我不喜欢那种人们喜欢对别人刻薄的气氛。

I didn't like the general atmosphere in which people like being mean to each other.

youdao

在另一家公司，工人们不停地抱怨出故障的供暖系统，但老板们太忙或太刻薄，对此无动于衷。

In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners were too busy or too mean to do anything about it.

youdao

现在，你可能说……这是自然而然的。有时人们变得刻薄，我应该脸皮厚些。除非……这不是(自然而然的)。

Now, you might say... this is just the way it is. Sometimes people get mean and I should just get tougher skin. Except... it's not.

youdao

and people say "Oh, people on the East Coast are so mean."

人们常说：“噢，东海岸的人真是太刻薄了。”

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