it depends on where you live in america too. in somewhere like seattle everyone has to have a what’s your job and title dick waving contest

i live in a more laid back city now and i have friends where i still have no idea what they do for work

paramount still has the old star treks which were the only ones worth watching in the first place

i hate this “____ porn” terminology

what if eventually the physical mechanism for human consciousness becomes fully understood? does understanding that process mean we are no longer intelligent?

In non-English texts it is not unusual to see English honorifics like Sir, Lord, Lady, Duke etc. or even Dr., Mr., Mrs.

Similarly, in English texts it is not unusual to see foreign honorifics besides the actual names.

It is quite frequent for someone who otherwise does not speak another language to address foreigners as they would be addressed in their own language in formal situations where politeness is expected, e.g. using Herr or Frau for a German, and so on, or using Takaichi-san or Takaichi-sama (more formal) instead of translating that to Mrs. Takaichi.

I think that when speaking about a prime minister, formal language is not inappropriate.

Trump is probably the most obvious chief of state whose name would look completely inappropriate in the context of using formal polite language, but this should have been an exception.

supplementing your points: Japanese seem to prefer dropping the honorifics when in English:

https://archive.ph/OI3S2

I've also heard that it's still common to address one's peers with -kun in parliament.

In GP's case it sounds rather quaint, but also endearing (like referring to a neighbor or a long lost schoolmate in the third person)

Pedantry: Takaichi is her father's surname. (I had to look that up, tbh)

i’m at the point where i’m pretty much never going to put my family on a plane unless we have a very urgent reason to visit family overseas or something

do you participate in activities with your kids? do your kids have friends? most of my friends now are other dads who i’ve met through school activities etc, and we take our kids to do things together or just hang out at each others houses while the kids play

My kids are 3 and 5 so right now the only activity we do is swimming lessons which are done in a group setting, but aren't really a team sport and the kids/parents in the class change constantly due to scheduling etc. I'm thinking next year once the oldest is 6 we will put her in some team sports.

My oldest has made a few friends in kindergarten, but so far we haven't really hung out with those kids/parents outside of a few birthday parties.

kindergarten/ preschool is the best time to forge these new relationships

lots of parents are in the same boat as you and more willing to get together as they may not have an established group yet , as the kids get older the social groups are already established and harder to break into

Cool! Thank you for this information! Very interesting.