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What was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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I’m American. Moving to Hong Kong for 3 years was a huge culture shock and a huge middle finger to “American exceptionalism”.
But moving back AFTER the worse of the pandemic??? Holy shit. A massive shock - there was a sort of post-apocalyptic exhausted survivors vibe to everyone and everything.
It was truly culture shocking to see.
thank you for validating what it’s been like since the pandemic
I've enjoyed it but I got to quarantine and still am able to do so wfh and delivery yay!
I work with a lot of people from HK. It seems tough over there.
On one hand, we receive a lot of work from HK companies looking to move jobs elsewhere. It's one of the things making the economy a bit less bad than elsewhere presently.
On the other hand, I really wish you all the best and hope things improve.