Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W19Aquí el que no corre vuela.
In this system, if you do not climb over others, you stay grounded.
Por-Estas-Calles
How Venezuelan sayings move in English along these streets.
Street Wisdom on the series line, ArepaContigo in the tag set, a cultural stopwatch, and exporting back while history runs its course.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W18Ni tan calvo, ni con dos pelucas.
Find the middle ground where you are neither deprived nor ridiculous; not too little, not too much.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W17Ser más agarrado que vieja en moto.
Agarrado plays on tight-fisted and holding on for dear life: the old woman white-knuckling a motorcycle is the same energy as someone clinging to their wallet.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W16Ni lava, ni presta la batea.
Ni lava, ni presta la batea skewers the lazy obstructive type: won’t wash, hoards the tub, and still blocks collective work; the sting is active blockage, not just idleness.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W15Eso queda donde el diablo dejó los calzones.
A place so remote that even the devil bails, underwear and all.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W14Señor, dame paciencia y en el culo resistencia.
Patience in the spirit, crude resistance in the backside: a Venezuelan joke for bureaucracy, annoying people, and close friends who trade a knowing smile.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W13Cada loco con su tema
To each their own, a lighthearted nod to quirky obsessions.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W12Como ratón al queso
Like a mouse to cheese: people who circle the offer, angle for favors, and rarely refill the favor bank. Mind what you hand out.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W11Dios los cría y ellos se juntan
God makes them, then they find each other: street shorthand for birds of a feather, often with a skeptical wink.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W10Más apretados que sardina en lata.
Packed tighter than sardines in a tin: Venezuelan shorthand for no room left to move.