The Off Topic Topic

[The Brain]

The trouble is if the Poles, Czechs and Slovaks are central Europe then that leaves eastern Europe as just the Baltics and shit countries.

The Baltics are Nordic.

wut

[The Brain]

Slutty Miley is hotter than wholesome Miley.

[derspiess]

Slutty Miley is hotter than wholesome Miley.

I find both of them quite unattractive.

[Eddie Teach]

Long haired Miley is hotter(or less un-hot by internet standards) than Buzz-cut Miley.

[Norgy]

The trouble is if the Poles, Czechs and Slovaks are central Europe then that leaves eastern Europe as just the Baltics and shit countries.

The Baltics are Nordic.

wut

Sush, I am trolling. 

[The Brain]

The trouble is if the Poles, Czechs and Slovaks are central Europe then that leaves eastern Europe as just the Baltics and shit countries.

The Baltics are Nordic.

wut

Sush, I am trolling. 

Good.

[Ideologue]

You still have a few plans drawn up for Europe, don't you? Bloody Germans. 

Lol check out Alsace-Lorraine.

[DGuller]

No it doesn't. Or I'm talking about something else. Central Europe always used to be quite a fraught term. There was a large argument between whether it was a liberal dream of German and Austrian ruled Mitteleuropa while Czech liberals wanted a 'Stredni Evropa'. But as a cultural zone it did definitely exist. Now I think Germans use the more neutral term 'central Europe' too.

Then you had the Cold War and the entire region ended up solidly Eastern. I think it's great that the Czechs and the Poles and the Slovaks have agency again and are busy recreating this idea politically and culturally. I love that they're making the point that they're not Eastern European and have never been Eastern European, except for 50 years when they were forced into it.

Germany's half-in, they get invited to the official dos, but they're not members. I think Vaclav Havel described Germany as a country with one foot in Central Europe.

Germany considers itself, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and the Baltic states as Central Europe.



The colors indicate the countries belonging to each region, the lines indicate where the cultural border is seen.

You guys are still not over that whole Alsace-Lorraine deal?

[DGuller]

You still have a few plans drawn up for Europe, don't you? Bloody Germans. 

Lol check out Alsace-Lorraine.

[Valmy]

You still have a few plans drawn up for Europe, don't you? Bloody Germans. 

Lol check out Alsace-Lorraine.

Yeah I noticed that believe me   And the southern Tyrol.  Basically Germany and Austria-Hungary.  Time to do a retool on Plan 17.

[Syt]

Well, South Tyroleans still speak predominantly German. Or rather what they think is German.

[Norgy]

"Nach Kulturräumlichen Kriterien". Yeah, they're coming for you, Marty and Tamas.

[Eddie Teach]

They already got Marty. Well, "they" being Neil and the mods.

[The Brain]

Long haired Miley is hotter(or less un-hot by internet standards) than Buzz-cut Miley.

Fag.

[Eddie Teach]

No thanks, those things will kill you.