can@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?message-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down13
arrow-up1184arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?can@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoWhen I first came to US, I was very shocked by how talkative Americans are, especially to strangers. Ngl, I was a bit annoyed at first. Then I realized that’s just the way they are.
minus-squareRoko@lemmy.clicklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoI’m an American who finds this trait very annoying. People do not know when to shut up, and they tell you the most personal things!
minus-squarelackthought@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyep, and I am too timid to ever end the conversation so now I have to hear Larry’s entire life story, or about how Wanda’s cousin has bowel cancer
When I first came to US, I was very shocked by how talkative Americans are, especially to strangers. Ngl, I was a bit annoyed at first. Then I realized that’s just the way they are.
I’m an American who finds this trait very annoying. People do not know when to shut up, and they tell you the most personal things!
yep, and I am too timid to ever end the conversation
so now I have to hear Larry’s entire life story, or about how Wanda’s cousin has bowel cancer