For the ask meme: 10, 15, 16, 26, 29 (if it's not to much)
10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?
honestly not big on swearing in BG, but “мамка му” is good for letting out frustraton
15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?
Kinda topical, but during the initial stages of the pandemic in March-May, when BG went into pretty strict lockdown, we had a meme with the head of the covid response uuuh... governmental division? idk what it’s named, but basically they had these daily briefings and journalists often asked him stupid questions about individual cases and whether people would be allowed to leave if <whatever not actually important thing happened that they needed to attend to> and he would respond “no they cant” or “no they are not allowed (to leave their homes)” etc in a very final tone. So it became a meme format where you would put pop cultural references (and not only) that had something to do with going out or leaving in the top panel and then on the bottom there’s him responding with sth like “no, you’re not going anywhere”
(Honorable mention for “скрита лимонка” cause it’s an expression I’ve wished my foreign friends could get so many times)
16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?
I can’t think of any specific stereotype about Bulgaria rn, but two-in-one answer I guess. I hate it when Westerners talk about BG and any other EE country as a dump and about how backwards our thinking is, but at the same time as a Bulgarian (and I’ve talked to other ppl from neighbouring countries who’ve shared similar feelings) I hate how backwards we actually are. The sentiment that tolerance and being against bigotry are things that will corrupt your children is very strong and I don’t hold out much hope that much will change soon, but at the same time I will not stand for Westerners speaking in the same general way, because there are nuances to the whole thing that they absolutely do not get.
29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?
I’m from Varna, on the northern side of the coast and the beef is with the other large coastal town in the south - Burgas, about which city is the best on on the coast
just answered 26, glad two people asked so now i have an excuse for going off about it there
