The Biggest Culture Shock Of Living In US, UK, & China
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I'm a former Australian diplomat, and these are the biggest culture shocks I've ever felt when living abroad. So let's start with the US, where I live right now. Biggest thing I notice is that there is a lack of shared sense of humor. Let me put it that way to be diplomatic. I'm sarcastic. I'm cynical. Americans just don't seem to get it. They look at me with wide eyes, not realizing that I'm joking. On the other hand, when I lived in the UK, lived in London, that wasn't the problem. Brits and Australians have a very similar sense of humor, but my God, Britain, you've got to be less negative. Biggest culture shock there is just like everybody's always moping about something that comes as a shock to Australians. And the third thing. When I lived in China, well, the whole thing is a culture shock. When you live in China, nothing is the same. The food, the way of thinking. There's no real common reference point. But I would still say that the biggest shock there is just like not having an easy way to communicate. Communicating in a second language. I speak Mandarin, you don't have the same personality. It's a weird thing if you don't speak a second language to realize that you can't make a joke. You can't say what you want to say when you want to say it. Let me finish by saying, I loved living in all three of these places.
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#usa #uk #china
Bro summed up all of the US with the one place he's been💀
They all do that.
There are parts in the US that absolutely do get the humor. Come to RI, our second language is sarcasm. Most of the other states think we're rude though🙄
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic
The US is like 50 countries in one so it really depends on the state you're in because the culture, humor, and even cuisine can be very different from state to state. A dry sarcastic sense of humor may suit you nicely in the Northeast where as it might be considered very rude in Texas.
Where in America are you living in because in certain places, they will dish back what you give.
The problem with this is that cities in the US are VASTLY different than each other and from the rest of the country as a whole. Hell, even sections of the same city can be like entirely different places culturally.
Can't make a joke - try talking to French people. My kind of jokes really doesn't match ( however much I like the French 😊❤️)
US here: Since I don’t know the specific details about your experience with my people, no comment. As for the foreign language- related subject, the very last part of learning another language is personality! You aren’t you in the other language until you’ve aced it.
I completely understand this. I was born in Mexico, but grew up in the US. And I do not get Mexican humor. I speak the language, but everything is wordplay and it goes right over my head. 😂😂
1) English rain, 2) blame 'cultural enrichment' our country is ash, sold out by gov, invaded by that own gov daily
I'm Brazilian and I struggle living in the US with my sense of humor.
What is Brazillian sense of humor like?
@@Am-ih5nf honest and in your face, I guess.
US Cities and US Countryside Humors are very different.
My favorite thing about when I lived in the UK was the negativity, I found it really uplifting in a strange kind of way
I'm Australian but lived in Indonesia for several years in my twenties without any non Indonesian friends. I understand Indonesian jokes - some of them at least - and can joke in Indonesian. Perhaps you just needed a bit more time in China and more Chinese friends.
Huh? Everyone i know is sarcastic
Not having freedom? 🙂
Nah, all parts of the US are different. Comenon over yo South Texas, you will fit in.
He is absolutely 100% definitely wrong about the US
If you're anywhere near a big city/metropolis in the U.S.A., you're interacting with the worst of American society, so that's not surprising to me. Entitlement, sensitivity, and misery all day and forever.
and too much political correctness
Okay
I disagree. I think cities are fun. sure, there are more annoying people, but there's also more people in general. I think the way major cities in America are portrayed in media is very misleading. it's not all just uptight gender studies majors. there's music, food, comedy... tons of cool stuff.
He’s right. I’m American, and there’s a lot of things about foreigners we just don’t get. All these fancy words and concepts like ‘sarcasm’, or ‘illiteracy’.
Illiteracy. Sounds made up. Like what does that word even mean?
Culture shock trying to speak German in Germany:
“Really?” I said once in amazement.
“Of course really. I don’t make things up!”
Lol sarcasm to you is the straight-faced response we get from the bitter guy down the street. After a while the wide eyes are just us rolling them for the 100th time. It's sweet to know someone would think that it could stand out as humor 🥰
Go talk to a GenXer; they do sarcasting as a first language
You are incorrect
You were not just kidding....you were taking the piss
OH SO YOURE AN EXPERT 😂😂😂😂😂Hahaha 😂
I'm from England and I can confirm that negativity is a part of life here. We have coworkers in Spain who we call every day and they're always infinitely happier than us
Speak for yourself.
@@lizhoward-k7627 It's all I can do
Everyone mopping, are you sure that isn't the U.S.?
No vitamin D in England. That'll make you sad. I wouldn't even visit China. You might not make it home.
That's just ignorance. China welcomes millions of tourists every year and tens of millions of Chinese go abroad as tourists. The Chinese premier visiting Australia a couple of weeks ago opened visa-free entry for Australian tourists for visits up to two weeks.
That's just ignorance. China welcomes millions of tourists every year and tens of millions of Chinese go abroad as tourists. The Chinese premier visiting Australia a couple of weeks ago opened visa-free entry for Australian tourists for visits up to two weeks.
@@rais1953 yeah, like the 4 teachers who were stabbed over there last month? 😅
Or is it just Americans and Japanese who need to avoid China?
@@rais1953 oh I see. Double identical responses indicate BOT.
@@rebeccaaldrich3396 No. Check my facts. I don't know why that came up twice, I haven't seen it happen before. I'm sure a bot would be programmed to make sure that didn't happen but I'm just a elderly Australian pensioner.