What I know about the culture is that I'm an outsider and always will be

what the general passion/apathy ratio is etc

Not that that is a bad thing

not knowing the culture but knowing the language is bad

you need to be familliar with both

Or else you're not getting anywhere

oh yeah my first years in the uk were funny

i might be an outsider, but i know that i don't interact with a slav the same way i do a brit

yes

or an american the same way as a eurpopean

Some people don't realise that

different animals

Different cultures

I'm not that nuanced

because all cultures are equal = the exact same 😛

clown world

if you say so

I interact with all people my way imao

so do i

Plz pray for me

@Danacrag I pray for you

I mean a lot of what your talking about develops naturally and fluidly

i am not implying that I change; i am implying that the way the message is delivered changes

Rather then mechanically

yup; that it does

but that is also a dying skill

All leads back to intuition

the ability to generalize without being confined by those sterotypes

they are just a rule of thumb used to narrow down the potential options

which you MUST alter accordingly once specific info becomes available

ManAnimal has ligma!

indeed

as a friend of mine says, "conclusions of judgement made with experience are different from conclusions of reason made with facts"

these conclusions of judgement, these form expectations

and expectations are the essence of culture

Yeah I'm going to go and think about some things

how does a male get the attention of an attractive female.... if hispanic, if slav, if german, if brit etc

yup, me too. need to get going anyway

good chat

Yes it was the feeling is mutual

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCedmih3JE in chat rn