Is this true or is it one of those retarded myths like the ‘whacky laws’ that exist in every state
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Nicholas Martin
The knife thing is common among Mizrahim here, but I never heard of Russians doing it.
Dominic Phillips
A lot of this is true. At least I've heard of it
Jace Morales
>never go back for something forgotten
Woops, I forgot my wallet at home, ah damn, now I'm gonna have to go shopping without it today
Landon Morgan
Most of it is true. And I like it.
Logan Gray
>dont smile to strangers
like what?
Ryder Taylor
>never go back for something forgotten
What?
James Thompson
Like at all.
Aiden Powell
>Don't smile to strangers
Evan Wilson
Everything is true, except for "never go back" thing.
Nathaniel Lee
And about smiling too
Brody Hughes
> Stand lightly on someone's foot if they step on yours.
I step with double force
Charles Richardson
Cмeх бeз пpичины - пpизнaк дypaчины.
Jose Ramirez
Smiling is not really a tradition nor superstition but nobody smiles to strangers, or they do smile but without your mouth open
Luis Ward
>Don't smile to strangers
>Never toast with an empty glass
>Be careful how you gesture when speaking to others
Isn't this basic etiquette?
Dylan Russell
Why is it étiquette to not smile to stranger ?
Liam Murphy
Do you ever saw murican in your life? This bastards always smile.
Aiden Allen
I'd find it creepy if a random person just smiled at me for no reason.
Luis Foster
>Cмeх
Laugh =/= Smile
>nobody smiles to strangers
You can smile if you want. It all depends on the situation
Cooper Ortiz
Well I don't mean smiling like you're posing for a picture but being friendly to a stranger and having a joyful attitude is often considered a good way to make them feel at ease talking with you
Cameron Reyes
You and the stranger are both not happy with their lives. You both have problems and things to deal with. Things are wrong and there is nothing happy about it to genuinely smile to a passing stranger.
You can delude yourself all you want, but if you're not a millionaire and have to work all the time to not die from hunger and not to be kicked out of your rented apps - you are not really happy.
Isaac Howard
Austin Anderson
If someone came up to me and started acting friendly and joyful for no reason I would assume they just want something from me. You're not really a stranger anymore once we're happy and comfortable around one another.
Gabriel Cruz
Moment of silence is true, you also have to sit with your feet not touching the ground.
Never go back is partially true, if you go back anyway you have to look into a mirror.
Stand on someone's foot is true if you know the person.
Not wishing before the date is true.
Never heard about the gestures one, might be regional.
Not smiling to strangers is just a mentality, not a superstition. Why the fuck do Americans do Americans smile at completely random people is beyond my understanding.
Empty glass is try. Also whatever you do never hit glasses at wake ceremony.
Knife thing is true, but it's also just a good tone. Who the fuck does it otherwise, especially with a dirty knife?
Bed thing is probably student culture, they also but a 5 ruble coin in their boot for an exam.
That's superstitions tho, doesn't have anything to do with laws. Here's a couple more. Even number of flowers is for funerals and the dead in general, uneven is for anything else. Do not shake hands over the doorstep.
Benjamin Brooks
>Even number of flowers is for funerals and the dead in general, uneven is for anything else.
Same here
Elijah Wilson
Because a smile is an emotion and not bothering people you don't know and not having a contact with with unnecessary emotions is kinda a given.
Angel Hall
>be careful how you gesture when speaking to others
What would be considered a rude gesture?
Easton Kelly
>a good way to make them feel at ease talking with you
For what purpose? You smile at people you're glad to see. You smile at service employees because they provide you service. Why on earth would you smile at someone simply asking a direction or something like that?
Christopher Flores
I find this not smiling thing very fascinating. In here, not always but often enough, if you make eye contact with other person, it's not uncommon to get a smile, and you smile back at them. It's not always the case but it happens a lot. I never initiate it but if I get a smile I obviously smile back, because it would look rude not doing so. I think it's the extroverted people the ones that do it, I obviously am not extroverted so I don't really do it much.
Lincoln Young
Except for the obvious obscene gesture language I'm really struggling to come up with anything. It's a really weird point.
Cameron Myers
>Here's a couple more.
dont eat with a knife. who eats with knife dies by knife.
dont smile at people or things without explanation. it is a sign of a retard.
Jeremiah Ramirez
Waving your hands around like a tard is rude in itself desu. Just be still.
Jack Foster
Not eating from the knife is actually about the oneself doing it becoming unkind.
David Smith
Kevin Myers
do you mean one should not point the tip of the knife at someone or there should be no direct hand to hand transfer of a knife?
Cooper Russell
I heard of a Russian superstition about not giving an even number of flowers.