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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 14:55:15 JST clacke

   A pet peeve of mine is when someone says "be careful" after something happened. It is extremely common in Hong Kong culture, it is basically the rule that someone will say this if someone else has some minor misfortune like stumbling, dropping something etc.

   People say this out of the goodness of their hearts and as a form of comforting word, and I should get over it, but no matter how long I've lived here, it really gets on my nerves.

   To me, it hits as arrogance, nosiness, fake concern and a waste of breath. People don't mean it as any of those things, but I cannot make myself appreciate it, I can only bite my tongue.