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Gotta remember, the Americans are extremely prudish.
by gspr 6y ago
Gotta remember, the Americans are extremely prudish.
- jegs 6y agoFor a country that introduced the concept of talking in elevators and urinals? I'd say drinking in the afternoon is a lesser evil, if at all.
- gspr 6y agoI guess we're digressing, but I don't think the US introduced urinals. And I fail to see how talking in elevators is incompatible with being a prude (or is there some subtle sexual innuendo that's flying over my head here?)
- brassattax 6y agoCase in point: A city clerk near where I live recently made the TV news for drinking a Corona during a Zoom meeting. https://turnto10.com/news/local/woonsocket-city-clerk-seen-drinking-what-appears-to-be-a-beer-during-council-meeting https://turnto10.com/news/local/woonsocket-city-clerk-seen-d...
- Teknoman117 6y ago"A bad look", that's so stupid. Who the hell cares if you have a beer? It's not like you're chugging a bottle of whiskey. Where I work no one would even blink. I typically turn my camera off when eating, but I don't think anyone would care if I didn't.
- Maxburn 6y agoSeriously, this is a firing offense at my company. It mostly centers around driving company vehicles in writing but the company makes no effort to hide the religious roots right on the public website.
- Teknoman117 6y agoI've lived all over the United States. The local culture varies drastically. Where I work, no one would even blink if I opened a beer in the office, let alone on a video call. They typically send us DoorDash vouchers whenever we have to do lunch calls.
- MrZongle2 6y agoGotta remember, some humans will eagerly paint another group with a broad brush due to jealousy, fear or ignorance.
- captainredbeard 6y agoYou forget that the US is incredibly heterogenous and the distribution of moral flavors varies widely. I have found Europeans to be prudish in certain domains when compared to mass US opinions (e.g. relatively conservative attitudes toward casual drug use in Scandinavia)