Culture: It's where I live.
 

So, where do you live that's full of culture?

I live with a Chinese family. It's very interesting. I often see them sitting in the living room, meditating, or praying, or simply drinking tea in front of a statue and a picture of buddah.

Everytime I go into the kitchen at the same time as them they always offer me some sort of food; all sorts of fruit, vegetables, and meats. Just right now I walked in there to eat some fruit they gave me not to long ago and they gave me three oranges and an avocado.

They light all sorts of incents throughout the day so it (usually) always smells good in here.

These aren't my parents, by the way, I rent this room.

Living with your family doesn't count as experiencing culture since to you, it's normal. You have to be experiencing another culture.

People that have no idea what culture is really need to stop using the word. Your own personal "culture" is most assuredly the same thing as experiencing another "culture." (ugh) It's unique, it's transitional, and it's fluid. One irish family doesn't have the same rituals as another, and no two familial units are exactly alike. You would have been better off making this thread about interesting traditions/rituals you've experienced. A chinese family in America is almost guaranteed not to be "traditional" Chinese, for example. The whole concept is flawed at its most basic level.

You're right, Deni.

You got me there.

For the sake of avoiding a ridiculous argument over minor shit that doesn't really matter you're right. =)

So now that Deni gave a red-faced description of what we're discussing, anyone have anything to contribute?