actual history of doing so. The findings suggest that severing ties without explanation is a worldwide phenomenon with distinct regional patterns.
Ghosting occurs when a person abruptly stops communicating with someone else to end their relationship, offering no warning or explanation for their departure. Most previous research on this type of social rejection has relied heavily on participants from the United States and Western Europe. A vast majority of studies on close relationships tend to exclude people from African, Asian, and Latin American countries.
“There has been a lot of research on ghosting over the past 10 years or so, but much of that research (like the broader research on close relationships) has focused on participants from certain regions,” said Gili Freedman, an associate professor of psychology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. To address this geographic gap, Freedman and co-author Darcey Powell, an associate professor of psychology at Texas AM University-Corpus Christi, designed a project comparing behaviors across twelve countries.
“In this set of studies, Darcey Powell and I wanted to gain an understanding of whether ghosting is commonly used across 12 countries that spanned multiple continents,” Freedman said. “We also wanted to examine people’s attitudes, intentions, and behaviors in regard to ghosting in both friendships and romantic relationships in these 12 countries.”
Cultural backgrounds often shape how people navigate social rejection and manage their interpersonal networks. People in some societies prioritize social harmony and group cohesion, which might influence whether they view abruptly ending a relationship as offensive. Another factor is relational mobility, which describes how easily individuals in a society can choose and form new relationships.
In their first study, Freedman and Powell recruited 885 young adults between the ages of 18 and 29. The participants lived in Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States. They read a specific description of ghosting and answered questions about their familiarity with the concept.
The participants rated the acceptability of ghosting on a one to seven scale. They also estimated their likelihood of doing it on a zero to 100 percent scale and reported their past experiences with friends and romantic partners. In their statistical models, Freedman and Powell accounted for the age and gender of the participants.
The data from the first study showed that the concept of ghosting is widely known, with roughly 96 percent of participants recognizing the behavior. People in different regions sometimes used alternative slang, such as the word “mizing” in South Africa, to describe the act of ignoring someone. Freedman and Powell found that participants from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa reported higher levels of acceptance for the practice than participants from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Freedman and Powell also found differences in how people intended to act in the future. Participants across all six countries were more likely to say they would ghost someone in a short-term relationship, estimating a 52 percent likelihood on average, compared to just a 20 percent likelihood for a long-term relationship. Generally, participants reported a higher likelihood of ghosting friends than romantic partners, a trend most prominent in Canada and Mexico.
Looking at past behavior, people in Kenya reported the highest rates of cutting off a romantic partner. About 54 percent of the Kenyan participants had ghosted a romantic partner, compared to 30 percent of participants in the United States. In the United States and Canada, ghosting a friend was generally more common than ghosting a romantic partner. In Canada, about 51 percent of participants reported ghosting a friend, compared to 31 percent who had ghosted a romantic partner.
For their second study, Freedman and Powell surveyed a broader age range of 1,741 adults with an average age of 31. This sample included participants from Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines, and Ukraine. Survey materials were translated into the most popular local language for each country.
Similar to the first study, participants read a description of ghosting and answered questions about their knowledge, attitudes, future intentions, and past behaviors. Freedman and Powell once again controlled for participant age and gender in their statistical analyses to ensure these demographic factors did not skew the outcomes.
In this second group, 75 percent of the participants had heard of the specific term ghosting. Awareness varied by location, as over 35 percent of participants in Brazil and Ukraine had not heard of the concept before taking the survey. Acceptability also varied widely across these nations. Participants from the Philippines and Brazil rated ghosting as less acceptable than participants from the other five countries in the group.
Future intentions to cut off contact followed a similar pattern to the first study. People estimated an average 49 percent likelihood of ghosting a short-term partner or friend, compared to an average 31 percent likelihood for long-term relationships. Participants from Kenya reported the highest intentions to ghost overall, while participants from Brazil reported the lowest intentions.
When looking at past actions, Freedman and Powell observed a disconnect between people’s attitudes and their actual behaviors. The data provides evidence that high acceptability in a culture does not guarantee the behavior will be widespread. Participants in India reported some of the highest levels of acceptance for ghosting, but they were the least likely to have actually ghosted a romantic partner, with roughly 16 percent reporting the behavior. In contrast, participants from Brazil had low intentions and low acceptance, but roughly 53 percent still reported cutting off friends in the past.
Reflecting on the overall results of both studies, Freedman noted that the terminology and frequency of the practice shift depending on the geographic context. “We found that ghosting is a widely known type of social rejection, though it sometimes goes by different names depending on country/region,” Freedman said. “However, individuals’ familiarity with the term ‘ghosting,’ how they feel about it, and how likely they are to have ghosted or been ghosted varies by country.”
The consistency of specific regional trends across both the younger and older participant groups stood out to Freedman and Powell. “For example, we found higher rates of ghosting and of ghosting acceptability with participants from Kenya compared to other countries,” Freedman explained. The authors hope this initial exploration opens the door for more focused examinations of specific global populations.
“Our cross-national work aimed to serve as a foundational step, such that future research could use it as a springboard to explore potential cross-cultural differences between select countries,” Freedman said. Interpreting these country-based differences as strict cultural rules would be a mistake. A person’s geographic location is a broad proxy for a complex mix of social expectations and personal mobility.
National borders do not perfectly align with psychological traits, such as a preference for independence or a desire for group harmony. Future research could measure specific cultural values directly to see how they relate to relationship decisions.
The samples relied on people who were already registered on online survey platforms. This approach means the participants might not accurately represent the broader populations of their respective countries. Collecting data from more diverse, nationally representative groups could provide a more accurate picture of global relationship trends. It is also possible that translating the survey into local languages slightly altered the meaning of relationship terms, which could influence how participants responded.
The study, “A Cross-National Comparison of Ghosting Knowledge, Attitudes, Intentions, and Behaviors in Friendships and Romantic Relationships Spanning Twelve Countries,” was authored by Gili Freedman and Darcey N. Powell.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #GhostingStudy #CrossNationalResearch #RelationshipTrends #GhostingAttitudes #RomanceAndFriendships #CulturalDifferences #InterpersonalRelationships #GlobalRelationships #GhostingBehavior #SocialRejection
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How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner
https://mydiplomaticlife.com/how-to-survive-3-years-in-north-korea-as-a-foreigner/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776103
#HackerNews #NorthKorea #SurvivalGuide #ExpatLife #ForeignersInNorthKorea #TravelTips #CulturalDifferences
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People Are the Most Fascinating Thing on This Planet
#humanconnection #whatmakesyoutick #curiosity #culturaldifferences #humaninteraction #socialmedia #community #diversity #peoplewatching #humanmind #lifefascination #zsoltzsemba -
The vibe is heavy — but I'm leaning into it as a challenge.
Riding in a Tuk Tuk listening to Romanian Minimal Breaks. Hypervigilant after yesterday's scam attempt. No passport — it's at the visa agency. Heading to the library to find The Culture Map. Time to update my mental map on saving face.
For now I'll lean back and enjoy the heavy vibes to that droning minimal breakbeat.
https://whothefami.substack.com/p/riding-in-a-tuk-tuk-listening-to
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Don't make me lose face over $6. Paradoxically, I am writing about this. But it's not bad. It just is what it is.
I thought the Laos-born Cambodian could be a friend. But this too was transactional. I'm not an ATM and I'm stepping back. In Laos people just let me be. Not here.
Disappointment is data.
https://whothefami.substack.com/p/im-not-an-atm
#Cambodia #SoloTravel #Expat #CulturalDifferences #Friendship
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Woman who moved from Ireland to Boston shares why the American dream is ‘all a lie.’
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In #ChineseCulture the numbers #666 aren't seen as sign of devil/evil, it's seen as a positive symbol.
(If you spot “666” in an English horror movie, you might shrink back, thanks to its long-standing link to evil. But if you see it in a Chinese gamer’s chat or a teen’s social media post? Grab the popcorn—they’re complimenting someone! That’s the wild cross-cultural twist of 666 Chinese slang: what feels spooky in the West is pure hype in China. Far from a dark symbol, “666” (pronounced “liù liù liù”) is one of the most popular ways to say “awesome,” “smooth,” or “impressive” online. Let’s with WuKong Education unpack why this number went from “devil’s number” to “vibe check win.”)
https://www.wukongsch.com/blog/chinese-slang-liuliuliu-post-52602/#AsianMastodon #NumbersMeaning #Chinese #Culture #Educational #CulturalDifferences #CelebrateDifferences
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What's the appropriate response if an American postdoc says they are so excited about data/project X but their tone and gesturing is flat and unengaged, opposite to the words.
Am I allowed to bring it up as "What makes you concerned about X, is there something wrong?" or similar.
Seems strange to me to leave it unaddressed, but I understand American culture is sorta requiring positive and enthusiastic language.
#Astrodon #AcademicChatter #confused #culturalDifferences #Americans #Question
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It was interesting -- the longer I waited, the less antsy I felt. It was a strange cultural lesson.
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Understanding Cultural Differences: The Michigan Fish Test (2013)
http://michael-roberto.blogspot.com/2013/07/understanding-cultural-differences.html
#HackerNews #CulturalDifferences #MichiganFishTest #UnderstandingCulture #CrossCulturalCommunication #2013Insights
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@zakalwe
I've definitely grossed out many white friends when eating pigs feet, intestines, pig's ears, chicken feet & other animal parts that they find totally disgusting. What we find more disgusting is killing any animal for food/human beneficial uses & not using as many parts of that animal as possible. We don't believe in taking any animal lives for food & then just wasting anything that can actually be used to eat or to make things out of. We use almost everything! One of my Indigenous Aunties harvests fish skins to make clothes, bags & other useful items that she sells at public markets in nearby towns.#AsianMastodon #FoodCulture #AsianFoods #CulturalDifferences
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Bello Bear Ep 19 Morning Cuppa – The one where tea vs coffee sparks an intervention. Watch the video version here… https://youtube.com/shorts/dlxv_Rg-fk4?feature=share
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Bello Bear Ep 19 Morning Cuppa – The one where tea vs coffee sparks an intervention.
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OH: "Der kleine Tod." - "Ah, die Umsatzsteuererklärung." #culturaldifferences
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Do you think it’s appropriate to give foreign #children on the street #gifts when you #travel? If so #why?
Re: A Facebook comment I just made:
I never give junk to children I don’t know. It’s not culturally appropriate in the US where I live. If I did it here people would want to beat me up, would post my photo on the internet and come after me. Thus I don’t feel it’s appropriate elsewhere. -
"I'm a father of three and loving husband"
Yeah, yeah, let's talk about the things you actually acquired certification for before doing them.
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"I'm a father of three and loving husband"
That's nice for you, but neither reproduction, nor marrying are things, we want you to perform as part of your position during work hours, as you can see in the job description.
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"I'm a father of three and loving husband"
And what exactly does that say about you? I mean, what does that really say about you?
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"I'm a father of three and loving husband"
And that qualifies you to do what exactly?
When will you give me the relevant information?
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Ever wondered what the Swedish view of the Danish was like? Here's a pic from a design agency I worked with in Malmö (many years ago) that gives a hint. #culturalDifferences
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If you're from the USA, this blog post by someone from Germany about their impression of US school buses might be interesting:
https://trainsinanime.tumblr.com/post/746055309766819840/i-wonder-do-americans-know-about-american-school#USA #CultureShock #Culture #CulturalDifferences #Buses #PublicTransport #Links
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I did not reach the three obvious German tourists in time who looked confused in the busy Irish pub to tell them "No, really, the table is free". They left because they believed all the tables were booked/reserved. Es tut mir leid!
Booked tables in Ireland are always marked!
#ireland #irland #germany #deutschland #culturaldifferences #pub #kneipe