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Questions that have a specific focus on people in the United States, or American culture.
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Is it rude to ask someone where they are from originally?
Abstractly speaking there is nothing wrong with asking someone where they are from, especially in places like United States (or Canada) that have a lot of immigrants. Many people like to talk about ot …
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How to let people know I won't be offended by explicit talk?
You can try showing your comfort with explicit topics by engaging in the conversations a bit more actively and/or enthusiastically, but since you don't necessarily want to talk about certain things yo …
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How to stop family from pushing me to forgive and forget?
Expanding a bit on what Joel said as his first point, it would be pretty useful to figure out what, if anything do you want your sister to do to help repair the rift. If nothing else it at least gives …
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How to deal with an employer's backhanded compliments?
Without hearing the actual intonation it's hard to know, but it is possible that the "I don't know why" has two interpretations: one is the offensive one that you're thinking of, but it could also mea …
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Best way to give coworker chance to share personal (religious) information with me that I al...
I suspect that anyone who does not attend celebrations because of religious reasons has probably "heard it all" by now, just think of all the relative's birthdays she's missed, they probably had some …
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Responding to my mom's remarks about my love life when she refuses to accept/acknowledge it
I feel like any sort of "we don't talk about it" agreements can only work if both people observe them, and she is the one that breaks it all bets are of, at least in the context of that conversation.
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How to significantly reduce my hairstylist's tip, without upsetting her?
One way you can try to approach this is to imagine that your boss found out that someone does a similar job to you, but for less money and now wants to discontinue Christmas/Retention bonuses (or dema …
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How do I politely tell a stranger to stop making annoying noises I can't name?
From what you describe it seems like the noises in question are not something that people do consciously. I doubt that anyone thinks "Hmm, it's 10:21 right now, I haven't done any air sucking in over …
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How do I dismiss a stranger asking for money?
I used to work in Downtown and encountered a few Bob-like characters. Their strategy seems to be to launch into a long story that only at the end cycles about how they some money.
I guess the idea i …
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