I can say that avoiding other people is definitely NOT caused by them being foreigners. I avoid people in my house, where I live for 30 years. I rather walk 5 stories up by stairs than to share an elevator with someone, just because I would have to choose between the akward silence or even more akward small talk.
To je dědictví posledních cca 500 let, kdy k nám z ciziny nepřišlo nikdy nic dobrého. A ani u "vlastních" si člověk nemohl být jist, jestli dotyčný nepracuje pro něčí cizí zájmy a není špeh či vyzvědač. Prostě se to s námi táhne nejmíň od doby pobělohorské. Možná už od porážky husitů v bitvě u Lipan. Protektorátní či později komunistické udavačství je už pak jen slabá ozvěna tohoto. Stejně jako máme trpké historické zkušenosti s různými "výhodnými smlouvami" s velmocemi, zejména s těmi západními. V tomto ohledu je i Britsko-Francouzská Mnichovská zrada, opět jen ozvěnou Basilejských kompaktát po porážce husitů a dalších historických dohod, smluv a záruk, které se ukázaly být jen cárem papíru, když pro dotyčné velmoci přestalo být výhodné je dodržovat, a nebo když jsme jejich platnost nadále nebyli schopni vynutit silou a zbraněmi (jako třeba u těch husitských Basilejských kompaktát).
I don't know how Czech is that. I am the exact opposite, I live in a old villa with four flats and I am on very friendly terms with all of my neighbors regularly stopping by to chat with them and sharing cakes they made. And the same goes to the neighbors in the villas next to the one I live in! And it's not a village, but a major city!
I mean it's probably not something you can generalize... but yeah I wouldn't say it's "foreigners" rather it's "strangers". You don't go around and speak to people you don't know... and if you do, you are probably considered weird, or outright crazy.
There's definitely a difference between generations. More specifically, those who endured communism and those who haven't. In general, the longer I stay here, the more I like and admire them.
i dont know anything about czech mentality...like a czech never thinghs about it....Jen just bullshiting...i never ask anyone "what you thing about czech mentality"...why should i ? proste kravina
Czech humor, like the Russian Federation, knows no borders. Besides that I've heard some comparisons to British humor and I'd say I can get behind that. Also, low-key avoiding each other probably has nothing to do with being a foreigner, we do the same thing at our house... except for the gossip gypsy granny in the 1f.
There's a suble difference from British humour: The Brits have more sense of social classes, tradition, and "proper manners", as well as more confidence (having actually been an empire not long ago). So, a bit less of the underdog mentality with a different set of scars from the past - and that plays into British humour as well.
Vidím v tom jednu společnou věc - když se tě někdo zeptá, co si myslíš o české mentalitě, co si myslíš o našem humoru, vysvětluje ti, v čem jsou Češi dobří, ale i špatní - je to určitá hrdost na to, že jsme nějak výjimeční, i když to třeba není úplně pozitivní věc, ale jsme to my :)
Czech 🇨🇿 American here 👋 I was born in US , my Czech 🇨🇿 grandparents and great grandparents raised me . Basically growing up with them for examples , I have bad bad allergies to indoor stuff , upon having allergies attacks, my Czech grandparents didn't offer me any allergy medication, they just said go outside you'll feel better and put me in the yard ! If I skinned my knees playing outside , they would cover my wounds with weird red stuff call Mecuricome ( off market now lol its bad stuff) and told me to go back to playing in yard , crying was discouraged. , if I was sick I didn't get a Tylenol or cold medicine, they wrapped me up in hot towels and vicks vapor rub 🤒🥺 and gave me a hot toddie " which is hot tea and teaspoon of whiskey. When anything broke in our home , no one would call any service or repair place , my Czech grandparents took super glue to "fix-o-vitsa" . Can't explain it any better than that , I believe Czechs like to be independent and just fix things themselves, won't ask for help , and offen resort to the old ways of doing things . I had a great childhood and miss my grandparents, and very proud of my 🇨🇿 heritage ❤️🇨🇿💪
Men don’t cry lol 😂 , the knee will heal and you will be alright , as it’s nothing you will encounter worse in life man up lol 😂 yep bro 👊🏻 !! Very true for not just Czech but all Central Europeans more south the worse it gets lol 😂
your description matches about 99.999% with the russian way of doing things, i guess we aren't so different after all!! but that applies more to boomers and millennials here, basically people who grew up in communism, and zoomers work quite a bit differently, much more progressive, a bit more social with their problem solutions, and very literate and aware with online information and the like
@@dancarl7126 Chce po tobě bezďák dolar, dáš mu dolar aby ti nenatáhnul, v ČR se mu snažíš vyhnout, lhát atp... je to blbá dvacka, ale stejně mu ji nedám, má jít makat :D
@@dancarl7126 Nekdy se v USA resi kraviny, jako kolik existuje pohlavi, jestli mame mit zachody pro ruzna pohlavi, co se smi a nesmi rikat a jak se to musi rikat
This is common for all nations from Germany towards the East. It's not so much that Czechs or Poles or Ukrainians care too much whether they're liked but it's more whether you know anything about the nation as we were hiding 40 years behind the iron curtain as 90% of Germans or French or Brits know nothing of Easter Europeans which shows the level of education there. And the Czech humor is a tough one, I live 18 years in Ireland and my jokes don't go down very well with the Irish as they mistake sarcasm with an attack on people's individuality.
That's interesting, I've never had such issues. They ("westerners") usually understand that I'm joking, although I'm younger, therefore my jokes probably aren't as offensive as yours.
The Irish can be quite sarcastic too so that's where I feel like we meet. I always felt very "understood" both in England and Ireland in terms of my sense of humour.
@@danorott Spot on, I am mid 40 and my jokes are probably less defined. I am fine with my Spanish or Swedish or German friends who are around my age but in the professional environment where majority of the workforce is at least 15 years younger than me, they just not get it because you can't even hit that people are not the same in any way. 18 years ago traveller jokes were a common occurrence but try to say knacker now...
Hey, Jenn! I have to praise you, those 10 years in the Czech Republic were not in vain, you understood the Czech mentality very well! 😂😉😄👌👍 I would just fix 2 small bugs: 1. Czech humor is not just black, it is used mostly in connection with sad and tragic events and its task is to drive away sadness and laugh at death in the face! 🏴😛 Typical Czech humour is rather sarcastic and cynical, when its task is to highlight stupid behaviour, whether it is Czechs or foreigners... Why do you think the BIG Bang Theory TV series was so popular? When I watched it, I had the feeling that the creators of this series were in the Czech Republic on a survey...!!! 🤔🇺🇸🇨🇿😂😉 2. Distrust of foreign people does not result only from the fact that it took place during the communist era, but mainly from the fact that the Czechs are very careful about their privacy, because it is most valuable to them. In an earlier video of yours, you admitted that during your visit to the U.S., it was a culture shock to you as completely unknown Americans on a bus loudly recounted to each other their experiences regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. It used to seem normal to you, now it makes you uncomfortable... The only way to weaken the Czech distrust of foreigners is to get the Czech into his 'natural environment' (pub) and you can be sure that after a few pints of draft beer his distrust and tightness will disappear!!! 🍺🍻
Pardón, ale přirovnávat český humor k BIG Bang Theory je mimo mísu. To je americká komedie pres kopírak. (Prci, prci, prcičky jsou úpne to samý akorád z jinýho prostředí). Mnohem blíže bych jmenoval Červenýho trpaslíka, kterýho zná tak o 60% víc lidí a nebo Black Books!!!! Brithish humor is much closer to us than american. (Žil jsem v UK.) IT Crowd? :) A na srovnání doporučuji: Cejé dílo járy Cimrmanna a divadla Skelep, nebo Slavnosti sněženek... S bodem 2 ale souhlasím...
@@Wegga2 Tady bych nesouhlasil - Červený Trpaslík je sice skvělý seriál, ale je více postaven na americkém humoru srovnatelným s českou komedií "Ještě větší blbec než jsme doufali!", totéž platí o Prci, prci, prcičky - podle mě je americký humor více založen na přehnané snaze udělat z postavy, která je terčem tohoto humoru, úplně vypatlaného idiota... Britský humor je nám bližší, libuje si stejně jako český humor v sarkasmu, ale zdá se mi trochu moc "suchý", jako by snobský - hezkým příkladem byl politický seriál Jistě, pane ministře! 😉 Jára Cimrman je česká klasika stejně jako Dobrý voják Švejk, ale já osobně považuji za vrcholnou ukázku typického českého humoru komediální sci-fi seriál Kosmo (kosmická loď ve tvaru tramwaje nebo "česká diplomatická škola" jsou prostě boží)!!! 😂😉😄😛👌👍
@@Wegga2 All this discussion is a perfect example how czechs tend to clarify or alter foreigners view of general czech "mentality". That is so specific for czechs (and sorry to say that, also for other eastern nations) and that is something western nations do not understand, because they do admire variety and individuality. And if this discussion continues, it is just more and more funny to me. Just to be clear, I am czech "jako poleno" but living abroad.
I don't know, I'm personally a native Czech, but I've never thought about the Czech mentality. But when I listen to you like that, I realize that you are actually right in almost everything, especially in the Czech humor. When Covid 19 started, my mom told me that the best way to deal with it is to make fun of it. And it worked!
I have the same thought as Chris D. Czech adults who lived quite a bit during communism are in many respects quite different in mentality (in general) (now 50-55+) from those who lived most of their memorable life in a free country (now they are in general less than 50 years old). I also see significant differences between those who became adults before circa 1941 (basic functioning set by age 10, born during free Czechoslovakia). These differences are quite significant actually - I feel the differences during conversations. JOKES: as for joke telling: there were major floods in Czechia in summer 2002: here is a joke from that summer: "Prodám chatu v Jížních Čechách, značka: podlahy plovoucí, voda tekoucí, koupání u schodu, k vidění u Karlova mostu" ;-)
It was better. There was: possible to see at noon on Veselí nad Lužnicí, at 1PM at Tábor... And so on. There was tones of such jokes. For example about flooded metro.
@@matejlieskovsky9625 Prosím vás, nejezděte nám po Vltavě, nevejdete se pod mosty. Kdo si chce udělat prvosjezd, navrhujeme třeba Čéčovu ulici. (České Budejovice)
Czech humour, eh, Jen? Here, have one of the newest Czech jokes: Lavrov: Comrade President, the Ukrainians just informed us, that they would like to discuss capitulation. Putin: Finally! Are they on a videocall? Lavrov: Well, no. They are just outside the door. They gave us one hour.
S tou kritikou nemáš úplně pravdu. Pokud budeš Čechovi popisovat, co je na "češství" skvělé bez výhrad a jen v superlativech, automaticky si začne myslet, že mu kecáš (nebo že mu chceš něco prodat). Právě to, co se ti nelíbí, bere jako výraz pravdy a potvrzení tvého upřímného a nefalšovaného zájmu. Jinak to vypadá jen jako falešná snaha zalíbit se. S podceňováním to úplně nesouvisí.
Díky, chtěla jsem napsat něco hodně podobného. Prostě povětšinou nejsme moc na ten západní šugr koutynk. Ostatně proto se neusmíváme jak zhulení bez příčiny; ale když se na někoho usmějeme, nebo se ho zeptáme, jak se má, dáváme do toho kus srdce - není to jen naučené slušné chování.
Regarding immigration, we did not change at all. The one who changed are immigrants. We still not welcome young male economical migrants who are violent and try to enforce their religion and rules wherever they go. And we have always had open heart for mothers with children who run away from war while their men stay home and fight for their country, and who will never enforce their religion to us.
@@jakubvaclavovic775 Because theyre obviously not kids, theyre are like 20 but they throw away any identifcations and lying about being kids. For next time read whole articles and not only caption.
As a Colombian man who wants to go the Czech Republic, i totally agree with you. As an immigrant, people need to understand that they are guests on the Country, and need to know as much as possible about their culture, language, laws etc, and be respectful. If ignorant people wants to damage the host Country, that Country have the right to expel them. unfortunately, Colombia has the same experience with venezuelans for that matter...
I am czech never been there but can relate to a lot of what U said lol. Opinions on science big time. My cousin not well liked, but I liked her fine. Always knew what she thought no sugar coating. She spoke her mind which could b harsh. U never had to wonder what she thought of u. If she thought u were stupid she'd tell ya. Wish I could be more like that instead of sugar coating or saying nothing. She would tell u what others had to say about u...this was a great way to correct bad behaviors or habits
Naprosto přesně si upřesnila typ Českého humoru, to si trefila tak na výbornou, že bych to sám nedokázal lépe vyjádřit. Klobouk dolů ( kongratulations)
First, you got me. I indeed am a Czech watching this vid curiously. Second, your neighbors are not "running from you" because you're a foreigner. They just don't wanna have that unnecessary talk. As we say (especially in cities with flats), the best neighbors are the ones you do not know they exist.
To s tím humorem - je fakt, že ten je typický tím, že nemá ty hranice... Dokážeme si dělat srandu úplně z čehokoliv prakticky bez okolků - to je charakterní vlastnost českého humoru. I za 2. světové války v době protektorátů Češi vymýšleli vtipy a i v dobách těžkého komunismu... Je pravda, že nám to slouží, jaký si nárazník, aby člověk zvládl těžké časy a stres. Je to náš druh obrany... :)
Máte pravdu. Proto je náš humor tak podobný židovskému. Jsme dva malé národy, které byly tak blbé, že se usadily na refýži přímo uprostřed křižovatky dějin. Byli jsme tak často konfrontováni se silami, kterým se nebylo možno postavit přímo, a tak nám zbyl humor jako poslední útočiště. Když to nemůžeme zničit, tak to alespoň zesměšníme.
Přesně! Na protektorátním plakátu s Pražským hradem a rudým pařátem kde se píše: "Zachvátí-li tě zahyneš!" se objevil nápis: "My se nebojíme, my tam nebydlíme!"
To rikame sami o sobe, nikdy jsem to od nikoho jineho neslysela. A uz jsem venku 40 let. Myslime si, ze je to lichotka, ale kdyby si to v cizine o nas opravdu mysleli mohla by to byt pekna potupa. Cesi, co se vsemu jen hnusne smejou.
The "refugee problem" has multiple reasons. Definition of refugee is person that stays in the first safe country (and after that can be relocated) and returns to their country when the danger will pass. First thing is that african refugees were mostly not fleeing from war, but trying to get european money - if you look at the photos and videos there are mostly young males without families not searching for job, but only for money. There were african refugees in czech republic, but all of them just fled to Germany. In comaprison first thing Ukrainans do is asking what they can do for work...it's three weeks since beginning of the war and there are teachers from Ukraine teaching children. People here see the western problems with multiculturalism - no go zones, increased criminality, religion problems, terrorists etc., they just don't want these things here and they belive that pressure of multiculturization of europe is job of western ultra leftists from universities - the woken gender fluid beings shouting what is right and what is not...And the single nationality or "close only" nationality country (and without religion and hating all religion radicals) is snomething that has to be broken...even by force of EU regulations.
Hi Jennifer, Sir_Mac here, as always! 10) Czech first - Yeah, that's it, Jennifer, you understood it pretty well! 09) Collective self-consciousness - In my opinion, this point has also another "dimension". We try to get along with anybody (with the exception of Russians and cannibals), so we need to know, what values the other side professes. If the opponent is (or values approach) "tough but fair", we can provide that. If the opponent is (or values) more humble behaviour with a lot of "Please / thank you" ... we can provide that. Our (czech and inner) value, which is not that obvious on a first sight, is the balance between family and work. 08) The pride of the underdog - Good point. I would say "Let our achievements and work done do the talking." 07) A particular sense of humour - "Mluvíš mi z duše." = lit. "You are speaking from my soul." I mean - if you haven't lost your sense of humour, it means you are still alive. No political corectness, no sanctions, no restrictions should be able to put shackles on your sense of humour... 06) Cold to outsiders - There is some discrepancy between this video and one of your other videos, where you described how hospitable Czechs are, how Czechs melt down, when you show them the true interest for them .... Hmmm?
From my point of view, Czechs who don't know you will avoid you at all costs, and even more so if you are a foreigner and ask them to speak English. But on the right occasion (mutual friends, neighbours, coworkers, classmates, at the pub...) they are very hospitable and friendly. Like if they don't have a strong reason to interact with you, they won't do it. But I think this is an attitude they also adopt with other Czechs, I'm not the only one who has been treated poorly by nurses or shop assistants, for example.
As a French, not to be political here but, we can only understand their reluctance to taking in non European migrants. I mean, they are right not to do so. Prague is paradise, safe and clean. Love from Strasbourg 🤍 Czechs are so lovely and speak very good English. love your videos 🥺
Hi, I have have visited your beautiful city in 2010/2011, the centre was like fairy tale, with all those old lovely colourful houses and cobblestone streets, but when I wandered into the "modern" part just across Fossé du Faux-Rempart, it was... I felt bit like being back in my provincial hometown on southern border of Czechia around 2001, I am sorry to say that, but to me it looked ugly, dirty, desperate. Maybe it was due to modern architecture of which I am not a fan. Or whether it was by weather that was quite hot? I don't know.
Good video. My family is pretty international (North Italian/Austrian/Czech mix), so I think I can compare. In general, big nations are not interested in other people's opinion about themselves, but most small nations are, so it's definitely not only some specifically Czech "thing". As for big nations, I would say that Germans have also some kind of self awareness in this sense and they're are usually interested in what other nations think of them, especially Brits and Americans. North Germans often feel the need to explain to Americans that their somewhat cliché view of Germans is based on their single experience with Bavarians and Bavarian culture during the (early) post WWII years (American zone etc.). Anyway, to my experience, Czechs are absolutely right when they insist on their Central European uniqueness. The Germanic/German/Austrian historical and economical influences are still there, but charmingly combined with the (West) Slavic good humoured and practical nature. To me, Czechs (and possibly Austrians) are the essence of Central Europe, not only geographically, but in general. Germany, who can also be considered as a Central European country, has in general rather Western tendencies, while Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, who also claim the "title" of Central European countries, have rather Eastern tendencies.
Czech as Slovakia, Hungary and Poland has eastern tendencies too. All of them are in Central Europe dude with eastern influence due to Slavic language (except for Hungary )communism etc
@@christopherhecko7234 Whatever, "dude". According to the recent genetic research, Czechs are approx. 30% Slavic and 25% Germanic, unlike other Slavic nations who are usually at least 50-70% Slavic with only little or no German/Germanic influence. Czechs were a part of the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years and for 300 years a part of the Austrian Empire. Prague was several times the main residence of Holy Roman Emperors. There was nothing Eastern about the city, nor about the country. Four stupid decades of the socialist/communist regime can't erase a thousand years of history. Let's end this discussion, it's pointless.
@@ivogianfranco1633 Though "genes" don't really make up for a culture ... or mentality. But language is a big part of this and in the case of the Czechs the language is Slavic. Though as a German I have to say , besides Austrians or maybe Dutch, Czechs' mentality seems very familiar and it feels there are a lot of things in common. For some reason this sentiment is much more towards Czechs than to Poles.
The language might be classified as Slavic but there's a huge amount of German influence. A not only on language but on culture in general. A good example is food. Like somebody already mentioned. You can't erase a thousand years of German-influenced history by four decades of communism.
@@henningbartels6245 Well it is because of the second part of his comment. Czechs were part of HRE and then from 1526 to 1918 part of Austrian empire, before WWII 1/3 of citizens were German. So it is only logical, that czech culture is closer to German than Poles or any other Slavic central european country...
At this point, I think you get the Czech humor so well :D :D. The joke about Brno was just on point at the right time :D :D Amazing. I'm so proud of you.
May be because Czechs are a small nation, just 10 million people and we really have something like a Czech Mentality, although not all are really concerned what people from other nations think about them. Czechs are quite humble.
I recently had a conversation with a friend: - I really hope, that when nuclear warheads start flying, Brno would be the first one to be hit. - Dude, even a warhead would avoid Brno. - True, true... - You know what the worst case scenario would be? That the whole world would get destroyed and only Brno would be left standing. - Wow, that's a real apocalypse.
I had a colleague who described Brno as "one big pub". I lived in and around Prague for 16 years, but I think, in many ways, if you don't need the money or you can work online, Moravia is a much more fun place to live.
Thank you for your videos 😘 You described us (as the Czech nation) perfectly. I admire your ability to describe everything so clearly and accurately. Please continue, I'm looking forward watching more. You spread positivity and good vibes. Thank you 🙂
Když máte výplatu např. cca. 15000kč jako žena-např. zkrácený úvazek nebo jako muž okolo 25000kč plný úvazek mimo Prahu , tak se můžete buď smát nebo brečet....No a česká mentalita si nejdříve zanadává a poté se tomu většinou zasměje a jde tam zase, protože i v té práci se někdy v dobrém kolektivu nasmějete - klidně třeba vtipy o šéfovi apod. , kterého máte rádi, protože je na tom podobně a někdy nadává nebo taky vtipkuje na účet zahraničního zaměstnavatele :-)
OMG you totally got me! 🤣🤣 Yep, I'm Czech. Yep, I'm watching. 😂 But it's not like we care about what others think about Czechs, it's more about the knowledge, whether you guys know something about us (not only our food and beer but also sports achievements, inventions, improvements... As you said we're proud of it. ☺), about this small nation which was kept from the world for a long time and has a lot of interesting things to show. 😉 Love your videos! Thx AnCZa ❤💙🤍 PS: A very funny joke with that Brno thing! 👏🤣
Of course Americans have a mentality; just ask anyone who's lived in the States for a while. But, Americans, like other large nations or countries with large populations, don't have to worry about what others think.
Legrace je jak popíráš existenci národních mentalit a zároveň vyjmenuješ základní mentality několika národů 😀. Jak nás cizinci vnímají je pro nás myslím důležité pro to, abychom se rozhodli, jestli je do našeho "týmu" chceme.
She specified the type of Czech humor absolutely exactly, she nailed it so perfectly that I couldn't have expressed it better myself. Hats off (congratulations)
Another banger of a video Jen! On the topic of being cold at first: Are you familiar with a concept of coconut vs peach cultures? America would be considered a peach country : the norm is to be sweet and welcoming to strangers, but you would guard your private inner self. Czech Republic would then be a coconut country : the norm is to keep to yourself and protecr your boundaries, but once breached, there is no more shielded core. I worked with foreigners from all over the world over past 8 years and I mesh better with coconuts, it allows for more genuine friendships in my personal experience. Anyway, thanks for your video, Your fan from Brno
The problem with coconuts is they need to be introduced to each other, so it can be very very difficult to make new friends if you have none. Perhaps a coconut-peach blend is best: a little bit of both.
@@caleuxx9108 very true. Well, the coconut name sums it best. Its hard to get in, sure. Once you are in tho, there is nothing but sweet goodness awaiting you. No hard core to chip your tooth on, like with peaches
@@Stepica - no there is not. If they never let you in, then you never get to the sweetness. And once they find out how different you really are, then you have no one to talk to.... But that is not only Czech, that is everywhere. How much to share of oneself is a people skill, often learned by experience, BUT in czechia its national, due to past repressive measures. If no one introduces you, then there is never the option of getting past the hard shell, that is often primarily agressive. Just try starting up a conversation with someone at a coffee shop, who is czech and say 45. Nasty people with a really hard painful core exist evverywhere on the planet.
Maybe the coconut attitude is one of the communist heritage. Back then people were taught not to trust even their own neighbours or kin for they could never know who is a secret agent and may turn you in (though most were bullied into those "jobs"). That is why Czechs and Slovaks are so suspicious of every one new or different.
Ještě jeden citát: „Nordického, germánského člověka přesvědčíte nebo zlomíte. Čecha, slovanského člověka, lze jen těžko přesvědčit, vždy se ohne, ale nikdy ho nezlomíte. A když ho přestanete ohýbat a pustíte jej, tu se zase vzpřímí, zase tu stojí a znovu je vám protivníkem. Z toho plyne závěr, že ho musíte pořád přitlačovat, aby musel být stále ohnut, aby poslouchal a tahal.“
Excellent thoughts that I as an American Czechophile agree with. I just got back from Prague this week. I have been going there since 2000. I can say that I now have dear friends there. Interestingly I used to compare the Germans and the Czechs. And the Czechs seemed quite different than the Germans. But I've been living in Tbilisi Georgia for the last three years. This time the Czechs seemed pretty much like Germans compared to the chaos of Georgian culture. (I'm actually going to make a video contrasting Czechs and Georgians soon.) And so I came up with a new formulation, the Czechs are like Germanic Slavs. The coolness is also a German thing as well. But if you scratch a Czech you'll eventually get to the darker Slavic core. Pivo helps get you there. And I do find Czech humor is quite distinctive. But I enjoy it. (But try as I might, I don't get Karel Gott!) Meanwhile I would say we Americans, no matter the stripe (excluding the fresh immigrants) do have many traits in common no matter the politics. One thing is that we tend to be LOUD at strange moments when Europeans would rather be quiet. Another is that we really tend to think that the world outside our borders doesn't matter. There are certainly Americans who would be exceptions, just as there are Czechs without a sense of humor, yet left, right, and center in one way or another we tend to think we are the center of the earth. And one could argue, for good reason. Even when we are travelers, who aren't simply tourists.And we tend to go to extremes of ideas without recognizing the shades in-between. You can see this in food consumption, it's often either binge or purge. And I could go on. Ask a European about Americans and bingo they will see these things immediately.
@@Last_Starfighter maybe that he is overpraised? I never found him handsome, his voice is too high pitched to my likes and half of reperoire are remakes of foreign songs because communist regimes didnt care about author rights (half of his contemporary singers' reperoire are adapted foreign songs). He was so popular only because he was mostly obedient/on friendly terms with political leaders, otherwise they would not have allowed him to travel the world when most common folk were forbidden. And neither was his love/family life a good example. I understand Czechs consider him a national treasure, but most of that is but a result of good marketing.
@@martinajurickova5750 This is a matter of taste, but I personally think that Karel Gott had a truly 'divine' voice, which none of the Czech singers (except opera singers, but that's another category) could match. And it probably won't be marketing when 3 generations of listeners loved it. Everything else are criticisms that apply to a wide range of other Czech singers and artists - illegal remakes of foreign songs were done by everyone and during communism most artists hunched over their backs... If you didn't like Karel Gott as a singer, which is your favorite? Michal David? Jaromír Nohavica??? 🤔😲😂
Yes our jokes are a bit darker (although it is not unique feature of Czechs only).. I remember a joke from elementary school: "Jdou dva malomocní do školy a jeden říká druhému: To jsem zvědavý, co nám dneska zase odpadne..." P.S. It is hard to translate to English but I try explained it - joke is based on 2 meanings of verb "odpadnout": Two lepers go to school and one says to the other: I wonder what class will be canceled again... Two lepers go to school and one says to the other: I wonder what will fall away from us again today...
treba by Jen pochopila takovy detsky vtip...- dve mouchy zerou hovno ,,,jedna rika ty druhy...."to je ale zradlo" a druha rekne ty prvni " nemluv na me strasne ti smrdi z huby "...)))
I think that your point of underdog mentality comes from our own history. You have mentioned just big nations (Americans, French, British, German). But we are small country and usually no one cared (WWII - Munchen Agreement in 1938 were German, British and French - we had had agreements with British and French and it went for nothing because they didn´t want to fight for some small nation). In 1968 before invasion - there was a question from Soviet Union to USA and the West, if there will be any problem with it and that was answered that they didn´t care, that´s Russian sphere of influence. Yes, no one cared about us. So we care what anybody think of us because it is importatnt to forecast what it would be like if... Don´t care what the others think of you is good till you are alone and you are good. But to have the oppinion from the opposite side is good for your improvement and for your safety. And if you think you don´t care, you are lying to yourself because you are TH-camr and you need a feedback to know if people like you or not. Take it as an oppinion for considering or thinking about it. No hate. I like you.
V zasade s Vami souhlasim, jen pozor na maloy chybu ohledne 1938. CR nemela smlouvu s Anglii, Meli jsme jen smlouvu s Francii (a pak s Malou dohodu). A Francie pak mela smlouvu s Anglii, ze kdyz Francie pujde do valky, pujde i Anglie. Ve vysledku to bylo totez, ale formalne ne.
@@drakulkacz6489 1st step: Please learn history. 2nd: stop repeating that communist lie(s) about UK and RCS being allies before WWII. It is year 2022 for God sake.
I really like your comment. It's well thought out and analytical. Being Polish and having spent a decade in the UK I understand historical, political and socio-economic events and more importantly impact what the communist block had on our countries. One needs to see many elements from both sides of the story to get a clear image of what happened in order to understand why people think the way they think and act.
Yes we hate small talk. I am still traumatized from my stay in LA. I am a very tall woman and I would get asked by SO MANY strangers how tall I am! It got old very quickly. I was getting increasingly pissed off and people were asking why do I have to be so unfriendly. 🤦 I was so looking forward being back in Aussie and being able to walk in the streets without anybody bothering me with that question. 😬
That’s great I was born and resized an LA native myself but, my parents are from Iran. I also hate small talk and intrusive questions not only by strangers but, even from my own family. A Czech girl who lives in LA wants to marry me for a green card 😂. I want to ask her why the hell she’d want to live in a plane like this in the first place.
The joke on Brno - LOL, that was good. Saying this as a foreigner living in Brno for some time now :) Also, I would say this pretty much sums up the mentality of the Central Europe on the whole. I know probably every country of this region likes to think they're unique, but when I listened to your remarks, I can simply say - Poles are the same. Saying as a Pole myself :)
@@marysmik9812 Oh, did I miss something? Not sure what we have in common with Hungarians, maybe except for authoritarian leaders with no respect for the rule of law and freedom of speech.
Hahaha! I think you sumed it up pretty nicely :D That "collective" thinking, I guess it comes from the fact that we are a small nation. That every event or political event touches mostly all of us so we have the more or less the same experience. And also true about the English. A lot of people are shy. Although they can read and watch English films, when it comes to talking, they just hesitate. But it changes because more and more native speakers are willing to teach in schools and especially kids are getting better at it :)
Came here to say the same thing. I disagree with her about there not being an American mentality. It's individuality, freedom, hope for a better future, openness, and more.
Oh, and telling the truth. There are liers everywhere, personality disorders everywhere, BUT in Czechia lying is much more socially acceptable than in the US.
I think it is a survival trait of smaller groups, that they want to compare with bigger groups and they really want to be assured that their existence is relevant to the bigger group. There is a great Czech joke that kind of gets it right. _Co si myslí Brňáci o Pražácích? Že jsou to šílení pragocentrici*. A co si myslí Pražáci o Brňácích? Nic._ (*existují i verze s podstatně jadrnějšími výrazy)
Tahle teorie naráží na neustálé hloupé vtipy o Brnu z klávesnice Pražáků. I takové ty Brno argumenty rádoby vtipné v nesouvisející diskusi. Nejsem z Prahy ani Brna, ale ta trapnost je neuvěřitelná
Osobně mě tyhle vtipy štvou. Jsem z Brna, 20 let jsem žila v Praze. Všechny vtipy o brnacich jsou založené na tom, že Brnaci Pražákům závidí. V Brně se žije hrozně dobře, dokazují to i mezinárodní srovnání a Brňakum je Praha upřímně ukradená. První vtip o Brnacich jsem slyšela, když jsem přijela na studia do Prahy a byla jsem jako "co? cože?". Akorát se daim, že se stoupajícím počtem youtuberu, kteří chválí Brno stoupne počet turistů :)
@@Desperoro Já myslím, že každý se smyslem pro humor pochopí, že v tom není žádná zášť. Pouze hlupák to bere vážně. Já brňáky chválím kudy chodím a zároveň se rád zasměju vtipu na jejich účet. Stejně tak, jako by se tomu, troufám si říct, zasmála většina brňáků, které jsem měl tu čest poznat.
too west to be east and too east to be west, i like that Edit: Also calling me out like that(I am Czech)... For the record I whatch all of your videos.
Nemám žádnou úroveň angličtiny a nestydím se za to :D ale pokud chceš Jen slyšet opravdu divný přízvuk tak Brno to zdaleka není. Tak jsou jím vyhlášené regiony jako ostravsko, plzeňsko, hanácko a mé rodiště slovácko a mnohé další. Omlouvám se těm, které jsem nejmenoval a jsou hrdí na svůj divný přízvuk :D
Brno má známý hantec, ale to je v podstatě mrtvý jazyk. Spíš Brno (respektive jižní Moravu) rozeznávám podle melodie řeči, mnohem jemnější než moje pražština, ale to je fakt drobný rozdíl.
@@Alche_mist jj Brněnský přízvuk/nářečí v podstatě není. A s hantecem je to jak píšeš. Samotní Brňáci mu už až na výjimky nerozumí. V čechách máme hodně zajímavé nářečí i tu melodičnost. Což je paráda cestovat a poznávat čechy i v tomto.
@@riamallgiz1985Jestli jsi Slováckého nářečí, to pak musíš mluvit velmi čistě, protože právě Královéhradečáci zní jako kdyby se tam mluvilo nespisovně 25/7
@@thatmadbro no ze svýho rodnýho nářečí jsem dost ztratil díky tomu, že se pohybuji už pár let mimo a posledních 8 let v Brně. Až nějakýho hradečáka potkám, tak si ho poslechnu :D ale zatím za mě jsou nejdivnější plzeňáci :D
@@sirkritoun to, že někdo v něčem vyniká, neznamená, že je jediný, kdo v tom vyniká. Myslím, že pro Čechy je ale docela běžné kreativně vymýšlet a zkoušet jiné než oficiální či běžné cestičky. Nemyslím, že by to nedělal nikdo jiný, ale souhlasím s panem Novákem, že je to pro Čechy docela typické.
Někdy jako Češi improvizujeme až moc. Lepší je nastavit systém tak, aby vše šlapalo jak má. Konečný výsledek je pak úplně jinde než nějaká improvizace. Za mě : méně improvizace a více profesionálních výkonů !!
@@klarkamat Naše schopnost "improvizace" je historicky dána všem postkom zemím, kde nic nebylo a lidé museli nějak poradit. Viděl jsem opravené rameno automobilu dubovým klínem na Ukrajině. U nás by to nikoho nenapadlo. Podívejte se YT na indické obráběče kovů, co dokáží. To že někdo v něčem vyniká samozřejmě neznamená, že je jediný na světě. Spíše to značí, že v určitém směru vystupuje vysoko nad průměr - exceluje. Tvrdit to o české schopnosti improvizace bez nějakých empirických dát je jen zbožné přání být alespoň v něčem vynikající, bohužel se nejedná o prokazatelný fakt .
To je myslim dozvul staleti ukupace. Pokud si clovek chtel slusne zit, bylo treba sklonit hlavu a najit si cestu, jak ziskat trochu vic. Znam spoustu Cechu, kteri pak dokazi creativne kombinovat, spojovat a preklenovat, a zaroven se k vysledku nehlasi. A to my prijde typicky nase.
I actually understand the "Czech first mentality" a lot. My nationality is American but my ethnicity is primarily Czech, my ancestors came to America to keep their sons from having to be drafted into the military, and settled down in Minnesota in the Bohemian Flats where they were still able to be with other Czechs, Slovaks, and even some Germans. Although my immediate family has been living in America for quite some time now, everyone still visits Czechia quite frequently. When I was younger I didn't really care too much about where I came from but as I got older I've been really invested and interested in Czech culture, history, etc. and now I am very proud of where my family is from. I've even been learning the language in hopes to live in Prague someday and it also really helps me feel a lot more connected with my heritage. It's always important to remember and be proud of where you came from :) Miluju tvoje videa
You nailed it Jen, except for many czechs avoid discussion with foreigners because of the lack of respective foreign language knowledge....my two cents.....
Maybe Czechs suffer from a low self-confidence and therefore they take care of meanings of the others. But maybe it is a strategy how to survive in central Europe: to read the situation and relations in the space around at full range of scales 1) interpersonally ... 2) internationally both in the West and in the East.
This is a very charming city, I hope I can visit again sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Once again, you are spot on. Yes, I am a czech watching your video to see how we look through your eyes :D Also, we pretend other people dont exist in general. Its not that you are a foreigner. Its not considered rude here really and its most likely because at the start, the people might have been shy to talk to you (we are Czechs after all) and after a while, they are embarassed they still have no clue what your name is so they avoid you like a plague so you never find out they actualy have no idea who you are. I know I do this with my coworkers all the time, I got no clue who 95% of people in the office are.
You got me with that Brno joke. 🤣 Even though I'm from Brno. Very czech. 😁 But speaking of that... there are not only proud Czechs living in our country. There are many proud Moravians too! 💛❤
I don't really understand the part about refugees, to be honest. I live in Slovakia, very close to what used to be a border after the split of CSFR, there were sometimes refugees being caught and our people from the village always took care of them. It's because 1) it was not a MASSIVE amount of refugees, and 2) it was actually mothers with kids, mostly (typically from some Middle East country fleeing from war, it was in '90s). The refugee problem in 2015 was very different, in fact, the refugees themselves were different, it was mostly young men, claiming they were fleeing from war or whole families with the intention to continue to Germany. And now we can clearly see that the Ukrainian young men are actually staying and fighting for their homeland and lo and behold, the Ukrainian refugees are once again women and kids. Why is it so hard to see the difference in our approach? Note that the behaviour of CZ/SK/PL/RO towards UA refugees might sadly start shifting soon; first, it's really too many refugees, and second, there are already tons of zasranych rusackych trolls on the Internet trying to sow the discord.
As a Czech, I would say that, when it coems to foreigners, it very much depends on their nature. We don't have problem with Vietnamese, Ukranians and any other nations who come here to act well, according to law and actually work. The same goes for students, there are many black people at universitires and we have no problem with it. But we have big problem, if EU comes to us and ays: You need to take in muslims! And then we just take a look at other countries who are being ruined by the waves of muslim imigrants who are mostly young males and practically push out the natives. Current Ukranian migrans are mainly children, women and old people, there is a big difference between actual war refuges and bunch of people who are pushed on us from EU.
Velmi trefné! Všeobecně k humoru a vlastně i tak nějak pochopení Češství bych velmi doporučila jednu knihu. Čechům i cizincům, pokud ji zvládnou přečíst česky (nemám totiž ponětí, jestli existuje v jiném jazyce). Je od vynikajícího spisovatele Zdeňka Šmída a jmenuje se Jak jsme se nedali, aneb kapitoly z dějin národního úpění. Budete se u toho řezat smíchy a zároveň velmi dobře porozumíte té záhadné české mentalitě.
I'm a third generation American from a Czech family on my father's side. I'm very proud of my Czech lineage and subscribed to your channel to learn more. My grandparents did not allow my father, aunts, and uncles to learn the Czech language due to when and where they grew up. Texas in the 40s and 50s did not look kindly on people that spoke any language other than Texan.. Thankfully times have changed... Keep up the good work Ma'am!! And Howdy from the great state of TEXAS!!! 🤠
Howdy! My grandmother came from Montenegro and her husband told her “only English” in his house. To je škoda… m czech might be further along if I’d heard her speak her native language!
4:28 Well, we are also a very small country, and most people think we are still ,,Czechoslovakia”, so when I see a video, or an entire channel that says something about the Czech Republic, I’m always kinda curious what they think of us and our ,,mentality”.
I love how at the very end you sneak in that comment about Brno--which will soon be my first exposure to Czechia. And now I don't know what to think! 😄
Jen, some ukrainean regions next to slovakia were part of czechoslovak republik "first republik"... and the biggest czechoslowak people settlements abroad are in ukraine. Not to mention the miniscule, but strong fact, that unlike other migrants, ukraineans are mostly women and childern, men are roughly 20% (5:1 non-men against men). Another point is a chance to return, when everything ok. There is quite high probability those people will return to their homes and husbands. And final point - Ostrava, and eastern parts of republic, is closer to western ukraine, than to Prague.
Musím nesouhlasit s tou americkou mentalitou. Na jednu věc jsem narazil u většiny Američanů se kterými jsem se setkal (A je to důvodů, proč spousta lidí nemá Ameriku ráda). Jednu součást myšlení bych totiž shrnul asi takhle:"My víme nejlíp jak se správně žije a jsme předurčeni naučit to celý svět."). Samozřejmě čest výjimkám, ale jak říkám, setkal jsem se s tím u velké části Američanů z různých částí USA.
this is a great video! i am applying for a Fulbright in czechia and trying to learn more about the history and culture. this is super informative and entertaining.. thank you for making it B)
Spot on with Czechs going to watch this video :D You made same good points here. As others said in the comments, people hiding in their flats is not caused (or at least not only) by you being a foreigner, people do it often in general, especially in houses with many flats. I do it too to some extent, mostly because when I am returning home, I am already tired and looking forward to the piece and quiet of my flat. Small talk can be exhausting in some way and sometimes I just don´t have the energy.
Asi teda nejsem typický Čech, protože mě fakt nezajímá, co si o mě, nebo nás myslí cizinci. Maximálně mě to bude zajímat, pokud se s ním budu znát osobně a důvěrně. Jinak nechápu ty lidi, kteří tuto otázku pokládají. Však také rozhodně nejsme všichni stejní. Já se neztotožňuji se spoustou Čechů na názorech, nebo způsobu života, ale určitě to tak nemám sám. Navíc mi nechutná pivo a na jídlo jestli někomu chutná se budu zajímat, pokud budu s někým obědvat a připravoval jsem ho já, nebo jsem ho/ji někam pozval. Takže Jen teď tak trochu házíš Čechy do jednoho pytle. Ale v pohodě, nepatřím mezi ty, kterých by se to nějak dotklo. Ještě bych rád podotkl. Nejsem tu, že bych nutně chtěl vidět co si Američanka myslí o Češích, protože tento kanál odebírám a občas na některé video mrknu, takže to je spíš setrvačnost. Nicméně bych rád opravil jednu chybu, která ve videu několikrát zazněla. Měli jsme zde Komunistickou stranu, ale nikdy tu nebyl komunismus. Byli jsme socialistickou republikou, což je rozdíl. Spousta lidí si neustále plete socialismus a komunismus, stejně jako fašismus a nacismus.
We really don´t care what foreigners think about our mentality.... We just watch all videos that foreigners make about us. ...And we write cynical comments if there is something we like or not.
Základním předpokladem pro zachování duševního zdraví je, aby vám bylo ukradené co si o vás kdo myslí. Stejně se nikdy nedozvíte pravdu - co si o vás druhý člověk opravdu myslí. Toto si je třeba uvědomit. Chovejte se tak abyste měli čisté svědomí - co si o vás myslí druzí vás nemusí zajímat.
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This video was spot on! I felt so seen when you said "how many people watching this video are Czech" 😂 As a person living in the UK, I find it interesting how Czech people are very private in and around their home but very open when talked to. I learn more about a Czech in one day that about a Brit in a year. A good point about not bothering with small talk. Do you get an impression that Czech people maybe overshare sometimes?
Insightful, but.... I am the borderline. My generation of Czechs (50-70yrs old) are not like our children who have been born into the peace and abundance. This is a very deep topic.
na Češích vidím strašnou spoustu chyb, ale v když jsem byla v USA, vadila mi otravnost a neupřímnost. Ta patetická společenskou zvyklostí vynucená ukázka jak jsou lidi přešťastní ... to bylo fakt k pos...í. V devadesátých letech jsem podle původního plánu měla být v USA tři měsíce, ale nakonec jsem přebookovala letenku, za měsíc jsem toho měla plný zuby. Myslím, že Češi jsou mnohdy přímočaří a člověk ví na čem je (nemám na mysli tedy rozhodně politiky, to je jiná dimenze)
Do you know why we are helping Ukrainian and we didn't want to help much before? It's not about the nation or Russian. In 2015 emigrants were mainly Muslims (many Czech are afraid of Muslims because no one could really find out who could be a terrorist) and mainly young men. They didn't fight for their freedom. They escaped and women and children left home. Now they're women with children who needs our help. That's why the change.
.... I am grateful for you to be out in the world - an American speaking about your experience of living in Czech Republic! ... kudos to you!.... it is very revealing to listen to your ideas and impressions, which I have to admit are right on the spot.... ... I am Czecho-American.... grew up in Brno, left at age 23 and lived elsewhere for more than 40 years, but also 35 years in California.... in 2020 came for visit back to Brno, and because of Covid stayed there since.... I am not complaining, but honestly, everything you describe about Czech mentality is right on the spot... since I can see and had experience at other countries and "mentalities"... I am fond of your voice in here, and for having a confirmation for my own views and feelings about Czechs.....
id say there is stereotypical american "mentality"- it certainly includes among others American dream, picket fences, keeping up with Joneses, tipping automatically and not expecting price written on the label is the same as price told at the counter, or flashing thought of bacrupcy when hearing the sound of ambulance. Lot of the above doesnt apply to Czechs and lot of what could be said about typical Mr Novak wouldnt apply to your corn-fed American. Of course not everyone fits into it and it is generalisation but a/ stereotypes do originates from somewhere and b/ generalisation is useful and necessary for us to be able to describe group of not just people but everything, every apple is different but they all are apples, bananas and apples are very different but they are both fruits. Just like every American or Czech is different but they still share uniquely American or Czech things with other Americans or Czechs and while they themselves and their experiences may differ most of them are more similar in broader sense to other Americans/ Czechs than other people. We are all people and we are all different but we are often different in more similar ways with people sharing the same country, language, culture or ethnicity. This may be one of the differences between American and Czech mentality- to not be afraid to generalise when we think theres reason to, maybe even overdoing it when its superfluous v American more PC style emphasising personality differences and individual traits and downplaying or ignoring even the most obvious similarities shared by some groups to not be called r- word or automatically seen as prejudiced.
Well, it's not about being cold to foreigners or about the stems of communist times, it's just anti-social behavior towards people we don't know and they doesn't have to be foreigners 😄
4:40 Yes, i mean no, i mean partially. I'm slovak, and I watch quite a lot of foreigners' videos about slovakia and czech republic, precisely because I'm very curious about the outsiders' perception (partially because I'm a very curious person in general), and it's also a nice source of learning about what (from the things I consider to be normal and common) is specific to us. (Sorry for multiple comments which partially repeat themselves)
Wow... when you start make those comments about brno you are officially becoming czech citizen. Also you would be amazed that Brno indeed has more culture than yogurt.
@@slavkaj8285 Czech humor is sometimes too straightforvard and often pointed at the person you're talking to. In Slovakia this is unthinkable and absolutely rude.Czech girls can be in relationships yet they can have male friends they go out with to cinema etc. In Slovakia this is a nonexistant. And many many many more diffrerences......
The Czechs can be sized, I hope, that you have already heard an expression" Maly cesky clovek" The Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek knew the Czech mentality from A to Z. I suggest, that you read some of his books if you want to know the real Czech mentality.
As a Czech who grew up in the UK and now lives back here again, I think you pinpoint the 'Czech mentality' very well. I think what it is is a product of it being a small nation and a sense of shared history, where the collective trauma of the 20th century is also a part of that identity. I agree that the culture can feel quite disconnected from the outside world at times (like the point you made about the humour not being that unique) and I think it's because unlike in the US/UK, very few people spend parts of their lives living outside the country in other cultures.
10) agree 9) agree about that West-care - not agree with that East-care, explanation can be, that majority of us are still believing, that Westerners consider us as Eastern country and we want to give an explanation, that we are already West oriented enough with almost all technology, you can find in West and we are not Soviet Union anymore :) 8) What is pretty much accurate about us is this: Don´t ask "How are you?" if you really don´t wanna know and get 10 minutes of monologue, how horrible week we had. So, if you give only pros, it seems, you pretend and we feel it like fake. Lot of us care about realism and truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred, you know? :) Jus be honest, nobody will kill you, if you don´t like something about us :) 7) In the very first week of Air France 4590 Concorde crash into hotel with 100 victims, there was a czech joke: Do you know, which airplane is the fastest in the world? Concorde, you are in the hotel after five minutes. Germans(R.Heydrich) marked us during WW2 as "Lachende Bestien". We haven´t had a lot of soldiers and with humour we keep our sanity and fought with our humour against oppression better than with arms. Also fictional Cimrman said, that Czech power is that they can dissolve any regime from inside and that Czech will always adapt :D 6) I think, it´s moreless about that English insecurity. Some people, even if they understand English, they are feared of English coversations with native speakers, because they feel themselves as fools, if they fail. I strongly disagree with that part about communism. Then there was a reason to avoid new people, now it´s not, for very long time. Completely agree about that EU and bigger nations part, where Czechs don´t want to bear mistakes of others(but don´t speak about our mistakes, because it was not systematic, it was just one guy failure :D ). ABout Ukraine, we have lot of masons, cleaning ladies, or other manual workers from UA and we know, that they are moreless Ok. Some are lazy, but most of them can work hard and of course cheaper than lazy Czechs. But UA guys drinks often and sometimes they fight, but not against Czechs, only between them. So we like them, moreless. If they understand Czech, than we like them even more. Their families stay in UA and usually UA workers send them money to UA. Let be straight, there are some czech gangs, who parasiting on some of them. And of course, we know, what Putin is doing and what we had here 30y ago. Most of us don´t want to repeat that. So we feel, they need our help, and maybe if we stop Putin there, he will not come here. I am looking forward to another episode!
Český humor je specifický, ale není jedinečný. Má blízko k britskému humoru - proto taky impulz k překladu Cimrmana do angličtiny vzešel od Brita 🙂. Viz např. shrnutí amerického herce Caspe hrajícího v Cimrmanových hrách: "Mezi britským a českým humorem není tak velký rozdíl. Oba jsou temné, cynické a mají takovou suchost. Akorát si myslím, že český humor je temnější a víc dělá vtipy o tom, jaký je svět a že ho nemůžeme změnit.". Spejbl a Hurvínek se musí např. pro německé nebo japonské publikum upravovat, protože hůře chápou jinotaje.
Je jeste treti misto na svete s podobnym smyslem pro cynicky, cerny, ale i takovy ten jemny humor s dusi - Jizni Korea. Britske a Ceske filmy tam berou daleko lepe, a naopak takovy Korejske jsou nejvic ocenovane u nas a v anglii. Oldboy je na prvni shlednuti drsny, ale na podruhe strasne vtipny. Nebo treba "Jaro, leto, Podzim, Zima..a Jaro", spise jemnejsi ale i tak se jistou cynickou ostrosti. Ale nejvetsi oceneni je kdyz rekne clen Monthy Pythonu, ze v cechach humor nema strop (Michael Palin, 2019) :)
Ono je to dáno i jazykem, čeština je 5. nejtěžší jazyk na světě. Má spoustu kliček a slovních hříček, v kombinaci s tím cynismem je to pohlazení po duši. Ten humor je málo přímočarý a často vyžaduje hodně přemýšlení, znalost různých odkazů do reality.
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I can say that avoiding other people is definitely NOT caused by them being foreigners. I avoid people in my house, where I live for 30 years. I rather walk 5 stories up by stairs than to share an elevator with someone, just because I would have to choose between the akward silence or even more akward small talk.
To je dědictví posledních cca 500 let, kdy k nám z ciziny nepřišlo nikdy nic dobrého.
A ani u "vlastních" si člověk nemohl být jist, jestli dotyčný nepracuje pro něčí cizí zájmy a není špeh či vyzvědač.
Prostě se to s námi táhne nejmíň od doby pobělohorské. Možná už od porážky husitů v bitvě u Lipan.
Protektorátní či později komunistické udavačství je už pak jen slabá ozvěna tohoto.
Stejně jako máme trpké historické zkušenosti s různými "výhodnými smlouvami" s velmocemi, zejména s těmi západními.
V tomto ohledu je i Britsko-Francouzská Mnichovská zrada, opět jen ozvěnou Basilejských kompaktát po porážce husitů a dalších historických dohod, smluv a záruk, které se ukázaly být jen cárem papíru, když pro dotyčné velmoci přestalo být výhodné je dodržovat, a nebo když jsme jejich platnost nadále nebyli schopni vynutit silou a zbraněmi (jako třeba u těch husitských Basilejských kompaktát).
I don't know how Czech is that. I am the exact opposite, I live in a old villa with four flats and I am on very friendly terms with all of my neighbors regularly stopping by to chat with them and sharing cakes they made. And the same goes to the neighbors in the villas next to the one I live in! And it's not a village, but a major city!
I mean it's probably not something you can generalize... but yeah I wouldn't say it's "foreigners" rather it's "strangers". You don't go around and speak to people you don't know... and if you do, you are probably considered weird, or outright crazy.
That's more of a Swedish thing to do
Sounds more like Swede or a Finn...
There's definitely a difference between generations. More specifically, those who endured communism and those who haven't. In general, the longer I stay here, the more I like and admire them.
Thank you, Id say that as well, cheers. And wish you enjoy it here!
i dont know anything about czech mentality...like a czech never thinghs about it....Jen just bullshiting...i never ask anyone "what you thing about czech mentality"...why should i ? proste kravina
@@petex3909 cestoval jsi někdy do zahraničí? Případně žil jsi v zahraničí nějakou dobu? Rozdíly se dají najít jen ve srovnání
Czech humor, like the Russian Federation, knows no borders. Besides that I've heard some comparisons to British humor and I'd say I can get behind that. Also, low-key avoiding each other probably has nothing to do with being a foreigner, we do the same thing at our house... except for the gossip gypsy granny in the 1f.
There's a suble difference from British humour: The Brits have more sense of social classes, tradition, and "proper manners", as well as more confidence (having actually been an empire not long ago). So, a bit less of the underdog mentality with a different set of scars from the past - and that plays into British humour as well.
I almost choked on my water when you took a dig at Brno.... you're becoming more and more Czech every day. I am proud of you.
Regards from SE.
Me too ! But I was having lunch at that moment :/ :D :D
Brno 》Prague . You and your sing a song talk
#haha #just_joking
#no_im_not
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What's wrong with Brno? :P Sorry I'm German, have no idea
@@spiritofthewinds9089 just a friendly "rivalry", between the people of the 2 biggest cities of Czechia
Vidím v tom jednu společnou věc - když se tě někdo zeptá, co si myslíš o české mentalitě, co si myslíš o našem humoru, vysvětluje ti, v čem jsou Češi dobří, ale i špatní - je to určitá hrdost na to, že jsme nějak výjimeční, i když to třeba není úplně pozitivní věc, ale jsme to my :)
Czech 🇨🇿 American here 👋 I was born in US , my Czech 🇨🇿 grandparents and great grandparents raised me . Basically growing up with them for examples , I have bad bad allergies to indoor stuff , upon having allergies attacks, my Czech grandparents didn't offer me any allergy medication, they just said go outside you'll feel better and put me in the yard ! If I skinned my knees playing outside , they would cover my wounds with weird red stuff call Mecuricome ( off market now lol its bad stuff) and told me to go back to playing in yard , crying was discouraged. , if I was sick I didn't get a Tylenol or cold medicine, they wrapped me up in hot towels and vicks vapor rub 🤒🥺 and gave me a hot toddie " which is hot tea and teaspoon of whiskey. When anything broke in our home , no one would call any service or repair place , my Czech grandparents took super glue to "fix-o-vitsa" . Can't explain it any better than that , I believe Czechs like to be independent and just fix things themselves, won't ask for help , and offen resort to the old ways of doing things . I had a great childhood and miss my grandparents, and very proud of my 🇨🇿 heritage ❤️🇨🇿💪
Thank you for sharing, @Kim-J312! It's fascinating how different cultures are when it comes to raising kids. 🤓☺
Men don’t cry lol 😂 , the knee will heal and you will be alright , as it’s nothing you will encounter worse in life man up lol 😂 yep bro 👊🏻 !! Very true for not just Czech but all Central Europeans more south the worse it gets lol 😂
Wow my dad is full Czech and from Texas and I can relate to all these comments and the replies.
your description matches about 99.999% with the russian way of doing things, i guess we aren't so different after all!! but that applies more to boomers and millennials here, basically people who grew up in communism, and zoomers work quite a bit differently, much more progressive, a bit more social with their problem solutions, and very literate and aware with online information and the like
@@floot727 That description matches alll men and the whole world, only when Americans are involved, you hear stuff about eating pharmaceuticals..
Přesněěě :-D Koukám se na tato videa jen proto, že je pro mě zajímavé, co si o nás myslí američanka, která tu žije deset let. :D
@@dancarl7126 totally agree!!! Zdravím z Vancouveru , Kanada!
přesně :D :D
@@dancarl7126 Chce po tobě bezďák dolar, dáš mu dolar aby ti nenatáhnul, v ČR se mu snažíš vyhnout, lhát atp... je to blbá dvacka, ale stejně mu ji nedám, má jít makat :D
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@@dancarl7126 Nekdy se v USA resi kraviny, jako kolik existuje pohlavi, jestli mame mit zachody pro ruzna pohlavi, co se smi a nesmi rikat a jak se to musi rikat
This is common for all nations from Germany towards the East. It's not so much that Czechs or Poles or Ukrainians care too much whether they're liked but it's more whether you know anything about the nation as we were hiding 40 years behind the iron curtain as 90% of Germans or French or Brits know nothing of Easter Europeans which shows the level of education there. And the Czech humor is a tough one, I live 18 years in Ireland and my jokes don't go down very well with the Irish as they mistake sarcasm with an attack on people's individuality.
That's interesting, I've never had such issues. They ("westerners") usually understand that I'm joking, although I'm younger, therefore my jokes probably aren't as offensive as yours.
*Central Europeans
The Irish can be quite sarcastic too so that's where I feel like we meet. I always felt very "understood" both in England and Ireland in terms of my sense of humour.
I disagree about Germans. Many know a lot about CZ And we have So much in Common. And yea, big part of Germany was behind iron curtain too.
@@danorott Spot on, I am mid 40 and my jokes are probably less defined. I am fine with my Spanish or Swedish or German friends who are around my age but in the professional environment where majority of the workforce is at least 15 years younger than me, they just not get it because you can't even hit that people are not the same in any way. 18 years ago traveller jokes were a common occurrence but try to say knacker now...
Hey, Jenn!
I have to praise you, those 10 years in the Czech Republic were not in vain, you understood the Czech mentality very well! 😂😉😄👌👍
I would just fix 2 small bugs:
1. Czech humor is not just black, it is used mostly in connection with sad and tragic events and its task is to drive away sadness and laugh at death in the face! 🏴😛
Typical Czech humour is rather sarcastic and cynical, when its task is to highlight stupid behaviour, whether it is Czechs or foreigners... Why do you think the BIG Bang Theory TV series was so popular? When I watched it, I had the feeling that the creators of this series were in the Czech Republic on a survey...!!! 🤔🇺🇸🇨🇿😂😉
2. Distrust of foreign people does not result only from the fact that it took place during the communist era, but mainly from the fact that the Czechs are very careful about their privacy, because it is most valuable to them. In an earlier video of yours, you admitted that during your visit to the U.S., it was a culture shock to you as completely unknown Americans on a bus loudly recounted to each other their experiences regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. It used to seem normal to you, now it makes you uncomfortable... The only way to weaken the Czech distrust of foreigners is to get the Czech into his 'natural environment' (pub) and you can be sure that after a few pints of draft beer his distrust and tightness will disappear!!! 🍺🍻
Pardón, ale přirovnávat český humor k BIG Bang Theory je mimo mísu. To je americká komedie pres kopírak. (Prci, prci, prcičky jsou úpne to samý akorád z jinýho prostředí). Mnohem blíže bych jmenoval Červenýho trpaslíka, kterýho zná tak o 60% víc lidí a nebo Black Books!!!! Brithish humor is much closer to us than american. (Žil jsem v UK.) IT Crowd? :) A na srovnání doporučuji: Cejé dílo járy Cimrmanna a divadla Skelep, nebo Slavnosti sněženek... S bodem 2 ale souhlasím...
Haha... your comment just proved all Jenny's points. That is so funny.
@@pacechcz How?
@@Wegga2 Tady bych nesouhlasil - Červený Trpaslík je sice skvělý seriál, ale je více postaven na americkém humoru srovnatelným s českou komedií "Ještě větší blbec než jsme doufali!", totéž platí o Prci, prci, prcičky - podle mě je americký humor více založen na přehnané snaze udělat z postavy, která je terčem tohoto humoru, úplně vypatlaného idiota... Britský humor je nám bližší, libuje si stejně jako český humor v sarkasmu, ale zdá se mi trochu moc "suchý", jako by snobský - hezkým příkladem byl politický seriál Jistě, pane ministře! 😉
Jára Cimrman je česká klasika stejně jako Dobrý voják Švejk, ale já osobně považuji za vrcholnou ukázku typického českého humoru komediální sci-fi seriál Kosmo (kosmická loď ve tvaru tramwaje nebo "česká diplomatická škola" jsou prostě boží)!!! 😂😉😄😛👌👍
@@Wegga2 All this discussion is a perfect example how czechs tend to clarify or alter foreigners view of general czech "mentality". That is so specific for czechs (and sorry to say that, also for other eastern nations) and that is something western nations do not understand, because they do admire variety and individuality. And if this discussion continues, it is just more and more funny to me. Just to be clear, I am czech "jako poleno" but living abroad.
I don't know, I'm personally a native Czech, but I've never thought about the Czech mentality. But when I listen to you like that, I realize that you are actually right in almost everything, especially in the Czech humor. When Covid 19 started, my mom told me that the best way to deal with it is to make fun of it. And it worked!
😂😂 🇯🇲
I have the same thought as Chris D. Czech adults who lived quite a bit during communism are in many respects quite different in mentality (in general) (now 50-55+) from those who lived most of their memorable life in a free country (now they are in general less than 50 years old). I also see significant differences between those who became adults before circa 1941 (basic functioning set by age 10, born during free Czechoslovakia). These differences are quite significant actually - I feel the differences during conversations. JOKES: as for joke telling: there were major floods in Czechia in summer 2002: here is a joke from that summer: "Prodám chatu v Jížních Čechách, značka: podlahy plovoucí, voda tekoucí, koupání u schodu, k vidění u Karlova mostu" ;-)
It was better. There was: possible to see at noon on Veselí nad Lužnicí, at 1PM at Tábor... And so on. There was tones of such jokes. For example about flooded metro.
Potká se Vltava s Labem a říká: "Ty vole, červen a taková kosa! Nezatopíme?" "Zatopíme!"
Dobrá zpráva pro všechny vodáky: většina silnic je bez problémů sjízdná!
@@matejlieskovsky9625 Prosím vás, nejezděte nám po Vltavě, nevejdete se pod mosty. Kdo si chce udělat prvosjezd, navrhujeme třeba Čéčovu ulici. (České Budejovice)
@@drakulkacz6489 hlavně bacha, ať vám za špatné parkování policie nedá kotvičku!
Czech humour, eh, Jen? Here, have one of the newest Czech jokes:
Lavrov: Comrade President, the Ukrainians just informed us, that they would like to discuss capitulation.
Putin: Finally! Are they on a videocall?
Lavrov: Well, no. They are just outside the door. They gave us one hour.
Very good! :-)
👍 👍 👍!!!
Another one: Putin is first world leader to successfully defeat Russia in winter war.
@@BuriBuster haha!!! 👍 👍 👍
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S tou kritikou nemáš úplně pravdu. Pokud budeš Čechovi popisovat, co je na "češství" skvělé bez výhrad a jen v superlativech, automaticky si začne myslet, že mu kecáš (nebo že mu chceš něco prodat). Právě to, co se ti nelíbí, bere jako výraz pravdy a potvrzení tvého upřímného a nefalšovaného zájmu. Jinak to vypadá jen jako falešná snaha zalíbit se. S podceňováním to úplně nesouvisí.
Díky, chtěla jsem napsat něco hodně podobného. Prostě povětšinou nejsme moc na ten západní šugr koutynk. Ostatně proto se neusmíváme jak zhulení bez příčiny; ale když se na někoho usmějeme, nebo se ho zeptáme, jak se má, dáváme do toho kus srdce - není to jen naučené slušné chování.
Ale to ona tak rekla.
Nailed it with that Brno joke
Absolutely spot on and I personally can relate to this. So well put together and explained so well. Thanks Jen.
I love the Czech people🍻
And we love you, even though we dont look like it most of the time :D
Regarding immigration, we did not change at all. The one who changed are immigrants. We still not welcome young male economical migrants who are violent and try to enforce their religion and rules wherever they go. And we have always had open heart for mothers with children who run away from war while their men stay home and fight for their country, and who will never enforce their religion to us.
Yet we (meaning our past political leaders) haven't accepted 40 Syrian refugees from a Greek refugee camp.
@@jakubvaclavovic775 What do you think is higher authority for those 40 Syrian refugees? Our state laws or Sharia?
haha you read like a Tomio Okamura social media bot.
@@jakubvaclavovic775 Because theyre obviously not kids, theyre are like 20 but they throw away any identifcations and lying about being kids. For next time read whole articles and not only caption.
As a Colombian man who wants to go the Czech Republic, i totally agree with you. As an immigrant, people need to understand that they are guests on the Country, and need to know as much as possible about their culture, language, laws etc, and be respectful. If ignorant people wants to damage the host Country, that Country have the right to expel them. unfortunately, Colombia has the same experience with venezuelans for that matter...
I am czech never been there but can relate to a lot of what U said lol. Opinions on science big time. My cousin not well liked, but I liked her fine. Always knew what she thought no sugar coating. She spoke her mind which could b harsh. U never had to wonder what she thought of u. If she thought u were stupid she'd tell ya. Wish I could be more like that instead of sugar coating or saying nothing. She would tell u what others had to say about u...this was a great way to correct bad behaviors or habits
Naprosto přesně si upřesnila typ Českého humoru, to si trefila tak na výbornou, že bych to sám nedokázal lépe vyjádřit. Klobouk dolů ( kongratulations)
Jen do you understand Cimrman's humor? If you do you underdstood czech humor.
8:26 Don't worry, nothing about being foreigner. I've been on Czech tours and people start talking to each other on the last 2 days of the tour.
First, you got me. I indeed am a Czech watching this vid curiously. Second, your neighbors are not "running from you" because you're a foreigner. They just don't wanna have that unnecessary talk. As we say (especially in cities with flats), the best neighbors are the ones you do not know they exist.
To s tím humorem - je fakt, že ten je typický tím, že nemá ty hranice... Dokážeme si dělat srandu úplně z čehokoliv prakticky bez okolků - to je charakterní vlastnost českého humoru. I za 2. světové války v době protektorátů Češi vymýšleli vtipy a i v dobách těžkého komunismu... Je pravda, že nám to slouží, jaký si nárazník, aby člověk zvládl těžké časy a stres. Je to náš druh obrany... :)
Máte pravdu. Proto je náš humor tak podobný židovskému. Jsme dva malé národy, které byly tak blbé, že se usadily na refýži přímo uprostřed křižovatky dějin. Byli jsme tak často konfrontováni se silami, kterým se nebylo možno postavit přímo, a tak nám zbyl humor jako poslední útočiště. Když to nemůžeme zničit, tak to alespoň zesměšníme.
@@vitezslavnovak2077 krásná věta Když to nemůže zničit, tak to alespoň zesměšníme.
Sranda musi bejt, i kdyby na chleba nebylo a tatinka retezem mlatili.
Přesně!
Na protektorátním plakátu s Pražským hradem a rudým pařátem kde se píše: "Zachvátí-li tě zahyneš!" se objevil nápis: "My se nebojíme, my tam nebydlíme!"
V šílené, bezvychodné situaci se můžete jen zasmát. Asi stigma národa "smějící se bestie " 😁😁😁
Myslím, že Heydrich měl v tomto případě tak trochu pravdu.
@@PavelSkollSuk Sotva to řekl tak ho někdo z nás sejmul takže to asi bylo dost urážlivý ve své době XD
To rikame sami o sobe, nikdy jsem to od nikoho jineho neslysela. A uz jsem venku 40 let. Myslime si, ze je to lichotka, ale kdyby si to v cizine o nas opravdu mysleli mohla by to byt pekna potupa. Cesi, co se vsemu jen hnusne smejou.
@@sashakartus3435 Však i z války Vladimírů máme spoustu nekorektních vtipů.
@@PavelSkollSuk A ty stejné bestie ho poslali do kompostu ;-). Ono je to vlastně docela časté, zahráváš si a ony tě ty bestie nakonec semelou.
The "refugee problem" has multiple reasons. Definition of refugee is person that stays in the first safe country (and after that can be relocated) and returns to their country when the danger will pass. First thing is that african refugees were mostly not fleeing from war, but trying to get european money - if you look at the photos and videos there are mostly young males without families not searching for job, but only for money. There were african refugees in czech republic, but all of them just fled to Germany. In comaprison first thing Ukrainans do is asking what they can do for work...it's three weeks since beginning of the war and there are teachers from Ukraine teaching children. People here see the western problems with multiculturalism - no go zones, increased criminality, religion problems, terrorists etc., they just don't want these things here and they belive that pressure of multiculturization of europe is job of western ultra leftists from universities - the woken gender fluid beings shouting what is right and what is not...And the single nationality or "close only" nationality country (and without religion and hating all religion radicals) is snomething that has to be broken...even by force of EU regulations.
Pěkně shrnuto.
I could not agree more..
Souhlas
Hi Jennifer,
Sir_Mac here, as always!
10) Czech first - Yeah, that's it, Jennifer, you understood it pretty well!
09) Collective self-consciousness - In my opinion, this point has also another "dimension". We try to get along with anybody (with the exception of Russians and cannibals), so we need to know, what values the other side professes. If the opponent is (or values approach) "tough but fair", we can provide that. If the opponent is (or values) more humble behaviour with a lot of "Please / thank you" ... we can provide that. Our (czech and inner) value, which is not that obvious on a first sight, is the balance between family and work.
08) The pride of the underdog - Good point. I would say "Let our achievements and work done do the talking."
07) A particular sense of humour - "Mluvíš mi z duše." = lit. "You are speaking from my soul." I mean - if you haven't lost your sense of humour, it means you are still alive. No political corectness, no sanctions, no restrictions should be able to put shackles on your sense of humour...
06) Cold to outsiders - There is some discrepancy between this video and one of your other videos, where you described how hospitable Czechs are, how Czechs melt down, when you show them the true interest for them .... Hmmm?
From my point of view, Czechs who don't know you will avoid you at all costs, and even more so if you are a foreigner and ask them to speak English. But on the right occasion (mutual friends, neighbours, coworkers, classmates, at the pub...) they are very hospitable and friendly. Like if they don't have a strong reason to interact with you, they won't do it. But I think this is an attitude they also adopt with other Czechs, I'm not the only one who has been treated poorly by nurses or shop assistants, for example.
As a French, not to be political here but, we can only understand their reluctance to taking in non European migrants. I mean, they are right not to do so. Prague is paradise, safe and clean. Love from Strasbourg 🤍 Czechs are so lovely and speak very good English. love your videos 🥺
Hi, I have have visited your beautiful city in 2010/2011, the centre was like fairy tale, with all those old lovely colourful houses and cobblestone streets, but when I wandered into the "modern" part just across Fossé du Faux-Rempart, it was... I felt bit like being back in my provincial hometown on southern border of Czechia around 2001, I am sorry to say that, but to me it looked ugly, dirty, desperate. Maybe it was due to modern architecture of which I am not a fan. Or whether it was by weather that was quite hot? I don't know.
jes, čeks spýk very gut ingliš 😀
@@Pidalin 😂😂😂
@@Pidalin in very gut vetr!
@@irena4545 only in šůšn
Good video. My family is pretty international (North Italian/Austrian/Czech mix), so I think I can compare. In general, big nations are not interested in other people's opinion about themselves, but most small nations are, so it's definitely not only some specifically Czech "thing". As for big nations, I would say that Germans have also some kind of self awareness in this sense and they're are usually interested in what other nations think of them, especially Brits and Americans. North Germans often feel the need to explain to Americans that their somewhat cliché view of Germans is based on their single experience with Bavarians and Bavarian culture during the (early) post WWII years (American zone etc.). Anyway, to my experience, Czechs are absolutely right when they insist on their Central European uniqueness. The Germanic/German/Austrian historical and economical influences are still there, but charmingly combined with the (West) Slavic good humoured and practical nature. To me, Czechs (and possibly Austrians) are the essence of Central Europe, not only geographically, but in general. Germany, who can also be considered as a Central European country, has in general rather Western tendencies, while Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, who also claim the "title" of Central European countries, have rather Eastern tendencies.
Czech as Slovakia, Hungary and Poland has eastern tendencies too. All of them are in Central Europe dude with eastern influence due to Slavic language (except for Hungary )communism etc
@@christopherhecko7234 Whatever, "dude". According to the recent genetic research, Czechs are approx. 30% Slavic and 25% Germanic, unlike other Slavic nations who are usually at least 50-70% Slavic with only little or no German/Germanic influence. Czechs were a part of the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years and for 300 years a part of the Austrian Empire. Prague was several times the main residence of Holy Roman Emperors. There was nothing Eastern about the city, nor about the country. Four stupid decades of the socialist/communist regime can't erase a thousand years of history. Let's end this discussion, it's pointless.
@@ivogianfranco1633 Though "genes" don't really make up for a culture ... or mentality. But language is a big part of this and in the case of the Czechs the language is Slavic. Though as a German I have to say , besides Austrians or maybe Dutch, Czechs' mentality seems very familiar and it feels there are a lot of things in common. For some reason this sentiment is much more towards Czechs than to Poles.
The language might be classified as Slavic but there's a huge amount of German influence. A not only on language but on culture in general. A good example is food. Like somebody already mentioned. You can't erase a thousand years of German-influenced history by four decades of communism.
@@henningbartels6245 Well it is because of the second part of his comment. Czechs were part of HRE and then from 1526 to 1918 part of Austrian empire, before WWII 1/3 of citizens were German. So it is only logical, that czech culture is closer to German than Poles or any other Slavic central european country...
At this point, I think you get the Czech humor so well :D :D. The joke about Brno was just on point at the right time :D :D Amazing. I'm so proud of you.
May be because Czechs are a small nation, just 10 million people and we really have something like a Czech Mentality, although not all are really concerned what people from other nations think about them. Czechs are quite humble.
Ahoj krásko, jak se máš.
I recently had a conversation with a friend:
- I really hope, that when nuclear warheads start flying, Brno would be the first one to be hit.
- Dude, even a warhead would avoid Brno.
- True, true...
- You know what the worst case scenario would be? That the whole world would get destroyed and only Brno would be left standing.
- Wow, that's a real apocalypse.
Do you know why russians could never take Prague? Because they will be stucked in traffic jam on D1. And ofc if they wont get lost in Brno
I had a colleague who described Brno as "one big pub". I lived in and around Prague for 16 years, but I think, in many ways, if you don't need the money or you can work online, Moravia is a much more fun place to live.
Thank you for your videos 😘 You described us (as the Czech nation) perfectly. I admire your ability to describe everything so clearly and accurately. Please continue, I'm looking forward watching more. You spread positivity and good vibes. Thank you 🙂
Když máte výplatu např. cca. 15000kč jako žena-např. zkrácený úvazek nebo jako muž okolo 25000kč plný úvazek mimo Prahu , tak se můžete buď smát nebo brečet....No a česká mentalita si nejdříve zanadává a poté se tomu většinou zasměje a jde tam zase, protože i v té práci se někdy v dobrém kolektivu nasmějete - klidně třeba vtipy o šéfovi apod. , kterého máte rádi, protože je na tom podobně a někdy nadává nebo taky vtipkuje na účet zahraničního zaměstnavatele :-)
OMG you totally got me! 🤣🤣 Yep, I'm Czech. Yep, I'm watching. 😂 But it's not like we care about what others think about Czechs, it's more about the knowledge, whether you guys know something about us (not only our food and beer but also sports achievements, inventions, improvements... As you said we're proud of it. ☺), about this small nation which was kept from the world for a long time and has a lot of interesting things to show. 😉 Love your videos! Thx AnCZa ❤💙🤍 PS: A very funny joke with that Brno thing! 👏🤣
Of course Americans have a mentality; just ask anyone who's lived in the States for a while. But, Americans, like other large nations or countries with large populations, don't have to worry about what others think.
Legrace je jak popíráš existenci národních mentalit a zároveň vyjmenuješ základní mentality několika národů 😀. Jak nás cizinci vnímají je pro nás myslím důležité pro to, abychom se rozhodli, jestli je do našeho "týmu" chceme.
Navíc předvede jednu typicky Amérozní věc, myslet si, že vím všechno nejlíp :-).
She specified the type of Czech humor absolutely exactly, she nailed it so perfectly that I couldn't have expressed it better myself. Hats off (congratulations)
Another banger of a video Jen!
On the topic of being cold at first:
Are you familiar with a concept of coconut vs peach cultures?
America would be considered a peach country : the norm is to be sweet and welcoming to strangers, but you would guard your private inner self.
Czech Republic would then be a coconut country : the norm is to keep to yourself and protecr your boundaries, but once breached, there is no more shielded core.
I worked with foreigners from all over the world over past 8 years and I mesh better with coconuts, it allows for more genuine friendships in my personal experience.
Anyway, thanks for your video,
Your fan from Brno
The problem with coconuts is they need to be introduced to each other, so it can be very very difficult to make new friends if you have none. Perhaps a coconut-peach blend is best: a little bit of both.
@@caleuxx9108 very true. Well, the coconut name sums it best. Its hard to get in, sure. Once you are in tho, there is nothing but sweet goodness awaiting you. No hard core to chip your tooth on, like with peaches
@@Stepica - no there is not. If they never let you in, then you never get to the sweetness. And once they find out how different you really are, then you have no one to talk to.... But that is not only Czech, that is everywhere. How much to share of oneself is a people skill, often learned by experience, BUT in czechia its national, due to past repressive measures. If no one introduces you, then there is never the option of getting past the hard shell, that is often primarily agressive. Just try starting up a conversation with someone at a coffee shop, who is czech and say 45. Nasty people with a really hard painful core exist evverywhere on the planet.
Maybe the coconut attitude is one of the communist heritage. Back then people were taught not to trust even their own neighbours or kin for they could never know who is a secret agent and may turn you in (though most were bullied into those "jobs"). That is why Czechs and Slovaks are so suspicious of every one new or different.
R. Heyndrich (údajně ale před ním ještě Goebels a po něm K.H. Frank), o nás o Češích prohlásil, že jsme "smějící se bestie".
Na to označení jsem celkem hrdý.
To říkali už za Rakousko uherska
@@KMarik přesně, to jsme přesně my, můžou nás okupovat, ale my jim budeme 40 let dávat do jídla olovo 😀
Ještě jeden citát: „Nordického, germánského člověka přesvědčíte nebo zlomíte. Čecha, slovanského člověka, lze jen těžko přesvědčit, vždy se ohne, ale nikdy ho nezlomíte. A když ho přestanete ohýbat a pustíte jej, tu se zase vzpřímí, zase tu stojí a znovu je vám protivníkem. Z toho plyne závěr, že ho musíte pořád přitlačovat, aby musel být stále ohnut, aby poslouchal a tahal.“
@@frodo89top20 A jak se napřimuje, ještě vás nejspíš švihne do obličeje.
Excellent thoughts that I as an American Czechophile agree with. I just got back from Prague this week. I have been going there since 2000. I can say that I now have dear friends there. Interestingly I used to compare the Germans and the Czechs. And the Czechs seemed quite different than the Germans. But I've been living in Tbilisi Georgia for the last three years. This time the Czechs seemed pretty much like Germans compared to the chaos of Georgian culture. (I'm actually going to make a video contrasting Czechs and Georgians soon.) And so I came up with a new formulation, the Czechs are like Germanic Slavs. The coolness is also a German thing as well. But if you scratch a Czech you'll eventually get to the darker Slavic core. Pivo helps get you there. And I do find Czech humor is quite distinctive. But I enjoy it. (But try as I might, I don't get Karel Gott!)
Meanwhile I would say we Americans, no matter the stripe (excluding the fresh immigrants) do have many traits in common no matter the politics. One thing is that we tend to be LOUD at strange moments when Europeans would rather be quiet. Another is that we really tend to think that the world outside our borders doesn't matter. There are certainly Americans who would be exceptions, just as there are Czechs without a sense of humor, yet left, right, and center in one way or another we tend to think we are the center of the earth. And one could argue, for good reason. Even when we are travelers, who aren't simply tourists.And we tend to go to extremes of ideas without recognizing the shades in-between. You can see this in food consumption, it's often either binge or purge. And I could go on. Ask a European about Americans and bingo they will see these things immediately.
What don't you understand about Karl Gott...? 🤔😲
@@Last_Starfighter Why?
@@georgiancrossroads You wrote in your comment that you don't understand Karel Gott - I was wondering what you don't understand?
@@Last_Starfighter maybe that he is overpraised? I never found him handsome, his voice is too high pitched to my likes and half of reperoire are remakes of foreign songs because communist regimes didnt care about author rights (half of his contemporary singers' reperoire are adapted foreign songs). He was so popular only because he was mostly obedient/on friendly terms with political leaders, otherwise they would not have allowed him to travel the world when most common folk were forbidden. And neither was his love/family life a good example. I understand Czechs consider him a national treasure, but most of that is but a result of good marketing.
@@martinajurickova5750
This is a matter of taste, but I personally think that Karel Gott had a truly 'divine' voice, which none of the Czech singers (except opera singers, but that's another category) could match. And it probably won't be marketing when 3 generations of listeners loved it. Everything else are criticisms that apply to a wide range of other Czech singers and artists - illegal remakes of foreign songs were done by everyone and during communism most artists hunched over their backs...
If you didn't like Karel Gott as a singer, which is your favorite? Michal David? Jaromír Nohavica??? 🤔😲😂
Yes our jokes are a bit darker (although it is not unique feature of Czechs only).. I remember a joke from elementary school: "Jdou dva malomocní do školy a jeden říká druhému: To jsem zvědavý, co nám dneska zase odpadne..."
P.S. It is hard to translate to English but I try explained it - joke is based on 2 meanings of verb "odpadnout":
Two lepers go to school and one says to the other: I wonder what class will be canceled again...
Two lepers go to school and one says to the other: I wonder what will fall away from us again today...
Oh man this one is brutal. Still funny though. 🤣
treba by Jen pochopila takovy detsky vtip...- dve mouchy zerou hovno ,,,jedna rika ty druhy...."to je ale zradlo" a druha rekne ty prvni " nemluv na me strasne ti smrdi z huby "...)))
I think that your point of underdog mentality comes from our own history. You have mentioned just big nations (Americans, French, British, German). But we are small country and usually no one cared (WWII - Munchen Agreement in 1938 were German, British and French - we had had agreements with British and French and it went for nothing because they didn´t want to fight for some small nation). In 1968 before invasion - there was a question from Soviet Union to USA and the West, if there will be any problem with it and that was answered that they didn´t care, that´s Russian sphere of influence. Yes, no one cared about us. So we care what anybody think of us because it is importatnt to forecast what it would be like if...
Don´t care what the others think of you is good till you are alone and you are good. But to have the oppinion from the opposite side is good for your improvement and for your safety. And if you think you don´t care, you are lying to yourself because you are TH-camr and you need a feedback to know if people like you or not.
Take it as an oppinion for considering or thinking about it. No hate. I like you.
V zasade s Vami souhlasim, jen pozor na maloy chybu ohledne 1938. CR nemela smlouvu s Anglii, Meli jsme jen smlouvu s Francii (a pak s Malou dohodu). A Francie pak mela smlouvu s Anglii, ze kdyz Francie pujde do valky, pujde i Anglie. Ve vysledku to bylo totez, ale formalne ne.
@@vaclavkucera4098 Děkuji za opravu.
@@drakulkacz6489 1st step: Please learn history. 2nd: stop repeating that communist lie(s) about UK and RCS being allies before WWII. It is year 2022 for God sake.
@@kolomaznik333 It would be better to write me what is wrong instead of your stupid comment to relearn the history.
I really like your comment. It's well thought out and analytical. Being Polish and having spent a decade in the UK I understand historical, political and socio-economic events and more importantly impact what the communist block had on our countries. One needs to see many elements from both sides of the story to get a clear image of what happened in order to understand why people think the way they think and act.
Yes we hate small talk. I am still traumatized from my stay in LA. I am a very tall woman and I would get asked by SO MANY strangers how tall I am! It got old very quickly. I was getting increasingly pissed off and people were asking why do I have to be so unfriendly. 🤦 I was so looking forward being back in Aussie and being able to walk in the streets without anybody bothering me with that question. 😬
That’s great I was born and resized an LA native myself but, my parents are from Iran. I also hate small talk and intrusive questions not only by strangers but, even from my own family. A Czech girl who lives in LA wants to marry me for a green card 😂. I want to ask her why the hell she’d want to live in a plane like this in the first place.
Sounds like I'd like it there I am American I hate small talk I find it so stupid and pointless
Když byly stoleté záplavy, tak ještě než velká voda opadla, už bylo spousta vtipů...je to taková obrana. Než se z toho hroutit, tak vymyslet vtípek 👌😊
Jojo, např.: Vážení Sudetští Němci, vracíme Vám ty pole a statky, které léta chcete. Čekejte je v Drážďanech. Za pár hodin jsou u Vás.
Jooo - prodám byt v Praze, Zn. plovoucí podlaha zdarma 🤣
Prodám mobilní garáž v Chuchli, ehm v Holešovicích, ehm tak už v Mělníku...
Prodám chatu na Berounce. Prohlídka možná v poledne u Karlova mostu.
The joke on Brno - LOL, that was good. Saying this as a foreigner living in Brno for some time now :)
Also, I would say this pretty much sums up the mentality of the Central Europe on the whole. I know probably every country of this region likes to think they're unique, but when I listened to your remarks, I can simply say - Poles are the same. Saying as a Pole myself :)
@@marysmik9812 Oh, did I miss something? Not sure what we have in common with Hungarians, maybe except for authoritarian leaders with no respect for the rule of law and freedom of speech.
Hi, I am Czech and i love your videos. They are fun, but still respectful. Welcome to Prague.
Hahaha! I think you sumed it up pretty nicely :D
That "collective" thinking, I guess it comes from the fact that we are a small nation. That every event or political event touches mostly all of us so we have the more or less the same experience.
And also true about the English. A lot of people are shy. Although they can read and watch English films, when it comes to talking, they just hesitate. But it changes because more and more native speakers are willing to teach in schools and especially kids are getting better at it :)
You can totally say there's an American mentality: "constitution, freedom, democracy, pull yourself up by your bootstraps etc".
oh, I so agree.
Came here to say the same thing. I disagree with her about there not being an American mentality. It's individuality, freedom, hope for a better future, openness, and more.
Oh, and telling the truth. There are liers everywhere, personality disorders everywhere, BUT in Czechia lying is much more socially acceptable than in the US.
@@AshleyBTibbetts Freedom hasn't been the case for many years.
I think it is a survival trait of smaller groups, that they want to compare with bigger groups and they really want to be assured that their existence is relevant to the bigger group. There is a great Czech joke that kind of gets it right.
_Co si myslí Brňáci o Pražácích? Že jsou to šílení pragocentrici*. A co si myslí Pražáci o Brňácích? Nic._ (*existují i verze s podstatně jadrnějšími výrazy)
Tahle teorie naráží na neustálé hloupé vtipy o Brnu z klávesnice Pražáků. I takové ty Brno argumenty rádoby vtipné v nesouvisející diskusi. Nejsem z Prahy ani Brna, ale ta trapnost je neuvěřitelná
Osobně mě tyhle vtipy štvou. Jsem z Brna, 20 let jsem žila v Praze. Všechny vtipy o brnacich jsou založené na tom, že Brnaci Pražákům závidí. V Brně se žije hrozně dobře, dokazují to i mezinárodní srovnání a Brňakum je Praha upřímně ukradená. První vtip o Brnacich jsem slyšela, když jsem přijela na studia do Prahy a byla jsem jako "co? cože?". Akorát se daim, že se stoupajícím počtem youtuberu, kteří chválí Brno stoupne počet turistů :)
@@klarak6624 A co vtipy o Pražácích...? 🤔😂😉😄😛
@@Desperoro Já myslím, že každý se smyslem pro humor pochopí, že v tom není žádná zášť. Pouze hlupák to bere vážně. Já brňáky chválím kudy chodím a zároveň se rád zasměju vtipu na jejich účet. Stejně tak, jako by se tomu, troufám si říct, zasmála většina brňáků, které jsem měl tu čest poznat.
@@Lahvovy zášť v tom nevidím, jen mi to přijde trapné. Je to totiž dost opakující se, časté a spíš je to takový plevel.
too west to be east and too east to be west, i like that
Edit:
Also calling me out like that(I am Czech)... For the record I whatch all of your videos.
Nemám žádnou úroveň angličtiny a nestydím se za to :D ale pokud chceš Jen slyšet opravdu divný přízvuk tak Brno to zdaleka není. Tak jsou jím vyhlášené regiony jako ostravsko, plzeňsko, hanácko a mé rodiště slovácko a mnohé další. Omlouvám se těm, které jsem nejmenoval a jsou hrdí na svůj divný přízvuk :D
Brno má známý hantec, ale to je v podstatě mrtvý jazyk. Spíš Brno (respektive jižní Moravu) rozeznávám podle melodie řeči, mnohem jemnější než moje pražština, ale to je fakt drobný rozdíl.
@@Alche_mist jj Brněnský přízvuk/nářečí v podstatě není. A s hantecem je to jak píšeš. Samotní Brňáci mu už až na výjimky nerozumí. V čechách máme hodně zajímavé nářečí i tu melodičnost. Což je paráda cestovat a poznávat čechy i v tomto.
@@riamallgiz1985Jestli jsi Slováckého nářečí, to pak musíš mluvit velmi čistě, protože právě Královéhradečáci zní jako kdyby se tam mluvilo nespisovně 25/7
@@thatmadbro no ze svýho rodnýho nářečí jsem dost ztratil díky tomu, že se pohybuji už pár let mimo a posledních 8 let v Brně. Až nějakýho hradečáka potkám, tak si ho poslechnu :D ale zatím za mě jsou nejdivnější plzeňáci :D
Love your content, as usual. Thank you Jen!
Všude jsou lidé dobří i zlí,chytří i hloupí,závistiví i přející.V čem ale naprosto jako národ vynikáme,je schopnost improvizace a zručnost.
Improvizace a zručnost? Odkud bereš to přesvědčení, že to jinde nedovedou? To je hodně omezený pohled.
@@sirkritoun to, že někdo v něčem vyniká, neznamená, že je jediný, kdo v tom vyniká. Myslím, že pro Čechy je ale docela běžné kreativně vymýšlet a zkoušet jiné než oficiální či běžné cestičky. Nemyslím, že by to nedělal nikdo jiný, ale souhlasím s panem Novákem, že je to pro Čechy docela typické.
Někdy jako Češi improvizujeme až moc. Lepší je nastavit systém tak, aby vše šlapalo jak má. Konečný výsledek je pak úplně jinde než nějaká improvizace. Za mě : méně improvizace a více profesionálních výkonů !!
@@klarkamat Naše schopnost "improvizace" je historicky dána všem postkom zemím, kde nic nebylo a lidé museli nějak poradit. Viděl jsem opravené rameno automobilu dubovým klínem na Ukrajině. U nás by to nikoho nenapadlo. Podívejte se YT na indické obráběče kovů, co dokáží.
To že někdo v něčem vyniká samozřejmě neznamená, že je jediný na světě. Spíše to značí, že v určitém směru vystupuje vysoko nad průměr - exceluje. Tvrdit to o české schopnosti improvizace bez nějakých empirických dát je jen zbožné přání být alespoň v něčem vynikající, bohužel se nejedná o prokazatelný fakt .
To je myslim dozvul staleti ukupace. Pokud si clovek chtel slusne zit, bylo treba sklonit hlavu a najit si cestu, jak ziskat trochu vic.
Znam spoustu Cechu, kteri pak dokazi creativne kombinovat, spojovat a preklenovat, a zaroven se k vysledku nehlasi. A to my prijde typicky nase.
I actually understand the "Czech first mentality" a lot. My nationality is American but my ethnicity is primarily Czech, my ancestors came to America to keep their sons from having to be drafted into the military, and settled down in Minnesota in the Bohemian Flats where they were still able to be with other Czechs, Slovaks, and even some Germans. Although my immediate family has been living in America for quite some time now, everyone still visits Czechia quite frequently. When I was younger I didn't really care too much about where I came from but as I got older I've been really invested and interested in Czech culture, history, etc. and now I am very proud of where my family is from. I've even been learning the language in hopes to live in Prague someday and it also really helps me feel a lot more connected with my heritage. It's always important to remember and be proud of where you came from :) Miluju tvoje videa
Přijeď! Na nic nečekej? 😉
You nailed it Jen, except for many czechs avoid discussion with foreigners because of the lack of respective foreign language knowledge....my two cents.....
im from Brno Czech. Ive been living in Brooklyn for past 10 years and the amount of Americans asking what we think about them is astonishing
Maybe Czechs suffer from a low self-confidence and therefore they take care of meanings of the others. But maybe it is a strategy how to survive in central Europe: to read the situation and relations in the space around at full range of scales 1) interpersonally ... 2) internationally both in the West and in the East.
This is a very charming city, I hope I can visit again sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Once again, you are spot on. Yes, I am a czech watching your video to see how we look through your eyes :D
Also, we pretend other people dont exist in general. Its not that you are a foreigner. Its not considered rude here really and its most likely because at the start, the people might have been shy to talk to you (we are Czechs after all) and after a while, they are embarassed they still have no clue what your name is so they avoid you like a plague so you never find out they actualy have no idea who you are. I know I do this with my coworkers all the time, I got no clue who 95% of people in the office are.
You got me with that Brno joke. 🤣 Even though I'm from Brno. Very czech. 😁 But speaking of that... there are not only proud Czechs living in our country. There are many proud Moravians too! 💛❤
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2:41 "Central Europeans" I am now subsribed
I don't really understand the part about refugees, to be honest. I live in Slovakia, very close to what used to be a border after the split of CSFR, there were sometimes refugees being caught and our people from the village always took care of them. It's because 1) it was not a MASSIVE amount of refugees, and 2) it was actually mothers with kids, mostly (typically from some Middle East country fleeing from war, it was in '90s). The refugee problem in 2015 was very different, in fact, the refugees themselves were different, it was mostly young men, claiming they were fleeing from war or whole families with the intention to continue to Germany. And now we can clearly see that the Ukrainian young men are actually staying and fighting for their homeland and lo and behold, the Ukrainian refugees are once again women and kids. Why is it so hard to see the difference in our approach?
Note that the behaviour of CZ/SK/PL/RO towards UA refugees might sadly start shifting soon; first, it's really too many refugees, and second, there are already tons of zasranych rusackych trolls on the Internet trying to sow the discord.
As a Czech, I would say that, when it coems to foreigners, it very much depends on their nature. We don't have problem with Vietnamese, Ukranians and any other nations who come here to act well, according to law and actually work. The same goes for students, there are many black people at universitires and we have no problem with it. But we have big problem, if EU comes to us and ays: You need to take in muslims! And then we just take a look at other countries who are being ruined by the waves of muslim imigrants who are mostly young males and practically push out the natives. Current Ukranian migrans are mainly children, women and old people, there is a big difference between actual war refuges and bunch of people who are pushed on us from EU.
Velmi trefné! Všeobecně k humoru a vlastně i tak nějak pochopení Češství bych velmi doporučila jednu knihu. Čechům i cizincům, pokud ji zvládnou přečíst česky (nemám totiž ponětí, jestli existuje v jiném jazyce). Je od vynikajícího spisovatele Zdeňka Šmída a jmenuje se Jak jsme se nedali, aneb kapitoly z dějin národního úpění. Budete se u toho řezat smíchy a zároveň velmi dobře porozumíte té záhadné české mentalitě.
Ahoj krásná tváři.
oh, Brno!
Touche! all my congratulations, Jen :-D
Living in the States for over 15 yrs, the Americans ask me often what I think of them, too. But I agree with your observations completely.
We’ll I’m happy to hear that they’re that curious!
I'm a third generation American from a Czech family on my father's side. I'm very proud of my Czech lineage and subscribed to your channel to learn more. My grandparents did not allow my father, aunts, and uncles to learn the Czech language due to when and where they grew up. Texas in the 40s and 50s did not look kindly on people that spoke any language other than Texan.. Thankfully times have changed... Keep up the good work Ma'am!! And Howdy from the great state of TEXAS!!! 🤠
Howdy! My grandmother came from Montenegro and her husband told her “only English” in his house. To je škoda… m czech might be further along if I’d heard her speak her native language!
4:28 Well, we are also a very small country, and most people think we are still ,,Czechoslovakia”, so when I see a video, or an entire channel that says something about the Czech Republic, I’m always kinda curious what they think of us and our ,,mentality”.
I love how at the very end you sneak in that comment about Brno--which will soon be my first exposure to Czechia. And now I don't know what to think! 😄
Ahoj krásko, přeji ti krásný zbytek noci.
Jen, some ukrainean regions next to slovakia were part of czechoslovak republik "first republik"... and the biggest czechoslowak people settlements abroad are in ukraine. Not to mention the miniscule, but strong fact, that unlike other migrants, ukraineans are mostly women and childern, men are roughly 20% (5:1 non-men against men). Another point is a chance to return, when everything ok. There is quite high probability those people will return to their homes and husbands. And final point - Ostrava, and eastern parts of republic, is closer to western ukraine, than to Prague.
you've just confirmed that Ostrava is in eastern europe 😀
Musím nesouhlasit s tou americkou mentalitou. Na jednu věc jsem narazil u většiny Američanů se kterými jsem se setkal (A je to důvodů, proč spousta lidí nemá Ameriku ráda). Jednu součást myšlení bych totiž shrnul asi takhle:"My víme nejlíp jak se správně žije a jsme předurčeni naučit to celý svět."). Samozřejmě čest výjimkám, ale jak říkám, setkal jsem se s tím u velké části Američanů z různých částí USA.
Every time I watch your videos I find out something new and surprising about the Czechs. There's just one slight problem - I'm Czech.
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this is a great video! i am applying for a Fulbright in czechia and trying to learn more about the history and culture. this is super informative and entertaining.. thank you for making it B)
Her: How many of you who click on this video are czech?
Me: Dam... she knows us!
Spot on with Czechs going to watch this video :D You made same good points here. As others said in the comments, people hiding in their flats is not caused (or at least not only) by you being a foreigner, people do it often in general, especially in houses with many flats. I do it too to some extent, mostly because when I am returning home, I am already tired and looking forward to the piece and quiet of my flat. Small talk can be exhausting in some way and sometimes I just don´t have the energy.
Asi teda nejsem typický Čech, protože mě fakt nezajímá, co si o mě, nebo nás myslí cizinci. Maximálně mě to bude zajímat, pokud se s ním budu znát osobně a důvěrně. Jinak nechápu ty lidi, kteří tuto otázku pokládají. Však také rozhodně nejsme všichni stejní. Já se neztotožňuji se spoustou Čechů na názorech, nebo způsobu života, ale určitě to tak nemám sám. Navíc mi nechutná pivo a na jídlo jestli někomu chutná se budu zajímat, pokud budu s někým obědvat a připravoval jsem ho já, nebo jsem ho/ji někam pozval. Takže Jen teď tak trochu házíš Čechy do jednoho pytle. Ale v pohodě, nepatřím mezi ty, kterých by se to nějak dotklo.
Ještě bych rád podotkl. Nejsem tu, že bych nutně chtěl vidět co si Američanka myslí o Češích, protože tento kanál odebírám a občas na některé video mrknu, takže to je spíš setrvačnost.
Nicméně bych rád opravil jednu chybu, která ve videu několikrát zazněla. Měli jsme zde Komunistickou stranu, ale nikdy tu nebyl komunismus. Byli jsme socialistickou republikou, což je rozdíl. Spousta lidí si neustále plete socialismus a komunismus, stejně jako fašismus a nacismus.
On point 9. Yes, I am Czech, but your youtube channel is good for me to learn English. And that's why I watch all your videos :-D
czech owns the world
We really don´t care what foreigners think about our mentality....
We just watch all videos that foreigners make about us.
...And we write cynical comments if there is something we like or not.
Vaše video mě rozesmálo! Jen s těma migrantama to nebylo podle mě úplně přesné. Pěkné video 😊
Základním předpokladem pro zachování duševního zdraví je, aby vám bylo ukradené co si o vás kdo myslí. Stejně se nikdy nedozvíte pravdu - co si o vás druhý člověk opravdu myslí. Toto si je třeba uvědomit. Chovejte se tak abyste měli čisté svědomí - co si o vás myslí druzí vás nemusí zajímat.
This video was spot on! I felt so seen when you said "how many people watching this video are Czech" 😂
As a person living in the UK, I find it interesting how Czech people are very private in and around their home but very open when talked to. I learn more about a Czech in one day that about a Brit in a year. A good point about not bothering with small talk. Do you get an impression that Czech people maybe overshare sometimes?
Insightful, but.... I am the borderline. My generation of Czechs (50-70yrs old) are not like our children who have been born into the peace and abundance. This is a very deep topic.
Great job of tackling a hard to nail topic. We have a real talent here. :)
na Češích vidím strašnou spoustu chyb, ale v když jsem byla v USA, vadila mi otravnost a neupřímnost. Ta patetická společenskou zvyklostí vynucená ukázka jak jsou lidi přešťastní ... to bylo fakt k pos...í. V devadesátých letech jsem podle původního plánu měla být v USA tři měsíce, ale nakonec jsem přebookovala letenku, za měsíc jsem toho měla plný zuby. Myslím, že Češi jsou mnohdy přímočaří a člověk ví na čem je (nemám na mysli tedy rozhodně politiky, to je jiná dimenze)
Ahoj krásko, přeji ti krásný zbytek noci.
I like so much your points!
Ahoj krásná tváři.
Do you know why we are helping Ukrainian and we didn't want to help much before? It's not about the nation or Russian. In 2015 emigrants were mainly Muslims (many Czech are afraid of Muslims because no one could really find out who could be a terrorist) and mainly young men. They didn't fight for their freedom. They escaped and women and children left home. Now they're women with children who needs our help. That's why the change.
.... I am grateful for you to be out in the world - an American speaking about your experience of living in Czech Republic! ... kudos to you!.... it is very revealing to listen to your ideas and impressions, which I have to admit are right on the spot....
... I am Czecho-American.... grew up in Brno, left at age 23 and lived elsewhere for more than 40 years, but also 35 years in California.... in 2020 came for visit back to Brno, and because of Covid stayed there since.... I am not complaining, but honestly, everything you describe about Czech mentality is right on the spot... since I can see and had experience at other countries and "mentalities"... I am fond of your voice in here, and for having a confirmation for my own views and feelings about Czechs.....
Oh yeah. Czech humour. Something happened somewhere? We have a joke about it.
Reality is never dark enought for humour to get even darker :-D
I miss the creative freedom we saw in the nineties, when it comes to politically incorrect humour, there is nothing like _Česká soda_ being made now.
@@NetAndyCz I miss the show Gumáci :-D I wonder how Babiš or Tomio would be represented in such a show :-D
@@Niusereset Yeah, miss that too, the political satire was much better in the past. Really miss it, especially with the past government.
@@Niusereset Well, I am afraid such show would be pointless now. You see, nothing the authors would come up with could beat the originals. 😀
I used to think the same and then I see the same thing in Canada, jokes about politics the very next day.
"Collective low self-confidence... & ... Underdog mentality..."... good observation, could not agree more
id say there is stereotypical american "mentality"- it certainly includes among others American dream, picket fences, keeping up with Joneses, tipping automatically and not expecting price written on the label is the same as price told at the counter, or flashing thought of bacrupcy when hearing the sound of ambulance. Lot of the above doesnt apply to Czechs and lot of what could be said about typical Mr Novak wouldnt apply to your corn-fed American.
Of course not everyone fits into it and it is generalisation but a/ stereotypes do originates from somewhere and b/ generalisation is useful and necessary for us to be able to describe group of not just people but everything, every apple is different but they all are apples, bananas and apples are very different but they are both fruits.
Just like every American or Czech is different but they still share uniquely American or Czech things with other Americans or Czechs and while they themselves and their experiences may differ most of them are more similar in broader sense to other Americans/ Czechs than other people. We are all people and we are all different but we are often different in more similar ways with people sharing the same country, language, culture or ethnicity.
This may be one of the differences between American and Czech mentality- to not be afraid to generalise when we think theres reason to, maybe even overdoing it when its superfluous v American more PC style emphasising personality differences and individual traits and downplaying or ignoring even the most obvious similarities shared by some groups to not be called r- word or automatically seen as prejudiced.
Uauuuu ;) měl jsem napsanej takovej fórek, ale konec videa mě rozplakal a tak asi jen ;) Díky Jen ;)
Well, it's not about being cold to foreigners or about the stems of communist times, it's just anti-social behavior towards people we don't know and they doesn't have to be foreigners 😄
4:40 Yes, i mean no, i mean partially. I'm slovak, and I watch quite a lot of foreigners' videos about slovakia and czech republic, precisely because I'm very curious about the outsiders' perception (partially because I'm a very curious person in general), and it's also a nice source of learning about what (from the things I consider to be normal and common) is specific to us.
(Sorry for multiple comments which partially repeat themselves)
Wow... when you start make those comments about brno you are officially becoming czech citizen. Also you would be amazed that Brno indeed has more culture than yogurt.
it depends on yogurt size :-D
I'm from Slovakia and I watch your channel to learn more about Czechs. You made me realise how different Czechs and Slovaks are🙂🇨🇿🇸🇰
Where do you see the differences?
@@slavkaj8285 Czech humor is sometimes too straightforvard and often pointed at the person you're talking to. In Slovakia this is unthinkable and absolutely rude.Czech girls can be in relationships yet they can have male friends they go out with to cinema etc. In Slovakia this is a nonexistant. And many many many more diffrerences......
To ja su z Moravy tak sa raci optam jaky je Slovensky lid ñakeho Australana ne? 🙄
The Czechs can be sized, I hope, that you have already heard an expression" Maly cesky clovek" The Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek knew the Czech mentality from A to Z. I suggest, that you read some of his books if you want to know the real Czech mentality.
As a Czech who grew up in the UK and now lives back here again, I think you pinpoint the 'Czech mentality' very well. I think what it is is a product of it being a small nation and a sense of shared history, where the collective trauma of the 20th century is also a part of that identity. I agree that the culture can feel quite disconnected from the outside world at times (like the point you made about the humour not being that unique) and I think it's because unlike in the US/UK, very few people spend parts of their lives living outside the country in other cultures.
10) agree
9) agree about that West-care - not agree with that East-care, explanation can be, that majority of us are still believing, that Westerners consider us as Eastern country and we want to give an explanation, that we are already West oriented enough with almost all technology, you can find in West and we are not Soviet Union anymore :)
8) What is pretty much accurate about us is this: Don´t ask "How are you?" if you really don´t wanna know and get 10 minutes of monologue, how horrible week we had. So, if you give only pros, it seems, you pretend and we feel it like fake. Lot of us care about realism and truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred, you know? :) Jus be honest, nobody will kill you, if you don´t like something about us :)
7) In the very first week of Air France 4590 Concorde crash into hotel with 100 victims, there was a czech joke: Do you know, which airplane is the fastest in the world? Concorde, you are in the hotel after five minutes. Germans(R.Heydrich) marked us during WW2 as "Lachende Bestien". We haven´t had a lot of soldiers and with humour we keep our sanity and fought with our humour against oppression better than with arms. Also fictional Cimrman said, that Czech power is that they can dissolve any regime from inside and that Czech will always adapt :D
6) I think, it´s moreless about that English insecurity. Some people, even if they understand English, they are feared of English coversations with native speakers, because they feel themselves as fools, if they fail. I strongly disagree with that part about communism. Then there was a reason to avoid new people, now it´s not, for very long time.
Completely agree about that EU and bigger nations part, where Czechs don´t want to bear mistakes of others(but don´t speak about our mistakes, because it was not systematic, it was just one guy failure :D ).
ABout Ukraine, we have lot of masons, cleaning ladies, or other manual workers from UA and we know, that they are moreless Ok. Some are lazy, but most of them can work hard and of course cheaper than lazy Czechs. But UA guys drinks often and sometimes they fight, but not against Czechs, only between them. So we like them, moreless. If they understand Czech, than we like them even more. Their families stay in UA and usually UA workers send them money to UA. Let be straight, there are some czech gangs, who parasiting on some of them.
And of course, we know, what Putin is doing and what we had here 30y ago. Most of us don´t want to repeat that. So we feel, they need our help, and maybe if we stop Putin there, he will not come here.
I am looking forward to another episode!
whoa. im bohemian by ancestry and all u said is my personality, thats wild, very introspective and i appreciate ur time spent here
Český humor je specifický, ale není jedinečný. Má blízko k britskému humoru - proto taky impulz k překladu Cimrmana do angličtiny vzešel od Brita 🙂. Viz např. shrnutí amerického herce Caspe hrajícího v Cimrmanových hrách: "Mezi britským a českým humorem není tak velký rozdíl. Oba jsou temné, cynické a mají takovou suchost. Akorát si myslím, že český humor je temnější a víc dělá vtipy o tom, jaký je svět a že ho nemůžeme změnit.". Spejbl a Hurvínek se musí např. pro německé nebo japonské publikum upravovat, protože hůře chápou jinotaje.
Je jeste treti misto na svete s podobnym smyslem pro cynicky, cerny, ale i takovy ten jemny humor s dusi - Jizni Korea. Britske a Ceske filmy tam berou daleko lepe, a naopak takovy Korejske jsou nejvic ocenovane u nas a v anglii. Oldboy je na prvni shlednuti drsny, ale na podruhe strasne vtipny. Nebo treba "Jaro, leto, Podzim, Zima..a Jaro", spise jemnejsi ale i tak se jistou cynickou ostrosti.
Ale nejvetsi oceneni je kdyz rekne clen Monthy Pythonu, ze v cechach humor nema strop (Michael Palin, 2019) :)
Ono je to dáno i jazykem, čeština je 5. nejtěžší jazyk na světě. Má spoustu kliček a slovních hříček, v kombinaci s tím cynismem je to pohlazení po duši. Ten humor je málo přímočarý a často vyžaduje hodně přemýšlení, znalost různých odkazů do reality.