Is central Europe ever even used outside the context of coping about being is eastern Europe?
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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Central Europe is really a thing, but I only realized it when I went to Poland.
One map I like is this one. Show the differences between central and eastern Europe.
I like this one
Clearly, central Europe is a scam, never let them divide us!
As a Swede, I fully support kicking Denmark out of Scandinavia 👍
I'm more in the Slavoj Žižek school of though where everything under the English Channel is the balkans.
As long as there's no central balkans, I'm with you!
Couldn't disagree with Žižek anyway
I dunno, I'm in Estonia and I have been to Poland, it's pretty eastern European round here.
Everything that was in soviet sphere after WW2 has eastern European vibes to this day, sadly. Things get better over time, but those 40 years of oppression will be hard to fix completely.
No.
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Nope
Are you Chinese or Japanese?
I’m Laotian
The ocean?
I am going off of memory and hopefully not butchering it, but it’s one of my favorite exchanges in American comedy.
My favorite part is how Cotton Hill, despite being the most racist of them all, immediately correctly recognized him as Laotian because he fought in SE Asia in WWII.
Kahn immediately recognizes this isn't your average, everyday, ignorant redneck racism.
This is advanced racism.
Oh, ok... So are you Chinese or Japanese?
Isnt the whole East/West Europe mostly used for cold war designations? Thats why Czechia is in the "East" and Cyprus is the "West". Well not really but kinda.
Northern Europe generally includes the UK, but London is further south than Berlin.
Wtf … TIL
gosh, geography is weird!
Austria is Eastern Europe.
Australia is eastern Europe and Austria has kangaroos, you silly.
Ah.... Fuck sorry!
No worries, everyone makes mistakes. Greetings from Chechnya. You might remember it as Chechnyaslovenia, that was before the split in '93.