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I think a lot of it is context. For example when I lived in Russia, I didn't know kids could be nice to each other. It was a doggy-dog world where I grew up. Wh
by alexashka 9y ago
I think a lot of it is context. For example when I lived in Russia, I didn't know kids could be nice to each other. It was a doggy-dog world where I grew up. When I came to Canada, it took me 4-5 years to stop mad-dogging people and relax.
Had I stayed there, being on alert your whole life and dropping dead at 55 would've been very normal indeed.
This is why people who get someplace and then lose it, are the ones who tend to kill themselves, or folks who have a hard time fitting in from the get-go. For most people, they don't know things could be different, so they're fine with what is.
- projektir 9y agoYes. Personal mental state is a poor indicator of how well things are actually going, because people seem to mentally get used to whatever it was they grew up with. It goes another way: having some awareness of the situation is actively harmful for the same reason, because it makes it less acceptable mentally.
- barry-cotter 9y agoDog eat dog
- slavik81 9y ago> It was a doggy-dog world You misheard that phrase or learned it from someone who did. The correct version would be, "It was a dog-eat-dog world." The idiom makes a lot more sense in its correct form as it describes an environment of brutal competition. I'm glad you find Canada to be a kinder place. I like it here too.