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[–] 20 points 8 months ago (15 children)

You should not expect your native culture to follow you when you move abroad.

Adapt or leave.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago*

    If you're moving for economic reasons, because you're country was decimated by colonialism / neocolonialism, and the country you're moving to prides itself on individual liberty then you have no obligation to completely abandon your native culture.

    Even today 'expats' rarely integrate into the local culture. Don't give up a part of your identity just because you want to fit in.

    By all means, when in Rome do as the Romans do. But that doesn't have to mean losing yourself in the process

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Counterpoint: The "Melting Pot" of the USA

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The "melting pot" is often used wrongly. In this case, you would agree with op.

    The melting pot is not a salad of cultures, it is a cauldron that melts any ingredient and pours it into a unified mold. Rarely are cultural characteristics preserved in the USA. The predominant Us-american culture swallows them whole and everybody becomes American.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    This s the most controversial opinion here, as in it has no logical credibility, and is unacceptable in polite company in most countries.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (6 children)

    Fit in or fuck off as we say in Australia

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I've never heard anyone say that in Australia, and if did id tell them to fuck off.

    Christ im born and bred and I don't fit in.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Weird, my AI assistant puts it a little differently.

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    Regardless, if this is in fact something that people say, I'm glad that none of them seem to be in my orbit. If you don't see the problem with this kind of hyper-conformism then I don't think I can help you.

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