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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by thaumasiotes on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:09AM (#26721347)
> You drank after work with the folks you worked with (in west this is a no no for many good reasons)

In the West, this is a conventional thing that many people expect.

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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by gspr on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:16AM (#26721385)
Probably an American equating "the west" with the US and Canada.
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by Proziam on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:01AM (#26721688)
I never experienced this in the US. I did experience this in Germany, Sweden, and the UK.
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by dukeyukey on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:24AM (#26721836)
Yeah, in the UK this is incredibly common. Drinks after work were at least a weekly thing, sometimes even a nightclub.
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by DanBC on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:30AM (#26721884)
Yes. And in some places it would be drinks during the workday, if the pub was close enough for a lunchtime pint.
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by dukeyukey on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:09AM (#26726040)
Definitely. In one of my previous companies, we'd sometimes do sprint retros in a nearby pub, drinks on the company tab.
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by aixi on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:34AM (#26721906)
in Germany this is also extremely common. I really don't know what the commenter means by the west, I'd assume after office drinking is also normal in the US?
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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by talliedthoughts on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:57AM (#26722052)
It's less common, because most people have to drive home from work in the US.
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