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Old 03-10-2011, 09:34 PM   #1
DrazAdwamoi

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Default what do you dislike about your nation?
I dont know if it have been discussed here before.
We like to say what we like about our nation or what we do not like about others, but what about dislikes concerning own ethnical group?
Obviously, its all based on generalisation and simplification.

There are a few things I dont like about Polish people.
- overall tendency to improvisation and relying on "common sense". Law and regulations? Only idiots need them, we know better ourselves, cause for Polish people everything is "obvious". e.g. when there is a road sign saying maximum speed is 50, a Pole will go 60 because he knows better. He will not go 80, cause "obviously" he is not an idiot, but "obviously" 50 is too low and 60 is just perfect.
- lack of imuch interest (especially in Eastern part of Poland) about public space, contrasting with accurate caring about private space. People can spend hours digging their own garden and planting flowers, while at the same time just behind the fence there will be a big pile of rubbish and they will not touch it, cause its "not theirs".
- lack of moderation in public debate, plus lack of distance sometimes- going up and down from feeling superior to feeling opressed, the best example is national football team, which last 25 years is a pile of crap, but before every Mundial we have out of the blue "this time very good team" and they loose and everyone is surprised, no ligic in this behaviour.
- relying on what the "world" says about Poland or Poles. Anything important happens and Poles will search what other think, even people on some small island of Oceania. Instead of focusing on the event, we focuse on "how it is perceived".


There are 4first things which came to my mind, probably the most annoying to myself.

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