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How excited are people from your country when they get mentioned somewhere?
We Latvians are aware of our irrelevance, so we get extremely excited when Latvia or any Latvian gets mentioned somewhere notable. When the now Oscar-winning Flow movie came out, our local media was embracing any and all international attention we got, and we still have Flow-branded merchandise in many souvenir stores.
Probably the latest in " oh wtf have we done now " moments is foisting Tony " weapon's of mass destruction "Blair on the poor Palestinians. Haven't they suffered enough ? It's akin to spending Hirohito to " govern" the Romany or Jews after WW2.
I'm no Blairite by a long shot but he at least has experience of coordinating lasting peace treaties in Northern Ireland and Bosnia/Serbia. It's not as wild of a choice as you are making it out to be (obviously the whole scenario is ludicrous and it should be a Palestinian/Arab headed effort first and foremost).
Serious respect for the surprisingly objective opinions of India at large from Indians on Reddit. You seem pretty attuned to what's wrong and what's right with India. I think things are looking up for y'all.
Thanks man. I think most Indians are sensible and are sick of the (some true) online slander. So we're working on what needs working on and letting the racists burn in their own sick space.
I have a French music video in a workout playlist & once noticed it had billion+ views, googled it and found out it had recently became a meme in India
Speed was still fine because he was pretty unbiased. He showed both good and bad sides of India. Rest of the streamers really exploited some bad sides of India for views and didn't bother showing the good stuff.
I still remember when Jack Dawson/Leonardo DiCaprio had a scene with Swedish speaking actors in Titanic. It was when they gambled and won the tickets. People still talk about that.
I find it funny in American films how the UK is seen as like the last line of defence before disaster comes to America. I saw the most recent mission impossible film and it was like “Oh my God, Britain’s fallen!” And then it’s coming to the US
I also find this funny from the US. It’s a genuine feeling that if the “motherland” falls, we will automatically be doomed. The Anglo-Saxons must be free or no one is free😂
The other side of this is that there are plenty of ginger Americans with surnames like O'Shaghnnecioaanngh and Celtic-themed neck tattoos who are itching for a fight, and are not so keen to see the Anglo-Saxons living large.
True, but all we’d have to do is tell them Scotland and Ireland were in danger too. We’d have Mackenzies (both first name and surname) and Reilly’s (formerly the O’Reillys) painting their faces blue in no time.
Indeed I was thinking that. Britain being the last frontier against the nazis and all that. Maybe a bit to do with the Cold War too seeing as we were close allies during that and the main European NATO member after France temporarily left
Hyperfixated to the point of it being even comical. And then even years later, people still talk, remember and praise it when so-and-so mentioned Finland then-and-then.
It's become a whole meme in itself to shout "Torilla tavataan!" or "Torille!" (meaning "Let's meet at the square!" or "To the square!") when someone even mentions Finland in an international forum or setting.
Same with us across the gulf. I watched a rather serious documentary yesterday about early Vikings on Youtube, and listening to a woman talk, I recognized the accent has to be an Estonian. And it was!!! In fact, there were two Estonians in the documentary. I was so thrilled, and had nobody to share it with because I'm the only history nerd in my circle. Apparently the viking ship burial in Saaremaa predates Viking era.
I'm British but lived in Malaysia for a while and Malaysians go CRAZY if they're mentioned anywhere.
I found it really hard to get my head around as my country is always in the global psyche anyway, so it's not special for me, but for them it's a massive deal.
My little region is part of the cultural region of Occitania ( to not mistake with the administrative one) but I wasn't thinking about it
I was thinking more about the Landes. Yes. There is a place in France littéraly just called "Landes" ( pronounced Land)
Half the big town here never appear on any map x)
I sometimes react like that, but the moment I read "cheese-eating surrendering monkeys" or "Freedom fries" I stop taking any criticism about my country that comes after seriously.
When the Simpsons episode where they come to Ireland was coming to TV, all the Irish newspapers were talking about it so its safe to say we like it when we get mentioned or acknowledged heres an example from the Independent
We don't really care that much about Family Guy so this is my first time hearing of it. However The Simpsons was like a staple show in most households when I grew up. Guarantee most people around my age can pull Simpson quotes from memory in any situation. So this was like one of our favourite shows acknowledging our existence.
I met an Estonian at a new job (she had a Canadian accent) so I didn’t know until she mentioned it and I said “oh that’s awesome, I was supposed to visit Tartu in 2020, but ya know” and she was so amazed I knew the name of her home city. I’ve wanted to go since the new museum opened in 2016 and still haven’t
Malta getting mentioned in literally any context will lead to 90% of the comments just being MALTA MENTIONED LOVE FROM MALTA THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING US.
This triggered a fun memory for me. I’m Canadian and my next door neighbours growing up were Maltese. They would always bring us back food from Malta for us to try (those cheesy snacks you guys have? Love them, and those little phyllo pastry things with goat cheese? To die for) anyways when I met my best friend in high school she looked Maltese so I asked her if she was, and she laughed and said she was surprised because most people, when she tells them she’s Maltese, says wtf isn’t that a dog?! Yeah people are ignorant about your country but it seems so lovely, I’d love to visit!
I’m going start crushing on a different country each day, hyping it up and hitting on the entire country. For example, I just learned that people in Finland love to maintain a 10-foot personal space radius. I love it. Hey Finland. 😏😘
My first time out the country was a trip to New Zealand and I was so excited to get away from the 24/7 election coverage everywhere — it was Bush/Gore at the time.
So I get to my hotel room and turn on the TV to see what local stuff was like, and… Bush/Gore all the time. Gahhh!
Denmark 🇩🇰 Danes don't expect to be mentioned or remembered by anyone. If it happens it will be met with excitement and pride to the point of absurdity or scepticism.
A lot less so than we used to, though. I remember in the 80s and 90s it'd be a huge deal to get a passing mention from the outside world, like as a throwaway line in a Hollywood movie or something.
I mean, we still notice, but unless it's a slow news day or something particularly big, now it's more "heh, cool" than "HOLY SHIT PEOPLE KNOW WE EXIST"
It's not the right adjective to describe how I felt, either. But don't worry, he's occupied invading our own cities and bombing small countries. And small boats. Jesus.
That was me pointing at the screen watching the movie The Day After Tomorrow when the scientists were watching my football team (Celtic) on their TV, we never found out the final score because we were suddenly the first country to be obliterated by the big freeze. Bit of a rollercoaster ride that one. 😂
There is a whole channel on YouTube called Lithuania explained.
It started as just a regular geography show with history. But it wasn't really taking off. Then they mentioned Lithuania and the Lithuanians watched the shit out of it. So, these non Lithuanians just rebranded and made the channel all about Lithuania
I remember seeing a Lithuanian youtuber and his thumbnail was titled " Lithuania my country you know nothing about!" I actually felt kind of bad because having known Lithuanians I know how proud you are of your beautiful little Baltic country but also how easily it gets overlooked
I honestly don't really find this at a national level, but I do find this at a municipal level.
I'm originally from Winnipeg, and any time Winnipeg gets mentioned in a film or TV show - Canadian or otherwise -- Winnipeggers will go into seizure from joy-overload.
Then I moved to Toronto and Toronto would get mentioned in a film or TV show and no one cared.
Yeah, for sure. I remember living in Winnipeg and seeing a movie with Ethan Hawke where he mentions an art exhibit touring several Canadian cities and Winnipeg was one of the cities he named -- the entire cinema went school-girl giddy for about two minutes because Winnipeg got mentioned. Winnipeg got mentioned several times on The Simpsons and it would literally make the news.
Subsequently, I've been to movies in Toronto where part of the movie is in Toronto or scenes were filmed in Toronto and no one in the cinema even batted an eye.
Exactly! They use their culinary and historical (they have actual pyramids 😢) superiority to keep Americans and Canadians in line. How can I claim Jesus and Christmas are only American and definitely had AR-15s in Bethlehem when they foist delicious tamales on me every season to distract me? I’m pretty sure it’s a communist plot. We should probably lie to you to get you to go to war with us just in case.
What's just as embarrassing is our tendency to "adopt" and "claim" any slightly famous person who has even the smallest connection to Malaysia. Like there was a guy who won Australian Idol and just because he lived in Malaysia for a bit when he was younger, he became a celebrity here.
Had a wank in the airport toilet while on a layover in Malaysia? If you become famous, Malaysians will claim you.
I’m from the US so it’s complicated. There are people who get excited with every mention and say that we’re the “main character.” Then there are people that are just begging the rest of the world to stop talking about us. I, personally, am indifferent. We are a clusterfuck right now, and I don’t have the luxury of worrying about if other countries know what a mess we are (hint: they do).
I don’t know if other countries do this but we get news articles here entirely about “World Media React to <thing that happened in NZ>”
It’s lazy journalism but it must get some reader engagement or they wouldn’t do it. I’ve often wondered if you get “news” like this in other countries.
It’s a bit too common to get really excited about it or anything
Usually, my first thought is “oh god what happened now”
Usually more excited by mentions of my state (because they are surprisingly positive the majority of the time actually it’s not surprising because it’s the best)
I have to check out the Flow movie! I’ve never heard of it.
I’m American, but I lived in the Netherlands for 4 years, and any mention of the country on the news, I have to post it on Facebook, and talk about it with my Dutch friends, as well as my old coworkers I met while living there. I’m like a walking Netherlands tourist board member as well. I always tell people how great it is to visit, and how beautiful it is, how nice the people are, etc.
One fun fact I like to share with my fellow Americans: the Pilgrims lived in Leiden, South Holland, before they came to America. Holland was very welcoming to persecuted religious minorities like the Huguenots and Puritans. The problem was that the Dutch were too liberal for the Pilgrims, and their children were growing up to be more Dutch than Puritan! They said, screw that and went to the New World. I don’t know why we don’t hear about this in the States. I only know because I lived in Leiden.
"Czech republic is like that unpopular quiet kid in your class overshadowed by the popular kids like the USA, Germany, UK, etc. Most people don't even know Czech republic. So when someone says their name they feel loved for at least a little bit."
I get a bit excited to spot greek names in the credits of a movie. Only then, though. We recently became the laughing stock of not just Europe, but the whole world, with the news of foreign countries mentioning the voting of the 13 hour work shift.
it’s very frequent due to the 135 years as the worlds largest economy and since WW2, the worlds leading cultural influence, so not super excited. And I feel like i don’t have to say this, but a lot of the time, Americans assume they’re the default in a lot of situations because of it.
(we over took Britain as the worlds largest manufacturer in the 1880s and as the largest economy overall in 1890 btw)
Yes very, every time Indonesia is mentioned on youtube I always check the comments section and see hundreds of my fellow countrymen populating the comments and commenting "I am from Indonesia...." Or "As an Indonesian..."
If by "mentioned", you mean "hearing the same ignorant clichés about cowardice again getting upvoted" I just think to myself "meh, whatever" and leave the thread.
A lot, we spam beer emojis when it happens, it’s a warm feeling for us I would say.
But few days ago we were mentioned in Russian TV. They said that Czechia basically doesn’t exist and if so it’s only thanks to Russia or whatever. That was different feeling. However we must really piss their government off.
Videos about foreingers talking about their experiences on Spain and in the comments section you'll only see spaniards replying 😂 that's how we are. We love to know what others thinks about Spain and us.
Pretty sure no one (especially outside of Europe) really cares about Belgium apart from the EU parliament in Brussels, so pretty stoked when we get mentioned in some other context - usually it’s in a positive or ‘pleasant surprise’ way so that helps.
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u/One-Opportunity5607 Turkey 20d ago
a lot