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On time or late? It’s a cultural debate : Shots
Are you, like me, chronically late? Do you squeeze in “one more thing” before you leave home, only to lose track of time? Do you frequently show up to meetings or gatherings 15 minutes or more after you intended? Have you been told by your friends and family that you’re being disrespectful and not valuing their time? Maybe it’s partly their problem, anthropologists (goaded by an NPR reporter with a stake in this) say. Maybe your peers obsessed with being on time are actually holding a narrow — and relatively newly established — perspective. Maybe they’re off base in thinking that for time to be meaningful it needs to be…
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Reaction to Lionel Messi wearing a bisht while lifting the World Cup trophy shows cultural fault lines of Qatar 2022
CNN — Following 28 days, 64 online games and 172 objectives at Qatar 2022, Lionel Messi walked up on the podium at Lusail Stadium to ultimately get his fingers on the World Cup trophy that had eluded him in the course of his occupation. Ahead of joining his teammates, who had been waiting for their captain in a hive of enjoyment on a nearby phase, Messi initial shook fingers with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Tamim then put a black and gold bisht – a regular product of garments worn in the area for distinctive gatherings and celebrations – on the Argentina…
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