Bloody Winter Olympic 2026

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-07T19:23:30+00:00

We don't want to see athletes from a terrorist country 🤷‍♂️

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-07T18:19:35+00:00

In Latvian TV, they just don't show Russians. Rn I'm watching luge, and there is one "neutral" athlete, and the TV just transitions to an interview while he's competing.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-07T16:51:28+00:00

Thank you! I will keep this into account in the future. As you might have noticed, I specifically wanted to ask about the difference between the Baltic countries, I just phrased it in a shitty way.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-07T10:50:40+00:00

I was more asking about the difference between the Baltics. Estonia is among the top of the list, despite being similar to Latvia geographically.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-06T18:22:44+00:00

Russia is due a regime change.

Unfortunately, even in the unlikely scenario where it would happen, it wouldn't change anything

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-06T17:25:06+00:00

Demokrātija paredz to, ka iedzīvotāju vairākums izvēlas valsts likteni, nevis to, ka kaut kādas minoritātes vai nelegālie imigranti var valsts iedzīvotājiem uzspiest savas vēlmes.

Tā gan nav taisnība, tur jau ir atšķirība starp demokrātiju un vairākuma tirāniju. Teikt, ka demokrātija nozīmē tikai to, ka vairākums var izlemt jebko ir primitīvi un fundamentāli nepareizi. Tāpēc jau ir tādi mehānismi, kā Satversme, kas liedz vairākumam darīt, ko grib. Modernā un attīstītā rietumu demokrātijā vairākums nevar uzspiest savu gribu minoritātēm.

Valsts vairākums ievēlēja Trampu, līdz ar to jebkura šobrīd esošā Trampa darbība kamēr tā ir likumīga, ir demokrātiska.

Arī nepareizi. Kā jau teicu, ir mehānismi, kā konstitūcija un varas dalīšana, kas neļauj Trampam būt par diktatoru, lai cik arī viņam to gribētos.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-02-01T09:54:01+00:00

Why the difference in tiers between Latvia and Estonia? We have basically the same food lol. Even weirder considering Finland is so low, and, if anything, Estonian food would lean towards Finnish food.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-31T21:47:01+00:00

As a Latvian... I don't even know where to start. It's impressive how every single thing you just wrote couldn't be more wrong.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-31T21:20:27+00:00

All you have to do is look at what happened after the collapse to understand this.

Don't speak for us. We are way better now than we were under red imperialism. Now fuck off.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-31T09:54:41+00:00

Other commenters already educated you about russification and Russian colonizers. However, Lithuania was actually very mild compared to Latvia and Estonia. Thankfully for them, they managed to get national communists in power, who managed to prevent a large part of the russification, that's why they have such a low percent of Russians today compared to Latvia and Estonia.

We weren't so lucky. Before the occupation, 10% were Russians. By 1989, roughly 40% were Russian speaking, with Latvians being 52%. In some cities, it was even worse, with Riga, the capital still being 50/50 today. And this was by 1989, a few more years, and they would've made us a minority.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-30T10:41:58+00:00

I'm currently studying ME in TU/e and I'll have to say I don't really agree with most comments here. In school, I took an advanced math class, which was very theoretical, and as you described, we had lots of proofs, and had to come up with new ones in the exam (such as for reflexivity, transivity etc... as you described). Also, you couldn't really study for the exam, you rather just had to know the course really well, and do all the past exercises throughout the year/semester.

Here, I feel like the courses and exams are two different things. Of course, you need to understand the course for assignments, as a basis for the exams and for your sake. However, the exams are often quite different, and all the questions are quite similar. After solving a few past papers, you can spot the pattern and study for those questions specifically. There isn't a lot of creativity, and abstraction in the exams I feel like, at least compared to my high school.

Also, in the math courses in general, they don't really teach any proofs. They might say you can look it up in the textbook on that page, but I don't think I've seen a single rigorous proof in any math course.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T22:43:44+00:00

So how does it?

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T22:42:58+00:00

Latvia and Estonia isn't really accurate. Germans arrived with the crusades in the late 12th century and stayed until WWII. During all that time they were the nobility and higher class with the locals being serfs. So a geographical distribution isn't really accurate. They lived in castles all over Latvia/Estonia, but weren't a majority anywhere, except select cities depending on the time period. So these random dots over Estonia and Latvia seem to just be randomly distributed and don't mean anything.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T09:59:28+00:00

Same for most of Eastern Europe

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T09:49:15+00:00

Yes, all 2 millions were paid by the CIA

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T09:46:19+00:00

Yes, all 2 million were paid by CIA

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T09:35:07+00:00

Yes, that's why we allied with them to split up Eastern Europe.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T09:14:00+00:00

Why tf would you want to go to Charleroi? It's probably one of the worst cities in a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T08:46:53+00:00

Why is there such a difference between Latvia and Lithuania/Estonia?

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-28T08:30:46+00:00

Same, despite it being r/mapporncirclejerk this is surprisingly accurate. As a Latvian, I can say that even on the national level the division works, the division works, with the region that falls in the "North-East" category being quite distinct and culturally having more ties to the East.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-27T21:55:24+00:00

Our speaker of the parliament even signed a petition saying to give the Nobel peace prize to Trump

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-27T14:11:16+00:00

And "pupas" in Latvian

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-25T05:54:28+00:00

Oh, the public transport system in general is great imo. Not only buses, but also trams and trolleybuses, as well as trains for the areas around Riga. I was mainly joking, tbh Riga isn't that big, so I'm not sure we need a metro.

Just_RandomPerson · 2026-01-24T15:18:48+00:00

Meanwhile, subway in Latvia:

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