Cultural Mind Trick

Definition

A social engineering tactic where someone convinces you that their absurd request is actually a deeply respected tradition in their culture, exploiting your desire not to be offensive. The international relations version of the Jedi Mind Trick, except instead of "these aren't the droids you're looking for," it's "eating fermented shark eyeballs is how we say hello." Falls apart the moment you actually Google their supposed customs.

Example Usage

My exchange student tried to pull a cultural mind trick, claiming I had to give him my car keys as a 'welcoming gesture'—nice try, dude.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cultural%20Mind%20Trick&defid=5988903)

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