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It's a cultural misunderstanding, but not the sort you're thinking of. The mother in question wasn't following the culture she grew up in; rather, she was tryi
by cperciva 10y ago
It's a cultural misunderstanding, but not the sort you're thinking of. The mother in question wasn't following the culture she grew up in; rather, she was trying to follow the culture she had moved into, but failed in a hilarious way due to her misunderstanding of American culture.
- mseebach 10y agoBut the more important point: She may have been baffled, but she was obviously not terribly concerned by the level of danger she was exposing her kids to.
- cperciva 10y agoSocial proof matters. If everybody else is leaving their kids alone for a week, clearly it's not as unsafe as it sounds. (And as with raising funding from VCs, social proof depends on whether they think other VCs are investing, not on whether other VCs actually are.)