As a german and a programmer, i have to say: You call us nitpicky. We see people as inattentive and lacking courtesy to the world around them due to all the mis

As a german and a programmer, i have to say: You call us nitpicky. We see people as inattentive and lacking courtesy to the world around them due to all the mistakes they let themselves make. It's absolutely cultural. Americans need praise or they won't be able to feel good about what they're doing, but they fear criticism because they feel it devalues them. Germans of a certain education level are mostly neutral to praise, because it just confirms that they did the work right; and value criticism because it helps them. When you see a german being nitpicky, chances are they're either genuinely trying to help, or think the person they're sending the message to was impolite to the rest of humanity in their lack of care. ---- Edit: Thanks for the downvote. Really setting an example of the cultural differences here.* :) * And yes, this is me being truly grateful. I'm not being sarcastic. (This is me being sarcastic: I love how i need to point this out when talking to english people.)