OK, since this forum continues to function primarily according to seemingly nationalistic comparisons that spark cyclical and often times hurtful arguments, I would like us all to openly rate ourselves according to a few categories I have listed below. I believe that by way of self analysis and public honesty we can begin to see how enlightened or narrow-minded each of us may or may not be! Perhaps this is a path to individual and/or collective growth... Or it may be another reason to start bashing one another. Let's see!

For each category, give yourself a rating from 1-10!

A) Nationalist (we all know this one)
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...)
C) Cosmopolitan (definition: International identity with global consciousness and open-mindedness)
D) Religious
E) Emotional Intelligence
F) Intellectual Capacity
G) Architectural Knowledge

If you feel other categories should be present, please make a suggestion. However, for now let's stick to this initial list of categories in order to keep things simple.

here is mine :D

A) Nationalist - 3/10 -we all are sometimes, sport comes to mind. :D
B) Regionalist 3/10 - sometimes I can be bit regionally predisposed. :)
C) Cosmopolitan 10/10 - Green, Liberal, open minded, hate conservatives, do I need to go on :D
D) Religious 0/10 (religion is source of all evil) :D
E) Emotional Intelligence 5/10 - not sure about this, I'll stick with the 5, I am cold blooded Vulcan sometimes. :D
F) Intellectual Capacity 8/10 - won't lie, not most intelligent person ever to live, IQ of 152 so the IQ test says. ;)
G) Architectural Knowledge 3/10 - loads more to learn here.:cheers:

Here's mine:

A) Nationalist = 2/10 ( I am Bulgarian and I am Canadian. Either way I'm no nationalist.)

B) Regionalist = 3/10 ( Somewhat European, somewhat North American and somewhat East Asian just cause I live(d) there for a while.)

C) Cosmopolitan = 9/10

D) Religious = 5/10 (I am officially supposed to be Christian, though in reality I live life according to my own philosophy/religion that is based on personal preferences, theories and certain elements taken from many cultures around the world.)

E) Emotional Intelligence = 4/10 :(

F) Intellectual Capacity = 10/10 :D

G) Architectural Knowledge = 5/10

There you have it... I know, I think I'm too smart! But obviously I'm also an emotional wreck! Maybe I'm neither... :lol:

A) Nationalist - 7
B) Regionalist - 2
C) Cosmopolitan - 7
D) Religious - 3
E) Emotional Intelligence -
F) Intellectual Capacity - 10
G) Architectural Knowledge - 3

nationalist 222/10
regionalist 5.5/10
cosmopolitan two thumbs up
religious 10/10 i believe in myself with fervent emphasis on myself
emotional intelligence 30/10 i can read minds
intellectual capacity i invitend taht wrods
architectural knowledge 10/10 i drew my house in first grade and my teacher said it was the best she's seen.

^^ Shit Dardani, you're super!

i takes it to a hole nother level.

A) Nationalist = 10/10 (.......but I'm a nice guy :angel:)
B) Regionalist = xx/xx (Europe and N. America are the same to me :bowtie:)
C) Cosmopolitan = 9/10 (Globalization is the future....)
D) Religious = 4/10 (Christian by culture)
E) Emotional Intelligence = xx/xx (What animal is this?)
F) Intellectual Capacity = 8/10 (very relative....)
G) Architectural Knowledge = 4/10 (Aircraft Engineer by profession)

A) Nationalist 9/10
B) Regionalist 8/10
C) Cosmopolitan 5/10
D) Religious 1/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 7/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 7/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 5/10

i have a feeling many of you are not being quite honest.

A) Nationalist 9/10
B) Regionalist 2/10
C) Cosmopolitan 9/10
D) Religious 2/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 0/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 0/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 0/10

A) Nationalist: 8/10, not the militant kind, I just know who I am and how to defend myself
B) Regionalist 1/10, don't like North America, much more European oriented
C) Cosmopolitan 9/10
D) Religious 5/10 don't go to church anymore besides Christmas/Easter, but I still consider myself Catholic and do some traditions
E) Emotional Intelligence 1/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 5/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 8/10 well considering I'm majoring in architecture I should know a thing or two haha but I still have a looooong way to go before I fully "understand" architecture

A) nationalist - 8/10 Bulgaria uber alles! :)
B) regionalist - 8/10 Viva Europa! :)
C) comoplitan - 5/10 (wtf is this)
D) religious - 2/10 (I'm an atheist that likes churches and love to light candles aheah )
E) sometimes 1/10, sometimes 10/10, depends on what I've drunk :)
F) exactly the same
G) 4/10, I'm far from being an architect, but my father is, so I guess I know at least something..

A) Nationalist 3/10 - Not much of a nationalist here.
B) Regionalist - 2/10 - Not a regionalist either. Though, I would like to see a federal EU.
C) Cosmopolitan 9/10
D) Religious - 1/10 - hardcore atheist. :D
E) Emotional Intelligence - 5/10 I guess.
F) Intellectual Capacity - Dunno really lol. But last semester I had perfect grades in all of my university classes, if that counts :P.
G) Architectural Knowledge - 2/10

:lol:Funny thread title, Dulgeroff.

Here's me...
A) Nationalist - 3/10 (would defend my country in a war if needed and there's no other way and if I'm convinced it's the right thing to do and I like listening to the anthem... apart from that, I'm not much of a nationalist...)
B) Regionalist - 6/10 (I like Europe and the East Coast of the US the most)
C) Cosmopolitan -10/10 (globalisation and no borders... my dream)
D) Religious - 0/10 (atheist... wtf?!)
E) Emotional Intelligence - 7/10 (that's only an estimate... I did a test once, but don't remember the result :nuts:... may be as low as 5, and as high as 9)
F) Intellectual Capacity - 8/10 (rough estimate)
G) Architectural Knowledge - 2/10 (n00b)

A) Nationalist 9/10 - There is nothing wrong in being a Nationalist as long you are not a Chauvinist :)
B) Regionalist - 7/10 - Viva Unione Europea !
C) Cosmopolitan 5/10
D) Religious - 4/10 - I like the traditions and the rituals. Our obligation is to preserve them.
E) Emotional Intelligence - 5/10.
F) Intellectual Capacity - 8/10 I am a smart guy hehehe :)
G) Architectural Knowledge - 2/10 ... I am a third generation engineer and currently work as a graphic designer so at least i posses some sence for esthetics and some logical thinking :)

Nationalist 5/10
Regionalist 8/10
Cosmopolitan 7/10
Religious 0/10
Emotional Intelligence 6/10
Intellectual Capacity 10/10
Architectural Knowledge 7/10 I know many different types of commieblocks :cheers:

G) Architectural Knowledge = 4/10 (Aircraft Engineer by profession)


Remind me never to fly in one of your planes...or live in one of your buildings.

A) Nationalist 10/10 I have a lot of flags in my home, during the world cup I was wearing the jersey every day and even painted my face for every game
B) Regionalist 1/10 Our neighbors are dirt poor and uncultured.
C) Cosmopolitan 10/10 Our biggest city is among the leaders on the continent
D) Religious 10/10 Our capital boasts the world's biggest basilica. I often go there to pray
E) Emotional Intelligence 5/10 don't understand it so I put the average score
F) Intellectual Capacity 10/10 How can I be dumb when I answer these questions so correctly
G) Architectural Knowledge 9/10 I enjoy reading architectural books from time to time, I'm no expert but I think I know enough to understand the experts, lol

Remind me never to fly in one of your planes...or live in one of your buildings.
Is the airplane the only flying vehicle?
BTW, who is the guy on your avatar? Looks dangerous! :shocked:

Is the airplane the only flying vehicle?

True...I can always take a baloon. It was a joke cause you said you had understanding of architecture because you are an aircraft engineer. That made me scared...I am an Industrial Engineer by profession...but I know jack shi*t about architecture.

BTW, who is the guy on your avatar? Looks dangerous!

You should see him naked...

True...I can always take a baloon. It was a joke cause you said you had understanding of architecture because you are an aircraft engineer. That made me scared...I am an Industrial Engineer by profession...but I know jack shi*t about architecture.

I am sure that the architects study math and science at the beginning just like the engineers. Plus, the first few years of Aircraft Engineering is basically Mechanical Engineering, which I am sure is very close to architecture!


You should see him naked...

no, thank you!

I am sure that the architects study math and science at the beginning just like the engineers. Plus, the first few years of Aircraft Engineering is basically Mechanical Engineering, which I am sure is very close to architecture!


True...as I said its a joke. First few years of most engineering is all the same crap. Are you done with school yet or you working in some engineering firm?

no, thank you!

Oh come on!!

BTW, who is the guy on your avatar? Looks dangerous! :shocked:

He is dangerous, but then isn't every other politician?

A) Nationalist: 9/10 Can you add Socialist to that term, then I would give it 10/10.
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...): 8/10, supporter of anyone that can get a tan.
C) Cosmopolitan: 0/10 Not my cup of tea. Globalization strips people of individuallity, national identity, and self-reliance. Anything that turns people into whining sissies can't be positive.
D) Religious - 0/10 Best business man ever invented (of course it was the "cursed" that did it)
E) Emotional Intelligence- 1/10 Emotions are a barrier to progress. You only move forward if there is no emotinal attachment to your actions.
F) Intellectual Capacity- Has anyone ever said that he was dumb? I think answering this question would actually mean you lack either Intelligence or Modesty.
G) Architectural Knowledge - 3/10 (more of an hobby, but have finished a course or two)

He is dangerous, but then isn't every other politician?
Looks like a mujahideen in tuxedo!

Nice thread, nice idea. My ratings:

A) Nationalist 5/10
B) Regionalist Don´t give a shit
C) Cosmopolitan 8/10
D) Religious 4/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 5/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 7/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 3/10

Thats Edi Rama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edi_Rama

He is dangerous, but then isn't every other politician?

A) Nationalist: 9/10 Can you add Socialist to that term, then I would give it 10/10.
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...): 8/10, supporter of anyone that can get a tan.
C) Cosmopolitan: 0/10 Not my cup of tea. Globalization strips people of individuallity, national identity, and self-reliance. Anything that turns people into whining sissies can't be positive.
D) Religious - 0/10 Best business man ever invented (of course it was the "cursed" that did it)
E) Emotional Intelligence- 1/10 Emotions are a barrier to progress. You only move forward if there is no emotinal attachment to your actions.
F) Intellectual Capacity- Has anyone ever said that he was dumb? I think answering this question would actually mean you lack either Intelligence or Modesty.
G) Architectural Knowledge - 3/10 (more of an hobby, but have finished a course or two)

Of course what you are implying is that you are both modest and intelligent. Upon a second observation however, you actually did answer the question without giving yourself a rating, whilst passing on your opinion and judgement. This is different than simply leaving a blank! So then using your statement and my 'pointless' analysis therein, are you also telling us you are not modest and/or intelligent? If you were modest, shouldn't you have given us a rating of your intelligence in order to show us that you too are dumb like the rest of us, and therefore kind enough to not show us how smart you are by writing a brilliant judgement codemning our stupidity? :)

Of course what you are implying is that you are both modest and intelligent. Upon a second observation however, you actually did answer the question without giving yourself a rating, whilst passing on your opinion and judgement. This is different than simply leaving a blank! So then using your statement and my 'pointless' analysis therein, are you also telling us you are not modest and/or intelligent? If you were modest, shouldn't you have given us a rating of your intelligence in order to show us that you too are dumb like the rest of us, and therefore kind enough to not show us how smart you are by writing a brilliant judgement codemning our stupidity? :)


Ah you caught me, all that jibberish about me answering the question must in fact truly mean that I did answer it. It does appear that you look at the simple fact wheather or not I actually had an answer and not at what that answer had to say or if in fact was answering the question in effect. You must be one of those 10/10, since you could not grasp the details of that answer. So my initial assesment of your intelligence level was not that far fetched after all.

Hahahaha, it's amazing to me that you got so angry and defensive that you had to go out of your way to try and come up with something that sounds like a weeping/mean and overblown answer to what I asked you! Remember what you said, emotions are a barrier to progress... :lol:

Anyway, I guess you failed to see that I had a happy face after my previous comment, as it was all meant in good fun and in no way an attack on your ego. I suppose the fact that you missed this and reacted so harshly when I was simply having fun shows that:

A) you are as bright as my butt crack
B) you are as emotionally mature as my dick on autopilot

Indeed, you not only missed what I said, you totally shat your panties.

:cheers:

This is like Comedy Central!:lol: :nuts:

^^ It is entertaining for someone as dumb as myself. I guess I enjoy the simple things in life. :D

Hahahaha, it's amazing to me that you got so angry and defensive that you had to go out of your way to try and come up with something that sounds like a weeping and mean answer to what I asked you! Remember what you said, emotions are barrier to progress... :lol:

Anyway, I guess you failed to miss that I had a happy face after my previous comment, as it was all meant in good fun and in no way an attack on your ego. I suppose the fact that you missed this and reacted so harshly when I was simply having fun at your expense shows that:

A) you are as bright as my butt crack
B) you are as emotionally mature as my dick on autopilot

:cheers:


And you failed to understand that sarcasm is not an emotion, and I truly could not give a flying F*** what's your opinion on anything, let alone get angry. My response too was ment in good fun (my fun in this case) it's a real shame you did not see it in the same way. And since we are at the point of thrashing each other over the net, why not mention that:
1) People like you do wonder's for Miss. Spears self confidence levels (intelligence -wise).
2) You are making as much sense as a cheerleader on speed.
If you are still descifering my emotions on this post, I will let you know that it's called "i ain;t the type that really gives 2 f**ks". Oh, and sorry if i don;t add a "me drinking beer emotion" to that post, to give you the desired effect, I was hoping you would get the idea without pictures, is that too advanced??? You want me to draw a couple of caveman chasing a mamooth for you to get the point?

A) Nationalist: 4/10. "I love my country too much to be a nationalist". I am a patriot though.
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...): 3/10
C) Cosmopolitan: 7-8/10
D) Religious - 2/10 - not religious
E) Emotional Intelligence- 6/10
F) Intellectual Capacity- 5/10 - pretty average I guess
G) Architectural Knowledge - 1/10 - I have opinions, not knowledge:D

And you failed to understand that sarcasm is not an emotion, and I truly could not give a flying F*** what's your opinion on anything, let alone get angry. My response too was ment in good fun (my fun in this case) it's a real shame you did not see it in the same way. And since we are at the point of thrashing each other over the net, why not mention that:
1) People like you do wonder's for Miss. Spears self confidence levels (intelligence -wise).
2) You are making as much sense as a cheerleader on speed.
If you are still descifering my emotions on this post, I will let you know that it's called "i ain;t the type that really gives 2 f**ks". Oh, and sorry if i don;t add a "me drinking beer emotion" to that post, to give you the desired effect, I was hoping you would get the idea without pictures, is that too advanced??? You want me to draw a couple of caveman chasing a mamooth for you to get the point?

For a guy that tries to write the present-continual tense of wonder (ie: wonders) and actually writes "wonder's" thereby managing to give a possessive quality to a verb, you really do have a lot to say. Also, those who "don't give a f**k" as you say, don't respond to what offends them... They simply go on about their lives, which by way of your reaction, you didn't do.

BTW, I'd love to see the picture of the caveman chasing the "mamooth". What is this "mamooth" anyways? Or did you mean to press 'm' twice and instead pressed 'o' an extra time just cause you were too uspet to calm down and take your time with your poetic response? I "wonder's" why... :tongue4:

:banana:

Dewrob, my Macedonian friend. We haven't chatted lately. How are you doing?

Аааа, това хубаво ама въпросът е защо няма "расист" ?!?

Мразим шибаните печки и цигани :) Нищо че съм на не знам колко бири в момента :) Мразим ги точно в момента :) Зиг Хайл :)

http://vbox7.com/play:2cec0d60

:)

Лигавя се де :)

Dewrob, my Macedonian friend. We haven't chatted lately. How are you doing?

keeping low profile mate :). I'm just enjoying all this ranting but I'm not in the moode to add something myself :cheers:

Looks like a mujahideen in tuxedo!

That "mujahideen" is more famous than any politician your country has ever produced. If you were 1% of Edi Rama i would congratulate you myself.:yes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sq/1/1c/Edi_Rama.jpg

He's won international awards like Mayor of the World 2004 and made the list of European Heroes for 2005 by Time Magazine. Not to mention the countless of articles about him on the most well known media sources in the world.
The New Yorker said in its July 2005 article: "The Balkans have never seen a politician quite like Edi Rama"

Next time, think before making stupid comments.:bash:

Next time, think before making stupid comments.:bash:

"Edi Rama is the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania". That's all I need! If the socialists in Albania are like the socialists in Bulgarian that means that they are communists in disguise. Which means they get 0 respect from me!

the communists were kicked out from the party by him.

^^ Let's ask Edi Rama to take my "How F$%^&-Up are you really?" survey. I hope I don't have to argue with him too, cause then I'll probably end up in some Albanian garbage bin.

A) Nationalist: 9
B) Regionalist: 7
C) Cosmopolitan 2
D) Religious: negative infiniti!
E) Emotional Intelligence: no idea what that is. how can emotions be attributed intelligence?! or are you asking if one is "stable" or "wiry"?
F) Intellectual Capacity: 9
G) Architectural Knowledge: 8 (not an architect but i can tear out a house and put it back together. can't design it though). depending in what sense you are asking this..

That "mujahideen" is more famous than any politician your country has ever produced. If you were 1% of Edi Rama i would congratulate you myself.:yes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sq/1/1c/Edi_Rama.jpg

He's won international awards like Mayor of the World 2004 and made the list of European Heroes for 2005 by Time Magazine. Not to mention the countless of articles about him on the most well known media sources in the world.
The New Yorker said in its July 2005 article: "The Balkans have never seen a politician quite like Edi Rama"

Next time, think before making stupid comments.:bash:

I've heard of him a few times. Looks and sounds like a guy who get's a job done. A breed of mayor we need in more of our capitals. Not that I'm not 80% happy with Bucharest's mayor, Adriean Videanu, though. :)

"Edi Rama is the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania". That's all I need! If the socialists in Albania are like the socialists in Bulgarian that means that they are communists in disguise. Which means they get 0 respect from me!

He's a very progressive politician who cleaned up the Socialist Party from all its rotten members and loyalists of Fatos Nano, the previous leader.
Thanks to him Tirana emerged from a grey and dull communist capital into a colourful and vibrant city with a very bright future.
And he'll do the same for the whole country once he takes over as PM in '09

Let's ask Edi Rama to take my "How F$%^&-Up are you really?" survey. I hope I don't have to argue with him too, cause then I'll probably end up in some Albanian garbage bin.

Its that time of the month again...don't worry too much about the chest beating around here...or rather...try not to do so much of your own.

okay...here is mine :)

A) Nationalist - 1/10...no way
B) Regionalist- 3/10 - i like being more central european than eastern european :)
C) Cosmopolitan- 10/10 - totally! :okay:
D) Religious- 0/10 I'm atheist / nihilist
E) Emotional Intelligence- 10/10
F) Intellectual Capacity- 11/10 no...seriously...i'm way ahead from my peer mates
G) Architectural Knowledge- 5/10 - it could be better. :)


btw...nice thread! :okay:

Its that time of the month again...don't worry too much about the chest beating around here...or rather...try not to do so much of your own.

When you quote me at least respond in context to what I said... I'm having fun here and yet your response sounds somewhat negative. Re-read what I said and you'll see that I actually give credit to Edi.

When you quote me at least respond in context to what I said... I'm having fun here and yet your response sounds somewhat negative. Re-read what I said and you'll see that I actually give credit to Edi.


I'm not alking about Edi...I'm talking about the people you were speaking with earlier. Take it easy...

^^ Bacterius got what he deserved! :)

Do any of you guys regard this thread as "dead serious"? Cause I don't. I mean, my ratings were as honest as I could get 'em, but other than that... this thread is sooo funny. :lol: Why do you feel the need to pick on Dulgeroff in one way or another. The man is having fun... I'm having fun, so just smile and cut the crap! :lol:

Oh, and go Rama and Videanu! :lol:

^^ Cosmin, you're one guy who knows what's going on. :cheers:

Bacterius got what he deserved!

Time of the month...you really shouldn't do it then...wait a few days.

^^ I don't know what time of the month you're experiencing (though I could take a guess), but I let people have it anytime I feel like it! :D BTW, if yours is what I think it is, I recommend tampons... My girlfriend tells me it helps her with "that" time of the month. :) J/K:cheers:

okay...here is mine :)

A) Nationalist - 1/10...no way
B) Regionalist- 3/10 - i like being more central european than eastern european :)
C) Cosmopolitan- 10/10 - totally! :okay:
D) Religious- 0/10 I'm atheist / nihilist
E) Emotional Intelligence- 10/10
F) Intellectual Capacity- 11/10 no...seriously...i'm way ahead from my peer mates
G) Architectural Knowledge- 5/10 - it could be better. :)


btw...nice thread! :okay:

That´s aktually called nationalism

no it's not. its called being a regionalist.. nationalism is limited to one's own country/people

That´s aktually called nationalism

noo...i didnt said i dont like romanians or bulgarians, russians, or any other nation in EE...all people are the same, and i dont make any difference between them. i just dont wanna that some american thinks that i'm russian when i say that i live in Croatia.

A) Nationalist - 0/10...thers no worse thing
B) Regionalist- 10/10 -
C) Cosmopolitan- 5/10 -
D) Religious- -12544567595/10 fuck religion
E) Emotional Intelligence- 10/10
F) Intellectual Capacity- 7/10 no...kinda
G) Architectural Knowledge- 7/10 - i renovate houses

A) Nationalist - 1/10
B) Regionalist- 3/10
C) Cosmopolitan- 8/10
D) Religious- - 1/10
E) Emotional Intelligence
F) Intellectual Capacity
G) Architectural Knowledge- 2/10

"i just dont wanna that some american thinks that i'm russian when i say that i live in Croatia."
___________________________________________________________________

Is this truly important to you? :lol:

"i just dont wanna that some american thinks that i'm russian when i say that i live in Croatia."
___________________________________________________________________

Is this truly important to you? :lol:

In a some research during olympic games in Salt Lake City, 70% of people thought that Croatia is a Russian province. U know...I really don't care, but if I can know and recognize every American state, and I only live in "miniature" Croatia, so why couldn't average man with normal education in America know what is Croatia. At least that it's a state. Neither a province, nor national dish. :cheers:

because no offense croatia doesnt matter in the world and america does. thats why nobody is taught croatian in school but we're all taught english.

because no offense croatia doesnt matter in the world and america does. thats why nobody is taught croatian in school but we're all taught english.

Yes, I'm well avare of that. But anywayz...Afghanistan or any other "3rd world country" also isn't that important on world, but I know some basic data about them. Is that hard? No it isn't. It only shows my culture and good education.

I know every country of Europe (name, language spoken, capital(s), approx. pop., maybe important cities and other data... more or less), I know most of the countries in Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Africa. That doesn't mean that for each one of this countries I know the same things I know about an European country, but dude... when you say "Chad" or "Myanmar" I KNOW you're talking about countries, and I can locate them on a map. Also, the trick I saw in one video on the net, when some Americans were presented with a World map having swaped say Australia for Iran, doesn't work on me, except for some tiny countries in Africa... this is what I consider normality and somewhat more than decent knowledge of the world we live in. Saying Croatia is a Russian republic or Romania, a salad (yep! heard that one) means you're just an ignorant.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying only Americans are ignorant. I can think of some people I know that wouldn't be able to locate Croatia, know the capital of Switzerland (they might not even be able to produce the "Zurich" answer:lol:), or tell me on which continent is Laos. But all these people are plain ignorant, and I can assure you their ignorance is not limited to geography. So Masonic has every right to be pissed when some dumb *insert nationality here* thinks his country is a gourmet dish or something...

I know every country of Europe (name, language spoken, capital(s), approx. pop., maybe important cities and other data... more or less), I know most of the countries in Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Africa. That doesn't mean that for each one of this countries I know the same things I know about an European country, but dude... when you say "Chad" or "Myanmar" I KNOW you're talking about countries, and I can locate them on a map. Also, the trick I saw in one video on the net, when some Americans were presented with a World map having swaped say Australia for Iran, doesn't work on me, except for some tiny countries in Africa... this is what I consider normality and somewhat more than decent knowledge of the world we live in. Saying Croatia is a Russian republic or Romania, a salad (yep! heard that one) means you're just an ignorant.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying only Americans are ignorant. I can think of some people I know that wouldn't be able to locate Croatia, know the capital of Switzerland (they might not even be able to produce the "Zurich" answer:lol:), or tell me on which continent is Laos. But all these people are plain ignorant, and I can assure you their ignorance is not limited to geography. So Masonic has every right to be pissed when some dumb *insert nationality here* thinks his country is a gourmet dish or something...

Thanx Cosmin, you have a drink on my treat when you come to CRO, or when I come to RO! ;) :lol: :okay: :cheers1:

I don't know what time of the month you're experiencing

What? Noooo...its not MY time of the month...though thank you for the tip.

Errr....I really don't care what some US retard thinks about my country. You see, if he is dumb and negligient, that's his, not my fault and I don't think of any reason to be pissed off.

OH, and BTW don't blame so hard those guys. For example I can't recall the name of Chad's capital. When I hear the name of an African country...I know it's an African country, but at least for 1/3 of them I know nothing about. I don't know of anything significant that distringuishes between Chad and Namibia for example. I don't know much about those peoples' history and culture: they are all black, all former colonies of Europe, all poor, I know only about some African regimes that were racist to white guys and even performed genocides (that weren't even criticized by the UN, lol :) ). And I know this because I found it very strange in a book about world history.

I can't make any difference between Marocco and Tunisia for example. I've always thought Lybia is a poor country with a tyrannical islamist regime. Until I went to Sozopol, Black Sea together with the kids of a Bulgarian diplomat in Lybia, 3 years ago (they were friends of my friend...anyway). They told me many things about Lybia. And now I know some things about their country...not surprisingly, most Bulgarians hate Lybia and think it's some kind of underdeveloped islamist hell, that's what they keep on telling us on the media when they speak about the court trial of our Medics. But actually, Lybia has GDP/capita almost the same as Bulgaria, and they have great oil deposits with many foreigners working there. The road infrastructure of Tripoli is much better than this of Sofia, I've seen images.

About Iraq, everyone thinks this country suffered severely during Saddam's regime. But I got acquainted with a guy from Iraq, he fleed Iraq and migrated to Bulgaria during the start of the war with USA. Now he has a business here, a small chain of Duner Kebap places. He told me stories of Iraq during Saddam's regime. Man, they lived much much better than us. Better than most countries in the Balkans. He wasn't allowed to EU back then. Now he speaks Bulgarian very good. And despite his family did not like Saddam and though his brother was in Saddam's prison because he did not like the regime...this guy went to Bulgaria not because of Sadam, but because of Bush...anyway, what I'm trying to say is that most of us have a very skewed opinion about Iraq.

We simply don't know much about their culture. And shit, many Bulgarians are not even well-acquainted with the Western European culture, despite most people have been there, despite we're in the EU now, I've heard on numerous occasions those unrealistic expectations and opinions about the EU, radi6404 is the perfect example.


Anyway, the globalisation is kinda good thing. We travel more and more to foreign destinations...and though local cultures fade (which is sad)...we become more and more similar to each other. Now if only there were not so great contrasts between developed, developing and third world countries...ehhh...

A) Nationalist 7/10
B) Regionalist 7/10
C) Cosmopolitan 10/10
D) Religious 2/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 5/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 9/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 3/10

bgrs, what you say is right. But what you don't understand is that I'm not pissed because X guy knows too little about Romania, my country, but because it knows nothing about it! I don't care if he's American, British, Polish or Bulgarian... it's the same, and it's called ignorance! And I'm not talking about some poor guy from the country, that didn't even went to school, but of people with at least high-school, part of the so called "middle class". Trust me, I see lots of these guys HERE! People that don't know the capital of Poland or Sweden!

On the other hand, I also know people that I can talk to without having to explain that Bern is actually the capital of Switzerland, and that Switzerland is that mountainous country with chocolate and purple cows... people that know BART* is more than a character in The Simpsons... why can't more people be at least 25% of that?!

*Bay Area Rapid Transit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit):lol:

See, D8Masonic, BGRS got my point as well, it's not that I think that people should not know where Croatia is, but that is does not matter if some arrogant asshole has no idea - it's his ignorance/problem (sometimes arrogance as well), not yours. We can only be relatively proud of having the idea of world geography/geopolitics while most of the Americans I have met could not show me, let say Poland, on the map for the life of them. I think it's a pity that people with so many resources available are so horribly ignorant of the world around them......but, oh well, they're the super power - there's no need to learn anything else in life (all the sarcasm is intentional).

I think guys you are to much preoccupied with some uneducated Americans, why would I care about some redneck, he does not know where my country is, like I care for him to come, I'd impose barrier for such ppl, I'd never ever let them in to my country, or even better US should have compulsory test for all US citizens who wish to apply for passport, geography lessons until such time they can show where Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania are :D

Honestly speaking only morons don't know where Croatia is, it was voted most popular destination in two years in a row, it is top 20 destination in the world, I mean 150 000 Americans and 50 000 Canadians seem to know where Croatia is, those that don't are missing big time, there loss I say :)

ye but not a lot of people go to vacation outside the US. i think people have high expectations of the US. most people are educated but only to the sciences and arts, not the humanities and world cultures. few head in that direction. geography and world cultures are also not an important aspect taught during secondary school. most people will only learn of ancient greek and roman culture, the first and second world wars and thats it concerning europe. we dont even study the cold war that much and when we do we mostly focus on the fears of communism and how it affected US policy (ie McCarthy) not really the geopolitics.

A) Nationalist : 8/10
B) Regionalist : 5/10
C) Cosmopolitan : 10/10
D) Religious : 0/10
E) Emotional Intelligence : 7/10.
F) Intellectual Capacity : 8/10
G) Architectural Knowledge : 0.1/10
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...and some funny situations from my short experiences in US&Japan&Canada:

US :
American student (boy) : Where are you from?
Joce23 : Dracula`s country
A.s. : Tazmania? that`s cool !

Japan :
Japanese students (girls) : Sumimasen, okuni ha ? Amerika desu ka ? [Hey, where are you from? America ?]
Joce23 : Iie, americajin jya nai, Rumania kara kimashita ! [No, I`m not an american ! I`m from Romania !] (if you are a foreigner they usually think that you are from US)
J.s. : Eeee... Kurumania (`kuruma`=`car` in jap. & `kur` = `ass` in rom. :))... Kurumania ha doko desu ka? [Where is Kurumania? ]
Joce23 : Tyreland no tonari desu ! [close to Tyreland]
J.s. Eeeee ...sugoi ne [waaw...impressive] (no matter what you say in Japan, everything is impressive :) )

Canada, Quebec provence :
Retarded taxi driver : Vous venez de quel pays ?
Joce23 : Je viens de Roumanie !
R.t.d. : c`est ou la Roumanie? Est-ce que c`est en Afrique?
Joce23 : La Roumanie est en Europe !
R.t.d. : ..eeeet ... c`est ou cette `Europe` ?
Joce23 : l`Europe est un continent ... comme l`Amerique, l`Afrique etc. ...
R.t.d. : ah, bon ...eeeet ... est-ce que l`europe est francaise ?
Joce23 : pardon ?
R.t.d. : ...les gens parlent francais ?
Joce23 : on a plusieurs pays en Europe ... la France, l`Allemagne, l`Angleterre, l`Italie etc. ... et presque chaque pays a sa propre langue nationale comme premiere langue ...
R.t.d. : Ah, bon ...

The last one was the most ignorant guy that I`ve ever met in my life. I was shocked but I assure you that this dialogue is 100% true and real !

The last one is really ignorant. Never met a person who doesn't know the continents, at least part of them... just fantastic!

Btw, you speak Japanese?! :)

The last one is really ignorant. Never met a person who doesn't know the continents, at least part of them... just fantastic!

Btw, you speak Japanese?! :)

That guy was a liitle bit handicapped ! His look was very strange and I`m sure that he was more or less retarded. I can`t understand how a person doesn`t know the continents. Almost for sure he has never watched TV, read newspapers etc...

Yap, I know some japanese (intermediate level) and I`m still learning japanese. Recently Leonard Orban, our commisioner at EU, said in a romanian journal (ZF) that english is not sufficient, the new generations must learn chinese, japanese and russian. This is the future for someone who want to have more success in a globalized world !

The problem with the japanese language is the reading and writing. The japanese language has 4 kinds of writing (katakana, hiragana, romaji and kanji). You can see in a sentence all these 4 kinds of writing. Romaji means roman characters (used only for things like km, Kg, 4, USA, etc.). Katakana and Hiragana characters are ok : 50 characters everyone sou you can learn it fast. THE PROBLEM is the fucking Kanji (chinese characters). There are 50.000 strange kanji characters. If you know 2000-4000 is sufficient to read newspapers. For a foreigner 1000 is more than ok IMO ! I know only 300 and I want to know 1000 in one yearif it is possible. More than 5000-10000 kanji is ipossible even for the japanese peoples ! I think that an educated person in Japan knows maybe 5000 kanji. The rest of the kanji are combinations of the basic kanji !

* You`ll be maybe surprised but more and more japanese peoeples are working as engineers or do some business in the port of Constantza ! I know some exemples ... :)

The last one is really ignorant. Never met a person who doesn't know the continents, at least part of them... just fantastic!

Btw, you speak Japanese?! :)

I have. On a gas station in Texas the cashier girl notices mine and my German friend accents. She asks where are we from and being tired of explaining where the hell Germany and Macedonia are, we both just said we're from Europe. And she asked, where was that north or south of Texas? (perhaps she also didn't know that east and west exist)... We were speechless. It turned out she has heard about Britain and England but not Europe. :nuts:

^^ So the ones I’ve met in UK and Europe that make no difference between France or England or Germany … as for them its … simply … Europe :cheer: … must have Master Degrees in Tourism or smth :yes::nuts: :lol:

I have. On a gas station in Texas the cashier girl notices mine and my German friend accents. She asks where are we from and being tired of explaining where the hell Germany and Macedonia are, we both just said we're from Europe. And she asked, where was that north or south of Texas? (perhaps she also didn't know that east and west exist)... We were speechless. It turned out she has heard about Britain and England but not Europe. :nuts:

12 years ago , Champs'Elises, Paris. me and a couple of friends exchange currency in an exchange bureau. After giving us the money and hearing us talk in our language the cashier says
"Spasiba!"(Thank you in russian) ...
we smile and reply "Not spasiba! Blagodaria! We are from Bulgaria." ...
The cashier is surprised and replies "Ooooh! Stoichkov! " :)
We smile at each other and say ...

"No ... Not Stoichkov ... Kostadinov! " :lol: :lol: :lol:

(Kostadinov is the player who scored 2 goals at "Parc des prences" stadium on 17 November 1993 when Bulgaria defeated France and went to the world cup instead of the french football stars)

I was amased but in that time Bulgaria was known with its football players, and esp. Stoichkov. 90% of the times you said Bulgaria , the reply you received was "Ooo, Stoichkov" :)

double post

That guy was a liitle bit handicapped ! His look was very strange and I`m sure that he was more or less retarded. I can`t understand how a person doesn`t know the continents. Almost for sure he has never watched TV, read newspapers etc...

Yap, I know some japanese (intermediate level) and I`m still learning japanese. Recently Leonard Orban, our commisioner at EU, said in a romanian journal (ZF) that english is not sufficient, the new generations must learn chinese, japanese and russian. This is the future for someone who want to have more success in a globalized world !

The problem with the japanese language is the reading and writing. The japanese language has 4 kinds of writing (katakana, hiragana, romaji and kanji). You can see in a sentence all these 4 kinds of writing. Romaji means roman characters (used only for things like km, Kg, 4, USA, etc.). Katakana and Hiragana characters are ok : 50 characters everyone sou you can learn it fast. THE PROBLEM is the fucking Kanji (chinese characters). There are 50.000 strange kanji characters. If you know 2000-4000 is sufficient to read newspapers. For a foreigner 1000 is more than ok IMO ! I know only 300 and I want to know 1000 in one yearif it is possible. More than 5000-10000 kanji is ipossible even for the japanese peoples ! I think that an educated person in Japan knows maybe 5000 kanji. The rest of the kanji are combinations of the basic kanji !

* You`ll be maybe surprised but more and more japanese peoeples are working as engineers or do some business in the port of Constantza ! I know some exemples ... :)

Absolutely true! Good for you that you speak Japanese.

I speak and write Madarin Chinese (advanced level) and I can definitely say it's been the best investment I've ever made! Knowing this language has given me the kinds of opportunities that 99% of Westerners can only dream of! I am also starting to learn Japanese and my goal is to have it and Korean down by 2012. I go by 5 year plans! Very Stalinist, but effective. :D We'll see though, as I don't like textbooks and the only way I enjoy learnig languages is by surrounding myself in core culture. So, I now have to start spending more time in Japan and Korea and I'll be on my way.

Anyhow, that's the just of it. In the new global reality East Asia is a powerhouse that will likely drive global dynamics for a long while. That and India of course. I'm also going to say something that will possibly upset many Bulgarians, but my opinion is that both English and Chinese should be mandatory languages to learn in the grade-school system. Can you imagine what would happen if a European country had this policy, while the rest of them don't? Watch the skyscrapers rise, the infrastructure improve and the smiles on people's faces then... Unfortunately if the PM were to propose such a language policy he would get impeached or shot... Or both! Sad really... :( A tear is running down my eye. ;(

A) Nationalist: 2/10. I am kind of patriot but it doesn;t really matter for me who is from where.
B) Regionalist 7/10 if somebody asks me where I am from I always answer 'Krakow', then I optionally mention Poland... Well I think I even care more about what's going on in Poprad, Slovakia (coz it's just 120km from where i live) than in Suwalki, Poland (coz it's 600 and I don't care that much)
C) Cosmopolitan: 8/10 I think this would describe me the best, although sometimes I suffer from not being able to express myself fully when talking to my foreign friends...
D) Religious - 2/10 - not religious at all, but kinda respect the tradition, so I even go the church for catholic Christmas
E) Emotional Intelligence- 9/10, hehe, a lot more to write here:)
F) Intellectual Capacity- 7/10 - I believe:)
G) Architectural Knowledge - 3/10 - I am going to improve it and I have a plan how to do that:) But I believe I have a relatively good taste. Well, I do;)

Huh, we've got a couple of polyglots around here. All the power to you guys, wish I can speak Chinese! We do have the joke in the ex-YU area about being multilingual speakers as well, for instance I can speak Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and I also understand Macedonian and Slovenian :lol:

Huh, we've got a couple of polyglots around here. All the power to you guys, wish I can speak Chinese! We do have the joke in the ex-YU area about being multilingual speakers as well, for instance I can speak Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and I also understand Macedonian and Slovenian :lol:

So, you could be translator from chinese to bosnian one day! :D

Huh, we've got a couple of polyglots around here. All the power to you guys, wish I can speak Chinese! We do have the joke in the ex-YU area about being multilingual speakers as well, for instance I can speak Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and I also understand Macedonian and Slovenian :lol:
You missed Bulgarian or you don't understand it?!This reminds me a Brazilian which wrote to my brother "I can speak Brazilian,Portuguese and Spanish" OMG!:bash: My brother replied "I can speak Bulgarian,Macedonian,Serbian,Croatian,Bosnian,Slovenian,Russian and Ukrainian" :lol: :lol:

Nilix,of course I can understand Bulgarian, but I was talking about ex-YU area. I mean, it's not like we can't understand Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian and the rest of the Slavic languages to the various degrees, right? Also, shame on your brother for not speaking Montenegrin as well :)
D8Masonic, I don't think I'll have a time to learn Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) anytime soon though I did work as a translator, lol.

Russian is easy, Polish not so hard to understand...but Chech...LOL :)

I agree about the Polish and Russian, but don't tell me you can't make sense of Czech as well. I don't know about Bulgarian, but the words like "vazduh" , "ruke", "dom", "hodati" etc. are almost the same in Czech as well. Sure, perhaps it would be tough to read scientific magazine in Czech, but it would be enough to get by in Prague and to get some beer. :lol:

Errr dunno, I find it very strange. I can only understand some words cause they are common Slavic...but the language itself is very different. And I can't understand it in its written form too :)

Anyway, the dialect they speak in the region I was born is kinda most Russian-like in Bulgaria. I've never had any problems speaking proper Russian (unlike some stories about students in Pernik trying to speak it, hehe) when I taught it in school. Anyway, now I can't speak it, though I can understand it, almost 100%

D8Masonic, I don't think I'll have a time to learn Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) anytime soon though I did work as a translator, lol.

:lol: :okay:

A) Nationalist (we all know this one) 7/10
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...) 3/10 (Although im glad im from the southeast of Europe and not the northeast or central)
C) Cosmopolitan (definition: International identity with global consciousness and open-mindedness) 6/10
D) Religious 1/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 10/10
F) Intellectual Capacity 6/10
G) Architectural Knowledge 1/10

A) Nationalist: 0/10 Nationalism to me is evil, I grew up under Ceausescu's regime the most nationalistic being in history of humanity to me, americans are becoming like that, it's plain stupid.
B) Regionalist 0/10 Globalization does not have regions.
C) Cosmopolitan 10/10 - I moved from Bucharest to a small town in Indiana when I was a teen.That was the worse experience I've ever had in my whole life.Big city is the way and not only that but, I like to live right downtown.
D) Religious - 7/10 A scientific approach though and more karmatic
E) Emotional Intelligence- 8/10 very careful with people around me I'm also very polite
F) Intellectual Capacity- 0/10 I'm a dumb fuck
G) Architectural Knowledge - 8/10 I'm a 3D designer and good at it.

C) Cosmopolitan 10/10 - I moved from Bucharest to a small town in Indiana when I was a teen.That was the worse experience I've ever had in my whole life.Big city is the way and not only that but, I like to live right downtown.
:applause: :okay:

F) Intellectual Capacity- 0/10 I'm a dumb fuck
:nuts:

The maker of this thread should've posted a mathematical formula for determining the fuck up rating for each individual based on it's answers. :lol: Could be called the HFUI (Human Fuck Up Index).

Speaking Chinese is a good advantage for reasons you have listed. Chinese being mandatory in cirriculum? No way.. Did you celebrate the Chinese moon festival?

Absolutely true! Good for you that you speak Japanese.

I speak and write Madarin Chinese (advanced level) and I can definitely say it's been the best investment I've ever made! Knowing this language has given me the kinds of opportunities that 99% of Westerners can only dream of! I am also starting to learn Japanese and my goal is to have it and Korean down by 2012. I go by 5 year plans! Very Stalinist, but effective. :D We'll see though, as I don't like textbooks and the only way I enjoy learnig languages is by surrounding myself in core culture. So, I now have to start spending more time in Japan and Korea and I'll be on my way.

Anyhow, that's the just of it. In the new global reality East Asia is a powerhouse that will likely drive global dynamics for a long while. That and India of course. I'm also going to say something that will possibly upset many Bulgarians, but my opinion is that both English and Chinese should be mandatory languages to learn in the grade-school system. Can you imagine what would happen if a European country had this policy, while the rest of them don't? Watch the skyscrapers rise, the infrastructure improve and the smiles on people's faces then... Unfortunately if the PM were to propose such a language policy he would get impeached or shot... Or both! Sad really... :( A tear is running down my eye. ;(

A) Nationalist (we all know this one)
B) Regionalist (ie: European, North American, etc...)
C) Cosmopolitan (definition: International identity with global consciousness and open-mindedness)
D) Religious
E) Emotional Intelligence
F) Intellectual Capacity
G) Architectural Knowledge


A) 10/10 Leave me alone ... I do not give a damn who this land belonged to x years ago. It’s called Romania nowadays and let's live in together, in peace, regardless of our faith, race or born-nationality
B) 7/10 I am European … Vivat Europa
C) 10/10 See A)
D) 5/10 I believe in My God … but the bible is the biggest ever published lie. And I love visiting churches purely for architectural reasons
E) -1/10 Just say what I feel
F) -1/10 What was the question?! I’ve just been sent by my girlfriend to check my brains. Though, I told her it’s impossible to check up something that does not exist
G) 5/10 BTW I was once quite good in structures design and descriptive geometry. today though ... go to F)

Nationalist - 2/10.
Regionalist - 0/10.
Cosmopolitan - 2/10
Religious - 5/10
Emotional Intelligence - 1/10
Intellectual Capacity - 7/10
Architectural Knowledge - 2/10

The last one is really ignorant. Never met a person who doesn't know the continents, at least part of them... just fantastic!


A similar example :lol: : video (http://espace.canoe.ca/VideoTube/video/view/26182)

A) Nationalist 9/10: i like my countries a lot and I'm ready to defend them always...
B) Regionalist :7/10 European,middle eastern..
C) Cosmopolitan 5/10 i like globalization but with limits,every country has the right to keep its tradition.language.history...etc
D) Religious 8/10
E) Emotional Intelligence 5/10 (what does it mean anyway??
F) Intellectual Capacity can't tell!!!
G) Architectural Knowledge 3/10 not so much...

A similar example :lol: : video (http://espace.canoe.ca/VideoTube/video/view/26182)
Yeah, I know that. :lol: Stupid cow!:bash: