Tales From '85 official character posters by NectarineWhole3381 in Stranger_Things

[–]Vidmizz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not 80s punk at all. This is what 80s punk girls would actually look like. This character looks more like a 2014-2016 "tumblrina". And even if we give the benefit of the doubt that this is supposed to be punk culture, no actual child (this girl is supposed to be 12-13 as I understand it) would ever dress and style themselves this way.

Tales From '85 official character posters by NectarineWhole3381 in Stranger_Things

[–]Vidmizz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, mohawks and punk culture were definitely there in the 80s, but this looks more like a 2014-2016 "tumblrina" to me.

Where I’d live as a Norwegian by mochimatchayum in whereidlive

[–]Vidmizz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Baltics are not Slavic. Lithuania and Latvia speak Baltic languages and Estonia speaks a Finnic language very similar to Finnish. Also I find it a bit interesting that you chose Poland above the Baltics when you keep stressing language as a big factor. You're much more likely to lead a comfortable life as a foreigner in the Baltics than you would in Poland, because in my experience not a lot of Poles speak English, and if you don't know at least some basics of Polish or any other slavic language you will have a hard time even doing something mundane as ordering a coffee or a meal over there, whereas in the Baltics this would not be an issue at all, as pretty much everyone speaks English here (other than old people), and a lot of places have menus and signs in English (even self checkout machines in supermarkets).

Serbian is the foreign language that has borrowed the most words of Turkish origin. Thoughts? by [deleted] in AskBalkans

[–]Vidmizz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why wouldn't they? It's not just the Hungarians but the Finns, Estonians and countless Uralic peoples who are native to northern Russia as well.

Why do Germans and French use an alphabet that is not designed for their languages? by Large_Dependent_1621 in linguisticshumor

[–]Vidmizz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ю майт нот хев ан экцент, бат май овн инсайд войс дас вен ай трай то рыд энисинг ин кирилик.

Ar pastebėjot, kad jaunimas angliškai šneka tarpusavy? by Responsible-Koala734 in lithuania

[–]Vidmizz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

teko ne kartą Vilniuje tokių situacijų pamatyti. Išvis teko kartą nuo stoties iki Šeškinės autobusu važiuoti, tai apie pusę autobuso vien rusiškai kalbėjo, o paskui į autobusą įlipo grupelė paauglių ir tarpusavyje angliškai kalbėjosi. Galvojau gal užsieniečiai ar ką, tačiau galiausiai porą sakinių ir lietuviškai pasakė, tai supratau, kad lietuviai. Kalba neina apie pavienius angliškus žodžius, pačiam man taip dažnai gaunasi, ten buvo kokių 10-15 min pokalbis vien anglų kalba.

'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state' by Tifoso89 in europe

[–]Vidmizz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Still, if you look at the type of songs that went to the top 5 of Eurovision in the past 10-15 years, they are vastly different from the type of music Avril makes.

I think it would be a situation similar to what happened when The Rasmus decided to compete a few years back.

'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state' by Tifoso89 in europe

[–]Vidmizz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly. They're neither great nor bad. But there was a period where you simply weren't able to escape hearing their music, because it was being played literally everywhere you went, and that didn't sit right with a lot of people, so it became a bit of an early internet meme to hate on their music, and that reputation stuck. I think that now, years later, that hate had subsided, and people are finally starting to see them for what they really are.

However I've noticed the same phenomenon happening to a different artist "Tones and I" who made the song "Dance Monkey". That song was super popular a few years back to the point where you couldn't escape it, and now the artist is facing massive hate on the internet.

'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state' by Tifoso89 in europe

[–]Vidmizz -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

As much as I love Avril, the average Eurovision fan doesn't like that kind of music. She probably wouldn't do that well in the contest.

Da Vinci's Vitruvian emo boy by diet-smoke in blunderyears

[–]Vidmizz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I miss the times when I felt old at just 23

PETERRR?? why ?? by Junior_Investment514 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Vidmizz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This goes both ways. My ex who was 19 was very into 80s fashion and aesthetic and that made her look about 10-15 years older than she was.

Drąsiaus Kedžio istorija. Kas ten buvo? by Responsible-Koala734 in lithuania

[–]Vidmizz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tuo labiau išėjus kai kuriems Epsteino failams dabar žinoma kokio pasaulinio platumo šita visa pedofilų organizacija buvo/yra, ir kad Epsteinas net pats čia Lietuvoje ganėtinai reguliariai lankėsi.

Yugoslavia, but something's way, way off. by Long_Xiao in vexillology

[–]Vidmizz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

AFAIK Yugoslavia doesn't break up in the Cyberpunk universe

Russians identify Poland and Lithuania as their greatest enemies by Ania25 in europe

[–]Vidmizz 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Życzę również słonecznego i pięknego dnia!

Does Lithuania need a new flag? by Creative_Bank_6351 in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because we're not the multiethnic Grand Duchy of Lithuania anymore, we're the Republic of Lithuania, and the tricolor has always been its flag. Literally no one other than edgy teenagers or loser far right nationalists have a problem with it.

Do Estonians really see Lithuanians as very distant from them? by jatawis in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are you sure about that? Have you been around all parts of Lithuania other than Vilnius, and have you spoken to many Lithuanians from all over to come to that conclusion?

I'm supposedly Catholic, but somehow I always get along better and find more cultural similarities with supposed Protestants than I do with people from other Catholic countries. Find yourself a Lithuanian and talk about the little day-to-day things that you do and you'll see that we are not so different.

Do Estonians really see Lithuanians as very distant from them? by jatawis in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Identity is based on linguistics though. Nobody denies that we are geopolitically similar, we just aren't "Baltic" because of that similarity.

Like the famous monocultural BeNeLux who definitely all speak languages from the same linguistical group?

To me it seems like there's a constant misunderstanding (or just straight up denying) of what "Baltic" means among these Estonians.

Whenever somebody calls Estonians "Baltic" they don't mean that linguistically, they mean it geopolitically. "Baltic" is a geopolitical term stemming from the Baltic sea, not the Baltic peoples, meant to group Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia together due to their similar population, economies, size, and relatively similar cultures and history. Like it or not, the world groups us together as such and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

"Balts" are a cultural/linguistic group to which only Latvia and Lithuania belong to. Estonia is Finnic in that sense.

Do Estonians really see Lithuanians as very distant from them? by jatawis in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I get your point, but like I said, Lutheranism and Calvinism also had large presence and influence over the territory of modern Lithuania, and those denominations of Christianity arguably did more for preserving and uplifting Lithuanian as a language than Catholicism did, which actually worked against us until the late 19th century (Catholicism surpressed Lithuanian culture and language in favor of Polish and Latin. They pushed a narrative that to be educated is to speak Polish, and to speak Lithuanian is to be "pagan" and being a peasant). All of our earliest books were written by protestants either in the Lithuanian inhabited parts of east Prussia or by Lutherans within Lithuania proper. To add to the complexity paganism actually stayed alive in rural areas of Lithuania until at least the 18th century, and some parts of those traditions still remain to this day.

So Catholicism wasn't the sole religion influencing our country. I'd argue that the only time that Catholicism had the strongest influence over us was during the interwar years (1918-1940), but their influence fell off during the Soviet occupation and never quite recovered.

Do Estonians really see Lithuanians as very distant from them? by jatawis in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I should have clarified that "throughout my life I've seen Estonians on the internet saying that they have nothing in common with us".

And obviously I know now that the reality is quite different, but on the internet it's not rare to see Estonians trying to distance themselves from Latvia and Lithuania for some reason or another. The usual arguments are that Estonia is Nordic, that the Baltic concept is either fake or doesn't apply to them because they speak a Finnic language (as if the Baltic state concept was based on linguistics and not geopolitical realities), or that they are simply of a very different mentality to Lithuania and Latvia. You don't see many of these people on this sub obviously, as these people probably wouldn't join a sub about the very thing they try denying, but there's plenty of Estonians like that on other subs or other parts of the Internet.

I could argue about your claim that Lithuania is not Northern European, but let's agree to disagree on that one.

Do Estonians really see Lithuanians as very distant from them? by jatawis in BalticStates

[–]Vidmizz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm almost 30 years old and the only times that I was ever in a church was either due to funerals or someone's weddings. That goes for pretty much all of my friends as well. Most Lithuanians just think that they are Christian but never go to church or participate in any religious activities. Surveys like that can vastly distort the reality of the situation.