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monochromesoft.bsky.social
cultural and linguistic differences...
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
thoc.bsky.social
Me, about to launch into the regional cultural differences in Xinjiang between Tianshan N. Circuit (Dzungaria) & Tianshan S. Circuit (Altishahr/Tarim Basin), and the wild western reaches beyond (the oasis cultures, Kazakh, Kirghiz, et al) to an audience expecting Chinese history...
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
kmsecretsanta.bsky.social
"Winter's More Romantic, Right?"

Recipient: @mochiskooo.bsky.social

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/74787671

Tags: Slice of Life, Study Abroad Reunion, Hairdresser Wing Man, Cultural Differences, fluffy and warm
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
gaudipern.bsky.social
Sometimes I'm reading an author from a different culture and I think "these characters are so shallow." I will often chide myself to give the author more room because cultural differences may mask their depths from me. Not so in this current book; it's 3rd person omniscient. They're just paper thin.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
i-rohl.bsky.social
I'm assured they aren't especially different underlying technology. They're vastly different brand identities, cultural and economic phenomena, and types of application. There are, relatedly, some nontrivial (but not-infrequently exaggerated) differences in scale and resource commitment.
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
galacticselkie.bsky.social
Yes, I understood that. Don't worry. It is such a strange concept to me that someone would not like for their character to be drawn by other people. I think that is true for most westerners. Cultural differences, isn't it.
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
whiskeynachos.bsky.social
This film doesn't work at all, the jarring cultural differences between the 50's and the 80's just don't exist. There *are* differences, but they're subtle ones in how seriously we take the cultural norms "don't rape" and "don't abuse children."
lethalityjane.bsky.social ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 6d
If Back to the Future came out today the plot would have Marty travel back to 1995.
lethalityjane.bsky.social ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 7d
It's "fuck, what can we watch that everyone won't argue about season" but Netflix has Back to the Future right now, so you're good.
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
pixelfish.bsky.social
Me conversationally: USian culture is really diverse.
Person: yeah, Americans have so many regional and cultural differences.

vs

Me: USian culture is really diverse.
Person: WE SAY AMERICAN!

Person: American culture rocks.
Asshole: USian!
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
shewithcapitalv.bsky.social
I love observing the cultural differences of breakfasts in a hotel dining room ...
But everyone avoids that fucking conveyor belt toaster wherever possible 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
josephinerobertson.com
Cultural differences are so interesting. Back home if dinner was at 4 everyone was there by 2 to help cook. The kitchen was full, the host was mostly the coach orchestrating the whole thing. Here if I say dinner is at 4 folks show up ... at 4! I do prefer the communal cooking. That's the holiday!
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
lighthousewifie.bsky.social
Friday's good things were cracking on with my #history assignment, the dogs sleeping all day, and me watching The Traitors US version.

Few things show the cultural differences between the UK & US more than their different versions of #Traitors.

Random pic of keys for no reason.

#mentalhealth
A Tupperware container with keys and padlocks
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
teachbk.bsky.social
There are cultural differences to consider. Let’s also account for neurodivergence. Some crave silence. Some may find it distracting. My students and I enjoy listening to music while we work for that reason. My point is to avoid blanket statements about how students learn best
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
tressiemcphd.bsky.social
That’s it, yep. My argument anyway. You see significant racial and SES differences at neighborhood label of LFL locations. It follows that it comes with cultural beliefs about charity and worth. Selling the books becomes theft by valuing recipient over the giver’s intent.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
mugrimm.bsky.social
Strahd Von Zarovich, the Lord of Ravenloft, leader of Barovia, worries only about the ongoings of Lord Soth as he is the only person in the realm capable of ruining his domain, thus why he gave up Caradoc.

He does not concern himself with the cultural differences of Nippon or any other country.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
akoustov.bsky.social
Japan feels "uncanny" to many visitors not because it's exotic but because things work there.

My new post reflects on my Tokyo sabbatical, and how this experience overturned my assumptions about cultural differences, the threat of depopulation, and the benefits of immigration in Europe and America.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
kaihat.su
All this talk about China and the Ryukyu has reminded me of when prominent Nibutani Ainu Kaizawa Koichi visited China and what Chinese officials said to him about seeking independence - that China, Russia and America wouldn't leave an independent Ainu Hokkaido alone.
(From "The Japan We Never Knew")
Even though the Ainu are a majority in Nibutani, discrimination still exists. “But there were more Ainu, so when there were fights, we could win,” Kaizawa told us with a wry smile. But outside Nibutani, his grandfather understood who was more powerful. My grandfather was an assimilationist. He believed that by abandoning his Ainuness he could overcome racism and become Japanese. So he consciously prohibited speaking Ainu at home, refused to observe the customs and ceremonies. My grandmother was not Ainu, but she had been abandoned as a child and adopted by Ainu, so she grew up as an Ainu. It was she who loved the Ainu culture and kept the habits. We were influenced by her. Probably influenced by his father, my father was also an assimila¬ tionist and didn’t know much about Ainu culture or the language. He believed in being Japanese. He was recruited for the war as a Japanese, but once in the army he realized that discrimination against Ainu was still widespread. In China, he found five ethnic groups coexisting in Manchuria and northeastern China. He saw the harsh way Japanese discriminated against Koreans. He realized the Ainu had to have their own culture. You can’t escape from what you are. When he returned from the war, he wasn’t the same person he had been before. That was the beginning of the Ainu movement for him. Kaizawa’s father, Tadashi Kaizawa, was one of the founders of the Utari Association of Hokkaido; with its 25,000 members it is the largest Ainu organization. He was especially concerned with the welfare of the Ainu people and the recognition of their culture. In 1899 the Former Aborigines Protection Act had simply extinguished the rights of Ainu. Under the guise of protecting the impoverished people, the act was instrumental in further destroying their cultural and economic base and accelerating the process of assimilation. Tadashi Kaizawa played a central role in the movement to push for an Ainu New Law (Counterplan to the Proposal for Legislation Concerning the Ainu People). Kaizawa told us he bitterly remembers the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo when an NHK television announcer said, “It’s been one hundred years since Japanese pioneers came to this no-man’s land.” Koichi snorted. "Until a few years ago, Japan was telling the world they didn’t have any ethnic minorities. But we have been making progress slowly but surely. I think we have had an impact. Once there is recognition of Ainu, Japan has to recognize other ethnic groups." In August 1987 the Utari Association delivered a paper to the United Nations in Geneva. In it they asked the U.N. to investigate their situation as an indigenous and ethnic minority within Japan, stressing the following three points: 1. Despite the “assimilation policy” as rendered by the Japanese government, we, the Ainu, have maintained our ethnicity as indigenous people in Japan. We have the “right of self-determination.” 2. We, the Ainu, have our culture, religion, and customs which no one can violate. The Ainu have never given up these rights. Thus, the Ainu still firmly possess the rights of culture, religion, language, and customs. 3. The Ainu have the right to demand the establishment of a “New Act” which should replace the discriminatory “Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act.” Another achievement of Tadashi Kaizawa’s was his trip to China to obtain recognition of the existence of the Ainu as an ethnic group within Japan. He managed to get an invitation from the Chinese government for an Ainu delegation. Koichi Kaizawa added, "During the eighteen years since the first visit, we have been invited three times, and sixteen Ainu have visited the country. In his will, my father instructed that we go to China and officially thank them on his behalf. I did that this year." What Tadashi Kaizawa, his son, and their fellow Ainu saw on their visits influenced them greatly; in the Chinese system, small ethnic groups have a guaranteed place. The Ainu suddenly had a broader perspective. Like aboriginal people in North America, the Ainu community had a range of views about their relationship with the dominant society. Some would like to separate completely, demanding land and political autonomy over it. At the other end of the spectrum are many who have already assimilated and disappeared into the Japanese mainstream. Kaizawa told us how the visits to China had affected him. 「When I went to China 16 years ago, I had a separatist view and expressed it. One Chinese official said to me, “I understand you want independence, but after you get it, what happens then? It might cause a 3rd world war. Hokkaido being such a hotspot, the Chinese, Russians, and Americans won’t be silent. You can imagine what might happen. Do you still want independence?” And I had to say no. The Chinese man said, “Wouldn’t you prefer establishing rights and then peacefully coexist with Japan?”」 Koichi's motivation had always been anger and a desire for a place where the Ainu could be left alone to live their lives and practise their culture. That did not change. He was still angry about the way the Ainu have been treated, but his approach became more moderate and rational. "The highest goal would be an autonomous state within Japan. I understand the Japanese cannot accept the idea that we would take all of Hokkaido and that the Japanese would have to leave. Although we say clearly that northern Honshu, Hokkaido, and the Kuriles were once our territory, we do not tell Japanese to go away. We want to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Taking up arms will just make enemies. We prefer to talk, and that’s more appropriate because it’s part of Ainu tradition called ukocharanke." Kayano explained to us the meaning of the term ukocharanke: Uko means “mutually,” and charanke means “to let words fall”; the compound word ukocharanke thus refers to the Ainu custom of settling differences by arguing exhaustively. It also implies that the Ainu do not solve disputes by violence. Charanke requires the talent to argue with logic and the physical strength to sit in debate for days. Kaizawa continued: "I understand the Ainu world is evaporating quickly. We are now witnessing the last generation of Ainu. Their rich cultural background is dying out. In the meantime Japanese scholars have been collecting material about Ainu. When we are ready, we will be able to get it back with the help of the Japanese knowledge of Ainu culture. It’s sad but that’s the reality. First Ainu must know what being Ainu means. And then we must have the Japanese recognize the Ainu as indigenous people."
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social
Feels like most of the economic confusion in discourse comes from two places: 1) not understanding the massive cost-of-living differences between the coasts/cities and everywhere else and 2) the cultural markers of income as opposed to the income itself.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ayannasanaa.bsky.social
A red background with white bubble text that reads : Cultural differences matter. Policing behavior can force assimilation instead of supporting authentic expression. Organizations that ignore cultural context risk silencing Black autistic voices instead of helping them thrive.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
tracylacy84.bsky.social
Now, I do think there can be great comedy in the juxtaposition/comparison of cultural differences, I just think it can be done without all the blatant racism. None of Chris Tucker’s jokes would have flown if they were said by a white man, we would have rightly recognized them as racist.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
theappellateproj.bsky.social
This Native American Heritage month, we acknowledge the legal landscape for tribal communities varies from state to state—and those differences have real consequences.
A graphic with a pink textured background. At the top is an illustration of six overlapping oval shapes in a horizontal row, transitioning from light pink to dark blue. In the upper-right corner is a small circular icon with a white column symbol inside. Centered text reads: “State constitutions address American Indian affairs across roughly six categories: land, taxation, gaming, voting, culture, and governance.” Below that, smaller text says: “Yet how states approach these questions varies dramatically—with some constitutions explicitly protecting Native cultural rights while others contain no such recognition.” At the bottom, a citation reads: “Source: State Court Report, ‘American Indians and Indigenous Peoples in State Constitutions’ by Martha F. Davis.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
minnappct.watch
If you want to see the Catholic school's policy, the COA has faithfully reproduced it:
Catholic teaching permeates and shapes the ethos of Catholic schools. Informed by Catholic teaching, these Guiding Principles shall inform the creation of policies, handbooks, statements, employee agreements, training for employees, and the approach to accompaniment in the Catholic schools of the Diocese of [insert], thus ensuring that the immeasurable dignity of every child is protected and respected, particularly as it relates to foundational beliefs of the Catholic Church: • God created each person body and soul “in His own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27). The dignity of each person and the source of his or her most important identity is found in this creation in the image and likeness of God (CCC §364). • God uses the body to reveal to each person his or her sexual identity as male or female. A person’s embrace of his or her God-given sexual identity is an essential 5 part of living a fulfilled relationship with God, with oneself, and with each other (Laudato Si §155). • The harmonious integration of a person’s sexual identity with his or her sex is an expression of the inner unity and reality of the human person made body and soul in the image and likeness of God (CCC §364-65). The physical, moral, and spiritual differences between men and women are equal and complementary. The flourishing of family life and society depend in part on how this complementarity and equality are lived out (CCC §2333-34). • All students and families deserve interactions with Catholic school communities that are marked by respect, charity, and the truth about human dignity and God’s love (Deus Caritas Est §20). Application of Guiding Principles The aforementioned Guiding Principles are practically applied in Catholic schools. Catholic schools in the Diocese of [insert] will relate to each student in a way that is respectful of and consistent with each student’s God-given sexual identity and biological sex. To this end, below are some examples of how these Guiding Principles apply to organizations that teach children and youth in the name of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of [insert]. 1. All school policies, procedures, resources, employee training, and assistance given to families will be consistent with the Church’s teaching on the dignity of the human person, including human sexuality. Reflective of a commitment to a culture of transparency and understanding, these policies will be made available in writing to members of the school community by way of inclusion in relevant handbooks, agreements, and statements. 2. Student’s name and pronoun usage will correspond to his/her sex (see definitions). 3. Student access to facilities and overnight accommodations will align with his/her sex. 4. Eligibility for single-sex curricular and extracurricular activities will be based on the sex of the child. 5. Expressions of a student’s sexual identity are prohibited when they cause disruption or confusion regarding the Church’s teaching on human sexuality. 6. Students who attend and employees who work at a Catholic school can expect that the school acknowledges that God has created each person as a unity of body and soul, as male or female, and that God-designed sexual expression and behavior must be exclusively oriented to love and life in marriage between one man and one woman. 7. Schools will communicate with parents or guardians about their child’s behavior at school and inform them of any concerns relating to the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health, safety, or welfare of their child, except when advised otherwise by law enforcement or a social service agency. Definitions 1. Sex refers to a person’s biological identification as male or female based upon physical characteristics present at birth. 2. Sexual identity refers to a person’s identity as male or female that is congruent with one’s sex. 3. Sexual binary refers to the God-given gift of the human family created male or female in the image and likeness of God. 4. Transgender or gender non-conforming is an adjective describing a person who perceives his or her sexual identity to be different from his or her sex and publicly presents himself or herself as the opposite sex or outside the sexual binary. Such 7 public expressions that are intended to communicate a sexual identity different from one’s sex include, but are not limited to, utilizing pronouns of the opposite sex, changing one’s name to reflect the cultural norms of the opposite sex, wearing a uniform designated for the opposite sex, and undergoing surgery to change the appearance of one’s reproductive or sexual anatomy. The principal asked MoChridhe if she could adhere to the Guiding Principles. Holy Angels had not previously shown MoChridhe the Guiding Principles or anything like it. After reviewing the Guiding Principles, MoChridhe said that “she did not believe she could abide by the directives.” MoChridhe’s complaint alleges that the Guiding Principles “instruct schools who teach in the name of the Catholic Church to discriminate against transgender and gender-nonconforming students by, for example, refusing to recognize their pronouns and preferred name if they are inconsistent with a student’s sex assigned at birth, and refusing to allow LGBTQ+ students to express their sexual identity.” According to MoChridhe’s complaint, the principal told MoChridhe “that the Guiding Principles document was the only reason she was not being offered a renewed contract.” It was clear to MoChridhe that “what she was being told was that she would not be allowed to work at [Holy Angles] given that she is transgender.” The principal asked MoChridhe to submit a formal resignation letter by June 7, 2022. MoChridhe did not do so.
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
"Well, yes, Mamdani and I have our differences. He's a socialist, they say he's a socialist, and I guess he says so too. A democratic socialist, but a socialist. Meanwhile, I'm busy seizing the means of production, forcing a cultural revolution, cracking down on the intelligentsia ...."
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
katesloan.com
interesting (obviously subjective/not totally representative) comment on cultural differences between dating UK men vs. American men

one struggle I have with Canadian men is that polite Canadian flirting often reads as just friendliness lol
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
heppy111.bsky.social
America is very, very definitely not British. Not in any conceivable way.

Our (sort-of) common language hides the enormous cultural and attitudinal differences between the US & the 'old world.'
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM