“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About

“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Lobbying. We call it corruption or bribes in Iceland.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About In Alaska you can be put in a phone registry to go and pick up a road kill moose off the side of the road. This is considered a super lucky phone call as even the worst road kill moose has 100’s of pounds of good meat. Everyone is normally stoked for you if you get this call also and if during the day time people will normally honk and cheer driving past you getting the dead moose. I never realized the weirdness of all of this till explaining the excitement of road kill moose to some friends in San Diego. .

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Sitting on a desk or table. In Maori culture it's insulting to plonk your a**e on a surface where food might be prepared.

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Some things in the world are pretty universal, that’s true. However, one can’t argue that most things we say, do, or experience differ not only with each country but with each region or household, even; what is completely normal in one might be considered out of line in another.

Such out-of-line things are usually considered taboo – “a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons”, as dictionaries describe it. And they can relate to any and every thing there is, from food to periods, and beyond. According to the person who started the thread, redditor ‘Auelogic’, even such a seemingly humdrum thing as chewing gum can be a taboo in certain places.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Not offering a cup of tea to anyone entering the home including servicemen.
In the UK not doing so is punishable by death.

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“In my country, there are many minor taboos, like the idea that selling gum is frowned upon. This made me curious about what other taboos exist in different countries,” the OP told Bored Panda in a recent interview, sharing why they decided to ask this particular question.

Discussing the netizens’ answers, the OP shared that they were interesting to read, especially as they related to numerous different countries. “I’ve learned a lot from this,” they admitted.

“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About As an iranian, where do you want me to start?

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About I just went to Germany for the first time (I’m from the US). My colleague (from Germany) went to grab me a glass for my beer and I said that I could just drink it from the bottle, and you could almost hear a pin drop when about 10 Germans spun around to stare at me. One of them said “….. wafflekween, that’s a WHEAT beer. It must be drank out of a glass!”.

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Ralph Kretschmer 4 weeks ago

And he's right.

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Petra Peitsch 4 weeks ago

Indeed. Pils you may drink from a bottle, but a wheat beer???

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Trillian 4 weeks ago

Totally. We have no particular fetish about not drinking out of the bottle, but Weizen belongs in a glass. Trust us.

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T.M.P Janssen 4 weeks ago

Well, he is right. Most beers have glasses that elevate the taste of the beer. Ever tried drinking Guinness out of a glass not even close to the Guinness glass form? It tastes completely different, terribly I might say and I love Guinness. Same with German beer. Mostly, there is a reason why those glasses exist.

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Heras buddy 4 weeks ago

You drink Bud light from a bottle because it has no taste. Any good beer from a glass so you can also get the aroma.

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Cathy Roberts 4 weeks ago

See, in the US, a lot of people think asking for a glass is pretentious or "fussy".

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XenoMurph 3 weeks ago

I like to drink beer from a glass, it stops it being so gassy and tasting like froth

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Nicole Weymann 3 weeks ago

From what I've read people in the US buy their beer almost exclusively in cans. In Germany canned beer is what you settle for (on a festival, for example) and it's associated with poorer taste/quality. Glass bottles are generally preferred. "Fussy" people will drink their bottled beer from a glass, less fussy people swig directly from the bottle. Canned beer and glasses are a very rare combination.

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Austzn 3 weeks ago

Also "gay" for some reason, according to some. 🙄

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UncleJohn3000 4 weeks ago

"Oh! I thought you said meat beer!" and just let them wonder.

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Upstaged75 3 weeks ago

The only beer anyone should drink from a bottle is Corona with a lime shoved inside it. ;)

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howdylee 4 weeks ago

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detective miller's hat 4 weeks ago

ALL beer should be drunk out of a glass. You can't properly taste it from a bottle.

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Ace 4 weeks ago

And if you still don't know why there is no hope for you. It's all about the way it's poured, swilling the last bit in the bottle to release the sediment.

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StrangeOne 3 weeks ago

Showing any kind of panic, worry and fretting in public in Germany will have someone tell you to calm down very quickly. I'm not talking about just screaming, crying, running. I mean talking fast, a bit loud, walking fast, rushing of any sorts. The Germans, at least in Munich, will think you're a crazy person.

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Ludwig Michiel 3 weeks ago

In Belgium, people will sometimes even apologize if they can't serve your beer in the correct glass, corresponding with the type/brand of beer.

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Jason Kennith 3 weeks ago

I'm so confused.

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WindySwede 4 weeks ago

wafflestampen?

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Camilla Koutsos 3 weeks ago

I’m not German, but you do not drink wheat beer out of the bottle.

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El Dee 3 weeks ago

That would be as bad as putting ice in whisky..

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Sven Horlemann 3 weeks ago

How dare anyone suggest otherwise!

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Andrea Steinacher 3 weeks ago

esp if it´s a yeast wheat beer

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Kate Koppen 3 weeks ago

that's why we do not accept wheat beer drinkers as beer drinkers. Real beer is drunken from the bottle.

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WubiDubi 3 weeks ago

A branded glass at that.

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zatrisha 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it‘s because of the Brew Head.

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Austzn 3 weeks ago

😲

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nana theater 4 weeks ago

Fact.

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Daya Meyer 4 weeks ago

Yes, we have many beer specialities and some of them come with rules. Beside wheat beer there is 'Berliner Weiße' which is the only one you mix with cherry or woodruff syrup before drinking. Drinking other beer from the bottle is perfectly fine. If my father is asked if he wants a glass for drinking beer, he would raise the bottle saying: "I have a glass already, thanks!"

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Luke Branwen 4 weeks ago

100% agree. I'm Czech and the local "beer culture" is just a stupid attempt to make alcoholism a spohisticated and cultural thing.

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cerinamroth 4 weeks ago

Now, now... I'm a north German nowadays but I would never speak about the southerners like that.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Child marriage (thank god).

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It’s safe to assume that the redditor wasn’t the only one who learned new information while browsing the list, as while we might be well-familiar with things that are considered taboo in our country, we might also be completely oblivious to what we shouldn’t say or do elsewhere.

That’s because our morals and values, as well as our mindset, tend to be shaped—or at least, largely influenced—by the culture we find ourselves in. As one TED speaker put it, “We all see the world through cultural glasses.”

“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Foraging or even walking through private land (“safe passage”) -

In many countries foraging on private property is quite acceptable if you are only taking small amounts, as well as safe passage (hiking through private property but not staying there).

But in the USA, even WALKING onto someone’s personal property without express permission can get you shot. And taking something?? Omfg you have a death wish.

Foraging isn’t permitted on most public lands either. “Take nothing, leave nothing,” is the rule.

Every European person I have told this to is stunned.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About USA: eating horse meat. Apparently this is relatively common in France or Italy, but would be greeted by horror over here.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Standing next to a stranger closer than 6 ft, unless the lack of space forces you to stand thay close.

(Google "Finnish bus stop".).

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The aforementioned TED speaker, a cross-cultural expert and a rocket scientist, Julien S. Bourrelle, suggested that people tend to view the behavior or emotions of others through their own cultural glasses.

“The lens through which your brain sees the world shapes your reality,” he said, which explains why people might be surprised to find that something that seems completely normal to them is considered taboo in other places of the world.

That’s why lists as such can be not only fascinating, but useful, too, as not knowing that something is considered taboo when visiting a foreign country can create some rather awkward situations.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Being gay

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Any kind of physical punishment for children. Maybe not exactly a taboo, rather downright illegal, but it’s shocking how normalised using physical punishment is in so many parts of the world.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About The word “c**t”. It’s a HUGE insult here in the US but it’s barely a swear in the UK and practically term of affection in Australia. (I might be stereotyping a little here though).

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If you enjoy browsing content about cultural differences and life in different parts of the world, you might like this list of funny illustrations that depict the cultural differences between the East and the West, too. You might also want to consider viewing these stories about the biggest culture shocks people have ever encountered.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Waltzing in someone's home wearing shoes.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Any form of nudity shown in public. Americans sexualize everything, so nudity here is far more taboo than in France, for example.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Mowing your lawn or other noisy activities on a Sunday.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Being a bubbly positive person in eastern europe = you're crazy and delusional and lots of red flags

being not bubbly positive person in USA = something is wrong with him avoid him.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Breaking spaghetti.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Not exclusive to my country, Sweden, but we have draconic d**g laws here.

You can be dead drunk in the streets and ppl won’t bat an eye, but if you smoke weed you’re treated as criminal.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Men who are friends or family casually holding hands in public. It'll never happen here.

I notice it's very common in the Middle East India, and Egypt. It's a safety thing as I understand and how to get across insane streets.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Children being naked.

In the US, people would lose their s**t and call CPS over a young child not wearing clothes in their back yard or on the beach. In Europe, it’s considered pretty standard for

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About In my country, discussing mental health openly is taboo, but accepted elsewhere.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Female breasts on regular television.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Belgium: call them “French fries” and get effed up!
(Also: there is no such thing is as “a Belgian waffle”. You are likely referring to a Brussels waffle and not knowing there are quite a lot of different kind of waffles in Belgium.).

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Talking to a stranger on public transport.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Abortion, divorce, not "paying back" your parents even when they were deadbeat.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Atheism.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Public displays of affection are taboo here, but normal elsewhere.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Celebrating your birthday before its actually your birthday.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Microwaving water.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Putting your feet or bum on tables, pillows (for your head) basically anywhere where you’d sleep or eat. Wearing outside shoes in the house. It’s an indigenous cultural practice but heaps of us whities follow it too, out of respect but mostly that’s how we were raised in at home and the wider community.

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In my country, discussing politics openly is taboo, but normal elsewhere.

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1) eating pork

2) leaving religion

3) drinking alcohol

4) having a tattoo.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Not liking fries or chocolate. Also, drinking light beer.

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Taking the last piece of any shared dish.

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Tipping.

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Gifting items such as clocks.

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Relationships with cousins. Not illegal but definitely taboo. In other areas people are actively encouraged to marry their cousins.

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Doing the deed before marriage .

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Free Healthcare.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Making poutine with crinkle cut fries.

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“Mowing Your Lawn On A Sunday”: 30 Taboo Things Other Countries Don’t Think Twice About Giving someone a job in an area that they didn't specifically study for. E.g. Study computer science engineering and work as a financial analyst.... In UK I had colleagues that studied arts and work in finance. That'd never happen in Portugal.

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Smiling at strangers is weird.

Being rude or inconsiderate in public transport is as bad as a war crime.

If you don't take your shoes off when entering my place, I'll be really mad.

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Talking about money (France).

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Letting your kids play in the clothes they wear to school without wearing coveralls over them.

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Stashing weapons and other military items under hospitals and residences.

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In your opinion, how important is it to follow local taboos when visiting another country?

Paul Rabit 4 weeks ago

This would have been a better article if they specified the country of the taboo in question.

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Ellinor 4 weeks ago

Best way to not be hated in France : When you enter a room, say "Bonjour". It doesn't have to be to each person, but in general. And in waiting rooms, we don't do small talk. We say "Bonjour", go sit, and sh*t up.

Alexandra 4 weeks ago

And if you don't, they will tell you you should in no uncertain terms, Seen it happen. It was humiliating, on both sides.

Júlia Fortes 4 weeks ago

In my country if you make eye contact with someone (even if its a stranger) you need to smile and nod (kinda like a way of saying good morning/afternoon/evening without saying it), its considered rude if you dont And also, if you're waiting in the crosswalk and a car lets you pass, you need to raise your hand to say thank (also valid if you're inside the car in a crossroad)

Barry 3 weeks ago

I also live in Canada

Ron Man 3 weeks ago

This would have been better if so many of these weren't just single word answers with no context or country listed.

David Beaulieu 3 weeks ago

I was thinking of starting a website that just farms reddit for content. You find posts and then you just pretend they are your site's content. But that is frowned upon where I live.

Katie Allen 3 weeks ago

Some guy from the middle east asked me right after he met me why I wasn't married. I told him that question is considered rude in the US. His IMMEDIATE response was to ask me again.

Ivona 3 weeks ago

Many people have suffered from ignoring the local customs and taboos in the countries they visited.

Widdershins66 3 weeks ago

When in Rome...

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Jihana 4 weeks ago

Then don't read it? I think it was very interesting.

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