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I'm from Bulgaria and here the vast majority of pensioners and old people are just waiting to die it seems like. My granma is ok healthwise and has an actually decent pension. She just watches cheap Turkish dramas the whole day and complains about stuff.

I tried to gift her some books, she doesn't want to read. I offered to get her a knitting kit, she doesn't want to. I offered her to get her some drawing books and materials, she is not interested. I offered her to get her a laptop and teach how to do video calls with me, she doesn't want to.

I've talked to some friends about this and it seems most of their grandparents are like that. Only exceptions are some old people from the large cities, but they are still not the majority. I've been to Scandinavia and I've noticed t that old people there are doing much better, most of them have hobbies and interests and socialize often with each other. I don't believe this is a money issue as I mentioned, also most hobbies are cheap.

I have always been curious about this

Most soulless peoples in the world. Infantile to the extreme. That is all you are. All of you.

And you will all earn your undoing.

I have seen some questions about Balkan countries with the most promising future but I believe the country with the least promising future has not been discussed so feel free to share your opinions.

https://youtube.com/shorts/0oN629_EVNg?si=LgsMHjJIPTvQ5qK6

Religious syncretism is the process of synthesizing two different religious practices. I was reading in Bosnia: A Short History that this used to be very pervasive among both Christians and Muslims in the area. In this book I learned about the Bosnian proverb "Do podne Ilija, od podne Alija" which the author states was an apt description of the religious landscape of Habsburg Bosnia. I learned about instances where Muslims would sponsor Catholic masses to be recited for them, as well as Christians who invited dervishes to recite the Quran over them on the occasion of illness.

Is this still an existent phenomena? Are there Christians or Muslims in the modern day who continue to cross religious boundaries in this way? I am particularly interested in the relationship between Muslims and Serbian Orthodox in Sandžak and Montenegro. Is there ever cultural overlap of this kind now?

Zdravo svima napravila sam jednu grupu na Reddit u. Ima za cilj deljenje play lista Spotify lista. I da se družimo i uživam izvolite link pa pristupite.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify_srbija/s/N4nSU5Caj5

what do you think?

i’m making an album with some balkan influence, what would you say are quintessential elements of music (especially turbofolk) from this region? such as scales, instruments, chord progressions etc. all answers appreciated peace and love 🙏

To clarify, what’s your “not-to-do” goals in 2025?

Hey there. Non-slav here. I was wondering what were the general sentiments in Kosovo regarding unification with Albania were, considering fairly obvious reasons

Recently, I made a series of posts, comparing Balkan countries with Germany, country that was causing sense of awe, admiration and disbelief among all Balkan people.

We use to see Germany as Shangri-La, or some other mythical world.

Due to population and size, we cannot compare Germany (84.5 M people?!) with small Balkan countries, as it would add two zeros, instantaneously.

German strongest state, Bavaria, land of cars, technology and industry has 13.4 M people.

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Let's see how strong Bavaria was in 2000:
- GDP of Bavaria: 318 B
- GDP of the Greater Balkan (with Moldova, without Greece, Turkey and Cypress): 118 B

We were 3 times less productive!

In 2008, we almost got them, but the crisis decreased the economy of Romania, Croatia and Serbia, so in 2015, Bavaria was ahead of us by 30%

Think about it... From 300%, to 30%

This year, we have a slight advantage!
*(without Montenegro, we would be equal, meaning that Montenegro changed the balance of great powers once again)

I think our region should be proud

Ave Balkans!
(I hope that Roman salute will not stir the pot X) )

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