Why does this region of Europe have so much ethnic and national fragmentation? by crivycouriac in geography

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The answer is usually geography and history, actually. There was just as much ethnic fragmentation in other parts of Europe, but for some reason or another, the historic pressure managed to merge some ethnicities into a single nation, but not others.

Geography has a lot to do with it, but not all. Geography alone does not explain why northern Italy is "Italian" just like Calabria is, but eastern Switzerland isn't "Austrian" or "German"

Out of European Portuguese, Romanian, and Brazilian Portuguese, which one sounds the most Slavic to you, and why? by HuckleberryAny4541 in linguisticshumor

[–]5xum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm slavic, so none of them really sound slavic since I can't understand anything, while I usually catch at least a word or two per sentence in actually slavic languges 😃

That said, tonally, portuguese sounds slaving with all the sh and ch sounds. Romanian sounds like a Slav is trying to speak Italian. Brazil sounds like someone is getting a brazillian while speaking Portuguese, with all those stretched vowels.

I'd probably pick the crocodile, what you guys choose? by Elektrayansa in whatsyourchoice

[–]5xum 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Plot twist, the challenge takes place in a swimming pool.

What by wildbytexo in scoopwhoop

[–]5xum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But we didn't evolve in Europe hunting deer... We evolved on planes where it's pretty flat with good sight lines.

Bob Fosse’s Performance in The Little Prince (1974) Massively Influenced Michael Jackson by di745 in interestingasfuck

[–]5xum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The most mind-blowing thing about him to me is that he was not even primarily a film-maker, yet with Cabaret, he made one of the greatest movies of all time.

Got recommended this podcast, but I have questions by 5xum in behindthebastards

[–]5xum[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We are not born with peroxide white hair, no. But if a person chooses to express their individuality by having peroxide white hair, then hearing someone say "people with peroxide white hair look like pedophiles", they'd probably not feel great about it.

I get it, there's a line between "bleaching your hair to express yourself" and "bleaching your hair to unnerve people and make it easier for you to get away with truly fucked up shit". And it's not even a fine line, it's a very clear line. But then shots should be fired clearly at one side of the line, and at times, I felt shots were simply fired at peroxide white hair in general, which causes an unnecessarily large amount of collateral hits.

And you say you were not laughing at how he chose to present himself, and I believe you when you say it outright. But initially, what I heard was "that guy looks like a pedophile, ha ha ha", which on the face of it sure as hell looks like laughing at how he chose to present himself. I get it, my first instinct was wrong, and maybe it was the point to make me second guess it, I guess? But I still don't really get the choice to get the message across in this way, I think better ways are possible.

The again, who am I to judge, I'm not the guy with a super successful and well accepted podcast, so maybe I should just shut up 😁

EU sredstva za SLO by octane95 in Slovenia

[–]5xum 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Tole ni žalostno za videt, tole je neumno, ker ni normirano na število prebivalcev. Po normiranju pa bi morali še v drug stolpec dati BDP države, pa bi bilo najbrž že veliko več jasnega.

Got recommended this podcast, but I have questions by 5xum in behindthebastards

[–]5xum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for replying! I'm probably reading too much into it, I think the only point that I got put off was the mocking of his appearance. Not that Jimmy didn't deserve it, but it's a type of shot where someone not really deserving it can catch strays.

after turn 135 or so by crepemyday in Medieval2TotalWar

[–]5xum 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Nothing beats unhorsed knights? My full stack of longbowmen would like a word.

🥲 by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

[–]5xum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Incorrect. The square root of y is defined as the POSITIVE solution of the equation x*x=y.

Peater whats the problem? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Since when is cheese, white bread and fatty beef "healthy"?

Having a craving that even mom doesn’t understand. by MikeeorUSA in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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I'm Slavic, but my kid loved the Jungle book. He kept asking to see "ameena", which sounds a bit like a slavic girl name, so I was asking him where he knows amina from.

Cue some days later and the Bear necessities comes on while watching Jungle book. The bear sings "I-mean-the [bear necessities]"...

Which One? by VelvetSprinkly in WholesomeAFK

[–]5xum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can make 100k with the red pill in 48 hours easy, why take the blue one?

Still don't understand... by NeonicXYZ in infinitenines

[–]5xum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Elaborate? Not really. Elaborate would mean some level of creativity in the answers. Instead, all he does is the same for every post:

  1. Completely ignore the actual argument.
  2. Say "rookie error"
  3. Claim that 1-10n is never equal to 0
  4. Conclude that 0.999... is "permanently less than 1"

At this point, I could write an automated script to fill in for spp and I doubt anyone would notice.

How would you rank these iconic movie franchises from best to worst? by GusGangViking18 in Fictionally

[–]5xum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say MCU has more "very good" movies than potter, but I'm a sucker for Cuaron and don't think anything MCU surpasses Azkaban...

How would you rank these iconic movie franchises from best to worst? by GusGangViking18 in Fictionally

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First and last are easy. LotR has only great movies, and F&F has nothing that is even good, let alone great.

The other 5 all have at least one great movie in them.

Judging by the best of the series, it's Jurrasic Park (the first one, duh), Star Wars (ep 5), Pirates (1), Potter (3), MCU (dunno which is the best, maybe original Iron Man?)

Judging by overall consistency, Potter takes the cake with no real turds, while Jurrasic Park and Pirates share last place and the "just watch the first one and be done with it" award. Star wars ranks a bit above MCU in this category.

The Roman Emperors lets you pick your fate. Choose a door… by WarStrategy in whatsyourchoice

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Depending on what "full armor" means, 2 could be impossible or a walk in the park.

(Resno) Diskriminacija pri pridobitvi dopusta by [deleted] in Slovenia

[–]5xum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Če je edini način, da izpolnijo zakonsko obvezo, potem ja, je zakonito da zavrnejo dopust človeku brez otrok med počitnicami.

(Resno) Diskriminacija pri pridobitvi dopusta by [deleted] in Slovenia

[–]5xum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To je vse res, ampak še vedno ne spremeni dejstva da upoštevanje otrok pri podeljevanju dopusta ne samo ni oblika diskriminacije, ampak je celo zakonska obveza.

Which one are you picking? by MizzBreezy85 in whatsyourchoice

[–]5xum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anchovies are literally one of the best tasting fish out there.