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I'm reading a book about communication styles, and it claims that "A Japanese woman who not only doesn't cry but laughs when talking about her husband's death might be misdiagnosed by a Westerner who does not know that laughter is the customary and expected Japanese way of masking emotions".
Can someone tell me how much truth there is in that? The book is from the mid 80s and written by an American so I'm unsure how much to trust it (for this specific thing).

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I'm not really into fighting games (if you mean Street Fighter and Tekken and such), but I love Bloodborne and Sekiro 😊
@markb Ah, that's true! However, beware leaning on that too much, because people acting in bad faith (eg. trolls, abusers) will exploit that instinct in people.
If it happened only once and you think it's ignorance, it's probably ok to forgive. If it has happened multiple times, esp. if it has been brought up, at some point it becomes the other person's responsibility. I'm assuming we're talking about adults here BTW.