The Daily Populous Monday January 6th, 2025 night edition
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Many_Yesterday_451 on January 5th, 2025 at 11:30 UTC »

They hold hands as friends, not lovers. I've seen this quite a lot in parts of Asia.

daredaki-sama on January 5th, 2025 at 11:34 UTC »

I think the Chinese guy may be respecting Pakistani culture. I’m not sure about Pakistani culture but men typically don’t hold hands in China. They may be holding hands to show friendship and comradeship as soldiers. Women do hold hands with each other, it’s extremely common to see two women hold hands in public.

a_is_for_a on January 5th, 2025 at 15:16 UTC »

My first introduction to this was when I was doing contract work in Iraq - saw two police men walking down the road hand in hand. It was a bit of a culture shock.