Common, if you are in indirect culture, you will HINT that you dont know or that the answer is no and the other person will get it.

These stories are not about people who are from indirect cultures being frustrating to the direct person. They are about people who paste stuff into claude and unnecessary large wall of text - written in direct style.

In my culture, I prefer not to wear clothing in public. I also prefer not to be confined to toilets when transferring personal products.

Maybe there are some universal conventions we can accept.