The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSatire/sarcasm doesn't always work cross-culturallylemmy.worldimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1294arrow-down1imageSatire/sarcasm doesn't always work cross-culturallylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoNortheast is direct, but just won’t say anything until less it’s a big problem. Except NY/NJ assholes. Midwesterners want to talk all the time to everyone, but mostly niceties. Southerners are talkative and sound nice too, but can be super backhanded about it. Westerners are more talkative than New Englanders, and blunt like them at the same time. — Midwesterner who moved to New England 40 years ago, and has family from NC and CA.
Northeast is direct, but just won’t say anything until less it’s a big problem. Except NY/NJ assholes.
Midwesterners want to talk all the time to everyone, but mostly niceties.
Southerners are talkative and sound nice too, but can be super backhanded about it.
Westerners are more talkative than New Englanders, and blunt like them at the same time.
— Midwesterner who moved to New England 40 years ago, and has family from NC and CA.