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by ASalazarMX 549 days ago
> However, you never use honorific language when talking about yourself. Instead, you can use humble language to help you decrease your sense of ego importance.

Spanish culture encourages humility/modesty through idioms, like "tu humilde servidor" (your humble servant), "aquĆ­, humildemente" (here, humbly), etc., but these are frequently used as humblebrags. I wonder if that happens in Tibetan culture too.