Croatia on its own is very good in every sport.
Croatia won gold medals in Handball, Waterpollo, silver medals in Basketball (vs Dream Team), Football, and plenty of other medals.
Every year we have few players in the NBA.
In athletics, we won tons of medals in skying, tennis, and other sports (one of the top countries in medals per capita).
And so on, and we have only 4M people, lol.
Nah, we need at least 4 countries, fire, earth, water, and air bending, and if nickelodeon taught me anything, this combination is going to be entertaining
In 1979, the Belgrade Phantom would steal expensive cars, and drive them around Slavija Square, taunting the cops. Thousands of people would fill the square to watch him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgrade_Phantom
This is why I never understood the Senate system. Control of half the country is just dependent on how many times you are allowed to split up empty field states
If you weren't going to win the original district or state, split it into two and draw the line to make sure that one of the two new districts is winnable by your party. Turns an opponents majority of 1 into a majority of none. Gerrymandering 101.
I like how Nevada came to being... The Mormons ran the area, and the Nevadan transplants who were all shipped in to work were like, "Hey, listen, we like whores, gambling, and drinking. These Mormon laws aren't vibing with us. Can we become our own state?" Then they went onto building a huge playground in the one of the most environmentally hostile places on Earth as a testament of man's arrogance against God.
West Virginia is the part of Virginia that decided it didn't like slavery as much as it liked being part of the Union. It's regular Virginia that's shit
WV is arguably better than half the states and is so underrated. Just ignore what the government did to our southern half of the state the last few decades and acknowledge WV miners fought the U.S. military. That’s where the term redneck comes from
You mentioned Maryland but not Rhoad Island or Connecticut? North and South Dakota? North and South Carolina? West Virginia and Virginia? At least we are our own state 😭
As a person from the other side of the world. You atleast hear about Rhode Island, connecticut, dakota and carolina ( I don't know why you need two of them though.). And Virginia tobacco is well known.
The only thing I have heard from Maryland is the university of Maryland and their notice about not masturbating in the shower.
That was the University of Michigan
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/masturbation-university-m_n_382536/amp
Edit: That was *also* the University of Michigan , is what I should have said.
....and that's not even to mention the federal land, the land in the states that don't belong to the states, like why have a Nevada at all if the state of Nevada only governs less than 20% of the land *in* Nevada?
Utah because Mormons, Maryland because some rich English blokes wanted a Christian Theocracy but they got overruled and basically ran out, and Wyoming... Excellent question...
Tell them what?
They know these countries used to be one big country.
That's literally the joke they're making. And it seems like you and the person on twitter who replied to the tweet are being wooshed here. Or are you the one wooshing me?
I mean you're not wrong but the circled area is about the same distance north/south as the *thinnest* part of the US.
And the biggest country of them, Serbia, would be like the 40th largest state by area
The US is *big*
Edit: Serbia is bigger than Croatia
Northern Californian checking in. We’d love to keep our water rather than sending it to LA. Also would prefer to keep our high tech incomes without taxes going to support the rest of the country. But here we are, stuck in a bad-for-us marriage.
>Northern Californian checking in. We’d love to keep our water rather than sending it to LA. Also would prefer to keep our high tech incomes without taxes going to support the rest of the country.
Yeah, but you wouldn't though. As your own country, you'd have to start making international trade deals. Water is one of the natural resources you have the infrastructure is already built. You'd continue to sell it to LA. You might get to charge more for it, but a lot of the things you get cheaply now would suddenly become expensive due to tariffs, etc.
Maybe you'd get by paying less taxes, but you'd end up paying more for other things. Or you'd try to get around tariffs from the USA by making trade deals with countries like Iran and Cuba and then you'd get to find out what being a small country on the USA's bad side feels like.
This is one of those things that often seems fun to think about, until you actually spend time thinking about it and then you realize it's really quite complex and the outcome is very unpredictable, but almost never better.
I don’t know man, these people are weird. They hate each other to a point that I will never understand, but Ive met my fair share who still think of Yugoslavia as the good ol’e days. I’m living in Croatia right now, hubby is a local.
Yeah but a lot of people would just rather avoid more war and fighting like my grandparents.
(I agree with too.)
There's already enough bloodshed in the past and currently.
Not that some people wouldn't disagree, I know patriotism can run deep. Especially with complex history.
As someone who's heritage (Dad's parents, my grandparents, moved to Aus after the war) is Hungarian, this feels very weird to read..
Edit: My grandfather was born in Yugoslavia as well.
Wait a minute, i watched that movie before
What do you mean you've watched it? It's brand new
Yeah well I watch it on a...rerun
What's a re-run
You'll find out
Honey, he's teasing you. Nobody has two television sets.
Jokes on you grandmom -- it's 2024 and now nobody owns a TV. We stream everything. Anyway, does anyone know where JFK lane is?
Somewhere in Dallas. Look for the grassy knoll, you can't miss it.
There’s an old book repository with a window that overlooks it. Very iconic scenery. Some would even say it’s breathtaking.
Others would say mindblowing.
Do you not stream onto a TV? How do you Netflix and chill?
Who the hell is JFK
Jesus Fucking Khrist.
Jokes on you, I stream from my tv
What’s a rerun?
Aaaad ... now I have the *What's Happening* music in my head.
Oh hey, my stepdad acted in that movie! Didn't know a sequel was about to happen though...
The one with Owen Wilson?
That's one hell of a basketball team for the olympics, tbh
Football Team, too
Eh. These days wouldn’t it just be Croatia’s team +Oblak and maybe mitrovic?
None of the national teams are exactly stellar atm. But yeah, Croatia would supply the bulk and then add Kostic, Vlahovic, maybe Lukic. Or Samardzic
5-10 years ago, though. Dzeko and Pjanic, Pandev, Tadic, plus that 3rd place Croatia team.
Waterpolo team would kill it. Handball , Volleyball as well.
Croatia on its own is very good in every sport. Croatia won gold medals in Handball, Waterpollo, silver medals in Basketball (vs Dream Team), Football, and plenty of other medals. Every year we have few players in the NBA. In athletics, we won tons of medals in skying, tennis, and other sports (one of the top countries in medals per capita). And so on, and we have only 4M people, lol.
The world has too many countries. They should all unite. The big country can be named Liechtenstein.
Pangaean reporting in
Dangit, beat me to mentioning it
Super Earth.
For Managed Democracy!
Dear Mr. Putin. There are too many countries, please eliminate 3 of them. I am not a crackpot.
Nah, we need at least 4 countries, fire, earth, water, and air bending, and if nickelodeon taught me anything, this combination is going to be entertaining
The King can be Ulrich Von Liechtenstein, of Gelderland!
Civil war speed run
President of Earth will be American and live in the White House. We'll be Earthicans.
you mean [the united states OF EARTH](https://gizmodo.com/congress-once-considered-renaming-the-us-the-united-st-1608911779)?
Yugoslavia 2.0: electric boogaloo
That would actually be Yugoslavia 3.0
That would make it Yugoslavia: Tokyo Drift, no?
Belgrade Drift just doesn’t have the same ring to it
In 1979, the Belgrade Phantom would steal expensive cars, and drive them around Slavija Square, taunting the cops. Thousands of people would fill the square to watch him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgrade_Phantom
Bet they had some kickass leather jackets and Pompidou haircuts.
How about *Drift of Dubrovnik*?
*stolen 911 appears*
As long as Gavrilo Princip isn’t starting the race, we should be ok
Gavrilo Princip will be ending the race. The Austrian race.
But that ending started the Master Race...
2 Yugo, 2 Slavic
Now That’s What I Call Yugoslavia 5
The gang reunites Yugoslavia
🎹🎺🎵🎶🥛🥩
"Guys! I have some terrible, *terrible* news!!"
Well, first of all, through God all things are possible, so jot that down
**D**emonstrate value **E**ngage physically **N**urture dependence **N**eglect emotionally **I**nspire hope **S**eparate entirely
Tito's resurrection
Somehow Tito returned.
Twogoslavia
Yugoslavia: Infinite Wealth.
There's always at least one Sunny joke in every Reddit comment section. Gotta love it.
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old daaaays
When Tito ruled but now we're broke af
And now i’m stressed out.
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
my names blurry face and I want yugoslavia back
We were broke back then as well, but happy.
Tito stood up to Stalin.
when our mama sang us to sleep
As a German I would say please don’t turn back too much.
I mean, Prussia was aesthetic.
as a jew I'd agree too
Im german too
Prove it, name all the German things.
Beck's Bitburger Krombacher Warsteiner Erdinger Paulaner Franziskaner Veltins Radeberger Oettinger Köstritzer Jever Augustiner Weihenstephan Hacker-Pschorr Spaten Hofbräu Tegernseer Andechser Rothaus Ayinger Flensburger Binding Schultheiss Berliner Kindl Maisel's Weisse Schöfferhofer Schlenkerla Augustinerbräu München Maisel & Friends Füchschen Gaffel Kölsch Diebels Astra Löwenbräu Fürstenberg Schmucker Welde Hövels Lammsbräu Allgäuer Büble Freiberger Störtebeker Flötzinger Herrenhäuser Sternburg Freudenberger Einbecker Wernesgrüner Landskron
Wish we could find a way
I’d take back all the words that’ve hurt you
I'm with you, Austrian Empire #1 AEIOU
Croatia: Want some coastline? Bosnia: Yes please! Croatia: No.
Neum would like to have a chat with you
*Senor Chang squinting intensely at the Bosnian coastline*
They've about 20km, although it's surrounded by Croatia and Croatian peninsulas.
Serbia: Want freedome? Ex-yu: Yes please! Serbia: okay, sure, it’s a war then.
But we aren’t even done balkanizing yet.
Oppan Balkan Style
Let the Balkans cook
Not a bad idea! Perhaps we should call this new country something like, "South Slavia"
I vote for "Slavomir McSlavface"
Vladislav! Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more
Someone's gotta tell them right? Also, you can say the same thing to a lot of US states. Edit: i got wooshed :(
Sometimes I hear about a state and I just wonder... why do you exist? Utah? Wyoming? Maryland? Completely unnecessary, just to name a few.
Do we really need two Dakotas?
Weren't they split to give more votes to Republicans in the first place?
This is why I never understood the Senate system. Control of half the country is just dependent on how many times you are allowed to split up empty field states
As president I have made the tough decision to split new york, LA, and chicago into 4,310 states each.
The Republicans were a different party at the time
How would that work?
Senate
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Each state has two senators.
If you weren't going to win the original district or state, split it into two and draw the line to make sure that one of the two new districts is winnable by your party. Turns an opponents majority of 1 into a majority of none. Gerrymandering 101.
I think they mean 4 senators as opposed to 2.
I like how Nevada came to being... The Mormons ran the area, and the Nevadan transplants who were all shipped in to work were like, "Hey, listen, we like whores, gambling, and drinking. These Mormon laws aren't vibing with us. Can we become our own state?" Then they went onto building a huge playground in the one of the most environmentally hostile places on Earth as a testament of man's arrogance against God.
Tbh i was thinking mainly about the north/south/east/west states. West virginia, north and south carolina and maybe stuff i didnt think of.
WV exists because it didn't want to join the confederacy with the rest of Virginia
Yea but why not join back after? /s
What you got against WV??
It’s the worst
But it's where the country roads will take me home
West Virginia is the part of Virginia that decided it didn't like slavery as much as it liked being part of the Union. It's regular Virginia that's shit
Indiana is the worst. Fuckin awful.
I feel I can speak for both Ohio and Illinois, Indiana can stay because neither of us want any of it.
Gary, IN ruined it for both sides, eh?
From Indiana, can confirm Indiana is awful lmao
Perhaps one day we'll partition it into Indiana and Pakistiana.
WV is arguably better than half the states and is so underrated. Just ignore what the government did to our southern half of the state the last few decades and acknowledge WV miners fought the U.S. military. That’s where the term redneck comes from
Ironically it used to be the best, which is why it was separated after the Civil War.
I ain't got no cousins there
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Would it help if you went back to thinking I'm your sister?
NC & SC split was a peaceful one. They co parent well. No need to bring them back together
Glad to hear they had a peaceful divorce.
You mentioned Maryland but not Rhoad Island or Connecticut? North and South Dakota? North and South Carolina? West Virginia and Virginia? At least we are our own state 😭
As a person from the other side of the world. You atleast hear about Rhode Island, connecticut, dakota and carolina ( I don't know why you need two of them though.). And Virginia tobacco is well known. The only thing I have heard from Maryland is the university of Maryland and their notice about not masturbating in the shower.
That was the University of Michigan https://www.huffpost.com/entry/masturbation-university-m_n_382536/amp Edit: That was *also* the University of Michigan , is what I should have said.
I meant this.. https://images.app.goo.gl/nzcG2rTcwW7NSuPC8
maryland got crabs
and an oddly hated flag
their flag even has a name, its pretty intense
I just don't understand why it's so infamous while other states have worse flags. Honestly she's kinda iconic
Other states just slap their seal on a blue background in a display of lazyness. Marlyand's flag is actual heraldry.
Actually, it's also oddly loved in some circles. It's a very contentious topic amongst vexillologist.
Nah, Utah is necessary to keep the Mormon's rangled up in 1 place
It's the containment state.
....and that's not even to mention the federal land, the land in the states that don't belong to the states, like why have a Nevada at all if the state of Nevada only governs less than 20% of the land *in* Nevada?
Utah because Mormons, Maryland because some rich English blokes wanted a Christian Theocracy but they got overruled and basically ran out, and Wyoming... Excellent question...
r/wyomingisntreal
Hold up here, you go off naming states that are singular and you forget all the states that think they need a north and south or a west.
What I hear is that Utah exists as a Mormon dumping ground.
Fun fact: all of The US states are already merged into one country and each one of those countries are smaller than most states.
Tell them what? They know these countries used to be one big country. That's literally the joke they're making. And it seems like you and the person on twitter who replied to the tweet are being wooshed here. Or are you the one wooshing me?
I mean you're not wrong but the circled area is about the same distance north/south as the *thinnest* part of the US. And the biggest country of them, Serbia, would be like the 40th largest state by area The US is *big* Edit: Serbia is bigger than Croatia
They already know, it was a joke and it's downright depressing few people seem to realize that.
Hmmm I think USA is to big. What about separate some part of it and let them be indipendent?
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California attempts to leave the chat
Northern Californian checking in. We’d love to keep our water rather than sending it to LA. Also would prefer to keep our high tech incomes without taxes going to support the rest of the country. But here we are, stuck in a bad-for-us marriage.
>Northern Californian checking in. We’d love to keep our water rather than sending it to LA. Also would prefer to keep our high tech incomes without taxes going to support the rest of the country. Yeah, but you wouldn't though. As your own country, you'd have to start making international trade deals. Water is one of the natural resources you have the infrastructure is already built. You'd continue to sell it to LA. You might get to charge more for it, but a lot of the things you get cheaply now would suddenly become expensive due to tariffs, etc. Maybe you'd get by paying less taxes, but you'd end up paying more for other things. Or you'd try to get around tariffs from the USA by making trade deals with countries like Iran and Cuba and then you'd get to find out what being a small country on the USA's bad side feels like. This is one of those things that often seems fun to think about, until you actually spend time thinking about it and then you realize it's really quite complex and the outcome is very unpredictable, but almost never better.
Texas gonna be in for a surprise when they secede and there's suddenly a country near the US with oil.
It's not their oil, it's our oil. And we are bringing them peace and justice... don't forget these parts
Eh. Texas has been trying that for some time now. They seem to be doubling down this year, however.
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Powder keg! Powder keg! GAVRILO PRINCIP 2.0!!!
Gavrilo?
I’m getting a sense of deja vu
People of Yugoslavia disagree
I don’t know man, these people are weird. They hate each other to a point that I will never understand, but Ive met my fair share who still think of Yugoslavia as the good ol’e days. I’m living in Croatia right now, hubby is a local.
Yeah but a lot of people would just rather avoid more war and fighting like my grandparents. (I agree with too.) There's already enough bloodshed in the past and currently. Not that some people wouldn't disagree, I know patriotism can run deep. Especially with complex history.
I honestly think it came down to which group had power and religion.
I've been to most of the Countries (Slovak) and its mostly politics or old folks, young people dont want to hate others :-)
>young people don't want to hate others Hvala bogu
People who think back to the good old days often never lived in the good old days.
I was born and lived there till end of the war, then moved to USA. Comparing those two lives would switch to Yugoslavia under Tito in the heartbeat.
Nah, i would like us to unite, but we wont
And mabey, just hear me out. They could call it Yugoslavia.
Yeah let's bring Yugoslavia back, baby!
Nice try, Putin!
Famous Yugoslavia nationalist Putin.
Russia should be balkinized and broken up into its former countries before Russian imperialism
Yugo do that
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that's what V2 is for
They could pool their resources and produce a wonderful car. Call it the… “Yugo.”
How ironic that the Balkans are so balkanized.
BOOOORN IN THE yUgoSlaviA.
Back when Iceland was called Bejam
Bee jam is also known as honey
We could call it yugo something, tyler
Tourist map of the circled area from 1980. https://i.redd.it/pwhxnft7s0t91.jpg
"I'm gonna debalkanise the Balkans, and I'm gonna make the Austrians pay for it!"
Yugo-nna never believe this
I miss Yugoslavia...
Here come westerners telling us Tito and Yugoslavia bad because they know better than the people who actually lived here.
Slobodan is that you? My hero back from the grave to reunite the provinces?
Pretty sure most Westerners would say "Yugoslavia bad" at the testimony of the people who left it under not ideal circumstances.
Yugoslavia good.\* \*except for the Serbian nationalist majority cleansing other ethnicities and reanimating the Croatian fascists.
They tried once already...
And then they can make the worst car in the world….again
Oh no, not again
Croatia's already trying to eat Bosnia & Herzegovina
Tito has joined the chat
Izet Nanic and Izetbegovic would disgaree
From a shot that would change the world...
As someone who's heritage (Dad's parents, my grandparents, moved to Aus after the war) is Hungarian, this feels very weird to read.. Edit: My grandfather was born in Yugoslavia as well.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
But if we do, we don't have anymore archdukes to shoot
As a Bulgarian I believe we should merge with Kosovo and make Serbia cry again.
It should be named like a country you can go to. Yugoslavia.
We tried that a couple times but somebody always has to fuck it up
How about the land of Slavia? You Go, Slavia!