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The Germans follow the rules too strictly and in South America we ignore the rules too lightly. I wonder if there's a country somewhere with the right balance.
by forinti 10mo ago
The Germans follow the rules too strictly and in South America we ignore the rules too lightly.
I wonder if there's a country somewhere with the right balance.
- deaux 10mo agoNo idea if there still is, but there definitely used to be. These things change over time, as culture does. Half a decade ago, pretty much everywhere in Europe followed rules less strictly. The balance was almost surely better.
- valcker 10mo agoFrance, while not perfect, is still balancing it +/- correctly.
- nephihaha 10mo agoFrance has a reputation of being permanently on strike, but is perhaps the only European country that is simultaneously northern European and Mediterranean at the same time.
- Aloha 10mo agoI think for all of our problems, the US does get this right - we know when to be formal and when to be informal, and its something that is well culturally ingrained - that is the spirit and intent of the rules should be considered as strongly as the actual words.