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There are plenty of stereotypes about Eastern Europe—like the obsession with pickles, superstitious grandmas, and never-ending family gatherings. But some of these clichés are hilarious because they’re actually true.

And if you want proof, just head over to the Facebook page ‘Babushka.’ There, you’ll find memes that perfectly capture these everyday Eastern European realities. We’ve gathered some of their funniest posts—scroll down to see for yourself and upvote your favorites!

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Lady of Shalott
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is that money in the person's hand? Their grandma is the best!

Rosie Red
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here, go get yourself something nice. Or, here, go get yourself ice cream.

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GREYNOOK
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

always grandmas are the best in this situation❤

Roan The Demon Kitty
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this applied to both my Romanian Bunica, and my Irish Grandma. (may they both be resting in peace

Mary Henkle
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? No cool whip tub full of goodies? That's what my grandma didi!

Mary Peace
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm impressed the door has been made wider in the 2nd picture, so the grandchild can get out.

Richienotsorich
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Grandparents hand money over like a d-rug deal.

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    Mildly Annoyed Penguin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, it should be taught in school.

    Nils Skirnir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It used to be, up until the 70’s. At least to girls

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    ॐBoyGanesh
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 8 years old, a summer spent between my grandparent’s and father’s homes in Utrecht, when I first learned to use the pressure pot. We were canning apricots. We’d previously made candied liqueur apricots for which I learned to dry them. I also leaned a lot about de-feathering and breaking down chicken which was softly traumatizing. I’ve been able to put so many of my childhood lessons to use living primarily off/grid with a farm and orchard. I don’t know anyone else from my generation (X) or younger who grew up learning what many people now see as part of homesteading.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's fantastic! I learned a little when I was growing up but not much, because my mum didn't have time to teach me. I am now catching up, learning some myself from books and online, but also my mum is basically retired and living on a property in the country now so I have had her tuition too. My grandpa never made me de-feather and breakdown a chicken, but he told me about it many times and I always said I was glad not to need to!

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    ADJ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It actually was taught in later classes of elementary school in Poland when I attended it in 1980s. The idea was sadly discarded in later years.

    Verena
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is, usually. It is one of the free-to-choose, of which one has to take two or three. BUT: This is something parents need to teach. Tigether with doing the laundry, keeping a house clean, doing taxes, how to interact politely, how to manage frustration and many more. It can be shown while doing it, older generations know it as "chores you have to do because you are a member of this household". Why do so many people expect school to take care of everything? You are parents, educate your kids!

    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember entire weekends of nothing but canning at Mamaw's house.

    Annik Perrot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, if you're able to grow your own food and can it, you'll buy à lot less junk in the supermarkets. Big Money doesn't want that, so no more teaching kids how to preserve food.

    Janice Sanz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those onions won't last forever.

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should be taught by parents long before school started.

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    With 536K followers, ‘Babushka’ on Facebook represents a figure most Eastern Europeans know well: the ever-present, powerful grandma—because in this part of the world, when grandma speaks, everyone listens.

    But don’t be fooled; this page isn’t just about grandmas. It’s full of relatable memes that perfectly capture what it’s like to live and grow up in Eastern Europe (and yes, that includes Babushka insisting you eat more, no matter how full you are).

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    Alexia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaaa, that's (unfortunately) true. Government delays digitalization either by incompetence, or by lack of political will (probably both).

    Frank H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also Germany. With added complication that some system *look* like being computerized but are just web front ends for printers and fax machines.

    Professional Bastard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horribly Allergic to Cr*ppy tasKs otherwise known as "HACK"

    PattyK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎵It’s gonna take you a while.🎵

    Sven Horlemann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whar do you mean, you will scan all that?!

    Cosmin Gales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS: "Romania's internet infrastructure is highly developed and competitive, boasting the top connection speed in the region, while also coming in 14th out of 182 countries by average fixed broadband speed, with 123.31 Mbps in August 2022, twice faster than the global 69.14 Mbps average"...

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    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so true, went there in 1996, was the pot hole tour of eastern europe

    Cathy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that is almost 30 years ago.. I mean we didn't even have mobile phones back then. Wonder how it's now and Wonder how old this picture is..

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    Sandra Morison
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There roads are probably BETTER than UK roads .....currently in Northamptonshire we try to drive on WHATS LEFT OF THE ROADS ......5 tyres in 16 months can attest to pothole county

    Duvet Woman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not now. In the UK we also drive on what's left

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahaHAH!!! Good one. 😁😳

    PrettyJoyBird
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the right. Of what's left. "What is left, on the right"

    Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been to Bulgaria a few times during the last decade. The main streets are nice.

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we drive on the potholes 🤣

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    On the surface, memes are just funny pictures that entertain us as we scroll through our feeds. And for the most part, that’s what they’re intended to do, but they’re also much more than that.

    Memes can convey complex ideas and emotions, especially when they resonate with a specific group. This is particularly true for Eastern European memes, which bring people together through unique experiences and cultural references.

    “Niche memes are not meant to go viral,” says Idil Galip, a lecturer in new media and digital culture at the University of Amsterdam and founder of the Meme Studies Research Network. “They’re meant usually to create things like in-group belonging, something that kind of strengthens a sense of identity.”

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why Grandma's are important. You will miss them once they are gone. 😑

    Guy-Incognito
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol Fresh off a 2hr phone call with mum.about me not seeing my grandma enough.

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my biggest regrets is that my grandma died while I was in prison. My behavior stole her last years together from both of us. Even before I was arrested, I was so selfish of my time. It would have cost nothing to go see her. I miss her every single day, and I desperately wish I could go back and change things.

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wasn’t in prison, but I was too busy drinking… I know how you feel as much as I can.

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    LyriQal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left James doesn't have a Bond with style

    Alex Walford
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I looked like on the right😔

    Jane W.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We grandmas know how you really look. The second picture is just how we WISH you looked.

    Ronald Robin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my granny thinks i get all the girls....

    Eugenia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if the granny was Daniel Craig's?

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    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I laughed way too hard at this

    GottaGo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha I used to do this a lot as a kid, thinking how creative I am. 😂 (Of course I am Turkish)

    Bob
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The story behind it is really cool too: the purpose of this hat is to have enought fabric to be burried inside it. It's basically a memento mori to make sultans do go too egotistical.

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having someone show me this during an otherwise quiet situation -- I'd lose it!! 👋😁

    H Daven
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just.. is that finger or toe?

    Alex Walford
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A thumb, in fact, this sultan must be Tom Thumb because he’s so short

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    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ORRR after having children, a mortgage, and getting a 9-5 job. Speaking from experience...

    Subaru645
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like AquaJuan, I rake, I rake…

    Silberwolf
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So there's great food in Bulgaria? :D

    Soulstorm brew
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guy on the bottom is WAY better 😉

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    damn even the aqua life wont know him 🤣

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's been in the water for too long. Look how bloated he is.

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    Paolo Gerbaudo, a reader in digital politics and director of the Centre for Digital Culture at Kings College London, says that memes are “one of the clearest manifestations of the fact there is such a thing as digital culture.” He describes them as a “sort of a ready-made language with many kinds of stereotypes, symbols, situations. A palette that people can use, much like emojis, in a way, to convey a certain content.”

    When it comes to belonging to a meme-subculture—relating to a very specific community—Gerbaudo explains that if you’re looking at a meme and “you get through the kind of enigma or mystery around that at face value,” you are likely part of the group it’s aimed at. “You understand [the] language, you understand the assumptions of the group,” he says.

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    Verena
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this is funny or not depends entirely on the context. In the Netherlands, some people made it a hobby of attacking ambulance people and fire fighters, - and the police trying to protect them. In the vast majority of European countries, being a member of the police requires two to three years of training and studying, with exams.

    Caleb Flores
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guys in the bottom picture are like: "sorry Jerry I know we do this every week but we gotta make it look good for the camera"

    whineygingercat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The look on the guys face in the top pic. It's like, you've got me, now where shall we go?

    Alan Vannes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Balkans already started one World War. They can do it again.

    Karina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best picture ever 😂😂

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    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An overnight stay at my inlaws' home was quite the unforgettable stay because of the numerous Grandfather clocks! Florida, USA

    ConstantlyJon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My inlaws owned an antique clock shop. Their retirement investment was all in clocks. When my FIL died a few years ago, my MIL sold of a bunch of them and is living off of that money now. They had hundreds of them. Now we have about a dozen or so in our house, as do my wife's siblings. Staying there overnight was indeed an experience like this. They actually timed them so that they'd go off at different times so you could experience the different chimes throughout the day.

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a clock but, waking up before dawn to wash every dish in the house as loudly as possible. There wasn't any dirty dishes...

    LyriQal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swear it's like a band in there

    L B
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha my mom has lots of them shes is over 70 when I visit her i hide them so I can sleep : 😀

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what it was like at my best friend's house! Even worse when we were sleeping in their lounge instead of her bedroom. Her dad collected clocks and some chimed on the hour, half hour, or quarter hour as well! Plus they always left the air con on overnight and I was too shy to ask for it to be turned off so both the clocks and cold kept me awake.

    setsuriseikou
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, still have one of them doing its muthaf***ing tick-tocks in the kitchen

    Agent Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, insanely, cuckoo clocks. What sadist invented them?

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew someone who collected antique clocks. Hundreds of the damn things in every room. I lasted an hour and never went back.

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    mine had a cuckoo clock. f*****g thing made me jump so many times as a kid xD

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    panther
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would look in the thiefs wallet, that's the only place it would be found in my house.

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. That gave me a vision of the "victim" brightening up at the prospect of cash when seeing the burglar.

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    ShaZam
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My couch and chairs would hold the wealth for any emergency tacos.

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Sips tea* "Did you check the couch cushions?"

    The “niche-ness” of memes can be as specific as you can imagine. If there’s an interest or topic out there—whether it’s the Olympics or anime—chances are it has a dedicated corner on the internet. In fact, the more serious or difficult a subject is to discuss, the more likely it is to be turned into a meme, as memes offer a universal way to express what’s often hard to explain. For example, one study found that people with depression find memes about their condition funnier because they articulate feelings that are otherwise hard to vocalize.

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    Miki
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. There is no such thing as too much garlic.

    R Dennis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter grabbing more garlic as she helps me cook: "I could never be a vampire." (We have peeled cloves in the freezer, chopped in the fridge, fresh on the counter, granulated and powdered in the cupboard...

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    Birb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To much garlic. I want to taste the food, not only garlic

    ʁɨɂɥɒ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no such thing as *"too much garlic"*

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    René Sauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I graduated from a small non-standard school in Germany. It was only my class of 15 students and I think 3 or so teachers. So when we graduated we celebrated with a BBQ. I and two classmates were responsible for the sauces and side dishes. We created a Garlic sauce with three whole bulbs of garlic 😂

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this method also applies to the amount of paprika you're adding to a dish. hehe. :3

    Argie Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agree, but it comes out of my every pore for about 3 days after

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2 cloves of garlic is merely a suggestion. Not to be taken seriously.

    Jelly.Bean
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my American Italian ash is agteeingbsobhard

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HahaHAH - worst food prep on planet.

    dog pride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and yet vampires still live in romania

    Isabella
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they love garlic too, there is no escape! :))

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    STress (I/me)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has a "fake" vibe - real squatting Slav would wear Adidas...

    M B
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heels aren't touching ground...fake slavian

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hm... heels aint on the ground. I'm calling this one out. (great balance though, I can easily squat with my feet flat, but i don't think I'd balance on bottles like that. the bottles would probably smash. >.>)

    M B
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heels aren't toching ground...fake slavian

    LyriQal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just beer bongs no Bentley's

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    panther
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember doing that when I was younger, we had an Opel station wagon, and I would be in the back holding the calf down when were taking it home after we bought it.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when I was a kid, a cow would occasionally drop a calf in the dead of winter. In order to keep the calf from freezing to death we would load it up in the farm truck and haul it back to the ranch house. In the kitchen my mom would go at it with a pair of hair dryers. Once the calf was up and around again, we loaded it back up and dropped it at the afterbirth pile. The momma would usually take it back otherwise the calf was a goner.

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    JJ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband's last team boss (who lasted a year in his job) used the company car to transport his girlfriend's goats. In the trunk. We are in Germany. It's forbidden. It's a company car. It's a big, well established company. This man was nuts.

    Ever
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle used his car to transport pigs, it was never the same again. 40 years later and my mother still goes, "Oh a pig car! I wonder how it smells." when she sees one of the same make and model.

    Cat Chat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My aunt owns a petting zoo that specializes in miniature animals (of which I had that she breeds some that aren't naturally miniature, but that's another story). Sometimes when they are only taking a few animals to a site they just use the family van.

    Gracie Mae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my mini's came home in my minivan, in an extra large dog crate!

    Mary Peace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean just mooove it, surely.

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would not mind this at all, I'll ride in the back with the calf.

    Cathy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bring it back to it's mom!

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    Memes can also be a powerful tool in political or social movements. When the #MeToo movement gained traction in 2017 to expose sexual harassment against women, state censorship in China blocked hashtags related to the campaign. In response, internet users found a creative way to keep the conversation alive. This led to the creation of the “rice bunny” in 2018—a collection of images and emojis that might seem unrelated until you realize how it’s pronounced: “mi tu.” Through this clever workaround, Chinese women were able to share their stories and continue raising awareness.

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it works, it ain’t stupid

    burncreek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Solves the problem. Any questions?

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    Zarquonsniece
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That couldn't be a hospital in my country. There's no overflow patients on trolleys.

    Jess Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hospital in the US: well-maintained but turns away everyone who can't pay and/or sends you into ridiculous medical debt if you don't have great insurance.

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would nope the hell out of that hospital

    Bad Alchemy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why horror hospital looks cleaner?

    Mary Peace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the horror movie you can sit down, I call that a positive!

    Using memes as a form of digital activism has become a vital way for people under oppressive regimes to express themselves, especially where open criticism of the establishment is not tolerated in mainstream media.

    For instance, one study found that satirical memes on Moroccan Facebook pages, which were labeled as “just for fun” or “entertainment,” actually sparked subversive political discussions about the monarchy and encouraged people to get involved in politics.

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    setsuriseikou
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of us never had much in our Eastern European homes, so anything of value (and especially home appliances) is decorated, treasured, and protected in every way possible. You know how there are people who never remove screen protection film from TVs and such? That's the mindset, applied on a greater scale and with frills.

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    pfeils wife
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same reason there is plastic on the "good" sofas

    Grumpyness24
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indian parents still havent let me take the plastic cover off those things!

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It isn´t in bubble wrap, it is a hand -rocheted lace.

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the remote is int the plastic how would you put the batteries in or replace the batteries?

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easily, you tear a bit and after putting a batterie sew it.

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    Pyla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to see a demolition derby but they’re all East European cars. Ladas, Trabants, and all the other cardboard chassis cars

    Jane W.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Lada Riva sedan. Never hear of it.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My nan used to do this as the gherkin level went down. Yes I do take after her. (UK)

    Ms.GB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use that juice for potato salad and tuna salad

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    Mavis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband is Polish and he does this.

    Kim Bailey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gags...ugh you can have my share yuk lol

    Mia Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pickle juice is great after sports

    Jan Moore
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Dad loved pickles and pickle juice. It was too bad that he had CHF and wasn't allowed to drink it.

    Lori Beauchamp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its an awesome way to avoid a hangover. Hungarian friend put me on to this.

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    While memes are often used to resist political oppression, they are also leveraged by those in power to maintain control and influence public opinion. “[Memes] unsettle power balances and allow normal people to express their voice, to express their anxieties,” says Limor Shifman, a professor of communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “On the other hand… memes could also be forces of governments, they’re now used by powerful corporations, they’re also used by extremists of all kinds.”

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    Owen
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! The mildly rude word wasn't fully censored! I must now go bleach my eyeballs. [EDIT] They have now uncensored it.

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Answer to creepy lady thinking this is a flex? And when you were a baby, someone did the same for you.

    H Daven
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely hated this as a kid. As a parent, I never tell my child this was a possibility when they meet someone and tell that person not to either. There's a reason we forget this s***. (I self censored to save BP the trouble)

    H Daven
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will never forget the horror of discovering my favorite bbsitter wiped poop from my baby butt.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, so lucky to have a pet donkey when you were little, and your auntie helped you bath it

    Suzie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair this is most countries

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were a few relatives at my father's funeral that my cousins and I had never met despite them being DNA-close and living in the same county.

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    Professional Bastard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be a shame if he accidentally walked into my convenient dog-shaped suitcase.

    Karina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is wondering where his breath went, and where is the next sausage anyway?

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That soppy expression! I want more pictures of him! And we need to send more critters to grandma and take the before and after pictures.

    justagirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    although not too often, or they're too chunky to be entirely healthy.

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    My O My
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The animal dietary faculty here wanted to test low fat dog food to see if the dogs would slim down as advetised. So first they needed to chonk the beagles up. No amount of sausage and bananas can make a Beagle fat without a grandma. So they ended up letting grannys in a retirement home take care of the dogs for a while

    Mary Peace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, you have my attention now, please write the rest of the story!

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    86
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fat and happy, just like me when I visited Grandma 😌 But he's probably not as fat as he looks, my dog has a lot of fur and looks like a chunk but when I bathe him he shrinks 3 sizes.

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    S. Maxudov
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bottle of red...a bottle of white... Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight

    Donna Peluda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bottle of white, a bottle of red.......Maybe a bottle of rosé instead

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    RedBadgerCan'tSwim
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A decision to be a jerk. If you decide not to get something, put it back where you found it.

    Roisin Reid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is from my employee owned company, leaving the milk there came out of the workers pockets because they would have to waste it.

    Beth Wheeler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some lazy idiot left milk in the wrong place that probably had to be thrown away.

    HelmGrass
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sent you to the store for ONE thing... just one thing and you came home with this???

    Isabella
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only that the pictured is not from an East European supermarket.

    ucp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep: it’s Waitrose, GB. Hence the comment above about the workers losing out, as they own the holding company.

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    But memes can also have a darker side, spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories that can impact the real world, as we saw during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than presenting complex ideas, memes often reduce conspiracies into small, bite-sized pieces of information that are easy to share and can shape the views of impressionable audiences.

    “If you’re a vulnerable person, and you find someone or a group of people who share your views, you immediately feel a sense of belonging, and that kind of adds strength to your beliefs,” explains forensic psychiatrist Reena Panchal.

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    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahaa yes went thru that 🤣

    MJisME
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally and 100% my sons.

    Beth Wheeler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you die because you destroyed the door

    John Mosley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's with the photo-shopping, was he not wearing shorts?

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that for a while because I bought a terrible laptop and then broke the screen on it, but it was at least a flat screen!

    Xip Dizc
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many adaptors? HDMI>RCA>Coax>antenna?

    H3ARTZ_FromMe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my monitor is a tv aswell. so i can do two things on one

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    Karina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call them .... collapsers, cos thats how they feel like

    Loreta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time. Then you must apologise to the car.

    Doc
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alaska roads during spring break up.

    Ever
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My FIL was certain that the only way to deal with pothole roads was to speed up and sort of "bounce" on the high parts. It did not work, but he never stopped trying.

    Skid Marks
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My town is horrible. They spend all the money on fireworks and the streets don't get any love.

    Beth Wheeler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a pothole, that's a crater

    Jelly.Bean
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my Midwestern dad goes "yup got every bit of that onr"

    gijeff58
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My new BMW, and I'm not bragging but i find it kind of odd, will show a warning, "warning pot hole 200 meters ahead", along with "disabled vehicle ahead on the left"

    M B
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have elderly support built in. Very nice of BMW to think of people with bad sight and reflexes

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    Ultimately, whether memes have a positive or negative impact depends on how we use them. “Memes are neutral communication tools,” says Galip. “Their meaning is shaped by what you intend to express through them.” What’s clear is that these small images carry more significance than we might think, even when they’re just simple, funny jokes. So, enjoy them, but stay aware of what you’re engaging with online.

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    ZGutr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because you used hops doesn't make it beer

    H Daven
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe if they're trying watered down brands like the popular Bud or Coors or Miller but give them some homegrown IPA by a Craft Select and they may rethink this

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shame on you, you don´t know Bud is originally Czech Budweiser beer, dirtied by amateurs.

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    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American beers have nothing in common with original (Czech) beers - Bud(weiser) - it isn´t beer, it doesn´t taste like beer, I admire cheeky Bud, who had the audacity to sue trademark. You must come to Czechia or Germany, eventually Belgium, to taste beer.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I rather a can of soda than the weak, mass produced swill Americans consider palatable beer. It can't compete with the worst European beer.

    Martin König
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not only American. Hey, would it kill you to learn how to brew a decent beer?

    Rodney Boathand
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Canada us girls liked that we could get American visiting hockey players very drunk. The next day we would go and cheer for our Canadian teams (of course). Sorrry lol

    Jane W.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, as an American, I agree. Better beer all over the world.

    Mylo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Czech mentioned!! Lets go!!!

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when Catholics couldn't eat meat on Friday, a Protestant man moved into a Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday night, he'd grill himself a steak. After awhile, his neighbors couldn't take it anymore. They started taking him to Mass (Catholic church service) and the man ended up deciding to convert. When he was baptized, the priest sprinkled water on his head, and said, "You were born a Protestant, you were raised a Protestant, and now you're a Catholic." All of the man's neighbors were at his baptism, and they were very relieved the steak issue was resolved. Until next Friday, when everyone was having tuna casserole or cheese sandwiches, and they smelled the grilling steak. They all dropped their own meals to rush over and remind the man that he wasn't allowed to do that anymore. They all arrived just in time to see the man sprinkle water on the steak and say, "You were born a steer. You were raised a steer, and now you're a fish."

    Trophy Husband
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An Irish man who was Protestant marys a Catholic girl, and converts. After a few weeks he goes to the priest and says that he is having trouble adjusting to some of the new ways. Brie says it's very simple my son, just keep repeating "I'm a Catholic, not a Protestant," and it'll sink any eventually. The following Friday night he was walking by the man's house and he smelled the smell of meat cooking, so he walked up the kitchen window and peeked in. He saw the man standing there over a frying pan saying "your fish, not a steak. You're a fish, not a steak."

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No doctor in their right mind would advise someone to eat more fish. The mercury is bad for your brain.

    Mary Peace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something suspicious about this one. Better check the scales.

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    Mike F
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love watching those videos. It's miraculous that the wall doesn't collapse by the third course of bricks.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went on an estimate. Client thought my price was too high and went with a cheaper competitor. Got a call asking me to do the job fixing the results of the other company. I raised my rate and fixed it.

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    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep my grandmother used to wrap a cloth around the broom, mop, take the cloth off, wring it out by hand and repeat

    Linda van A.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 63 and did that. That's not so long ago...is it? 😐

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    Birb
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum did that on her knees. Not a mop around a broom. She sat on her knees and then clean the floor

    2x4b523p
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still wipe our bathroom floor like that weekly, it’s not big and by the time I would bring the mop upstairs it’s done and dried. Kitchen mostly mop though, I only do the scrub on knees once a while, mop won’t clean the grout properly and it builds up.

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    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was taught this as well. But I'm from Denmark.

    Irina Simanschi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aurikatariina also does a similar thing aaand it is also still used in Argentina. If not the broom, at least the same concept :)

    Grant Caldwell
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can this meme format replace the drake one please?

    Petra Schaap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh i gotta try this once! I mean i dont use the fancy cleaning s**t, just a squeegee with a cloth, but never a broom.

    Karina
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, so Im a grandma just because I like my floors clean instead of wet? Fine by me

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats old timers invention 👍

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    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha! In high school, I had History class right after Home-Ec. Drove teacher nuts.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hypoglycemia was an alien concept growing up, so I was passing out left and right. Eating a healthy snack between meals was all I needed.

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    Richi Weiss
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    1 year ago (edited)

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    It was filmed in eastern Europe fimed so thats not completely false...

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of the kid that went to the school where I work not long ago, who just put her uniform over her pyjamas. Apparently it was her mum's fault because she rushed her too much!

    Tempest
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this in university during the winter. Just put a coat or hoodie over PJs and get on with my day as long as it doesn’t involve staying in a heated room for long. Pretty much all my friends did the same with one friend who didn’t even try to hide her pink frilly PJs most of the time.

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve seen my uncle renovate an apartment, we suck at pipe management

    Ever
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not having a skill can be a skill of its own.

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    OneHappyPuppy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sooong oh nooo my ears! For anyone wondering it's one of those kids' songs that is utterly annoying

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suburban America starts at 7am in most municipalities.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This "Nobody" thing is really grating! At best it's "nobody else" and should come after the other statement, but it really is totally unnecessary. Please stop.

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    Zoe's Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr. Cavill is one of the most beautiful men today in my humble opinion.

    Ephemera Image
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slavic men don't go bald nearly as much as North American men. They seem to have full heads of hair even after fifty.

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, that are some men from South Europa, Polen, Czech, German and Ukrainian men are blond or light brown (bald too after a pair of years), but not so fat as some Americans (esp. Aframerican women).

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    Stygtand
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks good. Gotta work with what you got. And i think they did a really good job

    Kobe (she)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, a wedding it is not about the decoration folks

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    Mimi La Souris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    beautiful bouquets, so ok with me :) (It’s not the place that matters, but the people inside)

    Lara Verne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wedding decorations usually does not include whole new building. And that arch looks good.

    marko skerlavaj
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wedding ceremony and fixing bicycles...all in one

    Pam
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bloom where you are planted!!

    Thom Serveaux
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw, I'd be honored to walk through this if it was made by someone I love.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer this than the opulent weddings that are so trendy.

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    Miki
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smalec. But it needs a really good bread too.

    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lardo in Italy, szalonna in Hungary, smalec in Poland, lašiniai in Lithuania, a few other names & places, salo in a few parts of Europe but can't remember where. That's one of those foods that every culture around the world that made bread seems to have come up with.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had some Latvian housemates for 5yrs. Their favourite thing was... unflavoured pork gelatine with extra gristle on toast. It is, if anything, even worse than it sounds.

    OneWithRatsAndKefir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure I know exactly what you mean, being Latvian myself… and of course, I have to personally, politely disagree (I respect your opinion and just want to add my two cents) and say the gelatine, left over from cooking, is actually pretty good. It’s a nice spread (mostly fatty and salty)!

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    Alex Walford
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One and a half inch thick slice of fresh homemade sourdough, with bacon fats 😋 (I live in Illinois)

    setsuriseikou
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grind it with some salt, garlic, and parsley, put it on a slab of freshly baked rye bread, and enjoy!

    Mia Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Latvian? (My grandparents are German Latvian and I loved the garlic bread you get in every bar)

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    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It isn't something you get in UK butchers anymore but I used to buy joints of fat ham, which was basically a chunk of pure white fat. Roasted and sliced, eaten hot slathered in lots of strong piccalilli or English mustard, it melted in the mouth. Also tripe, cooked in milk with salt, pepper and onions and served with buttery mashed potatoes and the cooking liquid thickened with cornflour and more butter as a sauce. Oh, and chitlins (cooked pigs intestines) with vinegar and salt.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can still get pig cheeks which is nearly there

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    ChugChug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With some onions. Yummiest 😀

    Agent Smith
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been known to snack on the drippings from my airfryer. Delicious when they're super crispy.

    Elisabet Larsen
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Denmark we put porkfat under picled herring and serve it on rye bread.

    Jane W.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pork fat on bread = ham sandwich.

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    Squirrel Chaser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if there's a scooter in the car.

    Teutonic Disaster
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Missed opportunity to caption it Matryosh-car 🤦‍♂️

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worth a front page SOMEWHERE.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you can buy those little rubber things with the x-shaped flaps at the front. Trouble is, when there's no towels hanging from them it just looks as though you have fixed a row of rubber buttholes to your wall 😂

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    Michael Danhauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um... That towel hanging method is not confined only to eastern Europe.

    ConstantlyJon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Virginia, USA here. That's exactly where the towels belong.

    Ivona
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't but that's only because I prefer wiping my hands on soft paper towels and discard them.

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    ADJ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    21:37 used to have a special meaning for Poles, as it was hour the Pope John Paul II died.

    Slapdash1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It still has a special meaning in the sense that it became a symbol of mocking the cult around JP II. Basically the number is a meme.

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    Nicola Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Random, vaguely related story. I noticed that my neighbour had hung out 15 teatowels to dry on her washing line. I'm wondering who on earth uses 15 teatowls between washes. What is she doing with them?

    Kiss Army
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Possibly someone who cut out using paper towels?

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    Connor N
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in the US. My mom does this now I do too

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup (home of my kitchen towel).

    Ivona
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many people here (the U.S.) have a kitchen towel draped over the oven door handle.

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    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's hard to objective here. i like to read the Czech and Slovakian description of any item. They call potato crisps 'potato peels'.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IDK. Americans and Brits are keen on ridiculing their own people about their local accents and colloquialisms. Do you realize, if we had maintained a universal language as we evolved as a species, we wouldn't have suffered so many wars. Lack of communication has always been our downfall.

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It´s nothing to compare to Croatian.

    Martin König
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Czech I agree reluctantly. But they're the funny ones.

    Kim Bailey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren't the languages similar?

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    Annik Perrot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they dressed you as a kid, not as an over-sexualized Lolita.

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this so much. I saw a girl, 7, wearing black leather trousers to school. Plus, the girls really don't need body image issues or narcissistic tendencies.

    Vera Diblikova
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But their mothers have it. When you can buy it in not specialized shops - that will be considered appropriate.

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    OneWithRatsAndKefir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the feeling that if we all restarted our lives, our parents would still dress us in the same way on the right. Balkan, Slavic, Baltic, whatever… we all get the whimsical, somehow slightly aged, frumpy look.

    Kim Bailey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The clothes on the left aren't bad, her hair is styled cute but if you look closely she's wearing makeup or it's been photoshopped and added. I hate that! She's already adorable, the make up only sexualizes her and that is NOT at all OKAY!

    7chickens12
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Young girls are wearing makeup to school and the school administration allows it. It's being marketed to them and the parents are buying it for them. Smh (USA)

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    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem with the left picture isn't the clothes, it's the way the girl has been posed.

    Pamelot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little girl beauty pageants are worse!

    DowntownStevieB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this is my childhood! lol

    Vessa J
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me. Growing up first generation American. 😀

    Justanotherpanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not just the Balkans, western Europe too, thank you ‘80’s.

    Susan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The right pic could easily be from USA in the eighties, also. The 80 styles were wild!

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    Hybrid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a shame we allow this

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    panther
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How else are they supposed to signal a turn?

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats for holding a cigarette 🤣

    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's where they pass the liquor through & toss out the empties, right?

    M O'Connell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's were they receive the weight/balance/fuel loaded documentation from the ground crew

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    LyriQal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When a commuter omnibus driver becomes a pilot

    ️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    okay okay, so, if this were real, what would happen? babysplain please, im slow

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH Nonononooo. 👋😁👍

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    bbgorilla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks and sounds like it's tasty

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called vișinată, it's made from cherries with sugar and alcohol (usually Țuică or Vodka, I usually use vodka since I'm in the UK and tuică is hard to get hold of.), and It is so good. I' was dying to make some, but I'm off alcohol atm due to health, I could make an alcohol free version I guess. xP.

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    Alex R
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called vișinată (vișine = sour cherries) and it is a liqueur made from quite strong alcool with sugar and sour cherries. To be honest it's quite nice if made well.

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    R Dennis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the cherry bounce I have aging downstairs - I added a vanilla bean in one of them...

    Vera Diblikova
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like !višňovka", the cherry brandy to me.

    Valentin Stanescu
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you never drank that, you never tasted the essence of strawberry. ✨

    Bad Alchemy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, that's not tea... 🍾🍷

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    Karnevil4
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he try to push the stuffed cabbage out of his waist after the gunpowder fire?

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    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that was the result of a pub crawl.

    Jane W.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, just what the dude really looks like.

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    Pandemonium
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the brightside in Poland, there'd be less distracting you from the content of the lesson. That's good, right?

    Verena
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. And less complaints about "school has to teach ...". Whatever opinion one has about the balkan, education is top notch, and that includes the basics. They can make a lot with next to nothing. Contruction work in the middle of nowhere? Make sure that you add an Eastern Europe plumber, electrician an car mechanic to your team.

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    Jelly.Bean
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ib america woman are forbidden to wear stuff like that in school. dress codes. even teachers will get forced to change

    zims
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, it varies school by school, as does enforcement of the dress code. And it could be at a university.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Butt floss, dress is way 2 short. And I have no idea with the teacher

    pemdas927
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    1 year ago

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    But in America, that's how you get the boys to show up to class.

    Hybrid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that's what we come to to get attendance is stupid

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    Rizzo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Granny has 'carte blanche' and can do whatever she wants without anyone commenting or criticizing. She is the Queen! Got it? Now go comment on something else, you little rascals. ;)

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    troufaki13
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We also had this cigarette-looking chewing gum. It completed the image! 😂

    Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if puffed out “smoke”!! And let’s not forget Popeye Cigarettes

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    ADJ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was build without necessary perimissions, in the protected area of natural preserve area. Illegal as fu.ck. There is ongoing battle between lawyers and government about its deconstruction. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamek_w_Stobnicy

    Miki
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buisnessdick give money where needed and get a permission from local authorities to build a castle on a grounds which suppose to be nature preservation.

    burncreek
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? Captain, my captain, please enlighten me! 😮

    Guy-Incognito
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean how many siberian farmers conscripted by Putin can swim?

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    InoueAmani
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I would like to spend the zombie apocalypse

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    Vera Diblikova
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So look truck drivers over the world.

    Pamelot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got Loch Ness "Nellie" visual. Aargh. Cannot unsee either!

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    Matt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The drive through is on the wrong side of the car for America

    DowntownStevieB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the Balkan food looks better....

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I'm feeling more Balkan by the minute

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    Guy-Incognito
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did this not get a comment? Kid getting thrown on the onion dicing grenade for tears?

    Pamelot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because a lot of us didn't experience this but Moms are sneaky/clever.

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    InoueAmani
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is better than anything happening at a Planet Fitness

    Dark Pearl
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he looks like homeless hozier but yeah he ain't bad looking

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    Pamelot
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband used to go for walks on the beach with a cigarette. Florida West Coast, USA.

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    Stygtand
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Balkan wins

    Monika Lachova
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and only downstairs is usually inhabited

    Chloe Belle
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got stranded in americant because of the holocaust someone bring me back home 😭

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    I_imagine_even_worse_w***s
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rare picture of infamous serial killer couple posing moments after they've just decapitated someone.

    Jacob Ross
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cannot tell if you are joking. Who are they?

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not know what is happening in this picture, but I don't like it.

    Linda van A.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a picture of domestic violence after making up.

    Daphne Y
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely ADORE this picture! They both GNF about anyone else that moment but each other.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who has done that and woke up with muscle pains, yes lol

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eastern Europeans can be intimidating, but they can also be great fun to be around, and teach you stuff. I have several Polish, Russian and Latvian friends. And one Turkish guy, but I'm not sure if that counts as Eastern Europe.

    Berk Yuksel (Alumni)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on which part of Turkey. European part (except Istanbul) is mostly inhabited by Pomaks. Pomak as a language is very similar to Bulgarian and they are (us) basically Slavic muslims fled from genocide and massacre during the Ottoman contraction.

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    Teutonic Disaster
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bottom pic reminds me of a (kinda bad) joke: Come visit beautiful Poland, your car is already here!

    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Mercedes still has its badge… TREACHERY

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    Verena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct. As was my dear dad: "As long as my car is comfy and neat on the inside and working reliably, I absolutely don't care how it looks on the outside".

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey... and they use real brick - no cardboard :)

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend told me this once. The inside is for you, the outside is for others to see.

    marko skerlavaj
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    don't forget a decades old Mercedes parked in front

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is delicious, Hungry Hungarian pride!

    Vera Diblikova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hungarian are never hungry. Their meals are delicious. Pork, fish, wine, cream, salami, coffee - excelent!

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    Science Nerd
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks great no matter what you call it.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's almost as if being fabulously wealthy and having a mostly leisure lifestyle keeps one from aging? I don't think this is a USA vs Eastern Europe thing. Brad has good genes, sure, but also a personal trainer, a skin care routine, the best dermatologist, etc.

    Nils Skirnir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pavle is me. Had more wrinkles at six than most folks have at sixty-six

    Teutonic Disaster
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the left supposed to be "Pavel" but in french?

    Vera Diblikova
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hard manual work, no cosmetics, no plastic operations.

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bedecked in the grandmothers’ royal armor

    KatSaidWhat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Momma gonna be pissed about her carpet though.

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    Meyrin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is an American toilet. This nonsense does not exist in eastern Europe nor in the whole of Europe

    Dave In MD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, what is the nonsense you are refering to?

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    pemdas927
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not American. We have whole toilet seats.

    Pam
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a northern Minnesota thing. Damn toilets up here will give you frost bite at night!

    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    true question : why the missing front part ?

    LyriQal
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add your phone to the mix and you be sitting on that thing for hours

    Pamelot
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    1 year ago

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    NOPE. Eewww. USA? Yup.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would happily live there. It just needs some love, some paint and an exorcism.

    Marian Spanik
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's clearly in construction, not finished. You are looking at what most houses in Europe have inside them. An USA alternative of this is a cardboard box, I guess (that will later be covered by a vinyl).

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    R Dennis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please... like we don't eat stuffed cabbage.

    Oni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rice and minced meat. Also known as "sarmale"

    Teutonic Disaster
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you have preferred "Americans: *draw their guns* "

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    Verena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You will, and at that age you aren't interested in opinions of others anymore. Cheers from the other side of 50.

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    Oni
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eggplant salad with mayo. Spread it on bread slices and get some cherry tomatoes.

    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roasted egg plant is very popular in the Caribbean.

    iseefractals
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even though i loathe eggplant, i could at least tolerate the overindulgence of my MIL if she actually cooked it like this....but she doesn't. She has a little metal plate that goes over the burner on the stove, on which the eggplant is put directly...burning eggplant in a confined space is...just terrible.

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where Poland and Belarus?

    Antihaarbalsnoepje
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently only balkan countries in the picture

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    Michael Danhauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why there's only 3 ninja turtles in eastern Europe...

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    Barbie after one week in Balkans.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm British and do all of that daily. Also an Uncle to 8.

    Randy Sanders
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need much more of this in America.

    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, but its usually a crappier brand of ciggies with no filter (symphonia)

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    Squirrel Chaser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ? I thought babushka meant grandmother...

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the nicest way as I’m also going to get one when I’m old being Eastern European Roma, the moustaches on old slav women are strong 💪 ❤️ I’m gonna rock mine when I hit 60

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    Randy Sanders
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. I would feel much more comfortable in the eastern backyard. My kind of people.

    Duncan McCann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure I know which one I'd rather get drunk in.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The snacks are probably better too, if previous posts are anything to go by

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rich western backyard. I cannot afford that. My backyard isn't even big enough for the bottom picture.

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    Laugh or not
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you marry her bro, she will make the pastry for the wedding.

    Science Nerd
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Southern US family is jealous.Can we adopt her?

    ENSJ
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks similar to a chipolata, which is a thin sausage rolled into this shape.

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    justagirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and any boys! my mom asks me if anyone's cute on a weekly basis! well she used to. she doesn't anymore because i have a boyfriend now.

    BeesEelsAndPups
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother was always like "please let this just be a friend" to any girl I associated with. She liked to say "Getting married and having kids was the biggest mistake of my life. Don't make that same mistake". Nice to know I was the biggest mistake of your life mom.

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    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nonono, the proper Hungarian bürger is thick slices of Pick wintersalami and homemade kolbász, with an entire block of Trappist cheese, smothered in érős pista. Only after that can you add your accessories

    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it tied up to make it harder to escape?

    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nope, that's a rescue rope incase it gets stuck half way down

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    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pork fat, onion, stick and fire---fat drips through onion and onto bread...yeah

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    Valentin Stanescu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Romanian here. Please allow me to clarify: 2 cretins on the ski slope, wearing city attire, head to toe. 😏

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    iseefractals
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol i mean, for an event maybe, but people start busting out the many, many winter layers once it gets below 14c. Meanwhile, i'm the american wearing shorts and sandals until there's either a minimum of 15cm of snow on the ground, or it dips below -10c.

    Petra Schaap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    neh pretty sure thats Glasgow or northern England

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    STress (I/me)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I'm born and bred Croat, and I still don't get it...

    Corwin 02
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German first name resembling Nazi Germany, Croatian last name "Herman Bunjevčević"

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