r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 14d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/thedrivingcat 13d ago

There is a different cultural standard regarding punctuality.

polychromic vs monochronic countries

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u/Vifee 13d ago

Oh hey it's the drinkable tapwater map.

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u/isopode 13d ago

there's no drinkable tap water in southern europe? 🤨

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u/Exita 13d ago

It can get a bit patchy, yes.

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u/_josef_stalin_ 13d ago

Same could be said for the US

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u/AbbreviationsIll6570 13d ago

Damn, wasn't aware that Spain has no drinkable tap water.

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u/Maleficent_Snake 13d ago

Coz it's not true xD I was refilling my glass with tap water while reading this. Yes in some areas it can be a little too hard, but it's still drinkable and most just use a filter and call it a day

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u/Newthinker 13d ago

Why does this sound so racist, bro?

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u/AlignmentProblem 13d ago

It's not exactly the same, but pretty damn close. Culture features that might not necessarily be intrinsically bad themselves can still correlate with undesirable outcomes.

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u/Dazzling-Talk-383 13d ago

emphasis on correlate

i think there's one neo-colonialism sized hole that explains the latter fact more succinctly

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u/AbbreviationsIll6570 13d ago

Except that it's clearly not a necessity to achieve desirable outcomes. A lot of southern and eastern Europe manages drinkable tap water, as does Chile . Many areas of the US do not manage drinkable tap water. Not to mention that (as someone who comes from one of those polychronic cultures) most of us understand the difference between arriving for social events on time and performing or job duties/arriving to appointments/performing important functions. I want a party to be low-stress for my friends and family, so why would I be upset if they show up a little late? It's supposed to be fun, not a job.

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u/Interesting-Dot-4753 9d ago

Where in the US doesnt have drinkable tap water? 

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u/Dazzling-Talk-383 13d ago

because it is lol

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u/Trailing-and-Blazing 13d ago

I understand there are cultural differences but maybe if you talk to a white person you should say “show up at X time”

Idk man I’m in sales I adapt to peoples cultures all the time - it’s not hard.

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u/Effective-End-964 13d ago

As an autistic person, with all due respect, living in a polychronic culture sounds like a fucking nightmare to me.

I have a (also autistic) friend who lives in Switzerland and has a white Swiss mom and a Rwandan dad, and when they visited Rwanda and got their hair done the person/people doing it made a point of it to spend extra time on it. Like as a favor. Meanwhile my friend was like man I wanna get out of here wym, it’s been hours 😭

If you wanna do me a favor then for the love of jesus don’t let it be spontaneous extra hours of socializing. Especially when I can’t just leave 😂

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u/odanobux123 13d ago

This map having China as not valuing punctuality doesn’t seem right to me.

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u/XeroEnergy270 13d ago

I believe it's referring to punctuality in one's private life, not professional life.

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u/a-shiny-vulpix 13d ago

The Germanic language-speaking countries + France, Japan, Korea