Selfishness in the service of society.

Sometimes I hear these words:

“This blogger traveled half the country in search of scandalous stories. All the fields and forests have overgrown. Do you think he is working hard for the sake of good business? No way! For himself, for his own fame. And you, like devout hamsters, are liking him and writing eulogistic comments. He just uses you. …

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Animals and cars

Europeans treat their dogs and cats as members of the family, cherish and pamper them, walk with them, bathe them every week, at the slightest concern show them to specialists, and treat cars simply as objects, as a means of transportation.

Kazakhs, on the contrary, treat their cars like members of the family, cherish and pamper them, wash them every …

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Should I write my nationality in the documents?

In Kazakhstan’s social networks, there was a discussion about whether to indicate people’s nationality in their documents.

Personally, I hold the view that official relations within and between States are important for official information about a person that entails some legal consequences. For example, if the passport says that this is a citizen of Kazakhstan, then he can come to …

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Sensitivity is a sign of weakness.

Getting offended by Borat’s satirical movies about Kazakhstan is both funny and unworthy of an enlightened person.

In general, being easily offended is a trait of those who are weak-spirited. A strong, self-assured person will simply smile at a joke directed at them and move on. They know their worth, and a sarcastic jab won’t shake their confidence. If there’s …

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Self-sacrifice.

As a child, I couldn’t understand why my dad liked yesterday’s soup, stale bread, rotten apples. I even made fun of him.

And only when I grew up, I realized that my father saved the family budget and kept the worst for himself, and gave us, the children and his wife, everything fresh and delicious.

I’m sorry I didn’t realize …

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