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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

What was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?

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What was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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    42•2 years ago

    When my Muslim coworker told me that they didn’t use toilet paper and found it disgusting.

    I later got a bidet and have never looked back.

    • @[email protected]
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      22•2 years ago

      Here we are, back to pooping again

      • spicy pancake
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        3•2 years ago

        the internet is for

        1. porn
        2. cat pictures
        3. poop talk
    • @[email protected]OP
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      7•2 years ago

      They just air dry? I’d still use a little after.

      • @[email protected]
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        11•2 years ago

        The bidet has a hot air dryer. Truly living in the future.

        • spicy pancake
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          4•2 years ago

          butt air dryers, like hand air dryers, are good in theory but horrible in practice. they blow toilet air around and blast infectious particles EVERYWHERE :[

        • @[email protected]OP
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          2•2 years ago

          Oh fancy. I’ve only used the spray cold water at your ass ones.

          • @[email protected]
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            2•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              2•2 years ago

              Twelve 🙄

            • @[email protected]
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              -1•2 years ago

              Do you scoop front to back or back to front?

          • @[email protected]
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            1•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              4•2 years ago

              I count nine.

          • @[email protected]
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            -2•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

          • @[email protected]
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            -2•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

          • @[email protected]
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            -3•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

            • @[email protected]
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              3•2 years ago

              Fifteen

          • @[email protected]
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            -3•2 years ago

            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

            • @[email protected]
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              1•2 years ago

              Eighteen.

    • @[email protected]
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      1•2 years ago

      Consider that for Arabs the old school way would be using their left hand and sand (well, in more humid areas - water). Which is the reason you should be careful with your left hand while interacting with a person of that culture.

      I think I like some paper between hand and … more, than sand, ya knaw.

      • @[email protected]
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        1•2 years ago

        Only relevant if you talk to a Bedouin living in the desert. Otherwise bidet culture is pretty big in MENA.

      • @[email protected]
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        1•2 years ago

        Paper is definitely an upgrade over something that is coarse and gritty and gets everywhere…

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 years ago

          And also separates your hand from the substance you are removing, not joins it. (Sorry, I just couldn’t)

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