My partner comes from a culture with rich fool traditions that use humor to address serious social issues, but when they try to explain why certain jokes or stories are funny to me, the cultural context gets lost and I feel stupid, and they feel like I'm not really trying to understand.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are finding that the most meaningful parts of cultural heritage resist translation, creating intimacy barriers despite good intentions.
“Where Are You with The fool tradition across cultures?”
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