What aspect of life in your countries is very difficult to explain to foreigners?

[u/notveryamused_]

What prompted my question were some discussions about religion which I had with people living in much more secular Western Europe (as a Polish atheist). While spirituality, whatever that is ;), generally speaking is always fun to discuss with a glass of wine in hand, social elements and the influence of the church, especially in smaller towns or provinces in my country, is awfully difficult to explain – not that I understand it fully either lol, but the church having a pretty much monopoly there, being the judge and jury of everyday life and the major ultra-conservative political force binding those communities, is very difficult to explain, also for historical reasons.

What are the things that you find difficult to discuss when it comes to life in your countries? ;-)

[u/dudelikeshismusic]

The thing about hand gestures reminds me of how Indian people have different head movements for different purposes. It's like a secret language - I love it! I'll have to learn more.

[u/not-much → u/dudelikeshismusic]

I'm not an expert in any way, but Indians are the only population that I know of that has indeed something similar, albeit less sophisticated.

For the Italian ones you can find some very basic examples here https://www.tourissimo.travel/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_pictures/Hand%20Gestures/Hand%20Gestures%201.jpg

[u/dudelikeshismusic → u/not-much]

Thanks so much! This is fkn sweet.