#cultural difference

[wjjh]

How do we deal with those who think differently? The question sounds generous, but in the present political climate it conceals a danger. Too often, “those who think differently” becomes a polite way of speaking about “the other”: the migrant, the refugee, the Muslim, the foreigner, or the political opponent. This essay argues that a serious humanist answer must begin elsewhere: with the recognition that every person is shaped by culture and experience, yet remains more than any label.

Everyone is a Minority of One

[liliflorida]

Harmony In Tokyo, I stayed at the hotel for two nights. The hotel had a small library room.... https://liliflorida.com/2026/06/10/harmony/

Harmony

[matikura]

I think I realized one of the problems with popular opinion, mostly disagreeing with it

Is that my entire childhood has no american pop culture that was edgy enough to leave a mark

Which means the more vanilla the more exotic the feel is for me

[bibleteacher-org]

Preached Sunday morning at Riverview

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[liliflorida]

What's your definition of romantic?

I answered this question last year. What’s your definition of romantic? Oh… My first language is Japanese. In Japanese, romantic (ロマンチック, a word borrowed from English) means the feeling of love. I once had a conversation with a Peruvian about cultural differences. Most Japanese people think that hugging and kissing are only for couples. Of course, public displays of affection are not common.…

What's your definition of romantic?

[hayleylovesjessica]

My partner's a high school English teacher, and she had her 11th-grade AP English Composition kids read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers as their summer assignment. Because I've always had a kind of love affair with airplanes and aviation (in another life, a bitch might have been a pilot), she suggested that I read chapter 7 of Outliers, which is all about how cultural difference, especially in regard to "power distance," can lead to catastrophic consequences, e.g., plane crashes. So, I read it earlier today. It was definitely fascinating -- and very, very sad. It's interesting that the fix was basically ensuring greater English language proficiency and enforcing English language usage among pilots from high-power distance countries.

[redstarfish-art]

Me who loves using ellipses: Did you get the files I sent over? My older colleagues: Yes... Me: ... Me: ...are they going to finish their sentence?