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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Could have been worse. He could have been from a culture in which saving someone’s life means that you become responsible for them for the rest of their life. Then you’d have had to rig up some kind of situation in which he saves your life so you become even.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Do you have a real life example of a currently existing culture with such a practice?

Because I feel like you've seen a few too many movies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I vaguely recall having heard that before of somewhere out in eastern Asia, but I can't recall where at. I'd be curious to see what that's about.

googles

Found this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yes, and the reasoning behind why it's considered such is also detailed in the link itself. I figured I'd leave that link as a way for folks to read into it and learn where the claim originated from.

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