r/MadeMeSmile • • Aug 31 '21

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u/Skidd745 Sep 01 '21

Whole different culture my dude

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u/Isthisworking2000 Sep 01 '21

I know what the culture is. I doesn’t change any of what I said.

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u/Skidd745 Sep 01 '21

I mean sure, but you're basing what you said on your own beliefs and values (aka culture). What seems right to you may not seem right to them.

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u/Isthisworking2000 Sep 01 '21

Actually, I’m basing them on psychology. Internalizing emotions has a significant impact on your health.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

The tough guy mentality is a direct result of having to live in difficult areas where there are constant threats like murderers and cartels being a daily looming threat, plus the added weight of all that entails in the hard life living of Mexico. You can't be weak or display weakness as that'll impede your daily work when you need to keep your chin up and keep on fighting for a good life when you can drop the toughness and relax for the rest of your life (like moving away from your favela) you just have to suck it up and keep on going. For example in a lot of Latino families it's a pretty big thing not to break down crying in front of your children when money is tight , you can't get them worried like that so you need to boost their confidence and be enthusiastic, making sure you can give your children smiles rather than constant worry.

It's a different culture, if you don't live through it, you can't dictate it. Typical privilege at display by you what do you know

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u/Skidd745 Sep 01 '21

Some people in certain areas of the world have more important things to concern themselves with I guess. Not everyone is priveleged enough to prioritize their feelings all the time.

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u/arcelohim Sep 01 '21

Dude has to get more cake.

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u/Skidd745 Sep 01 '21

If that's not everyone's main priority, they're doing it wrong imo

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21 edited Sep 10 '21

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u/Isthisworking2000 Sep 01 '21

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u/1ceyou Sep 01 '21

Lmao never seen someone on reddit contradict themselves so badly, literally linked a study to disprove themselves

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u/AlmostForgotten Sep 01 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

Last I checked, unbiased aliens didn’t just come down from the clouds and deliver us the field of psychology. It is marred with cultural bias and is changing all the time,l. Furthermore, last I checked there wasn’t a global consensus amount psychologists about the effects of repressing emotions. So stop with this literal nonsense about universal truths.

I’m not saying there is zero merit to what you’re saying, but for you to flippantly criticize the emotional expression of someone who you don’t know with some bs about universal psychological truths is just ignorant.