hxxdjay@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat common American habits do people find quietly annoying?message-squaremessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down136
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareWhat common American habits do people find quietly annoying?hxxdjay@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square227fedilink
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoI ask, “So what do you do?” If they answer with hobbies and interests, they’re more my kind of person. If they answer with their job stuff, well that’s just their main life thing.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·9 days agoIf you ask an American they will assume you MEAN their job, whether it’s their “main life thing” or not, because that’s how people talk here
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoMy default answer to that is ‘As little as possible.’
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoWell aren’t you just a barrel of laughs :)
I ask, “So what do you do?”
If they answer with hobbies and interests, they’re more my kind of person. If they answer with their job stuff, well that’s just their main life thing.
If you ask an American they will assume you MEAN their job, whether it’s their “main life thing” or not, because that’s how people talk here
My default answer to that is ‘As little as possible.’
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Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs :)