#the balkans

[olgaofkievv]

HELP THIS IS SO FUNNY

[ratbuffoon]

Does everyone justify people having health complications because of a weather change or is it just the Balkans bc I'm going to go crazy over people justifying the craziest health cases with "It rained after a few warm days"

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

FUCKIN UH, CLOWN ISOPOD (Armadilladium klugii)

Have you seen the clown isopod (Armadillidium klugii)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onNov 20, 2025

[lforlimbo]

Unbeing dead isn't being alive

[memories-of-ancients]

History of the Balkans Every Year

from Ollie Bye

[nooneinnportant]

Living in the balkans is so weird bc you'll have the greeks and the macedonians fighting over where Alexander the Great was really from, and then theres some random ass dude saying well Alexander the Great's mother sisters uncles brothers fathers cousin twice removed was ilirian so hes actually albanian.

Like, dude... nobody fucking asked you.

[zoeyserpentluck]

I don’t think a lot of people (especially those not living in the balkans and Eastern Europe) understand the meaning of Rim Tim Tagi Dim. It’s a song about saying goodbye to your family, your birthplace, everyone you know and everything you have ever known. It’s about your parents sacrificing what little they have to give you a better life (the “I’m going away and I sold my cow” line), bc let’s be real a lot of you don’t understand how much livestock meant to people here even as little as 20-30 years ago (there is a saying “it’s better for the wife to die than the cow”). Rim Tim Tagi Dim is about going away and not being sure if you will be able to see your family even twice a year. And people still have to move away from the villages but not just that. It’s about the diaspora that had to move away to be able to get fair pay for their work, to be able to have a life. It’s a beautiful song that deserved to win for its meaning (and the cats!)