I’ll share mine first.
I had a psych patient one night pile shitty toilet paper next to his toilet overnight. Normally my psych nurse brain would consider this a symptom of disorganized psychosis, EXCEPT!
I remembered an aita post about a conflict between a western OP and his middle eastern roomate trying to figure out why their roommate put their shitty toilet paper in the trash. Turns out many middle eastern toilets can’t handle toilet paper.
Oh and inpatient psychiatry doesn’t provide freestanding hard plastic trashcans (turns out they make great clubs). We gave him one of our freestanding paper bag trashcans and problem solved.
TL;DR; Reddit expanded my cultural knowledge enough to differentiate disorganized psychotic behaviors from a genuine cultural difference. Thanks reddit!
Anyone have any similar examples of positive exchanges of knowledge or culture using reddit?
A lot of Americans in cities get it. But the US has a lot more suburban and rural space than most developed countries out there, which is why there is still so much emphasis on owning a car.
Personally, even in my old city in China that had decent public transportation, I still found myself wishing I had a car at times to more easily visit places outside of the city. But I think a lot of people seldom see a reason to leave the city where they live in the first place, so maybe not everyone’s priorities are the same.