8 mo. ago • 91%

I live in the Balkans. Ask me anything about this godforsaken place.

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How many pairs of Adidas tracksuit bottoms do you own?

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- 🤣🤣🤣
  
  None, but I'm not like the majority here 🤣. They're the most common household leg wear item around here.
  
  I wear baggy pants, always have, always will.
  
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What’s the one thing you would want your average global citizen to know about the balkans?

Is there somewhere else you eventually want to live?

When people say they want to Balkanize _ does that bother you?

Who would win in a fight, a hot dog or a taco?

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- What’s the one thing you would want your average global citizen to know about the balkans?
  
  Don't trust anyone fom here, you're bound to get screwed at one point or another.
  
  Is there somewhere else you eventually want to live?
  
  Yes, preferably somewhere colder, like Canada, Sweden, Norway. Not Russia, cuz the mentality and the people are basically the same as here.
  
  When people say they want to Balkanize _ does that bother you?
  
  I have no idea what that means, it's the first time I've heard that term, could you explain what it means?
  
  Who would win in a fight, a hot dog or a taco?
  
  IDK, we don't have tacos here, we have gyros.
  
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  Balkanize as a verb just means to break up into several smaller states, often but not always based off common culture/language/religion, similar to what happened to both Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Yugoslavia.
  
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How many cans can a Balkan ball if a Balkan can ball cans?

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- 21
  
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In what ways is it godforsaken?

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- Oh, I could go in details, but I don't currently have time, so I'll be short: politics, corruption, air polution, environment polution, inflation, salaries, prices, comodities... there's a lot more. Feel free to ask about any of these in particular, I'll answer a bit later in the evening 😉.
  
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  Interested
  
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Over 18 question only.... What is the weed like?

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- Not good. We used to have great weed, hell, hemp grows on streets here, the weather is perfect for that, but then they killed the cannabis plant industry (as an industrial plant, ropes, clothes, stuff like that) and everything went downhill from there. We only have imported now... unless you grow your own that is... just don't brag about it.
  
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- hit or miss & got pretty expensive.
  
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How is the weather?

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- Meeh, could be better... colder I mean. It's like 10°C right now. I like it colder, but people here usually like it warmer, like 20°C above, to about 30, then they start bitching about how hot it is.
  
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  Same in Germany. I think that’s an international issue.
  
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What cheeki's your breeki the most about Balkanistan?

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- Everything, I hate this place.
  
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How many languages do you speak? How many did your grandparents speak? How many do your children (or theirs) speak (if you have any)?

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- Two, my native and English, though I do understand Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian perfectly as well. I do speak them, but not as good as English.
  
  My grandpareents... IDK, probably 3 I guess... tops. Slovenian, Serbian, Macedonian. My granma from my mother's side also knew a little Turkish and was quite fluent in German (she was in a labour camp during WWII). My kid is little, like 4, he speaks Macedonian and some English (words only, not sentences).
  
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  Interesting! Thank you for answering. I've met folks from around the bulkans and many speak a few lancuages
  
  Edit: also, the Balkans. Spelling > me
  
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Do you notice any gentrification following the Russians fleeing the war? Or any other changes, positive or negative?

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- What war? As far as I know, the Ukraine-Russia conflict is still ongoing (I don't watch the news much).
  
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  Yes, I'm talking about that war
  
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Do you know Andrej from the Balkans?

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- Do you know Nikolai from Russia?
  
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Yogurt?

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- What about it? We have it if you were wondering.
  
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  Do you like Balkan yogurt personally I meant.
  
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