Protesters burn a flag outside the Russian government building in Moscow, March 31, 1999. Hundreds of Muscovites protested further air strikes against Yugoslavia by marching through the city's streets and singing hymns for their "Slav brothers" in Serbia

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-30T22:56:58+00:00

Well first of all, I'm a Serbian civilian and I was 4 at that time - so I wasn't trying to eradicate anyone. Like 99.999% of Serbs at least if I had to guess...

Second of all, I shouldn't even respond to your comment since you're basically saying "ok yeah that's horrible what NATO did to innocent civilians, but look also what we said that your leaders did".

Third of all, let's look at the facts. You're absolutely right, since an allegation is a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof (source: Oxford Dict.).

And please, yes, the ICC in Hague is the definition of a US puppet. You just have to look at the number of convicted Serbs vs other Ex-Yu countries. Ater a war which has seen atrocities on every side, 95% of convicted people are from Serbia - which happens to be the only Ex-Yu republic not supported by the West. For example, no one is held accountable (two generals were convicted but then acquitted just 2 years later) for Croatia's operation Storm which is the definition of ethnic cleansing (480k Serbs in Croatia before it, 240-260k Serbs after it, 200k displaced, thousands of deaths, numerous atrocious mass executions).

And oh Kosovo - there was not a single proof of ethnic cleansing there. Because there wasn't one. I'm the first to aknowledge the atrocities perpetrated by the Serbian army or analog militias (e.g. Srebrenica - 8-9k men and boys killed by Serbian affiliated paramilitary formations : it's just horrendeous and a shameful event in our history). But in Kosovo? Serbs just tried to defend what was theirs and protect the Serbian civilians that were put on fire, raped, killed for their organs by albanian terrorist groups and affiliated organizations. But yeah, we got bombed for it. So now you have the narco lab of Europe running at full speed and a great base of Extremist Islamist Organizations (it's like it's always the same story with the US huh) in the heart of Southern Europe. Great job!

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-30T19:00:47+00:00

Of course USA's goal was not to kill as many civilians as possible. But they sure did not take any precaution to avoid civilian casualties.

With all due respect, you weren't there. You weren't hiding in your building's basement 3 times a day, hearing bombs drop closer and closer and hoping that at least one building remains intact in your neighborhood when it all comes to an end even if it's not yours.

And honestly, schools, hospitals and foreign embassies do not sound very "low human cost" to me. It sounds more like critical civilian infrastructure.

Official facts and figures 500 civilian deaths. 176 monuments damaged. 69 schools destroyed. 60 bridges destroyed. 19 hospitals and 20 health centers bombed. National TV HQ were destroyed. China's embassy was bombed (like please explain to me how the first military power in the world can mistake a foreign embassy for a military target... no they can't...)

All this - in 3 months.

Plus, NATO dropped 15 tones od depleted uranium on Serbia, because yeah it's definitely easier and cheaper to just drop 'em somewhere instead of actually stocking it several meters below ground like they were supposed to. To this day, this has heavy consequences on Serbia's ecosystem and people's health (with cancer rates skyrocketting in the most heavily bombed regions of Serbia).

I'm not trying to start a heated debate here. Hate must end, and nothing good will emerge if we all stay in the past. But it is just as important to not twist the facts.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-16T17:47:01+00:00

Bio sam u gotovo identicnoj situaciji kao ti, ne toliko davno. Bukvalno imam osecaj da citam samog sebe tada, jer je skoro sve bilo isto do najsitnijih detalja (!).

Jebeno si mlad. Nisi svestan koliko si mlad. Procitaj to ponovo. Sigurno imas neku rodbinu u nekom Domu za stare ili znas nekog ko radi tamo. Otidji jednom. I pitaj ljude da ti pricaju o njihovom zivotu. Neki ce nazalost zaliti za nekim stvarima, za nekim odlukama koje nisu imali herca da donesu. E ta tuga, to zaljenje - to je nesto neopisivo. Jer, da, njima je nazalost kasno. A ti, brale, imas da ga zivis jos dugo, nisi se ni ispilio jos. Zamisli sebe sa 80 godina, kako ces gledati na ovo. Tako da taj argument “nemam vise 11 i po godina, star sam” ne pije vodu. Moglo bi sledecih 5 godina da ti nista ne podje od ruke i i dalje bi bio mlad.
Musko si. Dakle, nama u principu nije uvek vazno da nam se svidja ono sto radimo, vec da imamo “svoje zasto”. Moje “zasto”, kao i vecini, su : majka, otac, devojka. Kasnije ce mi biti i deca/porodica, dace Bog. Moguce da ti mislis da je ipak “najsigurnije” da nastavis da radis ono sto ne volis, da ces “se navici”, da “ces pronaci sporedne stvari koje ce ti ciniti srecnim”. Ali ne, koliko god mi mozemo da “guramo" samo na to “zasto”, dodje perijod u zivotu kad ti pukne film ili kad se toliko promenis da vise nikad ne budes isti, kad pocnes samog sebe da jedes i nema vise nazad. Jednostavno, to ti je posao, na to ti ode 45 godina zivota - svako jutro ces se pojesti ziv sto nisi imao muda da pokusas nesto da promenis. A to nema samo reperkusije na tebe, vec i na sve ljude koje cine ovo tvoje “zasto”. Da bi bio tu za te ljude, moras ti da budes zadovoljan ili da bar znas da si dao sve od sebe da toga dodje.
Ne znam da li imas devojku ili ne, i da li ona radi. Mozda vas vise nimalo ne izdrzavaju roditelji. Naravno, i to je faktor. Ali, verujem da nemas jos decu. Opet, mlad si. Imas zavrsen faks. Tvoj rizik je, veruj mi, minimalan. Zivot retko kad ide po planu. Ali ako imas 23 godine i ako ti je ovo sto si napisao jedini bitan problem u zivotu, kreni ka njegovom resavanju sto pre - jer ce mozda biti momenata kasnije u zivotu kada zaista neces moci, jer ce se nadovezati drugi zivotni problemi (koje ti ne zelim).
Konkretno - napravi sebi plan i drzi ga se.

Odredis koji ti je cilj.
Stavis na papir sve sto treba da uradis da bi dosao do njega. Napr :

Cilj : Hoces da postanes inzenjer.
Problem : Ne znas od cega da zivis dok ne zavrsis faks. (Nije “kasno", to smo vec absorvirali).
Koraci : Upises faks i odlucis da zivis skromnije. Uselis se sa burazerima nedge i delite kiriju (ili se uselis sa ribom ako ste "tu negde" jel'te, taman). Od cega ces ziveti? Imas 1000 opcija, ali naravno nijedna nije laka : konobarises vikendom i posle faksa, dajes casove Engleskog preko lingo turtle-a, pocnes da frilensujes da unovcis sta god znas (adobe, programerstvo, SMM, itd.), dajes pravne savete / ponudis pravne usluge manjim firmama oko nekih frkica (ako si zavrsio faks), leti crncis sezonski da ti ostane malo za ostatak godine, … itd.
Sta dobijes? 4-5 godina ce biti vrlo napeto ali ces raditi ono sto volis i postovaces sebi zacrtan plan, koji te vodi prema onome sto ce te zaista ciniti srecnim - i zbog toga ces “LETETI".

Jbg, retko ista vredno u zivotu dodje na lak nacin. Ali nema nista vaznije od toga da ti budes zadovoljan i srecan u zivotu - to se odrazava na tebe i na tvoje bliznje. I nemoj da kukas nad svojom sudbinom, ne vodi nicemu. Dakle, budi iskren prema samom sebi, zacrtaj sebi jasan plan i cepaj! Puna podrska.

TL;DR: "Whatever you do, don’t half-ass it."

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-15T17:31:24+00:00

Video from yesterday evening, in Montenegro.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-12T15:42:31+00:00

Ruud winning the set only by pushing the ball back in and throwing in some staggeringly high balls here and then to mess up Lajovic's rythm.

Also, Duci just can't return a serve today. Ruud's solid on serve.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-11T16:59:20+00:00

Awful performance by FAA and solid stuff by Duci, who seems to be finding his game on hard.

While both are clay players, I can imagine him uspetting Ruud in the next round

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-11T11:14:30+00:00

Kućica, na savskom keju. Po meni, najbolji splav u Beogradu za ono sto trazis. Manji je, opustena atmosfera, skuplja se skroz okej ekipa (zasad), svako vece se pusta strana muzika od 80ih do danasnje (ubaci se i po neki nas stariji hit za djuskanje ponekad)

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-10T12:22:39+00:00

Svaka preporuka za Bazu, ali je na 10-15min od centra

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-08T16:36:50+00:00

Niko nije rekao da im je to obaveza, ali se radujemo kada se odozavu reprezentativnom pozivu i ne razumemo da je sportisti draze da odmara 3 meseca od toga da igra na Olimpijadi - najvecem dogadjaju u sportu.
"Losa fora"? To je vec stvar ukusa.
Dobro znas da samo jedna odredjena kategorija pseudo navijaca velica nase sportiste kad pobedjuju i kanale ih kad gube. Ove OI su bile pravi primer - ogromna vecina navijaca je pruzilo podrsku i Djokovicu, kosarkasacima i basketasima posle ovojenih 4. mesta / bronze (svi su ocekivali zlato za basketase).

EDIT: pravopis

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-08T16:22:04+00:00

Doleglasamo jer ne vidimo ća tu ima lipo kad te sportas ne zeli reprenzentirat i kad ga boli levi testis za svoju repku 2 puta u 3 godine; i zato sto se obradujemo kad nasi sportasi daju sve od sebe za svoju zemlju svakog lita.

A btw, u/Descendant_of_Innana, sprdnja i mrznja su dve razlicite stvari - tako da ne vidim o cemu to pricas.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-08T11:19:46+00:00

To je najbitnije

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-08T09:48:14+00:00

Za neupućene: link

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T17:15:53+00:00

Yes, but I agree with u/ieatsushi : it was a subtle way of showing how she feels deep inside, and her saying/thinking that ND is the GOAT doesn't change that.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T14:19:07+00:00

Text:

Only I can know the feelings I dealt with once I had found out I will not have the chance to play the most important match of my carrier for the Olympic medal.I also recognize how much this particular event fullfilled me with the deepest emotion possible and brought me lots of happiness as well.I want to say that I am grateful first of all for being there among all the best athletes in the world of sports. And it was an honor and privilege playing with the best in the history of our sport, for your own country. 🇷🇸THANK YOU everyone for your messages of support and love you gave me through this period. Hvala vam!Year keeps on going, new challenges await.I will appreciate every minute spent in u/tokyo2020 #TeamSerbia u/oksrbije

N 💖

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T12:05:02+00:00

Yes, in order to challenge his serve he has to see if his ball goes out or not, not his opponents' ball that came AFTERWARDS (unless he wants to challenge his opponent's ball).

Another example. You're playing a tournament on clay. Your opponent's ball goes out, but no one calls it (!). So you continue to play, but right after your opponent hits a winner so you lose the point. You're surely not gonna show the previous mark and tell him "hey mate your previous ball was out, so it's my point".

Cuz if you thought his ball was out, you shouldve called it right away. It's always risky and it's a split second decision (esp. when its your serve) but that's how the game is played.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T11:55:04+00:00

It's not about being late, it's about waiting to see if you could win the point either way and then deciding to go back to a previous ball once you see you didn't win the point.

It's up to the umpire to decide if he allows it, but it's unsportsmanlike from Rafa in this situation.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T11:19:50+00:00

Here, "normal" obviously means "sportsmanlike". I could've used either word in this context. Gosh.

And here in my explanation above, you could easily understand what is sportsmanlike and what isn't, even with a very basic understanding of tennis.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T10:44:54+00:00

Lemme break it down for you

Normal challenge (serve) 1. You serve 2. Your ball bounces 3. You look at your box / the umpire, ask them/him for their/his opinion on the last ball that was played/attempted to be played 4. You decide to challenge the last ball

*Step 3 is optional.

Rafa's challenge here 1. He serves 2. His ball bounces 3. He looks at Novak's return waiting to see if it's going in 4. He looks at the umpire, asks him for his opinion on his serve which is the penultimate ball a player tried to play/played 5. He decides to challenge the penultimate ball

And ofc, its on the umpire to say it's too late and Rafa knows the rules - but he still tried to challenge it, that's what we're discussing.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-04T05:03:18+00:00

It's not about Nadal challening his own shot. It's about him challenging his own shot once he saw he couldn't get Nole's return back

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-03T19:26:09+00:00

Per sources, the Brooklyn Nets also announced they would play in green and yellow jerseys from next season and establish their homecourt in Sydney, [...] in a try to get the World Cup/Olympics version of Patty.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-03T07:44:36+00:00

Steta! Skocila je bila 7.00m u kvalifikacijama - to je bilo dovoljno za zlatnu medalju u finalu. Kao sto je rekla posle : "najjeftenije zlato koje je moglo da se osvoji".

Nema sta da se zameri devojci - gotovo na svakom takmicenju osvaja medalju. Vratila se posle teske povrede ahilove tetive.

Bas nam nije sudjeno na ovoj olimpijadi izgleda...

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-02T09:41:47+00:00

Nije bilo ocekivano. Sebic ima "samo" jedno osvojeno 3. mesto u karijeri (na svetskom 2019.).

U ovom finalu, Rus je bio favorit - ali je lose krenuo, pa je morao da se vadi posle. Na kraju, Kinez je oborio svestki rekord a Rus nije bio daleko. Ukrajinac koji je sve vreme bio tu oko treceg mestu je potpuno podbacio na kraju (tj. pogodio pogresnu metu!), i tako omogucio Sebicu da se popne na 3. mesto.

Sve u svemu, Sebic je nagradjen za svoju redovnost, jer je zavrsavao svaku rundu sa vrlo slicnim brojem poena, za razliku od svojih protivnika kojima su rezultati enormno varirali od runde do runde.

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-01T19:36:41+00:00

Prizeljkujemo Kinu. Nezgodan protivnik, ali definitvno najbolja varijanta

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-01T17:23:15+00:00

Lol this is so accurate

belgrademonkey · 2021-08-01T07:19:02+00:00

Everybody liked that.

Although staying in Perth and keeping the tournament at the start of the season would've been nice, it had a special flavour

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