Odd little cultural differences.

[Liar]

I get skeeved out by families who can't stop saying "I love you" to each other two million times per day.

Stahp. You're wearing it out and diluting it's serious meaning. Doing beats saying.

I'm sure some might disagree. But that's the point. Your normal is my weird and vice versa. Neither is per se wrong.

 

[Knot Again]

https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/16538/hdmovielogo/i-love-you-man-51053509e79fb.png

 

[Liar]

You only say that because you're drunk as a skunk.

Which, I presume, is your default state.

 

[Liar]

Anyways...

I had a friend from Italy over in Stockholm the other week. She was absolutely mezmerized...

...by our windows. How big they were and how carefree we were with blinders and curtains, leaving it all open so neighbors and strangers could look unobstructed straight into our homes.

I had not in 39 years on this planet given that a thought, but now I'm all of a sudden conscious about it.

Just another little example.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Love is relative....

 

[barefootgirl69]

Anyways...

I had a friend from Italy over in Stockholm the other week. She was absolutely mezmerized...

...by our windows. How big they were and how carefree we were with blinders and curtains, leaving it all open so neighbors and strangers could look unobstructed straight into our homes.

I had not in 39 years on this planet given that a thought, but now I'm all of a sudden conscious about it.

Just another little example.

I thought that was just a North vs. South thing... I had never seen huge windows that didn't have the blinds pulled down until I moved to Michigan! Why, in the dead of night, would you want people to see everything in your house, what you're watching on TV... *shudders*

I loved the Rollo (I think that's what they are called) blinds I that were built into the homes in Germany when I lived there!

 

[Liar]

I thought that was just a North vs. South thing... I had never seen huge windows that didn't have the blinds pulled down until I moved to Michigan! Why, in the dead of night, would you want people to see everything in your house, what you're watching on TV... *shudders*

I loved the Rollo (I think that's what they are called) blinds I that were built into the homes in Germany when I lived there!

Latitude might be part of the explanation yes. Up here, we're desperate for some extra sunlight the 30% of the year that we barely get any.

As for the dead of night, I guess we just forget to close up. We're also as a people too repressed to wander around nekkid at home, so there's no risk with it.

 

[Knot Again]

You only say that because you're drunk as a skunk.

Which, I presume, is your default state.

LIAR!

 

[lovecraft68]

I get skeeved out by families who can't stop saying "I love you" to each other two million times per day.

Stahp. You're wearing it out and diluting it's serious meaning. Doing beats saying.

I'm sure some might disagree. But that's the point. Your normal is my weird and vice versa. Neither is per se wrong.

Its probably just how I see it, but saying I love you ceaselessly means you want to hear it back, suggesting being a very needy person.

So I'm with you, it loses meaning when you say it constantly.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Latitude might be part of the explanation yes. Up here, we're desperate for some extra sunlight the 30% of the year that we barely get any.

As for the dead of night, I guess we just forget to close up. We're also as a people too repressed to wander around nekkid at home, so there's no risk with it.

This is exactly why I have a problem with it!

 

[Liar]

This is exactly why I have a problem with it!

Speaking of your username and AV, here's another one.

In about half of Europe, you take off your shoes and walk around in your socks when you're a guest in people's homes. In the other half, you don't, and shoes on is the norm.

On Iceland, you even take off your shoes in the workplace. Unless you work outdoors or in a public space like a store.

 

[Conager]

"It's the little differences. They don't have a quarter pounder with cheese in France. They call it the Royale with cheese..."

 

[Liar]

But a Big Mac is always a Big Mac.

 

[oggbashan]

In my brother's rural village, no one uses the front door except for funerals. Everyone from Vicar to Postman uses the back door.

In my town, no one uses the back door which is kept locked unless you are in the back garden. Everyone comes to the front door.

It's the difference between country and town.

 

[domroger]

But a Big Mac is always a Big Mac.

Yes ,crap in a bun .

 

[Aphro]

Yes ,crap in a bun .

How do you know a Scotsman's clan?

Look under his kilt. If he has a quarter pounder, he's a McDonald.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Lots of different customs and stuff in the world. In some countries the thumbs up is a rude gesture. Tipping restaurant servers is a no-no. Holding a door for a women is sexist. Certain topics are taboo or just generally not talked about. Shoes and feet are common taboos in may parts of the world. Certain types of gifts are a no-no.

Some are dying out quickly and some are quite entrenched.

My nephews wear their hats at the table!

Queuing for a bus is not universal.

I always give my seat up for a lady.

There is a popular video of Keanu Reeves giving up his seat on a crowded NY subway for a lady. I'm thinking 'this is something special'?

Watch how you hold two fingers up in the UK. And fanny means something different there.

 

[Christobal]

I agree.
There are so many people that "love you" within a week. Kind of like a dog. Make them feel safe and give them some food and water. Now they feel safe and and they want to join your wonderful pack. They love you.