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Three things the Soviet culture implanted in your brain: - Books are sacred - Wash your hands before meals - Drafts make you sick

• shortlived 6y ago
  Take your shoes off indoors.
  • kolbusa 6y ago
    I moved to the US and I cannot still understand this. House == clean, outdoors == dirty. Why keep the shoes on? I had a Chinese born landlord who told me that they also take their shoes off. Not to mention that I think takin shoes off when entering a house is expected in the Japanese culture as well.
    • perardi 6y ago
      Do we not take off our shoes inside in the US? I…guess we don’t https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition_of_removing_shoes_in_the_home_and_houses_of_worship#North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition_of_removing_shoes_in... Strange. I was raised to take my shoes off, and it feels commonplace to me to take your shoes off when you go into someone else’s place. Perhaps this is a regional thing.
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    • papito 6y ago
      Yes, Asian and Eastern cultures have this. To me, people walking into my house without taking the shoes off will always be completely wild. Definitely not a Soviet thing exclusively. Unless it's furniture delivery or some sort of maintenance/construction. I expect to clean after that anyway.