Meeting Hide the Pain Harold face to face was a really nice experience
because the Hungarian man behind the worldwide phenomenon is such a friendly
Over a coffee at Szimpla Háztáji we talked about his hobbies
and how becoming a meme has infected his life
but it took me a long time to accept this situation
As an engineer I considered myself a serious man
and seeing how people made fun of my face didn’t make me happy
I’ve came across numerous memes which I wasn’t proud of
I decided to take on the Hide the Pain Harold role
because I started looking at it as an opportunity
I would be dumb not to make the best of it
I’m not a pushy type who would do anything to be in the spotlight
I am Hide the Pain Harold and I want to get a gig
When I am asked to make a public appearance that I have doubts about
Since my first video that was for the request of a car dealership
my life has changed so much that sometimes I say to myself: „Oh my God
I loved the OTTO commercial in which I had to dress up in many costumes
I also enjoyed being invited to an IT company’s Siberia headquarters as a “surprise guest” at the end of a conference
Dressing up as a zookeeper at Nyíregyháza Zoo was also such an experience
I remember cleaning up after the elephants
and letting monkeys steal grapes from my hands
my wife also went through the different stages
It was an important milestone when I first got paid for a gig
People often tell her that she is lucky to be married to me
and her response is: why is that such a luck
my 45-year old architect son doesn’t accept the meme story at all
he is trying to completely block it out of his life
A few weeks ago I visited England where I played the leading role in a short film
I don’t want to spill the beans because it hasn’t been made public yet
but I can tell that I portrayed myself applying to the Faculty of Memology
I did what university students do: I went to the cinema
There is a game called Geocaching that I like to play quite often
you get access to a website that belongs to the given destination
you can upload photos and leave a comment about whether you liked the place or not
I’ve found approximately 300 chamber boxes so far
But I also like the music of the 60s and 70s
I worked for a small town radio station for 5 years in my free time
you wouldn’t think that a secret museum takes you time travelling
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The number of permanent residents fell in county seats and several Budapest districts last year
as suburbs saw growing populations as well as property price rises
where property prices also grew by 16 percent to HUF 753,000/sqm (EUR 1944)
Other localities near the capital saw the same trend
with the population of Vácrátót growing by 12 percent and property prices by 17 percent
László Balogh of real estate website ingatlan.com said on Wednesday
while property prices rose by 4-21 percent
the population of Budapest fell by 13,000 last year to 1.63 million
Debrecen and Miskolc lost 1,100-2,200 inhabitants
property prices in cities grew by 13-21 percent
The price increase in districts and country seats already losing inhabitants was due to continued high demand due to investors and the population loss came to only 1 percent in those cities
certain Budapest neighbourhoods and university districts remain popular with investors who are driving up prices
prices per square metre in Budapest’s 5th district have grown by more than HUF 1 million (EUR 2581) in 10 years
with average spending on real estate exceeded HUF 100 million (EUR 258,118) per unit
the proportion of investment purchases rose by 15 percentage points year on year to 60 percent
Data for 2023 so far show the price per square metre in these districts increased by 6 percent
compared with the average price in the second half of the previous year
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