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can@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 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?

can@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • MedicareForSome@lemmy.ml
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    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.

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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      Here we are, back to pooping again

      • spicy pancake@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        the internet is for

        1. porn
        2. cat pictures
        3. poop talk
    • can@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      They just air dry? I’d still use a little after.

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

        • spicy pancake@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          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 :[

        • can@sh.itjust.worksOP
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          Oh fancy. I’ve only used the spray cold water at your ass ones.

          • Multiverse@lemmy.ml
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            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells.

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              Twelve 🙄

            • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
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              Do you scoop front to back or back to front?

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

            • can@sh.itjust.worksOP
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              I count nine.

          • Multiverse@lemmy.ml
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            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

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

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

            • Cralex@lemmy.one
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              Eighteen.

          • Multiverse@lemmy.ml
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            Count yourself lucky. All I have are these 3 seashells 🐚 🐚 🐚.

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              Fifteen

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      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.

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

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

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

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