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Bit off-topic but I don't think the "Cultural Differences" dismissals are unique to Japan; One of my friends from the US will often try to explain disagreements
by arctice 9y ago
Bit off-topic but I don't think the "Cultural Differences" dismissals are unique to Japan; One of my friends from the US will often try to explain disagreements away with "must be different over there" and other similar statements. It's endlessly infuriating.
- subway 9y agoIn the US, that roughly translates to "I'm tired of this conversation; go away".
- humanrebar 9y agoDepends. It could be, "let's agree to disagree and still be congenial."
- singlow 9y agoApart from the specific Japanese language specifics, I didn't read anything that I wouldn't expect in more than half of the American companies that I encounter outside of SV. There may be differences in how prevalent these things are, but I can't really use this account to draw conclusions about that.