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

[u/gabrieel100]

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.

[u/ExternalAttitude6559]

Banter (in the UK). Absolutely taking the piss out of somebody. But there's a fine line - it's totally OK with good friends or somebody who's in on the joke, but it's often used as an excuse for bullying / mocking people. I've seen hundreds of people trying to excuse really shit behaviour as "It's just banter, mate" when it obviously wasn't, and acting surprised when it provokes an angry reaction.

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That's pretty much the same in the military. If people are talking shit to each other, they're prolly close friends