Now you got me interested. Do you think this attitude is similar to the Finnish "sisu" or the Japanese "shikata ga nai" philosophies - so, more about stoic determination of sorts - or is it more like the jaded bitterness of Eastern Europe? I don't see many Chinese where I live, and most of them are China Mall employees who aren't too chatty to begin with, so I'm interested in getting a wider perspective.
They pride themselves in being able to suffer through shit. Like memoring text book passages
So, Eastern Europe it is, then. Only without the memorizing of anything from a textbook. Now, pop-folk starlets, soccer players, and moonshine recipes - that's practically genetic memory.
Now you got me interested. Do you think this attitude is similar to the Finnish "sisu" or the Japanese "shikata ga nai" philosophies - so, more about stoic determination of sorts - or is it more like the jaded bitterness of Eastern Europe? I don't see many Chinese where I live, and most of them are China Mall employees who aren't too chatty to begin with, so I'm interested in getting a wider perspective.
So, Eastern Europe it is, then. Only without the memorizing of anything from a textbook. Now, pop-folk starlets, soccer players, and moonshine recipes - that's practically genetic memory.