This bothers me on several accounts: 1) “How are you?” in Polish culture is typically reserved for close companions, not acquaintances 2) those in the U.S. Often, American askers will continue walking down the hallway without even responding to my response. In the U.S., I find myself asked by acquaintances or strangers in office corridors, at check-out counters, on phone calls to businesses: “How are you?” I know the appropriate response is “Good you?” and the follow-up from the asker is “Good”- if there is any follow-up. culture, the thing I would change to be more like traditional Polish culture would be to cease the use of “How are you?” as a casual greeting. I am a 29-year-old first-generation American-my parents are both immigrants from Poland. Kelsey wants to change America’s default greeting: Read: The unorthodox solution to the world’s migration woes People should have the right to do what they want with their bodies, but I’d prefer a culture where they are encouraged to make healthy choices. I’d change our drinking culture to Jordan’s. I’ve spent time in Jordan, where alcohol and bars are legal and moderately popular, but the default social drink is tea. I think that most people start drinking because they see everyone around them drinking, not because it’s actually fun or useful. Despite the fact that I don’t strictly observe Islamic law as an adult, I still see drinking as unnecessary and harmful. I was raised Muslim, so I didn’t grow up around adults who drank wine or beer with every meal. I accept that different people enjoy different things, but I hate that bars are the center of all adult social life in Canada. What do people find so appealing about alcohol? It tastes bad, hurts your body, and makes you do stupid things.
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