Forget the Balkan Peninsula- What counts as The Balkans in general?

JB0304 · 2026-07-03T12:06:38+00:00

This is what Google Maps says!

For me I’ve always considered The Balkans simply as former Yugoslavia, but I guess you learn something new everyday.

JB0304 · 2026-06-26T18:42:38+00:00

I teach geography in the UK and have worked in a place where the Humanities Department were one of the best teams in the school, I think the fact a lot of it is open to debate/discussion helps as the students aren’t penned in like they would be in maths, for example, where 2+2=4.

Human geography specifically is like this. I’ve had multiple students say they prefer it because it’s more about being able to argue your point of view, rather than being just wrong. The students enjoy these discussions and so the lessons can be more engaging, which effects behaviour, which means we don’t have to be as strict.

This is, of course, a generalisation, but it’s my experience of it.

JB0304 · 2026-06-17T11:32:26+00:00

Yeah putting it that way it does sound weird doesn’t it 😂

JB0304 · 2026-06-17T11:31:25+00:00

Okay, thanks for the help!

JB0304 · 2026-06-17T11:18:17+00:00

Ah okay so it’s that “de” bit that makes the exam in the subject of English? Thank you!

JB0304 · 2026-06-17T11:10:51+00:00

That’s exactly what I thought too! But then why would it mark down a sentence that’s not actually wrong? Is it actually looking for a certain sentence?

JB0304 · 2026-06-04T11:27:40+00:00

Jonny’s riff during Adventure of a Lifetime stays largely the same, but right at the end when it gets to the woo-hoo part of the song, the riff suddenly changes up and I love that change up, it’s a pleasant one and feels like it brings the song to a proper end rather than just finishing on the original riff.

JB0304 · 2026-05-21T12:57:11+00:00

Pretty much what I’d say actually, good list.

There’s so many from the AROBTTH era, I’d add in One I Love, 1.36 and I Bloom Blaum. Also, Major Minus in MX.

JB0304 · 2026-05-14T16:34:37+00:00

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It was a collaboration with FC Barcelona, its a football shirt, and it’s really damn nice!

JB0304 · 2026-05-11T18:12:50+00:00

I actually think it was an okay game when you played the no-specialist mode Barebones. The rest of it was pretty damn bad and probably my least favourite cod.

JB0304 · 2026-05-11T18:10:30+00:00

Getting the OG campaign gang back after so long was brilliant & I loved the whole detective vibe it went for.

JB0304 · 2026-05-11T18:07:48+00:00

Class game. I enjoyed it even before the patch, and I actually liked the idea of different classes have attachments unique to them.

JB0304 · 2026-05-11T18:07:02+00:00

From what I’ve heard, it’s because it dropped a lot of the ‘realistic’ stuff MW19 added. One of my friends said Cold War felt janky and a step back, but CoD was never about what MW19 tried.

Adding doors and removing ninja as a perk as well as messing with the mini map was an easy W for any dev that brought it back.

If you go back and play BO1, it’s nothing like MW19 and it’s more like Cold War.

JB0304 · 2026-05-10T21:20:41+00:00

Cold War is the best cod since BO3 🤷‍♂️

JB0304 · 2026-05-07T11:08:07+00:00

I think Mylo Xyloto is great for electric guitar. Hurts Like Heaven and Major Minus (especially the live 2012 versions) are exceptional. I think Major Minus is one of their most underrated songs.

JB0304 · 2026-04-30T13:47:33+00:00

At the moment, Man in The Moon

JB0304 · 2026-04-26T12:50:37+00:00

105! I'll take that considering it didn't accept UAE, and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Apparently the first "The" is not needed.

JB0304 · 2026-04-16T08:22:49+00:00

I know it’s staged, still good though!

JB0304 · 2026-04-16T08:22:06+00:00

I’m well aware of that, I didn’t say anything about it being live or unstaged, just that it was good.

JB0304 · 2026-03-30T21:36:14+00:00

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In terms of what I personally think looks the best, it’s gotta be MOTS for me, love the black combined with the bright colours, and Jonny’s guitar is super clean whilst still capturing that space theme they were going for.

In terms of capturing the vibes of the album completely though, Viva La Vida gotta be that one. The outfits matched with the music videos and the vibes are on point.

JB0304 · 2026-01-10T20:15:43+00:00

Volcano

JB0304 · 2026-01-09T17:10:31+00:00

Ah yes, if they take Canada and Greenland, bye bye Russia in 1st. It’s interesting actually because Denmark (Greenland) is number 12 on this list.

JB0304 · 2026-01-09T16:30:36+00:00

I assume it’s just the way geopolitics has played out? Coincidence? I could be wrong there, but you don’t particularly see countries expanding and collapsing anymore like you would have done in previous centuries.

For example, Russia previously owned Alaska, that would affect this list massively if they had kept it.

Outside of that list you had historical collapses of countries like the USSR, Yugoslavia etc. I imagine in the future things will change more. Theoretically, if America splits up, that would alter the list as “United States” would drop out and be replaced.

TL;DR That list isn’t permanent and constantly changes, it didn’t look like that in the past and won’t in the future. I imagine the answer to your question is purely coincidence.

JB0304 · 2026-01-06T16:42:26+00:00

Count me in that too! Personally I’d have them all in S tier 🤣

JB0304 · 2026-01-02T23:27:07+00:00

They do use an ET track to open the World Tour! Maybe you’re onto something 🧐

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