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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by hypeatei on Thursday January 22, 2026 @07:35AM (#46718432)
This is called "saving face"[0] and it's very common in some Asian cultures. Western societies prefer directness, and eastern ones prefer harmony.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(sociological_concept)

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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by discomrobertul8 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:48AM (#46719198)
It's quite strange though when you consider the fastest way to get egg on your face is to do something badly because you didn't understand and just made it up instead of looking it up
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by bluGill on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:03AM (#46719366)
That is western culture. Somehow it doesn't apply to India. I don't get it, but I've seen it.
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by epolanski on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:30AM (#46719669)
I wish every indian developer to spend 6 months working with dutch people.

That would be interesting.

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