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Captain Stern

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12. 'Considered' offensive.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 7, 2015, 10:20 AM

Aug 2015

I didn't take it to mean that the way we do particular things is inferior....just that the differences would be taken to be offensive in some other cultures.

For instance, numbers 6 and 7 are almost diametric opposites. Being a little bit late would be offensive to Germans, while showing up on time would be considered offensive in Argentina. We pretty much can't win on that one. (On a side note, I imagine that cultural difference may have been problematic to post-WWII German immigrants to Argentina)

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25 common American customs that are considered offensive in other countries [View all] mfcorey1 Aug 2015 OP

They will be okay in the morning snooper2 Aug 2015 #1

can't win 6chars Aug 2015 #2

Interesting yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #3

I'm lefthanded and have to be very careful what I do with my dominate arm in some countries. Rex Aug 2015 #4

Kind of a stupid list. I live in a foreign country and about half of these do not apply CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #5

Interesting take. Captain Stern Aug 2015 #7

Well, the article did call them "offensive," and "offensive" is generally considered worse... Orrex Aug 2015 #9

'Considered' offensive. Captain Stern Aug 2015 #12

I'm sure they can get over us. ileus Aug 2015 #6

Rudest of all is breaking a list-article into five different pages, just for ad-space Orrex Aug 2015 #8

Suppose it wouldn't be as clickable kiva Aug 2015 #10

The best is that it's shorter. Igel Aug 2015 #11

26. Splitting a list up into 5 needless sections to maximize ad revenue. Oneironaut Aug 2015 #13

American customs that are considered rude Rosie1234 Nov 2015 #14

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2015 #15