You know, most of the things you'll ever hear about Greece are the usual stereotypical bullshit that arise from the human need to categorize everything. Most of it is also mostly true, which is why stereotypes exist in the first place.

My non-Greek friends have, or have had, those preconceptions about me and the place I live in. They tend to think we're happy people, living in a beautiful place where it's mostly parties and big fat weddings. We are tend to be thought of as morally loose. Or at least, if we do have a stick up our rear, it's not as far up as the French one. Basically if you stick the word "Mediterranean" before anything, it'll make it seem exotic and amazing. Countries, beaches, women, food..

and, you know, it's a stereotype because it used to be mostly true.

I don't know when it all started going to hell but I'll tell you this. I haven't heard a good joke for more than 9 months. Sure, I went through a breakup during those first two months, but the last thing I remember dropping on the floor from laughter (literally) was Sheldon Cooper knocking at Penny's door in a Flash costume. And that doesn't count as a joke.

I've constantly been saying that for anything to change in this god forsaken land, our mentality must change first. The people's representatives are acting in complete constrast to this otherwise obvious fact; they recently practically all but celebrated a debt reduction of 50% (not all debt). Meanwhile, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, and the quality of any kind of life here is heading in the exact opposite direction.

I really wish I could make a joke out of that.