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Why do slavs squat?
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2019-10-10 at 4:42 AM UTCIs there a particular reason for this behavior?
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2019-10-10 at 6:10 AM UTCNot all Slavs squat. Mostly only gopniks do.
"Gopniks (also gopes, gopsters, gopari, collectively gopot [1], gopoten, gopyo, gop company) is a slang word of the Russian language, meaning representatives of the urban stratum of low social status, poorly educated and lacking moral values, consisting of aggressive youth (adolescents), possessing criminal behaviors (less often close to the criminal world), often originating from dysfunctional families [2] [3] [4], and uniting on the basis of counterculture (informal subculture). The term is widely used in Russia and the countries of the former USSR (since the end of the 20th century [4])." https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8
Thats a quick and easy definition of gopniks. Since they are of low socioeconomic status, they frequently get locked up in jails, camps, and prions; such is life. Now STORY TIME.
To tell apart a regular person from one who at some point did prison time is possible based on various factors. It is considered that ex-cons behave in a certain way. For example: They practically always squat down instead of sitting, even when they simply drink tea, or talk to other people.
What is this habit tied to? Of course the ex-con sits in a squat position unintentionally, not consciously; but because this has already become a habit and is considered comfortable.
In prison this habit is acquired for the following reason; The rules in prison essentially say that it is allowed to lay or sit on a bed only after curfew, and before the morning. In all other times, a person doing time is allowed only to stand, or to sit on the floor. It is not always possible to use a chair (there is a limited amount of them that needs to be shared). From here showed up the habit of sitting squatting down.
It is allowed to sit in only two cases: during daily meals (but not more than 30 minutes per meal), during the act of writing letters to family and complaints to the administration (not more than one hour per day). Respectively, the whole amount that a person is allowed to spend while sitting in most prisons consists of two hours per day. This is a relatively short amount of time, therefore convicts are forced to sit in a squat position, as any breaking of prison rules will negatively influence "good behaviour" time.
Of course, finding themselves out in the free world, ex-cons can sit and sleep at any time they want; but after even a couple of months in prison, a persistent habit of sitting while squatting has formed. -
2019-10-10 at 6:26 AM UTC
Originally posted by Misguided Russian Not all Slavs squat. Mostly only gopniks do.
"Gopniks (also gopes, gopsters, gopari, collectively gopot [1], gopoten, gopyo, gop company) is a slang word of the Russian language, meaning representatives of the urban stratum of low social status, poorly educated and lacking moral values, consisting of aggressive youth (adolescents), possessing criminal behaviors (less often close to the criminal world), often originating from dysfunctional families [2] [3] [4], and uniting on the basis of counterculture (informal subculture). The term is widely used in Russia and the countries of the former USSR (since the end of the 20th century [4])." https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8
Thats a quick and easy definition of gopniks. Since they are of low socioeconomic status, they frequently get locked up in jails, camps, and prions; such is life. Now STORY TIME.
To tell apart a regular person from one who at some point did prison time is possible based on various factors. It is considered that ex-cons behave in a certain way. For example: They practically always squat down instead of sitting, even when they simply drink tea, or talk to other people.
What is this habit tied to? Of course the ex-con sits in a squat position unintentionally, not consciously; but because this has already become a habit and is considered comfortable.
In prison this habit is acquired for the following reason; The rules in prison essentially say that it is allowed to lay or sit on a bed only after curfew, and before the morning. In all other times, a person doing time is allowed only to stand, or to sit on the floor. It is not always possible to use a chair (there is a limited amount of them that needs to be shared). From here showed up the habit of sitting squatting down.
It is allowed to sit in only two cases: during daily meals (but not more than 30 minutes per meal), during the act of writing letters to family and complaints to the administration (not more than one hour per day). Respectively, the whole amount that a person is allowed to spend while sitting in most prisons consists of two hours per day. This is a relatively short amount of time, therefore convicts are forced to sit in a squat position, as any breaking of prison rules will negatively influence "good behaviour" time.
Of course, finding themselves out in the free world, ex-cons can sit and sleep at any time they want; but after even a couple of months in prison, a persistent habit of sitting while squatting has formed.
I had no idea it was that deep