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I'd argue that this "jugaad" happens everywhere when people are under extreme pressure and have no good expectations of getting anywhere following the rules. H

I'd argue that this "jugaad" happens everywhere when people are under extreme pressure and have no good expectations of getting anywhere following the rules. Here in Brazil there are lots of young people that gets into drug dealing just because they don't have nothing better to do. The grow up in extreme poverty and society would very much like them to be dead or in prision, so they take their chances... sometimes its better to risk a bullet to the head to get rich and respected than to know that you'll be always poor and risk getting killed by police or drug dealers. And of course, this is just an example. I don't know if this qualifies as "jugaad", but sounds a little similar.

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tejaswiy 14y ago
I would say you're off slightly. I think it's basically improvising very frugally to make stuff work when it should've been close to impossible. It can be dangerous, It can hurt others, selfish or just plain useful, but there's no way you can deny the ingenuity. Here're some awesome examples of jugaad: https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559248_359872164083623_771453609_n.jpg https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559248_35987216408... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2389399780_7e7c15f2d7.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2389399780_7e7c15f2d7.jp... http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-car-music-system-jugaad.jpg http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-ca... http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-room-cooling-fan-only-in-india-jugaad.jpg http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-ro... My personal favorite: (Steaming milk on the roadside with a pressure cooker) http://sagarmukim.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jugaad.jpg http://sagarmukim.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jugaad.jpg There's tons more examples like this, but you get the point.
- crpatino 14y ago
  This is an universal trait of people trying to cope with limits. I've always know it as "ingenio mexicano" or "mexicanada", roughly translated as mexican wit. It is a matter of national pride and accepted wisdom that nowhere in the world people are as cleaver as we are. See some examples at: http://quependejadas.com/tag/gracioso/page/2/ http://quependejadas.com/tag/gracioso/page/2/ The most amazing thing is that most of these images are probably not Mexican at all, but stolen from redneck sites (search for: Look, I fixed it). That is 100% in character with the spirit of mexicanada. Why actually fix anything when I can find someone else who did it and steal the credit!!!

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tejaswiy 14y ago

I would say you're off slightly. I think it's basically improvising very frugally to make stuff work when it should've been close to impossible. It can be dangerous, It can hurt others, selfish or just plain useful, but there's no way you can deny the ingenuity. Here're some awesome examples of jugaad: https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559248_359872164083623_771453609_n.jpg https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559248_35987216408... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2389399780_7e7c15f2d7.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2389399780_7e7c15f2d7.jp... http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-car-music-system-jugaad.jpg http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-ca... http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-room-cooling-fan-only-in-india-jugaad.jpg http://www.myindiapictures.com/pictures/up1/2012/06/funny-ro... My personal favorite: (Steaming milk on the roadside with a pressure cooker) http://sagarmukim.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jugaad.jpg http://sagarmukim.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jugaad.jpg There's tons more examples like this, but you get the point.

crpatino 14y ago
This is an universal trait of people trying to cope with limits. I've always know it as "ingenio mexicano" or "mexicanada", roughly translated as mexican wit. It is a matter of national pride and accepted wisdom that nowhere in the world people are as cleaver as we are. See some examples at: http://quependejadas.com/tag/gracioso/page/2/ http://quependejadas.com/tag/gracioso/page/2/ The most amazing thing is that most of these images are probably not Mexican at all, but stolen from redneck sites (search for: Look, I fixed it). That is 100% in character with the spirit of mexicanada. Why actually fix anything when I can find someone else who did it and steal the credit!!!