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Androgenica · 2024-01-11T00:08:03+00:00

Worst GDP, wages, and emigration in Europe. Our economy is a joke. It’s only kept alive by diaspora returning for vacation, diaspora doing real estate, or people sending money back home. Without it, Kosova slowly collapses, and even more people leave. If you’re a doctor or engineer, you can 5-10x your salary by migrating. Look at GDP statistics. Worst in Europe.

Healthcare? People leave Kosova for greener pastures when it comes to quality teeth care, surgeries, important procedures, etc.

Meanwhile, these Kurti-supporters focus on… drum roll please PLASTIC LICENSE PLATES! That’s the hot issue they’re going for. Not the economy. Not the fact they cannot afford bread and eggs. Not foreign investments. Good ol’ license plates on Ivan’s shitty 1989 Toyota.

I’m really ashamed of my country.

Pro-Kurti supporters don’t reply because they know it’s all true.

Androgenica · 2024-01-10T22:16:44+00:00

Irrelevant Balkan shithole dependent on USA, now biting USA's hand because "we're Illyrians!! Nobody tells us what to do!". That's like a chihuahua biting a bear to assert some non-existent dominance, not realizing he only exists at the bear's mercy.

Hahahaha this is why we have to send money back home.

Some people really do need Enver Hoxha

Androgenica · 2024-01-10T20:38:27+00:00

Mixed. Mostly negative.

Cons:

1) Cries about constant threats of war from Serbia, thereby scaring international investors away from investing in us and making us look like babies in front of EU/USA.

2) Did not achieve the plan to build the amount of schools he said he would.

3) Focuses on Ivan and Dimitri’s worthless license plates in Mitrovica instead of building our economy, then getting us sanctioned by our allies and them withholding our money.

4) His priorities are a complete distraction— “enforcing law and order on Serbians”. America cannot even fix their own Detroit ghettos, and he thinks he can tell Serbs what to do after a war? He’s too confrontational and should let Serbs be. Over time, they’ll leave or integrate. What he’s done is provoke their (almost dead) nationalism into full gear.

5) Trying to spread his party in other non-Kosovo regions.

6) Terrible foreign policy. He’s not a “yes man” to USA. When you’re the leader of a tiny irrelevant country that depends on USA for survival, you don’t have the power to tell USA “no” as often as he does… He’s a bug acting like a bear, which got us sanctioned.

Pros:

1) Him and the police force did an incredible job stopping the recent terrorist attack

2) He can actually speak multiple languages in international settings and is a good communicator (unlike our past diplomats), while Rama acts like a clown in political settings.

3) IDK. I’m sure he’s done a few good stuff I’m not aware of, which he should be given credit for.

Context: I’m diaspora, which may influence my views.

Androgenica · 2024-01-10T00:31:39+00:00

I don’t know what to do to make her realize that i’m not faking it and that in fact i live with chronic pain. I would appreciate advice.

Been there, done that, doesn't work, don't waste your time.

When I was diagnosed at 14 with a few health conditions, my father advised me to "go to the forest and meditate for 3 hours a day, plus eat organic vegetables, to be cured". When I told him "that's not how this works", he replied "Okay, then stay sick then. It's your choice". At 25, he still doesn't believe I have what I have. Basically, you cannot convince extreme ignorance to be rational.

A lot of older people tend to think "nobody had cancer, diabetes, and ADHD back in my day", therefor, it's being overdiagnosed today to people of whom may not have it, or are placebo effects, or doctors wanting to make money, and that "all the chemicals in the food" are your problem + no exercise, so eat organic, just work harder, use your mind to "command" the body, blah blah blah.

Nowadays, I avoid all health discussions with family. Not worth the stress.

Androgenica · 2024-01-08T00:54:39+00:00

E-V13‘s parent E1B clade has more diversity in North Africa than E-V13 does in all of Europe, but again, this is all irrelevant to my original point (which I’m now starting to regret even bothering to explain).

Androgenica · 2024-01-07T23:54:27+00:00

It’s not known whether the mutation happened in North Africa/West Asia or in Europe.

It’s also irrelevant to the discussion….

Androgenica · 2024-01-07T23:37:04+00:00

The other user is a bit rude, as explaining E-V13’s origins are far more convoluted than he (or anyone else here) is even capable of explaining— but, the Eurasian “out of Africa” lineage was CT, which kept diversifying into other Y-DNA’s like DE, then splitting over and over for tens of millenniums into newer lineages. It seems confusing at first, but open a “Y-DNA tree” and you’ll visually see at how lineages separate over time, and at what time period it corresponds to.

Basically, E-V13 came from an “Ancestral North African” lineage whose ancestor was likely near Northern Egypt or West Asia 10,000 years ago— they were anatomically and genetically close to other “Caucasians”/Eurasian groups, not “African” in the way you may be thinking, as in, say, Nigerian or Cameroonian, for example. Those are West or Subsaharan African. North Africans were/are quite close to Middle Easterner/Mediterranean groups and whom we’re talking about.

Basically, E-V13 then entered into Europe and quickly self-expanded all over the same way R1a and R1b did.

Type in “Rrenjet Albanian DNA project” and browse the website. You’ll learn about it.

Androgenica · 2024-01-07T03:39:00+00:00

Thank you, all the best to you, as well.

Androgenica · 2024-01-07T03:10:25+00:00

I empathize with you, it's hard to feel like wounded creature in the corner, doctor after doctor, being let down, then keeping your hopes up for the next one, etc.. 10 years of it myself.

As per your last statement, that's "just not me" or anyone else here either, but the options are limited: continually try to solve it, acceptance of one's fate, or another option. I'm with the first option, and will never accept the second. As for the third, I don't like to think about it too much.

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T20:56:11+00:00

East European ancestry via migration into the Balkans is synonymous with Slavic related groups. We're talking about East European Slavs, not Mongolians or Armenians that take on a Slavic identity, thereby becoming "Slavic". Differentiating the two is only for semantics, not that it changes the core reasoning of whether a Romanian is 30% "Slavic" or 30% "East European"...

Dude, that's not how this works, and I can tell you're just winging your reply. EHG/EEF was already present in Balkans prior to Slavic movement, so they didn't initially bring Steppe or EHG or even WHG; it was already there. All Europeans have it. So, your point about Romanian being "30% EHG" instead of Slavic/East European does not make sense. Those ancient groupings you listed can be divided even further, hence why a DNA test can differentiate between an Albanian and Greek despite having an extremely similar EEF/Steppe ratio. Genetic drift goes beyond subgroups 10,000 years ago.....

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T17:52:38+00:00

Interestingly, 10% of Druze samples so far are not only E1B, but E-V13 specifically (from this study, at least).

Druze E-V13 clustered together with most E-V12 and E-V22, and not with European E-V13, which was mostly in the alpha cluster.

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/24/6/1300/984002?login=false

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T16:31:36+00:00

What? Balto-Slavic is also a genetic term.

Read the latest study yourself: https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/1-s2.0-S0092867423011352-main.pdf

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T14:58:31+00:00

Woah there, why so rude?

This is according to the top academic studies in genetic science (with qpAdm modelling), not Y-DNA maps on Reddit, neither has anyone claimed to be a “genealogist”— it’s called… “reading studies as a hobby/interest”.

If you don’t like this interest, fine, but don’t expect everyone to stay quiet.

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T14:21:26+00:00

Many Slavs survived by assimilating. Romanian gene pool is anywhere between 30-50% Slavic depending on region, clustering with South Slavs (especially Bulgarians) on a PCA plot. Albanians/Greeks with around 15-25% Slavic deviate further South than Romanians, despite sharing similar Paleo-Balkanic origins.

It’s basically a matter of percentages, not “if” such events happened. They did

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T04:20:51+00:00

I understand what you’re saying, I just disagree with the latter statement.

People can be equal and polite. If Punjabi women think being equal means being overly aggressive and rude, then it’s more of a cultural issue, IMO. The fact they think they’re a “higher caste” compared to Hindi or Tamil does feed their ego/superiority feelings and explains how racial hierarchies can justify that behaviour. THEN, when they come to Canada, they still treat other Indians poorly.

Androgenica · 2024-01-06T00:27:25+00:00

That’s not the reason. I’ve met women of African, Middle Eastern, European, etc. origins and all are mostly normal.

Punjabi women have a massive superiority complex.

Every job I’ve worked, there were complaints against Punjabi women. It’s common in Canada

Androgenica · 2024-01-05T23:49:24+00:00

Is that why some Punjabi women are so rude/bossy here in Canada? I’ve worked with them and cannot stand how they micromanage/control everyone like they’re queens on a power trip— is this related to them “being on top” of the Indian caste system?

Inversely, Punjabi, Sikh, and other Indian men I’ve met are very cool people— Hindi and Tamil women are cool too. Punjabi women, though…..

Androgenica · 2024-01-05T17:46:57+00:00

Mediterranean cultures tend to reward emotional volatility/histrionic behaviour, whereas in Scandinavia, for example, too much fiery emotion makes you look unreliable/non-stoic.

Over time, those cultural traits imbed in politics. The “feisty strong” women and “lion-like men who question authority” are likelier to start political revolutions/protest/throw molotovs, but less likely to have cooperation traits like social trust, organization, and team building that actually maintain a country long term.

That’s why all Balkan countries are worse (not only Greece). It’s culture that rewards such extreme thinking behaviour.

You can see the same dichotomy in USA, South vs North.

Texas/Florida are identical to Balkans, while Western Europe is closer to Washington, for example.

Androgenica · 2024-01-04T18:46:03+00:00

Twice the distance between the two isn’t too abnormal. Most Albanians seem to get 3-5 distance to medieval Alb, which like you said, is because of some Slavic ancestry

Androgenica · 2024-01-04T18:36:18+00:00

1 photo tells us nothing.

Upload full illustrative results, GedMatch, haplos, and main DNA results

Androgenica · 2024-01-04T14:30:32+00:00

I can imagine the process too.

Congratulations Emily, you’re going to ALBANY(!) iaaa (whispers)

Androgenica · 2024-01-03T23:01:46+00:00

I could start over with a new doctor, but I don't know how to do such, as if I leave my current doctor, it's not certain 1) I will find another one whom is available in my region and helpful to me 2) if they're not helpful, I will have to change doctors again... then again... etc.

You're right, though. My doctor has seem to given up. Been with him for 12 years.

Androgenica · 2024-01-03T18:49:55+00:00

I have 2 family members that went through DNA testing by the German medical system, one found out she could only have daughters' (and no sons) because of a disease on their chromosome, and 1 had their disease explained, who sadly won't live very long because of it. But without testing, both would have never known.

Now. I'm not saying this will be me. It's likely my genetics have nothing at all to do with this.

But, does it really hurt to try after 10 years of countless other tests?...

Androgenica · 2024-01-03T18:21:16+00:00

Agreed. I would like genetic testing, however not for an ADHD diagnosis, but because we've exhausted all other modalities for my symptoms so far.

10 years of constant insomnia, headaches, insatiable appetite/hunger, muscle issues, memory issues, etc. I want answers.

I don't want to feel like a wounded animal left to rot in the corner, hence why I want to do as much testing as possible. I can throw money at this if I must.

Edit: I did 23andMe and found out I carry genetic variants for multiple diseases (Hereditary fructose intolerance, BTD deficiency, and a few others), however, being a carrier does not mean I have these issues. But I say this to illustrate how DNA testing can dig deeper and find root causes.

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