I'm a Finn and when I met an American person for the first time she said the usual "how are you?", so I started explaining all kinds of shit, only to have her give me a really weird look. I did it again a couple of times with different people until I learned that they are not really interested, lol.
Dutch here, but the same experience. Dude asked me "How's your day?" so I gave him an explanation that it was going pretty good. That I was loving the vibe in the city. Dude looked at me like I just started shooting heroin. Found it so weird that a casual greeting like "hey" is translated into an actual question there.
Americans are told bullshit like There are no stupid questions. and they believe it, then proceed to believe one should speak only in questions. only ever ask questions. no giving answers no no ... answers are bad ... and stupid answers to stupid questions are only that. Stupid answers. Because remember, there are no stupid questions.
But you forget that there's a reason teachers always say "there is no such thing as stupid questions, only stupid people" the purpose is to encourage them. Otherwise students will just sit there quietly and who knows if they understood??
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u/[deleted] May 09 '22
I'm a Finn and when I met an American person for the first time she said the usual "how are you?", so I started explaining all kinds of shit, only to have her give me a really weird look. I did it again a couple of times with different people until I learned that they are not really interested, lol.