Collectividualism, Volume 1: Brass Tacks and Caltrops

WHAT!

Card-sorter? Pretty little flash-cards?

Who knows?

I sure don't. (Though I do know that the answer key's on sallybishaigames.com, but that's our little secret, ok?)

BUT...?!

What I DO know, however, is that LOTS of people in such (dominantly-) individualistic countries like the US, Canada, UK, and Australia don't know all that much about COLLECTIVISM, aka "what half the world subscribes to."

"Why do we gotta learn about The Other? THEY be coming to MY country, yo, so, like, what's your problem, man? LIGHTEN UP, ALREADY!!!"

Well guess what, y'all?

1) I ain't no man, and

2) Even if you don't wanna hang out with, go out with, or even TAKE OUT the "Others" in your life... it's like, they're potential clients, you know? aka DOLLZ in YO POKKS, man.

NO! What I meant to say was that "they COULD be your next co-worker or BOSS even, so why not learn what makes them tick, you know? And that we ain't ALL into things that go TICK, if you get my meaning. Ahem.

(I was talking about CLOCKS, btw. SHEESH! Oh! As in sheesha, as in HUBBLY BUBBLY. But back to clocks, many of the world's collectivist cultures ARE, in fact, POLYCHRONIC, meaning "multiple streams of time, " aka "successful multi-tasking," aka "What Americans call "ADD." And for the record, this entire paragraph was a shining example of SPIRAL LOGIC, which is another special feature of the collectivist mind!

But more on THOSE things--the chronemics, the communication styles, etc.--in Volume TWO of this very same game.

So go on with your bad selves, you coolio cats, and we'll see you back here next week, same CAT Time, same CAT channel.

:X
(That's supposed to be whiskers, hmph. Sigh.)