honestly I used to think they said this to just simplify for Americans, but I found out this is actually standard for almost all parts of the world that "Europeans" travel to. Is it because of shame or something? Because I feel like a Japaneser or Australian would know what a Belgium or Slovakia is
>>221792764>Because I feel like a Japaneser or Australian would know what a Belgium or Slovakia islol. i mean an australian would. half the japs probably couldn't point at germany on a map
>>221792764Simple you don't want Americans moving to your country or them asking about your country.This solves the problem.
>>221792764reminds me of how canadians often use the term "north america" casuallyno american really does that shit in casual conversation, they barely remember canada exists at all, it's one of those instant canuck tells
>>221792764>Australian would know what a Belgium or Slovakia isBelgium yesSlovakia? lol no why would we care
>>221792828what is a belgiums favorite type of music
>>221792764>eurotugal
>>221792876lowkey I feel the opposite since I visited and people really let me know what strain of Slav they were (they even had big communities) but the only people mentioning Western Europe were actual immigrants from those countries. I went to WA and SA
>>221792897>what is a belgiums favorite type of musicI have no clue actually, it ranges form pop, hardstyle & metal, there is no one fits all.
>>221792955We have Serbs and Croats and shit, but I've never heard of Slovaks here in any numbers desu.
>>221792764Map of real countries.
IM FROM POLANDPOLSKAPOLSKAAAPOLSKAPOLSKAO O ONANANANAAA NAANNAAA NANANANANANANANANAAAPOLSKAAAAPOLSKAAAAAAA..You’re a brown mutt btw
>>221792764It's because deep down they fear irrelevancy and grifting as a "European" is a way to increase their prestige. Bonus point for anyone calling themselves "Central European". It's like manlet syndrome personified in country form
>>221792764in most cases outside of Europe it goes like this: >"i'm from Lithuania">confused 80 IQ latino/african/amerifat scratches his head and says "where is that">"Europe"
>>221792999There's a Slovak country club in Kemps Creek where they meet up and do Slovak shit like eat sausages and dance and stuff
>>221793067Almost as if a country of 1 million people that has sporadically existed as an independent entity in the last 1000 years is unknown worldwide
>>221793052NIGGER I SCOFF AT YOU
>>221793074cause we all know where that is
>>221792764Completely wrong, for my country at least.
>>221793098So maybe so insecurity perceived by you isn't the reason say Europe, you retard.
>>221793132Americans consume Grease, you have to specify its the country in Europe so we don't slurp you up right away
>>2217930982.8 million and we ruled the slavs
>>221793111wasn't repyling to you was i, you yankee dankee doodle shite
>>221793177>2 million instead of 1 millionAmazing
>>221793139Lietuvan so mad he forgot how to form an English sentence
>>221793278Yeah.Embarrasing desu. It's like I had a stroke. Fuckyou btw.
>>221792764Whoever made that map never met a Portuguese person, it's a small country but they're extremely (excessively) proud of it. Not that they don't deserve some pride, it's actually fucking incredible that such a small country was already colonizing Africa and India and changing entire cultures in the 1500s and still had colonies in the 1970s
>>221793177then why did the Lithuanian "rulers of slavs" forget how to speak Lithuanian?
>>221793296
>>221793322Polish conspiracy.
>>221793322This, the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were well on their way to becoming culturally "Ruthenian", likely they would've become slavified a lot more, and possibly even converted to Orthodoxy, if not for Poland swiping them up.In general Lithuanian language existing today is largely thanks to Poland, that dual monarchy shit helped immensely. They propped up their pet Balts for crown legitimacy, similar to how Sweden propped up their pet Finns
>>221793132Correct, quite literally the only balkan country that is A) usually not even considered Balkan and B) everyone fucking knows about and needs no introduction. Sup my souvlaki bro
>>221792764I went to japan and half the japanese people I met didn't know about Belgium at all. The other half just knew it's name but nothing more.Even in Ireland there were some Irish people who were confused when I said I was from Belgium. I had to show a guy where Belgium was on a map because he kept asking if I was from France or Germany.
>>221793654Imagine getting mogged by the Irish
>>221792764I don't understand the pic
>>221792764Autist keeps making the same fake map thread
>>221793966This
>>221793654I once was asked is Poland in the EU by a Spaniard. After he got here, you know, from a plane without passport.
>>221792764I highly doubt more than 0,01% of Greeks call themselves European first
>>221792764Not a single Bulgarian in the history of the world has ever uttered the words "I am from Europe"
>>221792764VGH... TRVKE...
>>221793966
>>221792764Japs are barely sentient beings, they may know France or the UK but that's it
>>221792764I'm from (hometown)
>>221799286How does that work out for you? For me saying anywhere besides London gets that fluoride stare, Spain I can name Barcelona, Madrid, that's about it
>>221792764Whenever you see any product that was “Made in EU” you know it was from the filthiest slavmonkey shithole factory in existence
>>221792764You will never see a Portuguese say that
>>221792764Everyone who says "I'm from Europe/as a European" etc. needs to get deported.
>>221792764People in the Netherlands are very proud of being from the Netherlands. They don't say "we're europeans" at allThey use orange everytime that they can and compare Holland with every country using per capita stats
>>221799341Not Cordoba, Malaga, Alicante, Bilbao? NO MAGALUF?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wANQRC4GO8E
>>221792828americans arent moving to fucking belgium
>>221793966based
>>221792764I always say that I'm from Cologne, because I don't wanna get lumped in with ossis or, excuse me for uttering this word, b*varians.
>>221796424Literally every shit made in Bulgaria is labeled "Made in EU"
It's not about any insecurity and certainly not about shame. Quite the opposite, people here have great national pride. The problem is that Americans don't know anything. Once in America I was trying to explain where Croatia is and I said it's on the Adriatic Sea, and on the other side of the sea is Italy. The next question was - where is Italy? My brain started to fall apart when I heard that question. We will always be an anonymous country to Americans because they don't know anything about football. As soon as I talked to Latinos, they immediately knew the names of half of the Croatian football team.
>>221799867these are eu regulations and is besides the point. most people here refer to europe as entirely separate thing that we are not part of
>>221792764If you're not saying "I'm from (city)" or at the every least "I'm from (region)", you're disgusting
>Hello my name is Pavel Pavlovitch Peterstein and I'm from Vladivostok, Primorsky oblast.Meh, sounds autistic.
>>221792764Meme vs real country map
>>221792764Most euros also claim to be from the UK when they're being entitled and don't want to cast shade on their own cunts, very disrespectful
>>221800241Just sounds weird
>>221792764It's because congolombians and burgeristanis have never heard of places with such exotic names like "Poland" or "Hungary". It's only courteous to not shame them with their ignorance.
>>221800591Zis. I alvvais zay thet im from Niukahsttl, but foreigners vvont belief :'(
>>221792764Nonsense, my standard flowchart is:>where are you from...?Croatia>where is...?Balkan>where is...?(if they're old) Former Yugoslavia(if they're young) Southeastern Europe>where is...?Under Austria and Hungary and across Italy over the sea.>where is...?(if they're old) Soviet Union(if they're young) It's in Europe.
>>221792764>what a Belgium or Slovakia isMaybe Czechoslovakia
>>221800985>BalkanCringe, kys
>>221799473They are embarrassed themselves to write "Made in Poland", for example, so they write Made in EU for those extra gangsta quality points
>>221800241>t. Russian cuck who is ashamed to be Russian and will say shit like "i'm from St Petersburg"
>>221801543>t. country only known for hobbit holes
>>221801577That's new zealand cunt, they've got the red stars. We're known for abos and not having oil refineries
>>221801577Wait, aren't you from Russia?
>>221801664Who the fuck cares
>>221801675I'm from Siberia
>>221801723But then why do you have a Finnish flag?
>>221801675>heh, well, actually I'm from a place in EUROPE called Komi Republic>now my foreign buddies will think im cooler because i didnt say I'm from RussiaWherever you are from, you ought to slap your cock on the table and proclaim with might "I am from [cunt]"Otherwise, you are feeble
>>221793446Sweden didn't prop shot althoughbeit.
>>221801778Because I use VPN?
>>221801664You're not fooling anyone, Bilbo
>>221801836I know English is hard if you're from Finland. But what the actual fuck are you trying to say?https://youtu.be/pc8WFYhkatA
>>221801870
>>221792764I say 'I'm from Eastern Europe' because I don't want to be asked irrelevant questions about this gypsy shithole and getting doxxed (bit paranoic ig)
>>221803554Say that you're from Eastern Europe but in the EU. Then you'll know they don't take you for a Russian. This is very important.
>>221792764I have never called myself a european
In Canada I would always have to tell them "the country above Greece" after saying Macedonia
>>221806388I'm actually ok with every random guess. However this region seems to not be interesting at all as nobody thinks further interested
>>221793177>we ruled a bunch of hicks a 1,000 years agoHate to tell you this bro but a single state like California alone has been more relevant to world history in just the last 200 years.
>>221793177Fake news this polity was Belarusian
>>221795693Some people are just bad at geography I suppose. There was a french girl at my uni who tought Morocco was in Europe.
I would say Finland then Europe if someone looks confused.
I have never met a gayreek who thinks we are european They talk about "Europe" meaning Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Scandinavians etc
>>221792764>Is it because of shame or something?No its because nobody knows where portugal is
>>221807798You literally invented the concept of EVROPA because you didn't want to be associated with eastoid satrapies.What happened, son of occident?
WELL, I'M PROUD TO BE A SLOVENIANCAUSE AT LEAST I KNOW THERE'S ORDOKAPITALISMUS!
