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Originally Posted by nation-x
It always strikes me that as an American it is always so interesting to me to hear the European perspective... it's something that the average American can't relate to until they hear it alot. Personally, I would like more substantive conversation like I read in this thread (minus the sarcasm from Pleasurepays). I do agree with the sentiment that Pleasurepays is trying to relate, however. It seems to me that since 1989 the Czech people have been moving more toward the west... and I don't think it's because they love the west so much... but they remember communist rule. Younger people do not remember it... so they protest... it's what young people do as a matter of searching for identity.
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They were moving towards west on the paper, but not in real life. Even those "young" people will rather discuss with you for 5 hours than to move their ass and DO something.
That's the attitude here, everyone is super smart, but no one can achieve a shit.
And then they get really frustrated if I tell them that while they were wasting time for three hours with arguing about bullshit their DUMBER (I'm sarcastic here) counterpart in US worked for 3 hours, not only made money, but also gained experience and manifested a sense of duty.
Something that's not in vogue here, and I don't believe it ever will, if 20 years of pseudocapitalism only created another generation that is extremely comfortable with their incompetence and only feels smarter than ever.
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Originally Posted by nation-x
I have been told by alot of different Czech people (and expatriated Russians living in The Czech Republic) that alot of you refer to Americans as "piggy eyed". What exactly does that description mean? Do you view Americans as stupid or just people with eyes like pigs?
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I don't know what that means, I try to avoid the "average" Czechs as much as possible.