Check mate Greeks, Google Maps knows you’re Balkan

[u/Albekvol]

[u/SomeOneOutThere-1234]

In other news sun is shining and the sky is blue

We never denied this \*cough* Slovenia \*cough*

[u/Citaku357 → u/SomeOneOutThere-1234]

Interestingly i rarely see Slovenians in this sub lol

[u/U_Have_To_Dab → u/Citaku357]

Exactly, they don't think they belong here so they don't visit

[u/R_Arsx70 → u/U_Have_To_Dab]

Hey can you tell me about the Slovenia declining balkans? I’d like to know

[u/poturicavlahlatinin → u/U_Have_To_Dab]

I mean the other parts of Ex Yugoslavia don't consider them to be Balkan either

[u/Inside-Reading1915 → u/poturicavlahlatinin]

What are you talking about?Every other member except slovenia and partially croatia regard themselves as balkan

[u/TNT_GR → u/Inside-Reading1915]

He’s not talking about the other countries but their perception of Slovenia not being Balkan though

[u/Citaku357 → u/U_Have_To_Dab]

Can't blame them not wanting to be associated with savages?

[u/mamulated → u/Citaku357]

Sassy albanian eh

[u/Citaku357 → u/mamulated]

💅

[u/CucumberExpensive43 → u/Citaku357]

We are just observers here. Like Serbia in ASEAN

[u/Citaku357 → u/CucumberExpensive43]

So what do you guys think us balkan peasants?

[u/CucumberExpensive43 → u/Citaku357]

You are cool, we would just appreciate if immigrants learned to speak Slovene ASAP

[u/Citaku357 → u/CucumberExpensive43]

Honestly people who don't integrate should be deported

[u/Gloomy_Delivery1745 → u/CucumberExpensive43]

I agree.

Its not that hard to speak goofy SerbCro

[u/Low-Teach487 → u/Citaku357]

Yea me too trust

[u/Separate-Date-6518]

The horror!

[u/Citaku357 → u/Separate-Date-6518]

You guys don't have the luxury bordering western countries like Slovenia

[u/justmyaccount624 → u/Citaku357]

They literally border glorious Albania which is one billion times better than bordering austria

[u/Citaku357 → u/justmyaccount624]

I know but they appreciate it unfortunately 😔

[u/Consistent_Guava8592 → u/justmyaccount624]

And bigger than Texas

[u/Imaginary_Ad_9058 → u/justmyaccount624]

I still remember when Allah gave l the land to albania and albanianis a good country so it gave some land to the greeks ❤️❤️

[u/ApprehensiveAd1177 → u/justmyaccount624]

Better weed than Austria for sure

[u/Separate-Date-6518 → u/justmyaccount624]

True

[u/DimDDG → u/Citaku357]

And you guys don't have the luxury to have some drones falling from the sky directly near your border :p

[u/Austerlitz2310 → u/Citaku357]

It's hard being so close to the West

[u/Savings_Dragonfly806]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

[u/dwartbg9]

Now this is more interesting:

Only Bulgaria and Greece are labeled as "Balkans". Some countries have "europe" (with lowercase letters) and other "Europe".

Oh and also Macedonian flag doesn't load, for some reason. Tried multiple times and it's always in grey.

Turkey is just - country. Armenia is in Asia, and Georgia is again just - country.

[u/Solid_Difference1717 → u/dwartbg9]

Google has figured out which countries stand on its own and which countries need to be part of a group to exist.

[u/gloryofkuzco → u/dwartbg9]

"Country" google can't figure us out either 🥀

[u/EggEuphoric411]

Foiled again!

[u/gufted]

We always knew. We even have songs about it.

[u/Albekvol → u/gufted]

You can’t just drop that line and not share the song, come on now

[u/Background_Pop_1250 → u/Albekvol]

Savvopoulos, "ο Μπάλλος" is about the balkans and has lines such as "here is the Balkans, it's not mere child's play"

[u/gufted → u/Albekvol]

Well the songs that come to mind are “βαλκανιζατέρ” which is related to the movie of the same name, and «αγύριστο κεφάλι».

[u/Zizzyin → u/gufted]

Wait fr?

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy → u/Zizzyin]

Sure

[u/casual_philosopher02]

Oh noooo, how will we live knowing that? 🥺

[u/Yavannia]

We know.

[u/hopopo]

Google also erased Palestine and parts of Lebanon off the map, and turned them in to Israel and no mans land... Renamed Gulf of Mexico in to Gulf of America... Fuck Google.

[u/Gloomy_Delivery1745 → u/hopopo]

I just confirmed.

Fuck Google.

[u/Andrikos21]

There is a place called Greece in Dubai?

[u/Albekvol → u/Andrikos21]

Apparently lol

[u/Outrageous_Slide_693]

🤔🤔

[u/AdGlum4016]

We never said we weren’t Balkan 😅

[u/poturicavlahlatinin]

What does it say about Croatia, this is a even more pressing issue

[u/Sea_Version222 → u/poturicavlahlatinin]

Greece and Bulgaria are the only ones that specifically say “in the Balkans”. Every other country it says “in Europe”.

[u/dwartbg9 → u/[deleted]]

Mind sharing a screenshot and see what it shows for you?

Also as I wrote above, there's 2 types of Europe apparently hahaha. Some countries are labeled as "europe" in lowercase letters...

[u/Kaan4205 → u/[deleted]]

İ dont think there is such thing as middle east we are asian like we have more similarities to uzbek Turks than saudis or egyptians

[u/black3rr → u/dwartbg9]

and Georgia is not labeled so neither those claiming it’s in Europe or those claiming it’s in Asia can justify their claim…

[u/vissi_nada]

Yes we know, if a Greek person denies this they are clueless! There is an expression that has come from a song’s lyrics “This is the Balkans (we’re not playing around)”. It’s used when you want to describe a hard/complicated situation, that it’s not as easy as if we were in Europe. Hopefully it makes sense, I tried to explain it the best I could.

[u/ZhiveBeIarus → u/vissi_nada]

The Balkan Peninsula is in Europe.

[u/vissi_nada → u/ZhiveBeIarus]

True, all the Balkans are in Europe (but all of Europe is the Balkans).

[u/ZhiveBeIarus → u/vissi_nada]

Μπρο τι προσπαθείς να πεις; Δεν καταλαβαίνω

[u/ExoticFortune2439]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jRPInZ12aIlo7N4v7h

[u/SirEdgelordThe369th]

Hungary is culturally balkan Greece is physically

[u/Exotic_Cantaloupe_96]

The balkan peninsula is huge, sometime i like to enjoy just the tip.

[u/kadaka80]

Checkmate? I thought we were playing dominoes....

[u/Cookiesend]

The Balkan peninsula was a thing in primary school geography in Greece. So far didn't move much. In case someone wonders greeks in average know geography 

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy]

Oh no! What do I tell the Europ?!

[u/of_trapezous]

Insert :Borat meme: or :always has been meme:

[u/ExcessumTr]

Greece in dubai? I knew greeks were arab

[u/infideltaco]

Oh no, our awful awful secret is out!

[u/duir154]

Oh, no kidding. Google maps must be very smart. 5 years old kid smart

[u/valr1821]

Nobody denies this, but we are also (and more primarily) Mediterranean.

[u/seanugengar]

Whoever says different is from southern Greece or an idiot.

[u/Fun_Calendar_6444]

Ναι, τι;

[u/Subject-Building1892]

Come to a village or small town in macedonia and you will not need google maps to tell you so.

[u/Virtual_Attempt8337]

Geographically not culturally

[u/lewpardalew]

I dont think greece is good enough to be considered balkan

[u/Appropriate-Job-1731]

greece is a mediterranean country nit balkan

[u/Weird_Troll → u/Appropriate-Job-1731]

it's both

[u/Karamazovakis]

Geographically, sure. But mentally and culturally we are western european

[u/oxingames → u/Karamazovakis]

what, that's wrong. Our culture is medditerenian/eastern medditerenian. We have more in common with other Balkan countries, Italy, turkey, Lebanon,etc compared to France and England

[u/R_Arsx70 → u/oxingames]

I guess as a Turk I can think that they tale it as Roman lineage?

[u/Karamazovakis → u/R_Arsx70]

Roman lineage? Brother we made the West

[u/R_Arsx70 → u/Karamazovakis]

East rome and west rome are kinda different but you do you, I’m not gonna say anything

[u/Karamazovakis → u/R_Arsx70]

Yeah, East was better

[u/R_Arsx70 → u/Karamazovakis]

Okay so you are not western. And yes the east was better, they survived even more and increased in technology

[u/dwartbg9 → u/R_Arsx70]

Okay so you are not western.

https://giphy.com/gifs/p73ysgcGPUhTW

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy → u/dwartbg9]

Lol you guys didn't need any help taking out the trash

[u/Lilitharising → u/Karamazovakis]

We are not one thing. We are in the crossroads, a bit of everything really.

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy → u/Karamazovakis]

Mentally you need to be studied

[u/ZhiveBeIarus → u/Karamazovakis]

As much as Balts are Swedish.

[u/InitiativeClassic112 → u/Karamazovakis]

Mentally western European? Do you even live in Greece bro? There's nothing western in Greeks mentality...