/siberia/ - Off-topic

I have not looked into it academically but, am I wrong to understand that Turkish people tend to be quite delusional about the importance and acknowledgement of their culture? I have the impression that, in general, they believe their soft power is way stronger than it actually is.
Noticed that talking to them and reading the kind of stuff they write on normie online spaces. I am not even talking about the silly unasked patriotic stuff that they often bring up in conversations that have nothing to do with that. I am talking more about when they bring up some Turkish cultural reference and expect people to know about it as if it was normal for people outside of Turkey, and without niche interest, to be aware of that.
One practical example: one of these days this Turkish lady at work needed help with a project. She said that she would bring some Turkish dish as a reward for those who would help. The fun part is that she said it not only as if it was something delicious that everyone was eager for turns out it was some sort of watery porridge with raisins in it but as if everyone knew very well what it was. And acted shocked when people said they has no idea what it was.
For comparison, as an example, someone from the US or the UK is aware that they can insert a topic related to their local pop icons without much explanation, someone from Brazil or Argentina knows that they can mention their football stars without much explanation but when it comes to their local pop icons, some context is usually provided. The Turkish apparently believe they will bring up Burak Özçivit just Googled it and people are gonna be very aware who they are talking about.

Post robots you would never call clankers or clanka or lil tin can or walking Fleshlight

Ever since the retirement of Fidel Castro in 2006 ever self-described communist country (all five of them) has been a market-socialist economy. China and Vietnam seem to have taken a liking to it, North Korea seems to be indifferent, I don’t know anything about Laos, and Cuba seems to be reluctant to it. Is only supposed to be temporary for until the communist movement gets back on its feet or are we stuck with Labubus and billboards forever?

I think that this is pretty interesting. Also with most of these countries they’re probably mostly just desert of tundra.
Also they are ordered from largest to smallest by how they are ordered next to each other too.

>search for literally anything
>Bluesky: "ah yes"
>"hairy"
>"grown"
>"men"
>"in"
>"diapers"

i guess i'm not as progressive as i thought i was

debunk this if youre a linguist or something with a phd in a related field

I've been crying every morning for a week how do I stop this ?

There is many places I would love to defect to but the biggest roadblock is that I can only speak English and I’m too autistic to learn another. There is a small community of Cayman Islanders and Jamaicans in Isla de la Juventud who speak English but I don’t know if I’ll be able to live with Cuban material conditions, that’s no fault of their own but still.

Laos is the most unpopular and least talked about communist country, nut just in regard to the media and the press but even here! We don’t even have a Laotian flag! I don’t even know what Laos is like geopolitically, I don’t know weather it’s really close to Russia and China like how Cuba and the DPRK are or if it’s cucked to America like Vietnam. I would of thought that the most bombed country on earth would come up more in political discourse.

Say something nice about the world's first liver baby.
https://needtoknow.co.uk/2025/12/05/miracle-baby-born-after-attaching-to-mums-liver-instead-of-uterus/

Also, liver and onions thread.

Discuss human liver babies or culinary liver dishes, it's completely up to you.