Culture is a weird thing. We grow up inside one, and for the most part, we stay there entirely unaware of the effects and distortions it is wreaking upon our reality. Culture is, in fact, so transparent to us that we have coined a term for the sensation of being suddenly dislocated from it: culture shock.
Getting outside of your culture is one of the most valuable things a human can do. Want to understand yourself on a deeper level? Go somewhere where you don't recognize any of the food, or where the steering wheel is on the opposite side of the dashboard. Alas, not all of us can afford a vacation to Scotland or Vanuatu - so what's a good global citizen to do? Luckily for us, we invented the Internet.
Did you know that everything you do is influenced by your culture? And I do mean everything. The good folks over at Cracked.com truly relish relieving us of our misconceptions, and they have outdone themselves with this latest effort. Think you know how to breathe, sleep, and poop? Check again. Our enculturation is seated at the very deepest level, and it turns out that in many cases it arbitrarily runs counter to even the basic efficiency of our bodily functions.
Read more here: 7 Basic Things You Won't Believe You're All Doing Wrong via Cracked
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