Ecency Discord Posting Topic Week 30: Cultural Differences

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After last week's focus was on what is good for ourselves, this week we want to look at something outside of our usual environment.

For our #ecencydiscord weekly posting topic, as always, how you approach the topic is completely up to you. And it's open to everyone to join.

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"CULTURAL DIFFERENCES"

May it be here on the blockchain or out there in our real lives.

  • What things have you noticed that are perfectly normal in other places on this earth, but are frowned upon or weird in your world?
  • How do you like that we are so diverse in our cultural backgrounds here on the Blockchain?
  • Do you judge or condemn people acting differently, or are you tolerant and accepting?
  • What would you like to see more of in your country as it is elsewhere? More freedom for women? More laughter in the streets?

As always, these are just suggestions! Anything you can think of on the broad topic "CULTURAL DIFFERENCES" is of course possible. Write a fictional story if you want, or show us your own great photos, or just discuss the topic. This is no contest, it's just for bringing you to the keyboards and write!


>>> RULES

  • Use the tag #ecencydiscord
  • Write at least 200 words, take your time to make a good content post out of the topic
  • No need to mention that it should be your own content, right?

Why use the #ecencydiscord? First, so we can find you, second, because we want our Discord members to interact more with each other on chain as well, and this is a possibility to find each other and leaving a nice comment.


>>> How did I come up with this topic?

The American Dream, Mr. @dandays himself inspired me to choose this one. We were already discussing about the great shiny American Smile, if you know what I mean and the difference to European people.
Then a guy we didnt know stopped by in the discord and for a short moment I saw two worlds collide. @juliasjohn from Kenya with a total different view on how to behave and call people in a chat room. Without judging, as I know this is normal for his world, we "western people" were a little bit disappointed I think.
A little later @hopestylist jumped in and it turned out, it is not clear to everybody what exactly a dryer is.

So you see, there are 3 good reasons to choose the topic "cultural differences" for our weekly posting topic!


>>> Review last week

For their postings from last weeks topic "SOULFOOD" @asgharali
@mypathtofire and @dreemsteem will each receive 50 ecency points for joining the topic.


Kisses for your Spirit, Food for your Soul by @dreemsteem
https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJJofHQUFwaMbASuAHt6xrQiG46NPA5u7yjD4D21gNwGnKw4jsJ7TCKhXFwyfAyE8vveEKoVqHXojxSiGE4Qjjk47RTEbrFR9CSPv85VkT9ghnjnAJ2.webp?format=webp&mode=fit


The best food to nourish the soul and keep the heart healthy by @asgharali
https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYsdMArdnXSfxG5koUqWgPYpqLL6YsjmAPvyhBW6BmCQFRDV9tGpVE1eUQrLXhfuT3h7tPF4fgTnGfVKzydAMioE9shAR6aa2pEh8uBiYRdXn8L9xUXawfhLSi8jG.webp?format=webp&mode=fit


Searching for my Soul Food by @mypathtofire
https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFYJczLb7FJz3TaMfBugjC1Cpmb1qYyeCSRiscexdycrxY7fRD4j1iqA3XXfrhRWYSEUsVVPUhXyhnkjXm5DiXs9oQgNzqoC6JB8.webp?format=webp&mode=fit


Thank you all for joining in week 29 "SOULFOOD"


>>> This Week:

Once again we got Ecency Points to give out from @good-karma, @melinda010100 and @ecency
Thank you all so much for sponsoring!

We arrived in week 30/2022 and now it's your turn, to tell us about your thoughts, experiences and insights about CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Make a great post, read the rules above ( !!! ) and if you have questions, please just ask in the comments or join us on ecency discord.

This posting topic is open to everyone, not only for ecency discord members or people using ecency, no, for everyone on hive!

Have fun posting and use your chance to be seen and grow your account in a quiet chain time :-) Yours, B.


Please just be aware, if you join in it could be, that your post with one of your photos will be shown in the next Ecency Discord Weekly Posting Topic post!

Each 10% from this post are set as a beneficiaries to @hopestylist @dandays and @juliasjohn

Contest Picture by Joeyy Lee from unsplash edited by me with corel draw
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Wow, this sounds like fun, I hope I get to submit an entry 🤭🤭😁😁😁.

It's a good thing you chose this topic, it will help us understand there cultures more.

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest, you guys did really well with the topic.

Would be nice to see you joining in :-)

Yeah I pray I get to join in 😁🤩🤩.

Thank you for the Ecency points! Have a great week everyone!

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Lovely topic for this week and I like where it came from, thanks to @dandays 😁

Congrats to you winners @asgharali @dreemsteem @mypathtofire you are amazing!

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Thank you for the mention!

Thank you :-) hope the topic inspires you to one of your great postings !LUV

thank you Miss Merit!!

I definitely will be entering this week too! hehehehe it's a great topic from @dandays! hehehe

(i see you there dandays! LOl)

I look forward to reading what you'll be bringing in for us 🤗

The truth about the topic is I mentioned how easy it is to spot the American in England or EU or anywhere outside America. They're the ones with the creepy ass grin on their face. Walking around smiling at everything and everyone for no reason other than they're embarrassed by their factory face.

Cheeeeesse!! = }

pretty much me. I can't stop smiling LOLOL

I'm sure it's very unnerving to people too but I just walk around pretty happy most of the time! LOLOL I would stand out anywhere as American LOLOLOLOL

so do you have to like - stop smiling while you're there??? hahahaha do you just like - blend in with a serious look?? LOL I literally just stopped smiling just now (because yes. i actually WAS SMILING as I was typing to you. yep. American. lol) and i was like - well this feels odd.

like i only stop smiling when i'm pissed. or sad. or disappointed. LOL THEN it feels natural. but just walking the streets??? i'm pretty cheery hahahahahaa

Yeah we've learned not to make similar facial expressions as the guy who drives a white van without door handles on the inside.

It took us quite awhile, years, to figure out no one is rude at all, they just don't smile in response to everything. Interesting right? Totally a cultural thing.


Another one. You know how we call splitting the check going Dutch? It's totally common for us to split checks; if we went out with you guys or you and I went out, also customarily I would pay if it was you and I.

Well, Newsflash! Everywhere else calls that the American way. Yup. Seems everywhere else, whoever gets there first gets the check so it turns into a game and you gotta jockey like 'the mufukers already got 5 checks I'm getting the damn check this time!' So you show up an hour early before the restaurant even opens. Give the server money and "no matter what they say, do not let them pay, they're gonna insist but I'm telling you now, use this!"

Game on!

hahahaha well we do that here LOL

we "go to the restroom" during the meal and when the check finally comes to teh table - it only needs a signaturel hahahahaha

so - i guess "when you're a peein' you're European"

yeah. yep. i just did that

heheheh

and i don't think serious faces are rude at all... but here's a funny story..

totally went to Russia expecting the stoic Russian demeanor??? they didn't stop smiling the whole time we were there. i mean - talk about tearing down stereotypes! holy cow. they were so warm, so jovial, so happy - i LOVED it!!!!!!!

I always wanted to go to Russia. Not so much now. Only Somalia is off limits to me—hard pass. Pura has several hard passes. She's real acceptable and adaptable and understands there's cultural differences wherever we go but depending on the culture, she and I both can only handle direct disrespect toward her for being a woman for so long.

Oh I totally use the bath room trick! Be right back...

= }

Ohkay! There is a lot to be said on cultural differences and this is a good initiative! ✌️✌️✌️

La verdad muy explicito , todo lo explayado, gracias por compartir, te dejo mi voto y te sigo, saludos.

Awwee!

If anyone's interested, shoot me a DM and I'll give you my dentist in Hollywood contact.


Smoking, that's another one I could go on and on and on about. It's so socially acceptable in EU and UK. Grandma, kids, everyone's smoking in doorways, at tables in the restaurant, bus stops, everywhere is smoking smoking smoking. HUGE difference to what I'm used to.

Oh I fear in this point I will have to disapoint you, because I still smoke. Thats that Austrian coffee thing, a coffe without cigarettes isnt the same ;-)
But I am happy that we stopped smoking inside restaurants, hehe going outside for a cigarette, you know that often non-smoker join because there is the most fun and meeting people?

You, disappoint? Never.

If smoking is prohibited indoors in Austria, your country is unique cuz it's acceptable most EU. SO acceptable. Where I'm from you gotta be so many feet away from public doorways, taxis can't smoke, no smoking on beaches or even near a restaurant, not on the patio or anything.

Funny, when we're out we have to guage the wind when picking a seat as well as scope out the tables for packs of cigarettes. Yeah, here comes the Americans! If we can't sit upwind or are outnumbered by smokers, we respectfully decline.

We're not offended, it's cultural, we just opt-out.

Now, weed, on the other hand, shoooooooot. Totally acceptable. Restaurants, beaches, tax cabs, it's just a plant like vanilla, cinnamon, etc. = }

Maybe we need cigarettes and "do you have fire" because we dont smile?

Have you ever heard the saying "I plead the 5th"? In the US, the fifth amendment means right to remain silent. In response to cigarettes, coffee and what I may or may not believe the correlation to not smiling....

"I plead the fifth."

It is really a vast topic. We come across several differences grounded on culture. Being on a social media like hive gives us an opportunity to get familiar with several other cultures. The topic will raise our awareness.

It's my first time knowing about ecency-discord writing contest hehe.. This is an interesting one..thanks

it is very important to learn and share differences I dear.

oh wow!!!!!!! i won!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!

hehehehehe

thanks for my Ecency points!!!

and this one - it's so funny we were ACTUALLY talking about this in the dreem teem meeting today!!!
so i already have the perfect topic!! :)

I'll be entering this week for sure!

Everyone is a winner here :-)
Butyour post with the background Story and those adorable foto was just a dreem :-D
!LUV

hehehe well thank you! I certainly loved writing it - it brought me right back to that time!!!


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