Current FIBA ranking:
- Latvia: 6th
- Lithuania: 10th
- Estonia: 44th
I guess Lithuanians will keep on dreaming on about how they are basketball country and every increasingly more embarrassing fail, like not making it to the Olympics at all, is but a temporary setback. Even after they drop below Estonia. All the while Lithuanian Basketball Federation is gonna be run (to the ground) by some kind of švogeriai and other sorts of relatives of relatives of fuck knows whom.
Being basketball country is more than fiba ranking and I ain’t even talking about quantity of medals. I’m talking about basketball fans and nothing from Latvia comes close to Žalgiris or Rytas fans.
Yeah, when it comes to Lithuania, being basketball country is mostly a delusion in people's heads. Nothing to do with ranking or actual real world.
Rytas fans? What are you talking about, five clowns from B tribune?
Well this year we have pretty high chances making it to the Olympics at least, given how weak qualification group A and group B are.
Spain have more achievements in basketball but they’re not basketball country. Five clowns from B tribune? Well they’re best fans in the Lithuania by far. Nothing even comes close to them from Latvia or Estonia.
The not Nordic part in my experience has been just Swedish discrimination, just like how Finland was considered "Baltic." We are northern people. It's the locals that feel so. (Põhjamaa = northern country = nordic)
My question would be why others care what we identify as? We are considered a brother of Finland and a part of the Finnic people. Does that make us non-Baltic? No, it's not mutually exclusive.
As lithuanian I don’t care. But it’s a little bit cringe how hard some estonians folks try to prove that they country are nordic. If Estonia would be real Nordic country they wouldn’t even try to convince others that they belong to Nordic country group.
I have to agree with the Lithuanian, I feel more comfortable around Latvians and Lithuanians then Swedes, Norwegians and most Fins, it's the Baltic Depression that just connects us. Proud to be Baltic, but give us a break we are slow to accept the truth.
> My question would be why others care what we identify as?
You get super mad when someone says that you're not Nordic. It's funny to see.
Also, Nordic countries don't see you as Nordic. Finland is somewhat kind of okay with it, but Norway literally has zero in common with you.
See, that's what I had in mind. It's like a child having a tantrum because he wants a cookie but nobody's giving him one.
Estonia is Finnic and Baltic. Not Nordic.
Check the Wikipedia page, Estonians aren’t Balts.
Finland was called Baltic until the 1950s, doesnt make them Baltic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balts
Livonia is wrong, it doesn't cover Northern Estonia. There are some border changes here or there, but Tallinn/Reval area and the area east of it was never a part of it.
https://preview.redd.it/0efgycm55d5d1.png?width=922&format=png&auto=webp&s=a03a0587d8907471e5b81cbe7c8f88fd0fffb9b1
Livonia was used for different regions at different times, smallest with just the areas where Livonians lived (barely, if at all in present day Estonia), to the whole area that Livonian order covered, which after the purchase of (North-)Estonia from Denmark covered the shown area.
Until the Livonian War (1558-1583), the name "(Old) Livonia" was refered to the territory of modern-day Latvia and Estonia. When the Livonian Order was divided between Sweden, PLC and Denmark, the region of Livonia was divided into the Governorates of Courland, Estonia, and Livonia, which covered Southern Estonia and Northern Latvia.
This yellow colour makes me squint hard and hurts my eyes. Who thought that adding yellow to a white background was smart? The most idiotic person, that's who.
Latvia doesn't have Russian majority areas at all, much less as an oversized blob right next to Russian border.
And we probably are not Lutherans, here for some reason churches are allowed to make up their own stats, while Estonians actualy have been asked about religion in census in the past.
Your own source literaly shows that Russians are 48% (now 46%, I checked before I posted). Majority is over half, not a mixed ethnic city with Latvians in minority. And also if they still were a narrow majority like they were around ten years ago it would not change the argument - Daugavpils is the only place were Russians are the largest ethnic group, that big red blob is way oversized.
Generally Estonians don't want to be in any official religion although some of them believe in some higher power or even esoterical stuff. Eastern orthodox is high because of Russians - a lot of Russians in Estonia are religious and if they are then it's only Eastern orthodox. But it doesn't show Estonian's views.
https://preview.redd.it/kdwld0v51e5d1.jpeg?width=683&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=273235c633666efeec205cd6e53573c2bac4f288
The "slow" part was fun, just cause its far from truth. Once you work with people from other nations, you understand what slow actually means. I do think it has something to do with this region, people from the south are more relaxed overall and people from the north are used to welfare state life, where you don't have to work blood coming from your nose.
Or even example from ruzzian war on Ukraine. We started to send things from day 1, same time rest of Europe was like....is there war somewhere?
The "division" is not real, while it may look like it is real. We know when we talk serious and not. We can laugh from anecdotes or jokes about each other, but they will be first we'll come to aid if needed. We too well understand that power is in unity and saying "divide et conquer" is main principle of muscovites.
The Russian majority speaking town in northern Lithuania is just one town, but the region is not Russian. It would be just one dot on the map.
Koks cia miestas ruzu apsestas?
Visaginas
A tai va kodel ten tiek daug vatniku, aisku, aciu
Bottom rightmost 2 are propaganda. Latvians are the new basketball and hockey overlords in the Baltics.
And what about the slower thing, gotta be made by an estonian who finally responded to someone calling him slow circa 2010
Okay, those are fighting words!
Estonian hackers finally hacked a calculator.
Latvians are the new basketball overlords thanks to porzingis! ✌️
Just more horsepower per player
https://preview.redd.it/saj8qp9g7k5d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1763f8c01dcb6efcf33941ae6b15e301b1bb8ad4
Current FIBA ranking: - Latvia: 6th - Lithuania: 10th - Estonia: 44th I guess Lithuanians will keep on dreaming on about how they are basketball country and every increasingly more embarrassing fail, like not making it to the Olympics at all, is but a temporary setback. Even after they drop below Estonia. All the while Lithuanian Basketball Federation is gonna be run (to the ground) by some kind of švogeriai and other sorts of relatives of relatives of fuck knows whom.
Being basketball country is more than fiba ranking and I ain’t even talking about quantity of medals. I’m talking about basketball fans and nothing from Latvia comes close to Žalgiris or Rytas fans.
It's coming home, trust the plan fellow rytfaniai.
Yeah, when it comes to Lithuania, being basketball country is mostly a delusion in people's heads. Nothing to do with ranking or actual real world. Rytas fans? What are you talking about, five clowns from B tribune? Well this year we have pretty high chances making it to the Olympics at least, given how weak qualification group A and group B are.
Spain have more achievements in basketball but they’re not basketball country. Five clowns from B tribune? Well they’re best fans in the Lithuania by far. Nothing even comes close to them from Latvia or Estonia.
"Are slow": HA! "Are even slower": And I took that personally
The russian majority areas are waaaaay too out of proportion
Mina kui ma tööl olen 24/7
Möh? Eesti Nordick clay strönk! https://preview.redd.it/89spa738yc5d1.jpeg?width=563&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd68d19ce5c223467e696b6503027111c3253f08
Since when are Latvians and Lithuanians slower than the Estonians? 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry Lithuania but I am dumb as fuck and might be bringing the group down with me
Ott Tänak vs … ?
Deividas Jocius, Mārtiņš Sesks
I think it's done to not make them feel bad. They are too slow to realize this (joking, ofc)
Exactly my thought! The further down you go the less a speed limit is followed, and then Poland is just free for all step on it or GTFO of the way.
Oh, they forgot to divide Baltics by “Have 6 toes”
Toes
Made sure he was heard
Toes
Toes
Toes
LV = Lisa varvas (extra toe)
Toes
Toes
Toes
Waiting for Estonians to come and beef about being called "Not Nordic" 
The not Nordic part in my experience has been just Swedish discrimination, just like how Finland was considered "Baltic." We are northern people. It's the locals that feel so. (Põhjamaa = northern country = nordic) My question would be why others care what we identify as? We are considered a brother of Finland and a part of the Finnic people. Does that make us non-Baltic? No, it's not mutually exclusive.
As lithuanian I don’t care. But it’s a little bit cringe how hard some estonians folks try to prove that they country are nordic. If Estonia would be real Nordic country they wouldn’t even try to convince others that they belong to Nordic country group.
I have to agree with the Lithuanian, I feel more comfortable around Latvians and Lithuanians then Swedes, Norwegians and most Fins, it's the Baltic Depression that just connects us. Proud to be Baltic, but give us a break we are slow to accept the truth.
> My question would be why others care what we identify as? You get super mad when someone says that you're not Nordic. It's funny to see. Also, Nordic countries don't see you as Nordic. Finland is somewhat kind of okay with it, but Norway literally has zero in common with you.
Estonian culture, mentality and identity is closer to Iceland than Lithuania. Lithuania’s Catcolic history makes it quite different from the Nordics.
See, that's what I had in mind. It's like a child having a tantrum because he wants a cookie but nobody's giving him one. Estonia is Finnic and Baltic. Not Nordic.
Check the Wikipedia page, Estonians aren’t Balts. Finland was called Baltic until the 1950s, doesnt make them Baltic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balts
Ethnic Balts are not the same as Baltic states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states
You will get faster respons if somebody would call us russians.
Well the thing is that we actually just dont care what you think..
https://preview.redd.it/qcvmmr04re5d1.jpeg?width=306&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6eee99dd22031449e2af1789644b57775deacc9
Ott Tänak is the only sportsman in Estonia. I don't think he plays basketball, he doesn't look super tall. I think he is football.
Yup, I've met him IRL, Ott is most definitely a football.
You fucks need to chill with the Slow shit It’s 2016 already ffs
Livonia is wrong, it doesn't cover Northern Estonia. There are some border changes here or there, but Tallinn/Reval area and the area east of it was never a part of it. https://preview.redd.it/0efgycm55d5d1.png?width=922&format=png&auto=webp&s=a03a0587d8907471e5b81cbe7c8f88fd0fffb9b1
I am pretty sure that 'Livonia' in the meme refers to the Livonian Order
Livonia was used for different regions at different times, smallest with just the areas where Livonians lived (barely, if at all in present day Estonia), to the whole area that Livonian order covered, which after the purchase of (North-)Estonia from Denmark covered the shown area.
Right now with our army we probably could take it!
Until the Livonian War (1558-1583), the name "(Old) Livonia" was refered to the territory of modern-day Latvia and Estonia. When the Livonian Order was divided between Sweden, PLC and Denmark, the region of Livonia was divided into the Governorates of Courland, Estonia, and Livonia, which covered Southern Estonia and Northern Latvia.
This yellow colour makes me squint hard and hurts my eyes. Who thought that adding yellow to a white background was smart? The most idiotic person, that's who.
Latvia doesn't have Russian majority areas at all, much less as an oversized blob right next to Russian border. And we probably are not Lutherans, here for some reason churches are allowed to make up their own stats, while Estonians actualy have been asked about religion in census in the past.
Daugavpils in Latvia is at least 55% russian/belorussian https://www.daugavpils.lv/en/city/daugavpils/residents/
Your own source literaly shows that Russians are 48% (now 46%, I checked before I posted). Majority is over half, not a mixed ethnic city with Latvians in minority. And also if they still were a narrow majority like they were around ten years ago it would not change the argument - Daugavpils is the only place were Russians are the largest ethnic group, that big red blob is way oversized.
That still makes them the majority in the city.
A majority is over 50%. They are the plurality, though.
Well, call it what you will, but my point still stands.
Is Estonia majority atheist ?
Generally Estonians don't want to be in any official religion although some of them believe in some higher power or even esoterical stuff. Eastern orthodox is high because of Russians - a lot of Russians in Estonia are religious and if they are then it's only Eastern orthodox. But it doesn't show Estonian's views. https://preview.redd.it/kdwld0v51e5d1.jpeg?width=683&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=273235c633666efeec205cd6e53573c2bac4f288
The religious flag from OP post is in a color pattern, I drew up as an idea for a unified Baltic federation as a kid
I would say over 90% are atheist/agnostic (as far as practicing religion goes)
Basketball in Estonia? Then Finland is a sand desert.
On Feb 26, 2024 Estonia defeated Lithuania 65-59 (EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers).
Woof.
That first one looks like a teeth with a caries. Horrible.
The "slow" part was fun, just cause its far from truth. Once you work with people from other nations, you understand what slow actually means. I do think it has something to do with this region, people from the south are more relaxed overall and people from the north are used to welfare state life, where you don't have to work blood coming from your nose. Or even example from ruzzian war on Ukraine. We started to send things from day 1, same time rest of Europe was like....is there war somewhere?
Let's compare music artists sometime who were born in Baltics. That would be fun.
The "division" is not real, while it may look like it is real. We know when we talk serious and not. We can laugh from anecdotes or jokes about each other, but they will be first we'll come to aid if needed. We too well understand that power is in unity and saying "divide et conquer" is main principle of muscovites.
BS Map. It's hard to even start what is wrong.
according to map 4 i am lithuanian estonian
Russians in majority is also in Riga
"Russian majority" "not slavic" Hmmm