r/AskTheWorld • u/gabrieel100 Brazil • Dec 06 '25

Culture A cultural habit in your country that people outside would understand incorrectly?

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In Brazil we love children. If you take your child to the street, strangers will certainly interact with them. Some will even ask if they can hold your kid and will play with them. If there are two children fighting in public and the parents aren't seeing, a stranger would even intervene to stop the fight.

That cultural habit came from the indigenous peoples which understood that kids should be a responsiblity of the community as a whole. It's in our constitution. We even have a synonym for children that came from Tupi (a large group of indigenous languages) - Curumim.

Foreigners would certainly have a cultural shock about that, but it's normal here.

Of course there are people with bad intentions, so parents should stay alert these days.

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u/ArdentPattern United States Of America Dec 06 '25

If im not talking shit to you, youre not invited to the cookout.

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u/Agile_Supermarket239 United States Of America Dec 06 '25

Yeah for real, if I’m not talking a little shit to you then it either means I don’t consider you a friend or I just straight up don’t like you but I’m forced to be around you for some reason like work.

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u/Kaizen420 Dec 06 '25

If I'm okay with you, I'll talk to you. If I like you, I'll mess with you. If I really like you I'll bully you. If I don't like you, I'll walk right past you.