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Those who live outside Asia. What are things Asians are not ready to hear. (lemm.ee)

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We’re going broad with this one given the population and the size.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's OK to run a fan at night

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Y'all migrated out of Africa like the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I have never met someone raised outside of Asia that has ordered a glass of hot water to drink as-is. I have no idea why this habit is so wide spread among people raised in Asia and it baffles me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think it's rooted in a belief that consuming something so cold is bad for the body somehow. Meanwhile I'm sure they eat frozen desserts.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of it, but I guess it makes sense. Like, it's not uncommon in the US to drink hot coffee in the morning when it's cold out if you're camping or in an outdoors environment that's hard to heat up. Delivers a big slug of heat directly to someone. But there's no real reason that it has to contain caffeine.

I don't know about Korea or other places, but Japan traditionally didn't go in for house insulation, aimed to use the kotatsu rather than heating the living space as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Hold on for some Jared Diamond-ass reasoning.

Before sanitation rules, very broadly: Europe made alcohol to make potable water whereas Asia boiled it and made tea. When there’s no tea available or fitting your tastes, the water still needs to be purified, so drinking hot water was still a common practice which has stayed around as an aspect of culture.