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My new book has been submitted for review and should be published and ready to purchase soon. It's 70 pages. The prices are what they are, so I make $5 per book. Everything else is Amazon's cut and printing costs. I made it as cheap as I could.

Chinese Personality...

Harmony (one's inner peace of mind, interpersonal harmony, etc.)
Ren Qing (relationship orientation, which covers adherence to cultural norms of interaction such as those based on reciprocity)
Modernization (contrasted with attitudes toward traditional Chinese beliefs)
Thrift vs. Extravagance
Ah-Q Mentality (defensiveness, externalization of blame)
Face (social behaviors done in order to enhance or avoid damaging one's reputation and honor)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits_and_culture

In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no known objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other cultures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture-bound_syndrome

Cross-cultural psychiatry (also known as ethnopsychiatry or transcultural psychiatry or cultural psychiatry) is a branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural context of mental disorders and the challenges of addressing ethnic diversity in psychiatric services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cultural_psychiatry

challenges of addressing ethnic diversity in psychiatric services

Corinne Engber for JewishBoston
Why All Cats Are Jewish
Jews and cats get along surprisingly well as their similarities shine through.

https://www.jewishboston.com/read/why-all-cats-are-jewish/

Archived

https://web.archive.org/web/20250805005633/https://www.jewishboston.com/read/why-all-cats-are-jewish/

"They’re often dismissed as cold or even heartless, ready to eat their owner as soon as acknowledge them"

Americans think that they are rebels because they are immoral and have tattoos, but maybe the elites want Americans to be immoral since immoral people are easier to blackmail and control.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6397310495112

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-cops-are-quietly-using-meta-smart-glasses-40573513/

...so as to have an alibi for their unkempt beard?

"Habibi, I'm not lazy, the neckbeard is so I look like the Prophet's Companions!"

@RodrickSage Still wont help them escape India.

Incels should just convert to Islam.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/woman-films-camera-she-says-113100409.html

"‘I thought gender surgery would make me feel better. I was misled’

"A growing number of ‘detransitioners’ are suing hospitals and doctors in the US, saying they were not warned about the health implications"
https://x.com/TonyDowson5/status/2086165840789959094

Why farmers are spreading crushed glass on their crops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UhdnlZ5Us8

‘F**k this’: Uni’s controversial new degree
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/experts-and-influencers-divided-over-new-university-degree/news-story/8752bd3d71953447d5796b08826ab395