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Ask The World TomatenMark 9 months ago 87%
New Years Tradition

What is your New Years Tradition? We Always meet up with the whole Family. Loved and "unloved" Everyone just eats, no problems are discussed, no fighting. Everyone is just a Family for one evening and everything is fine.

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Ask The World Damaskox 11 months ago 100%
Is there a country/state/etc that hasn't got a strong work culture?

And how does it show?

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Ask The World Damaskox 11 months ago 100%
What one thing about your country do you miss while living in another country?
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Ask The World SeahorseTreble 1 year ago 90%
Is it offensive to say someone 'became' gay?

From what I've read, gay people were born with the predisposition to eventually find out they're gay (usually), and gay people don't 'become' gay. They might come out or start engaging in related behaviours. Watching a Quebec series from 2014 called Serie Noire, one of the characters complains that his girlfriend has become a lesbian, after he finds out she's cheating on him with a woman. He remarks multiple times about how he's distraught that she has become a lesbian and it's probably played for comedic effect. Of course the issue shouldn't be that she's a lesbian (or bisexual) but rather that she's cheating on him and isn't interested in him, but he also calls it "becoming" a lesbian, describing it as a somewhat random event/decision rather than a reveal about his partner. Just wondering, would this be considered offensive today? Thanks

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Ask The World toxoplasma0gondii 1 year ago 83%
What sound extremly soothing until you experience it yourself?

e.g. listening to the breathing sound of a newborn. You'd think it's soothing to know it's breathing but really their breathing is still kind of in development and does weird shit all the time.

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 85%
How would you fill in the blanks for your country? www.smbc-comics.com
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Ask The World ken_cleanairsystems 1 year ago 100%
What language do you wish you could speak (and/or read)?

I wish I could speak Finnish. But, actually, there are tons of languages I wish I could speak. All of them, really, but Finnish is the first one I thought of just now. I'm in the US and English is my my primary language. I studied Russian but have forgotten a lot of it. I know a few words of German and French, but very few. *Edited to add: Please tell me what your primary language is. It would also be interesting to know what other languages you speak, if any, and where you currently live.*

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 96%
What is something your country doesn't get enough credit for?

Reminder: Please specify the country you're answering for.

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What could be considered the "traditional costume" of your country, and do people still wear it?

Reminder: Please state what country you're answering for.

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Ask The World WoodlandAlliance 1 year ago 36%
The constant censorship in this community has ruined it

Damn near every single post is either removed or has comments removed. There's no point trying to have a discussion here, knowing that anything you say will likely be removed.

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Ask The World thespezfucker 1 year ago 66%
If you could, what feature would you take from reddit?

I would choose the events. I like events.

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
People whose original language isn't English, which dialect did you try to imitate while learning?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What was something you were surprised to learn is or isn't unique to your country?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What is a must-see movie from or about your country?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What food is considered a local specialty of where you live?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 91%
Meta- Community input requested on the rule to state which country you're answering for when you reply to a post

I really don't want to be overly strict with the rules, especially while this sub is so small. But I think this is an important rule, and I'm considering being more strict about its enforcement. The reason I think it's important is that this is meant to be an educational community. In many cases, I assume people don't say where they're from because they assume it's obvious to people based on their answer. It may be, to people from the US or familiar with its zeitgeist. But this community isn't just for them. The last thing I want is for this community to suffer from US-defaultism. For that reason, I'm thinking that from here on, if I see an answer that doesn't state which country it's for, I'll give a reminder. After that, the poster will have 24 hours to edit it into their post, and it will be deleted if they have not done so. What do you think? Too strict? Not strict enough?

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What confuses people the most when they visit your country for the first time?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 96%
How far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator?

I asked this before elsewhere, but I thought it led to some interesting answers.

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What would you change about your country's culture if you could?

Please remember to say which country you're from. We don't have flairs here.

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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What's a typical school lunch in your country?
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Ask The World HandwovenConsensus 1 year ago 100%
What's the next major holiday coming up in your country?
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