Do you have our great card which gives you great discounts in our great shop?
Oh my God, I am soooo happy I got rid of your card recently!!! It was such horrible card I never want it back again in my whole life!
What would you say, that right now, when I am calling you, I am giving you 50 % discount for our ware?
Well, you should go to your boss and tell him, that because I am old and have no money at all, that instead of to me, your boss should give this wonderful discount to you. Enjoy the discount and thank you.
Have you ever wondered to buy things on which you have no money at all? We can lend you money!
Thank you for your offer, but I am such kind of a person, that I would rather die of hunger than to borrow money from anyone. You know, we are Chinese, and we look at borrowing money with disrespect.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Television is shit
Although we have a television at home, we are not "watching" the TV programmes. We use it just as a screen device, through which we watch blu-ray disks, etc.
But, anytime I am powering on the TV in the evening, there is some really stupid Czech TV series.
a) it always looks very lame, actors are very lame, etc.
b) most of the time I see some sort of these soap operas - the actors there are doing nothing less than shouting at each other in a very dramatic way
I am sorry, but are the screenwriters social deprivants who know only hassles and quarrels? Sorry, but we never at home shout at each other with my wife in a such way and I feel disgusted only when watching such soap operas for two minutes... Now the worst thing about it is, that all these shows are broadcasted in the Czech Republic during so called "prime time" and millions of people are watching this kind of crap..
So why do they watch it? Because they can identifiy themselves with it? Or because of the idea of escapism? That their life is difficult, but still better than what they see on the telly? Sorry, but I do not want to be any part of this.
But, anytime I am powering on the TV in the evening, there is some really stupid Czech TV series.
a) it always looks very lame, actors are very lame, etc.
b) most of the time I see some sort of these soap operas - the actors there are doing nothing less than shouting at each other in a very dramatic way
I am sorry, but are the screenwriters social deprivants who know only hassles and quarrels? Sorry, but we never at home shout at each other with my wife in a such way and I feel disgusted only when watching such soap operas for two minutes... Now the worst thing about it is, that all these shows are broadcasted in the Czech Republic during so called "prime time" and millions of people are watching this kind of crap..
So why do they watch it? Because they can identifiy themselves with it? Or because of the idea of escapism? That their life is difficult, but still better than what they see on the telly? Sorry, but I do not want to be any part of this.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Friday, 18 March 2011
reality of correctional facilities
Recently there was very tragic case of a murder and rape of a 9 year old girl in the Czech Republic. I was quite surprised how many people in the discussions under the articles at news sites were so sure and certain, that when the guy, who did it, gets to the prison, the other inmates will kill him for sure - we do not have death penalty in our law system.
Where does this certainity come from? From movies, literature, or whatever? I tried to do a little research if there were actual cases in the news, that the inmates killed pedophiles who murder their victims, but could not found any... (well Googling is not proper "research", but I wanted to find at least one recent case).
Well the other thing which crossed my mind was, that the other half of the pople in the discussion, who did not wish this guy a murder from inmates were quite specific and VERY detailed in what THEY would personally do to the murderer... some things, which they described were quite atrocities and you have to have a quite imagination to come up with this... Anyway it reminded me Foucault and his Disciplnie and Punish and that many people nowadays - even in so called Western Civilization - are thinking in a way of medieval torture.
Of course I disagree with the whole idea of murdering little children, but these two ideas crossed my mind, when reading the discussion under the articles concerning this case.
Update (25/3/2011): So according to the media the supposed murderer was found after unsuccesful attempt of suicide with damage of his brain and day after this he died in hospital. So... the questions are a) was he really the one and b) had the inmate something to do with this?
Where does this certainity come from? From movies, literature, or whatever? I tried to do a little research if there were actual cases in the news, that the inmates killed pedophiles who murder their victims, but could not found any... (well Googling is not proper "research", but I wanted to find at least one recent case).
Well the other thing which crossed my mind was, that the other half of the pople in the discussion, who did not wish this guy a murder from inmates were quite specific and VERY detailed in what THEY would personally do to the murderer... some things, which they described were quite atrocities and you have to have a quite imagination to come up with this... Anyway it reminded me Foucault and his Disciplnie and Punish and that many people nowadays - even in so called Western Civilization - are thinking in a way of medieval torture.
Of course I disagree with the whole idea of murdering little children, but these two ideas crossed my mind, when reading the discussion under the articles concerning this case.
Update (25/3/2011): So according to the media the supposed murderer was found after unsuccesful attempt of suicide with damage of his brain and day after this he died in hospital. So... the questions are a) was he really the one and b) had the inmate something to do with this?
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Modesty
Recently I remembered one song by one Czech band... lyrics were in Czech but it went something like this:
Money just the money dont wait
You just reach to them and they have you.
(yeeah, I know it is not rhyming in English so add "...as bait", but that is not the point of the story).
I think I could say about myself that I am quite a modest person, but on the other hand, couple of years ago when I was a student I made much less money than nowadays and still I save around 25 % of my income. The fun in this is something else. That logically now in absolute numbers I have to spend much more than when I was a student, but still I have a feeling that not much has changed. And that I would see the difference between now and then, only if I had to be forced to have the same income now as when I used to be a student.
How quickly one gets used to better conditions and how tough it has to be to lower your "standards".
Money just the money dont wait
You just reach to them and they have you.
(yeeah, I know it is not rhyming in English so add "...as bait", but that is not the point of the story).
I think I could say about myself that I am quite a modest person, but on the other hand, couple of years ago when I was a student I made much less money than nowadays and still I save around 25 % of my income. The fun in this is something else. That logically now in absolute numbers I have to spend much more than when I was a student, but still I have a feeling that not much has changed. And that I would see the difference between now and then, only if I had to be forced to have the same income now as when I used to be a student.
How quickly one gets used to better conditions and how tough it has to be to lower your "standards".
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