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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I talked to an older relative from the Soviet Union about gay marriage and she told me that on the one hand, it seems strange that something she had been raised to view as a mental illness was now getting official recognition, but on the other hand there were always people like the two nice guys she used to work with who were best friends, lived together, and never found the right women to marry...

(She did work in a metallurgical plant but those guys were probably engineers rather than burly steelworkers.)

She also said that she didn't like the Chinese engineers sent to visit her plant because they smiled too much. A similar thing happened when my family came to the USA, before we got used to things here. I recall my mother being bothered that a cashier had smiled at her because the cashier didn't know her and had no reason to be happy to see her.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

but on the other hand there were always people like the two guys she used to work with who were best friends, lived together, and never found the right women to marry…

Bestie goals

She also said that she didn’t like the Chinese engineers sent to visit her plant because they smiled too much. A similar thing happened when my family came to the USA, before we got used to things here. I recall my mother being bothered that a cashier had smiled at her because the cashier didn’t know her and had no reason to be happy to see her.

lmao, an acquaintance of mine feels uncomfortable back in their home country because people aren't amicable to strangers like they are in the States, and that amicable reaction feels like the 'normal' to them now.