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I haven’t been to China but I grew up in post communist Europe. A concept unfamiliar to westerners are “open secrets”. Things that everyone knows, everyone tal
by Swizec 5y ago
I haven’t been to China but I grew up in post communist Europe.
A concept unfamiliar to westerners are “open secrets”. Things that everyone knows, everyone talks about with each other, and never get mentioned in any official capacity. If someone asks with a camera, the answer is whatever it needs to be. If an official asks in the line of duty, the answer is the correct answer. If the same person asks as a friend 3 hours later, you both talk shit.
Kinda like schoolyard rules. We can be fighting to the death to the death but if a teacher asks, we’re best friends having fun together.
- er4hn 5y agoSince I am posting old russian jokes elsewhere in this thread.. here's an example of an "open secret": A man yells in the street: "Nicholas is a moron!". He is taken away by the police on charges of lese majeste (insulting the monarch). He tells the policemen "Please let me go, I meant another Nicholas!". The police chief replies: "Do not lie. If you said 'moron', you certainly meant the Tsar!"