Tea, please pročitaj open-mindedly i javi mi se; hvala :)

Poslal sam ti mejla početkom godine. Još mi nisi odgovorila i ne znam jesi ga pročitala.
Zato sam odlučil zakeljiti mejla tu i na tvoj Fejs u nadi, da čak i ako ti ne buš pročitala, netko tebi blizak bude i onda te lepo zamolil da pročitaš 🙂

Draga Tea,

znaš kako sam te doživel, koliko mi znače druženja s tobom i kako si me prihvatila. Nadam se da je poruka koju sam ti ostavil došla do tebe i pišem ti u nadi da smo si opet dobri 🥺 ili da buš se jednom ipak prisjetila kako nam je bilo zabavno i onoga kaj ti se svidelo kod mene i ipak zeru popustila 🤞 Sad kad bolje pročitam kaj sam napisal, napisal sam nekaj između ovog „ili“ 😅 Prosim lepo, nemoj kaj zameriti 😂
Ne očekujem neki pošteni odgovor. Mislim, bit ću iskren i reći ti da bi mi bilo drago da mi veliš mi kak si, kaj se s tobom dogaja; ali mi je dovoljno da mi sam potvrdiš da si pročitala. Thanks 👍🏻

Gle, štel bi ti reći da je meni jasno da sam baš jako zasral s tobom i da prihvaćam sve kaj je tebe povredilo, a da ni ne znam da sam te time povredil i da mi je jako žal zbog tog. Samo bih te zamolil da ti uvažiš i mog doživljaja. Ako se već nemreš staviti u moju kožu, molim te da prihvatiš kako sam ja tvoje ponašanje doživel: ne da si mi odbila ruku prijateljstva, nego me mrziš i ne želiš sa mnom imati nikakvog posla! Ako ne kužiš koliko je to meni uvredljivo (ne, nije mi stresno ako mi ne odgovoriš na poruku, ali ovo je), molim te da to prihvatiš 🙏 kako sam ja prihvatil kak si ti doživela neke moje ispade i žal mi je da sam bil takav isto kak bi prihvatil bilo kaj da mi veliš da te s moje strane povredilo i vjeruj mi da to više ne bi ponovil. Molim te da uvažiš mog doživljaja tebe: da on nije sranje; nego koliko-god da je meni super u životu (stvarno je!), moj život je jako ograničen i zato mi naše prijateljstvo toliko znači. Pa mene je s 19 šlagiralo. Dobro sam se oporavil, ali je l znaš kakve posljedice mi je to ostavilo do kraja života (npr. neke stvari loše ili nikako ne procjenjujem)? Ti si ovako stjecala prijatelje u srednjoj i na fucksu. Ja sam tog bil uskraćen i koliko god tebi i većini ljudi glupo i jadno zvučalo, naša druženja mi jesu ulepšala život, ti si mi tada ulepšala život. Također, molim te da razumiješ da iz opravdanih razloga u 34 leta života nisam stekao neko iskustvo sa suprotnim spolom i da bi vjerojatno zbog tog nekaj s tobom zajebal. Prihvatil sam u kakvom kurcu mi je društveni život i da je vjerojatnost da bum se više ikad skompal s nekim ko s tobom ravna nuli. Molim te prihvati da stvarno bolujem od teže bolesti. Iskreno, ni sam nisam bil svestan koliko teške do kraja ljeta. Ovaj put mi je Dorian baš reko Dok ide, ide; ali jednom više ne bu išlo. Ja bi dal sve da mi je životni problem tko je zatreskan u mene. Zaljubljenost je samo jedna od milijun emocija i ona je u mom doživljaju tebe sasvim sporedna; samo posljedica, nikako razlog zakaj sam te tako doživel. Ne moraš se slagati s tim, ali molim te prihvati da je to moj doživljaj. Fakat te ne osuđujem. Ne govorim ti tko je više kriv i tko je prema kome bil gori. Ja mislim da si ti, ali ti ziher misliš da sam ja. Samo te molim da uvažiš mog doživljaja. Uistinu si prema meni bila jako obzirna. Kad smo se družili, i ti i ja smo bili svoji. Ali ti si bila svoja tako da si instiktivno, bez da si se trudila, meni pokazala obzirnost kakvu mi baš i ne pokazuju i takva si bila samo time da si bila svoja. Dat ću ti bezvezan primjer: kad smo izlazili na Uskrs, bilo je par štengi. Nisi odjurila do izlaza, tamo me čekala ili nasred puta ili nekaj, neg si me strpljivo čekala baš na tim štengama. Nisi ni ko da ćeš krenut, nego si odmah stala i pričekala me bez da si prije znala da ja nemrem brzo po štengama, a onda nastavila sa mnom ko da nije bilo nikakve “prepreke”. Da, to “strpljenje” nije bilo ni minutu i ti sigurno o njemu uopće nisi razmišljala, a vjerojatno se toga više ni ne sećaš; ali meni je značilo. Teško ti je shvatiti zakaj je to ostavilo takav dojam na mene, mkay, ali molim te da to prihvatiš. Lani si mi rekla da ti prestanem govorit stvari koje nemaju smisla. Meni sve kaj sam ti reko ima smisla. Da li možeš prihvatit da meni nemaju smisla neke stvari koje si ti meni rekla? Budimo ljudi i uvažimo jedan drugoga. Iskreno se nadam da buš, kad uvažiš mog doživljaja, jednom ipak zeru popustila da si možemo bit dobri 🥺 Stvarno se nadam i vjerujem da bu još dugo “išlo”, ali jednostavno ne znam (na jesen sam se za dlaku zvlekel) i ne želim zgubiti iz života ovako stečenu prijateljicu, prijateljicu koja je na moj društveni život ostavila neizbrisiv pozitivan trag. Sorry, ali meni ovo stvarno nije samo move-on. Ja na tvoj društveni život nisam ostavil takvog traga, ali ti na moj jesi. Da li me razumiješ? Lani si me raspizdila kad si mi onak odgovorila, ali sam u međuvremenu shvatil i prihvatil kakva kurčina mi je društveni život, i da su mi druženja s tobom baš ulepšala život. Prenaglil sam. Oprosti mi. Zato me boli kurac koliko bliska hoćeš biti sa mnom dok god smo si dobri, da sam barem mikroskopski dio tvog života. Mislim, najradije bi da se baš družimo (barem sebi priznaj da ti je bilo zabavno sa mnom 🙂), ali me nije briga dok god nisi baš nadrkana na mene, ono barem da si čestitamo blagdane i rođendane. Malo mi puno znači; bilo bi mi puno lakše prolazit kroz ovo da znam da smo si dobri. I dalje bi se suočaval s istim strahovima, ali bi se psihički lakše nosil s njima. Razumijem da te moje ponašanje prošle jeseni nadrkalo. Ne kritiziram te, jer si se s pravom nadrkala na mene. Ali prošlo je godinu dana. Do kad buš nadrkana?
Još bi ti štel reći da ti mene ne da nisi videla u najgorem* stanju, nisi me videla u ni lošem stanju, čak ni u dobrom, nego baš u najboljem. S te strane mi je jasno da ti je teško percipirati kad ti velim da se stvarno nikad s nikim nisam složil brzo i dobro ko s tobom, da me nitko nikad nije tak prihvatil i da su mi za to trebala 33 leta, i misliš da nekaj “prčkam”; ali ne “prčkam”! I tu ne mislim na neko psihosocijalno stanje jer se Čmarac uvek zajebava 😃 kad sam naviknut da mi često nije baš najbolje 😵 nego na fizičko stanje.
Jesi možda bila tak tvrda jer si mi nekaj zatajila (eventualno zmuljarila) dok smo si bili dobri? Gle, samo mi reči kaj je i fakat me nije briga; jebeš to.
Ovo sam te trebal davno pitati, ali jebi ga nemam iskustva sa suprotnim spolom. Sorry ☹ Jesi možda bila tak tvrda zato kaj se bojiš da bi se ikakav kontakt između nas razvil u više od prijateljstva? Ili možda zato kaj si ti ipak osećala nekaj prema meni (koliko god kratko to bilo) i sad se bojiš da ne bi otvorila pandorinu kutiju? U oba slučaja da ti velim da ak bi ti jednog dana htjela više, kaj onda? Ali ako i samo ako bi i ti to štela. Ja te ne bum snubil, ne bum ti nikaj predbacival, ne bum te na ikaj navodil, ne bum stajal između tebe i nekog. Prvo, nisam takav; drugo, reko sam ti da sam prihvatil da mi je društveni život kurčina i ne želim te izgubiti iz života zbog takvih egzibicija! I treće, heh 😅 pa vidiš me da ti stvarno nemrem nič ni da hoću; stvarno me prebiješ ko mačku bez ikakvog problema. Nemam iskustva sa suprotnim spolom, mozak mi je razjeban i ne znam i nemrem procijeniti kad pretjeram. Molim te da me odmah upozoriš ako preteram i nema šanse da ponovim ono kaj ti smeta!

Za kraj bi ti samo reko da sam na jesen imal više sreće neg pameti. Sve oko ruke je bilo maligno, ruka nije 😃 tak da sam se zvlekel masakra. Istina Bog, operacija koja je bila nije baš bila pizdin dim i Dorian mi je reko to kaj mi je reko (i otfikaril još malo ključne kosti 😅), ali sam se zvlekel 😃 i dok sam čekal nalaz biopsije sam bil u super smještaju!
Ipak bum ti još reko zakaj je mene tvoj odgovor lani tako povredil. Odnosno, reći ću ti kako sam ga ja doživel; ti si očito drugačije. Bio sam ti reko sve: i svog doživljaja i zakaj si me tak oduševila, kaj mi se kod tebe ne sviđa i bil sam kritičan prema sebi; a ti si mi rekla da mi pižđenje na tebe neće pomoć. Tad uopće nisam pizdil na tebe (nadrkan sam tek od tog odgovora 😅)! Da li me razumiješ?

Hvala ti kaj si odvojila vremena na čitanje ovog mejla 👍🏻 Želim ti čim uspješniju novu godinu i sve najbolje! 🎆
[Nadam se barem donekle] tvoj? Marko

*Mogu ti ispripovedati kakav sam bil u najgorem stanju. Još sam ti prošlo ljeto reko kaj mi je sve (do tad 😅) bilo, mogu detaljnije. Ali ovako samoincijativno ne bi da te ne zamaram i, heh, to nisu baš lepe uspomene 😕
P.S. Iso Miki, tek nedavno sam skužil da imati nekog rad ima malo „jače“ značenje kod vas neg kod nas! Kad bi govoril da si me imala rad, mislil sam you were fond of me, ne you loved me! E, fakat, sorry ak si to krivo shvatila! Mi velimo da nekog voliš za love! Purgerski primjer: Moj Mikač 😻 me voli, a ti me samo imaš rad 😃

Također, znaj da za tebe kod Mikača 😻 i mene uvek ima mesta u Zagrebu.

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Sretan ti sutrašnji rođendan! 🥳🎂 Prosim lepo da mi komadićak torte spremiš u doggy baga 🥺

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Tea, ovaj dio se više ne odnosi na tebe; samo paragrafčić za moje “vjerne čitatelje” (ako ih kojim slučajem imam 😂) koji se možda pitaju zašto se ovako “sramotim”. Nije me briga što si takvi misle. Važni su Teino mišljenje i njen doživljaj. Uistinu mi je dobro u životu. Dok se Tea i ja nismo posvađali (pa zapravo sve do ove jeseni) sam govorio da mi u životu ne fali ništa osim lopatice i komadićka ključne kosti. Sada sam svjestan da mi ne fali ništa osim lopatice, (malo većeg 😅) komadićka ključne kosti i, onog najvažnijeg, ovako stečene prijateljice; svjestan sam da je tako stečeno prijateljstvo uistinu neprocjenjivo. Međutim, imam 34 godine. Od 19. mi je život baš jako ograničen; puno toga, pogotovo u društvenom životu, mi je uskraćeno. Između ostalog, nemam baš nekog iskustva sa suprotnim spolom (a Tea je cura…). Za to nitko nije kriv niti ikoga krivim, ali je tako. Bolujem od teže, zapravo neizlječive – jer ova masakriranja su odugovlačenje [koje je srećom još uvijek uspješno (ponajviše zahvaljujući timu KBC-a Zagreb, pogotovo Dorianu Hiršlu 😃 ali i mojoj upornosti)], a ne lijek – bolesti. Teino ponašanje me je povrijedilo, ali ja sam taj koji ga je inicirao. Nakon svega sam njeno prijateljstvo bio uzeo zdravo za gotovo, ja nju nisam ozbiljno shvatio. Otišlo je predaleko; za to sam dijelom ja kriv. Otada zapravo čistim svoja govna i ne pada mi na pamet sve prebacivati na Teu!

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This is not how mature human beings behave

The other day I had an encounter with a spoiled little brat …although according to her, she was hardly a brat. Well, like a 23-year old brat ×D I would prefer to tell her this in her face, but was …unable to do it; nothing better to do here anyway, so why not blog about it a bit?

Think a little intro is required for you to get the perspective. Well, kill me; either just don’t read this paragraph or don’t read the post at all ×D Anyhow, I’ve been playing Star Wars The Old Republic for ages now. We used to have a local guild (I actually blogged [Croatian] about it like 8 years ago), but it’s been pretty-much dead for years now. I’ve been going through different guilds with different toons for the past few years, but I’ve always kept the main toon in the old guild in hopes people might start showing up again. Well, whenever I log onto that toon, there’s maybe one more person online in the guild in addition to meself and not a very talkative person at that. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago or so, I logged in to find someone online, and a talkative someone at that! Now, for the sake of argument, let’s just call that someone Alma.

I managed to talk Alma in joining my current guild (very nice people in there 🙂). One evening I even stayed up quite long to invite all her toons to the Imperial guild. Note that, anyone could have done that, but she wanted me to do it. We were planning to do a mission together for some time, but never managed to synchronize our timetables ×D Once she actually fucked me up good without touching my dick by a milimetre ×D but never mind that. Anyhow, one evening we started the so much planned mission …and, well managed to do five minutes tops, when the bitch left the mission, stopped talking to me, blocked me and soon afterwards left the guild and discord servers (hence me blogging instead of telling this to her face ×D ). So what happened? She wanted to skip everything (cinematics, dialogues and whatever). I wanted to hear the story ’cause it had been ages since I’d done the mission before, so I told her mkay, I wanna hear the story, so I’m gonna skip as soon as I read/hear what they’re saying. Well, needless to say, little Alma didn’t like that… Now, Alma before trashing your spoiled little ass, like you deserve, lemme apologize if you lied about your age and you actually are like 13 years old. I mean, your spoiled behaviour is still inexcusable, but at least it can be understood in that case. Anyhow, who the FUCK do you think you are for everything to be exactly the way you want?! Not willing to compromise one bit or at least tell me why it’s so bloody important for you to skip bloody everything… This is how spoiled brats in puberty behave; not mature people. Although we understand and tolerate such a behaviour in puberty, we nevertheless chide kids because it’s unacceptable and we certainly don’t encourage such a behaviour. You told me you’d left a guild because of an argument. Well, if you behaved like that, no wonder. At least, you had sense enough to leave us before we kicked you for spoiled behaviour. Of course, it’s possible you hadn’t had the sense with the previous guild and they actually kicked you. In which case, you kinda learned a lesson; but a better lesson to learn would be to change your bloody behaviour rather than fleeing guilds before you show your true colours.

Oh, I’ve been kidding with a guildy how women can be bitchy during PMS. Before, you conclude that’s just some geeky macho talk, the guildy in question is a woman ×D Anyhow, nope, PMS ain’t an accuse. I’m frequently in pain and I don’t jump around at people. If I feel moody, cranky or whatever, I avoid contact. I certainly don’t agree to do something with someone, only to jump at them and vent all my frustrations at them… Well, at the very least, if you do such a thing, you can say you’re sorry afterwards, you were just pissed at the world and overreacted; you know something that tends to work best when you don’t brake all the contact whatsoever…

A little digression: Alma and I did one mission together before the planned mission. A weird guy – to say the least – did that one with us and Alma immediately said she wouldn’t do any more mission with him which is her prerogative and, well, I mean the guy wouldn’t even revive his fallen comrades! Anyhow, just before going all haywire, Alma told me that I was “worse” than that guy. Well, Alma, the guy in question might be weird and if you ask me he does behave a bit childishly, but not like a spoiled brat. So I may be “worse” than him, but we’re both better than you, which makes you…,

Well, that’s it,
Take care, cheers and skål!

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Posted on 23^rd August, 2020 at 09:19 GMT
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SERBO🇷🇸CROATIAN🇭🇷 + 🇧🇦

I’m sick and tired of foreigners and even natives debating on whether Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are the same language and how different they are; that there are fewer differences between them than between American, Australian, British and whatever English.

In short: they are different, but very similar lingoes; definitely more different than different varieties of English. Anyone who says differently (considering English and Serbocroatian comparison, that is), either doesn’t speak English or Serbocroatian; take your pick 🙂
You can look at Serbocroatian as a macrolanguage with three standards (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian) and a bunch of dialects.

Now, a bit of further elaboration 🙂

First, you must distinguish a dialect from a standard language. I’m saying this because I’m sick of people – especially natives who think Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are one and the same – saying the three are dialects of the same lingo when they are most certainly referring to standards. I mean, people who don’t know even such a basic distinction actually presume to tell anybody what certain languages are and aren’t! How self-absorbed can you get?! Dialects of a certain lingo can very so much that there is virtually no mutual ineligibility between a speaker of a certain dialect and a speaker of another even though the language in question is the same. That would be why (most) lingoes have a standard language or, in cases like Serbocroation, more than one. I would call the various standards of English just variations because, accents aside, standard English in the US, UK, Straya etc. doesn’t differ that much (spelling differences are minimal and neither are reflected to pronunciation nor to accent). The point is that a Yank would read a text the same regardless of the standard or spelling employed and it would take you a rather long time to identify where the text came from; eventually you might realize, but only if vocabulary and/or phrases of a certain region were frequently used. Same goes for Aussies and Brits. For example, how would you, as a native speaker, say color? How would you say colour? When I read a Serbian text, on the other hand, the person listening to me realizes I’m reading Serbian rather quickly.
Serbocroatian is a shining example of standard languages and dialects. So, there are three standards – Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian – which are very similar and totally mutually intelligible, and loads of dialects which often ain’t that similar; they can differ so much that there can be barely any – if any at all – mutual intelligibility even in the same country (namely in Croatia). The most important matter to point out here is that dialects do not follow (political) borders and when people identify their lingo, they usually identify it with their ethnicity. That’s why a Bosniak in Sarajevo‘s going to say he speaks Bosnian, a Croatian that he speaks Croatian and a Serb that he speaks Serbian even though everybody in Sarajevo speaks the same (although people might use Croatisms or Serbisms more often in their speech to emphasize they’re either Croatian or Serbian). Basically, spoken language takes structure and vocabulary from an area where people (that is, speakers) live despite how they call the language they speak. That’s why, people in areas such as the aforementioned Sarajevo (Bosnian capital), usually just call their lingo “our language”.
Moreover, a Croatian from northern Croatia and a Croatian from Dalmatia, don’t understand a word of their spoken lingo despite they both claim to be speaking Croatian (as I said, this is why standardized languages exist 😉). A little extension: a Croatian and a Slovene around the border speak the same yet the Croatian says he speaks Croatian (and turns to standard Croatian when he needs to) and the Slovene says he speaks Slovenian (and turns to standard Slovenian when he needs to). Standard Croatian and Standard Slovenian ain’t mutually intelligible, so the two guys wouldn’t understand each other if they were speaking standard lingoes (without additional language learning that is 😉). But while the mentioned Northener and Dalmatian don’t understand each other’s dialects, they use the same standard lingo to communicate.
In terms of English, the UK has a lot of dialects. As I’m but a humble foreign speaker and, therefore, not a Brit, I can’t really say how big those differences are and ask British readers to confirm the claim 🙂 I know, though, that I understand shit when a Londoner speaks his slang and when a Glasgower speaks his, and I’m pretty sure the two would understand shit of what each is saying (mkay, probably more than me since they are English speakers, but still…)
All in all, dialects and standard languages are a different matter. Savvy? 🏴‍☠️

So while standard Bosnian, standard Croatian and standard Serbian are mutually intelligible (because all Serbocroatian standards are based on the East Hercegovian dialect, but were developed in two main cultural centres which were separated by a country border at the time), dialects can differ a lot and mutual intelligibility is not the only criterion to distinguish lingoes. Would you say that Hindi and Urdu are the same? Bulgarian and Macedonian? Indonesian and Malaysian? Danish, Norwegian and Swedish? Those are just examples I can think of.
Moreover, although we – Bosniaks, Croatians and Serbs (and Montenegriners) – all understand each other perfectly, the structure of Standard Croatian and Standard Serbian can differ a lot; aye more than American 🇺🇸 Australian 🇦🇺 British 🇬🇧 Also note that the differences between various English standards can mostly be attributed to the lingo being spoken natively around the globe, (Tell me again. What’s the distance between the US and the UK? UK and Straya? US and Straya?) Serbocroatian, on the other hand, is spoken in a rather small compact area (namely Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro). Just check out the map below: 😉

Before Montenegriners 🇲🇪 start jumping at me for not mentioning them earlier, I didn’t do it because Montenegrin is undergoing standardization process and because most ethnic Montenegriners say they speak Serbian anyway. I guess it can be compared to how many Scots speakers say they speak English 🤷🏻

Finally, the term Serbocroatian. As I said, you can look at Serbocroatian as a macrolanguage with three standards and a bunch of dialects. Therefore, it’s logical to use the term when you’re referring to something relevant for every standard or when you simply can’t distinguish which one you’re talking about (just keep in mind there is a difference 😉) which is not at all unusual for foreigners. Now, the term had been stigmatized in Yugoslavia because it was used for the name of an official language of the Federation (and many republics within as well). Furthermore, Yugoslav authorities tried to eliminate the uniquenesses of each standard as much as possible so that we would indeed end with one standard language. Of course, it’s not language’s fault people are assholes, so I have nothing against the term and use it frequently when referring to the aforementioned (but I must warn you that you might wanna avoid the term in front of natives because people are assholes and someone actually might take offence 🤔). Well, I use the term in English at least. Like I said before, natives – including me – usually say “our language” to refer to Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian collectively, which is deemed “politically correct”… 😕 Well, I could hardly say that to someone who doesn’t know what bloody language is “mine”, right?
Since the end of the war, an abbreviation BCS (for Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) (the one I used in the address of this 👆🏻 post 👆🏻 😉) has been used more and more and since it’s short, why not?

Hmm… 🤔 maybe I should finish the post by saying that I speak Croatian and understand Bosnian and Serbian 😉 I mean, if I were to take a Serbian grammar test, I know I would flunk; mkay, maybe I would pass in the end, but I’d score poorly 😀 Savvy? 🏴‍☠️

That’s it. Hope I shed some light on the matter 🙂

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Posted on 18^th August, 2020 at 17:37 GMT
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No more Emojipedia and character map (and/or typing Unicodes)!

Good moaning folks!

Been ages since I blogged last, but well… life and shit happens 😕

Anyhow, recently I found out keyboard shortcuts to access emojis and symbols anytime, anywhere in Windows. Quite simple actually and I can’t believe I didn’t hear of it before! Lifesaving if you ask me because, in addition of being able to enter shiny emojis everywhere where they are supported (actually a lot more common than it seems on the first glance…), you can enter any character you would ever need without the character map or typing Unicodes (although you might find typing Unicodes quicker depending on your needs). If you wanna write about, dunno, El Niño and want to spell the phenomenon properly, but don’t have access to Ñ, these shortcuts can come in quite handy. Although, if you want quick access to Ñ and loads of more characters, I suggest you add US International keyboard layout in addition to your local layout and if your default layout is the basic US layout (which is the case in all Anglophone countries except the UK and Ireland 🙂), you might consider making US International default because because the US International layout is the same as the basic US layout with additional characters being accessed with AltGr (right Alt) key.
You might also want to try to customize your own layout with MS Keyboard Layout Creator (a free 🙂 program for Windows) to make it more functional like me.
But those are different stories 😀

Now, I should thank Mosh Hamedani for this “discovery” because it was his YouTube Python course that made me Google this shit out 😀 So, thanks Mosh! 😀

Anyhow, the keyboard shortcuts on American QWERTY keyboard layout are Win Key + “.” and Win Key + “;” (without the quotes, of course 🙂). As for other layouts, try pressing keys located where “.” and “;” are located on the American keyboard (in my case those are “.” and Č).
Now, once you press either of those combinations, you get a popup with emojis! 😀

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To gain access to symbols,  just click on the little Ω after clicking Win + “.”.

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Now, the reason I had to Google my ass of is because the shortcuts didn’t work for me at first! They started working after I accessed emojis on touch keyboard first. So to enable touch keyboard, right-click on the taskbar and checkmark Show touch keyboard button (I watched this tutorial). Once touch keyboard is enabled, a small keyboard icon is gonna appear left of the language code left of the clock. Click on it and click on the emoji icon to enter an emoji once the keyboard pops up

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You can just disable the touch keyboard afterwards if you want. Although, touch keyboard can be quite shiny, especially if you use other layout(s) in addition to your local layout (e.g. I have Greek, Serbian Cyrillic and US International in addition to Croatian) because you can see how the keys on those layouts are mapped, so you might consider keeping the touch keyboard 😉

That’s it, if you still have trouble with emoji/symbols shortcut, try switching to the American layout and this “guide” applies only to Windows I don’t know if this works on Linux; probably depends on a distro 😉

Well, cheers!

Update 15^th June

A small wee little update. With all the work I’m taking Mosh’s course slowly. Anyhow, the guy just said he hated cats and the motherfucker was LAUGHING! Well, Mosh, you are a fucking asshole and now I hate you! Was thinking of buying your advanced course after I finish this one, but now – if I’ll go for advanced at all – I’m either buy another advanced course or steal yours! And just after being smart he “encouraged” me to “get ‘his complete Python course'”. Well Mosh; I might indeed “get” it, but you won’t get a penny from me! Who the fuck do you think you are spreading such hatred?! It’s my time for (evil) laugh MWHAHAHA ×D
I mean, this morning before work me kitty spilled me juice all over the table and floor, so I had to waste precious morning time cleaning the mess (being half asleep, I doubt I did a pretty good job anyway 😕) and I ended up going to work thirsty! I’m going to kill the little punk for it when I return home 😡 but that was an isolated incident!

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Posted on 28^th April, 2020 at 18:54 GMT
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Optimal resolution for a 14″ screen

Do you have a 14″ laptop? These days, they make full HD 14″ screens, but full HD ain’t optimal for a desktop environment: text is often too tiny. True, you can scale the text, but that can look terrible depending on the program whose text is being scaled. Took me a year (and a half), but I finally realized, I should just divide 1920 with 1080 (1920×1080 is full HD) and then divide lower resolutions Windows supports until I reach the same result …and I found it 😀 The resolution is 1600×900. Everything looks nice and smooth, the text – in normal font size – is readable and no need for scaling 😀

Just don’t forget to set the resolution back to 1920×1080 when you connect your computer with a telly 😉

Cheers!

Good morning, Europe!

Europe, I wish you a good winter morning!

The morning was pretty dark, ah? After all, tonight was the longest night in the year.

Now, all you permanent DST (summer time) proponents; how dark would the morning be if we were observing summer time now?

I have a question for you: Why the fuck should we suffer dark(er) winter mornings because it’s too hard for you lazy assholes to move clocks back for a single bloody hour in autumn?!

Pomicanje sata – uski pogled

Ovaj post sam zamislio kao odgovor na komentar na članak iz Novog lista koji sam spomenuo u prethodnom postu, ali “uvod” se malo odužio. Zato sam do odgovora stavio Ctrl+F kôd. U biti, ako želite preskočiti na odgovor, pritisnite Ctrl+F (izbornik \ Traži/Pronađi na stranici) i upišite cfteo 🙂

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Ljudi bi navodno trebali imati široki kut gledanja. Međutim, raja često ima uzak pogled – vidi samo ono ravno pred nosom i ne okreće pogled ni malo sa strane. Raja jednostavno ne promišlja. Pomicanje sata je klasičan primjer. Šta raja vidi? Tlaku pomicanja sata dva puta godišnje, ali zato prednosti pomicanja sata uzima zdravo za gotovo.

Što je uopće pomicanje sata? Pomicanje sata je pametno iskorištavanje dnevnog svjetla tijekom  godine i šlus! Ali raji ne pada na pamet da sunce ljeti ne izlazi u 4 ujutro, a zalazi tek oko 9 navečer zato što smo pomaknuti sat vremena. Tako je mrak ujutro dok svi spavaju, a dan kada smo aktivni; i to najčešće vani. A ni jutra nam nisu prevruća. Ako su vam ljeti jutra vruća već sada; bila bi još toplija da nismo pomaknuti za taj jedan sat jer ljeti svaki sat puno znači. Zimi, pak, nemamo depresivna i mračna jutra jer se na jesen vratimo za taj jedan sat. Djeca ne idu u školu po mrklom mrak; niti mi idemo na posao po mrklom mraku (barem većina nas ne ide). Istina, dižemo se u mrak; ali dok se spremamo za polazak, počinje se daniti. Potpuno se razdani do drugog sata škole. Dok izađemo ujutro iz kuća, već se malo zagrije (da smo zimi pomaknuti za sat, najhladnije bi bilo baš kada idemo na posao / u školu); vozači ne voze po mrklom mraku itd. I sad ti meni reci da to nije vrijedno pomicanja kazaljki za jedan jedini sat dva puta godišnje.

Ali, naravno nitko ni riječi o tome. Tek nakon što su svi mediji ishvalili bijednu anketicu i retardirani prijedlog Europske komisije (pročitaj prethodni post), počeli su se pojavljivati naslovi poput Zimi mrak do pola devet ili ljeti dan u 4 ujutro?! E pa kasno novinarčići na Kosovo stižu. Puno ljudi je odjednom skužilo da pomicanje sata nije tako loše. Zato pitanje kakvi bi bili rezultati famozne ankete da joj je prethodila kampanja koja bi ljudima napomenula gore navedeno. Ali šta će ti kampanja za neobvezujuću anketu?! Nadalje, da je anketa provedena zimi, uvjeren sam da bi rezultat bio suprotan, odnosno da bi većina bila za “zimsko” vrijeme tijekom cijele godine jer bi im trenutni raspored dnevnog svjetla bio dobar i ne bi im palo na pamet kako bi bilo ljeti, nego samo da lijenguze ne pomiču sat… U kolovozu je većina bila za ljetno vrijeme jer im nije padalo na pamet kako bi zimi bilo na ljetnom vremenu; samo da se ne pomiču sat…
Međutim, najglasniji su oni koji i dalje tupe svoje; oni kojima možeš milijun puta iznijeti svoje argumente; oni, naravno, nemaju poštene protuargumente i često se razumiju u računanje vremena ko Mara u krivi kurac; ali filozofiraju.

Više uopće nije bitno da li se pomicanje sata ukida, nego retardirani prijedlog Europske komisije da svaka članica bira hoće li cijele godine biti na standardnom (“zimskom”) vremenu ili ljetnom. To može rezultirati apsurdnim i nelogičnim vremenskim zonama, pa bismo u skoroj budućnosti mogli pomicati sat na svakom drugom graničnom prijelazu tijekom cijele godine umjesto da ih svi pomaknemo dva puta godišnje. Rokovi, za donošenje odluke, koje bi članice dobile su jednostavno neostvarivi ako ne želimo da sve ode u krasan kurac.
Gosponu Junckeru istječe mandat, pa bi sad htio skupiti čim više političkih poena dok još može da ga zapamte kao predsjednika koji je “spasio građane od pomicanja sata”. To je jedini razlog koji vidim za tako ishitreni prijedlog. Tipično politički, jebe se njemu šta će ostaviti nasljedniku. E, ali malo se zajebao jer ako razjebe Europu, bit će zapamćen upravo po tom da ju je razjebao. Ne znam, čini mi se da ga je malo rano počela loviti demencija. A eto, to se događa kad ti mozak pliva u alkoholu 🙂
Ukratko, najvažnije je da ostanemo vremenski usklađeni – ako se pomicanje sata ukine, onda svi trebamo ostati na istom računanju vremena; a ne da imamo vremenski kolaž od kontinenta. Koji kurac su u toj jebanoj anketi uopće postavili pitanje da li bi radije zadržali ljetno ili “zimsko” računanje vremena?! Da nisu, ne bismo bili u problemu kome udovoljiti.

Teodore, Teodore (cfteo)

U biti, o tome smo napisali članak u Novom Listu. Naveo sam ga u prethodnom postu i u oko mi je upao jedan komentar.
Iako je pametnjaković od komentatora krajnost; slično razmišlja puno raje. Zato sam ga odlučio tu prokomentirati da baš ne komentiram direktno članak na kojem sam radio ×D

U početku sam mislio izbrisati ime komentatora i ne obraćati se njegovim imenom, ali budući da se lako vidi tko je komentator; to bi bilo vrijeđanje inteligencije.

Evo komentara

Za početak, pametan se ne miješa u ono što ne razumije. Ali kad se netko već miješa u nešto što ne razumije, onda je tipično da za ono o čemu nema pojma – ili ako jednostavno nema protuargumenata za ono što pročita – kaže da je sranje…

Prvo bih te pitao da li ti uopće znaš što je to anketa? Da li znaš da postoji razlika između referenduma i ankete? Jesi li čuo za izlaznost? Da li znaš da je čak i da bi referendum bio važeći potrebna izlaznost veća od 1%? Da li možda s ovih 90% misliš na postotak izašlih na anketu Komisije iz Hrvatske? Prvo, to ti je jednina; drugo 90% ih se izjasnilo za ukidanje pomicanja sata, među njima je bilo i onih koji nisu za ljetno vrijeme; treće na anketi je sudjelovalo 0,52% stanovništva RH – to ti je ugrubo 22 281 stanovnik, od kojih 10% uopće nije za ukidanje pomicanja sata, znači ugrubo znamo da su cijela 20 053 stanovnika za ukidanje pomicanja sata; za ostale samo nagađamo i čak ni ne znamo koliko je od ovih 20 053 za ljetno, a koliko za “zimsko” računanje vremena. Informacije radi, Hrvatska je na popisu 2011. imala 4 284 889 stanovnika. Priznam, nisam vrstan matematičar; ali ovo mi se ovo baš ne čini reprezentativno…
Kad smo već kod famozne ankete, želim reći onim 4 262 608 građana Lijepe Naše koji nisu sudjelovali u anketi da smo svi dobili pitanje Ako se ukine pomicanje sata, za koje računanje vremena ste? – i oni koji su bili za i oni koji su bili protiv pomicanja – tako da kad se tumači da je velika većina ispitanika bila za ljetno vrijeme, pitanje da li uključuju sve ispitanike ili samo one koji su bili protiv pomicanja sata.

Sad mi, molim te, reci koje su to “gotovo sve zemlje EU” koje žele ljetno računanje vremena. Ono, malo mi potkrijepi izvorom. Bojana ti je već spomenula sjevernjake kojima nikako ne odgovara ljetno računanje vremena zimi.
U Zagrebu je jučer sunce izašlo u 7:28, a danas u 6:28. Kako si već, sigurno, čuo na TVu, u ova dva mjeseca će se dan još skratiti tako da će izlazak sunca na zimski solsticij biti u 7:30 (kao jučer za vrijeme ljetnog vremena) to bi bilo 8:30 da ostanemo na ljetnom vremenu zimi. U Helsinkiju je jučer sunce izašlo 8:29, a danas u 7:32. Budući da su njima razlike u trajanju dana puno veće, njima će razlika od danas do solsticija biti još veća.

Inače, ovo ti je fotka prosinačkog jutra (09:00) u Moskvi kada su bili na ljetnom vremenu. Kmica?! Eto, takva divota čeka Europu ako cijele godine budemo na ljetnom vremenu 🙂 Sunce ti kalajisano, uskoro će sve škole biti kmicaschule 😉

Mislim, čitajući tvoj komentar dalje, imam dojam da misliš da je razlika u duljini dana rezultat pomicanja sata. Ali, Teodore, razlike u duljini dana nemaju veze s pomicanjem sata… Jesi li išao u osnovnu školu? Jesi li je prospavao? Da sad ne ulazim u nagib Zemlje u odnosu na Sunce (to je ipak gradivo za trojku), Zemlja ti nije ravna ploča 🙂 Ne, ljeti smo samo pomaknuti za jedan sat. Da nismo, svitalo bi sat ranije, a bogme i zalazilo ranije, ali bi dan bio jednako dug… Tako bi ti zimi dan i dalje bio kratak da smo pomaknuti za sat remena, i opet bi kurca stigao; samo bi ujutro bio čisti zombi 🙂 Da, neki ljudi ne žele po mrklom mraku i smrzavici na posao bilo pješke, javnim ili osobnim prijevozom; niti žele da im djeca idu u školu po mrklom mraku. Ti nas možeš zvati nenormalnim, ali eto nama nije do jutarnjeg mraka 🙂 Da, sada zimi nije mrak do 8. Kad bi i bio, onda bi mrak na ljetnom vremenu bio do 9. Savvy? Mi, nenormalni, se dižemo prije 9, pa nam nije svejedno je li mrak do 9 🙂 Na kraju krajeva, Teodore, zašto bi nam bilo mračno… -čnije! ×D jer je ljenčugama poput tebe teško vratiti kazaljke na jesen?!

I sad te moram razočarati. Ukidanje pomicanje sata u Europi je lako moguće, ali ako se ukine, nas će vjerojatno zahvatiti standardno (“zimsko”) vrijeme. Naime, uz to što ljetno vrijeme zimi nikako ne paše Skandinavcima, EU će ovo vjerojatno iskoristiti priliku da skrši vremenske zone na minimum. Budući da ono što je nama “zimsko” vrijeme je ljetno vrijeme za zapadnu Europu; zapadna Europa će vjerojatno dobiti ljetno vrijeme, a mi “zimsko” i još će zadovoljiti Skandinavce!

Vremenske zone u Europi. Jasno je ko dan da su Francuska i, pogotovo, Španjolska zapravo u Zapadnoeuropskoj vremenskoj zoni, ali računaju Srednjeeuropsko vrijeme. Još jedan uljez, ali ne tako očit, je Benelux. Da, tim zemljama je “zimsko” računanje vremena zapravo ljetno (jer su tada sat vremena ispred svoje vremenske zone), a ljetno računanje vremena zapravo “duplo ljetno” (jer su tada 2 sata ispred svoje vremenske zone). I sad, njih i nas ostave u Srednjeeuropskoj vremenskoj zoni i još pripoje Portugal i Britansko otočje… Jer za turizam, gospodarstvo, promet i bilo koju drugu djelatnost je lakše ako između zemlja nema vremenske razlike.
Na engleskoj Wikipediji je bolje objašnjeno; članak je popraćen i kartama koje jasno prikazuju što govorim.

Također je lako moguće da Uniji ipak dođe iz dupeta u glavu da su zadnje dvadeset dvije godine savršeno funkcionirale što se računanja vremena tiče, ne računajući problem pomicanja kazaljki dva puta godišnje, i možda još uoče da je to najbolji kompromis između sjevera i juga – sjever zimi nema mrak do podneva, a na jugu sunce kasnije zalazi u jeku turističke sezone 🙂 –  pa sve ostane kako je.

Dakle, straha nema, Teodore (ili ipak ima? 🤔)! Sviraš kurcu! 🙂

Naravno, ne kažem da nećemo na ljetno vrijeme cijele godine; pogotovo ako se retardirani prijedlog Europske komisije u potpunosti usvoji. Samo velim da su prethodne dvije mogućnosti puno vjerojatnije.
Iako je većina teritorija koja ne pomiče sat, cijele godine na standardnom (“zimskom”) vremenu, nisu svi; neki su na ljetnom. Na primjer: Saskatchewan u Kanadi, famozni Island, famozna Turska i Singapore. Od navedenih se samo Saskatchewan može usporediti sa srednjom Europom (pa tako i Hrvatskom) zbog svoje površine i lokacije.
E da cijela Europa prijeđe na ljetno računanje vremena tijekom cijele godine, kako bi se Finci zajebali… Od njih je krenula cijela ova farsa oko sata, a zimi im ljetno vrijeme ne odgovara. Ni njima pogled baš nije širok, pa im sigurno nije palo na pamet da bi Komisija mogla predložiti ljetno vrijeme cijele godine. Sada se barem na jesen vraćaju na standardno vrijeme, ali ako ih Komisija zajebe sa stalnim ljetnim vremenom …metnuli bi ga sami sebi 🤣

Ukratko, još uvijek su sve karte na stolu.

Teodore, nadam se da ipak nismo baš najgluplji i najneobrazovaniji narod u Evropi iako sudeći po tebi… Ja se bojim takvih kao ti na referendumu.

Rerendum je skuplji od ankete, ali postoji razlog zašto postoje referendumi i zašto se oni provode. Troškovi referenduma o pomicanju sata bi se mogli skresati na minimum tako da se referendum provede kad i europski izbori na proljeće – lijepo se uz odabir zastupnika stavi i referendumsko pitanje. Ali je problem kod toga što bi rezultati došli kada bi Juncker i raja pakirali kofere, a bilo koja implementacija rezultata bi bila provedena kada bi raja već davno bila doma. I kako bi onda gospon Juncker preuzeo slavu?!

Da li uopće treba referendum za pomicanje sata? Svakako je bolji od ankete; ali ne bi bio dobar, pogotovo ako bi bio koncipiran debilno kao anketa iz kolovoza. Kako sam započeo članak, raja ne promišlja i gleda samo ravno ispred sebe. Preispitati pomicanje sata bi se trebalo napraviti istraživanjem, koje bi proveli stručni ljudi i koje bi obuhvatilo cijelu Uniju, a po mogućnosti i cijeli kontinent. Neka se onda izvažu prednosti i mane i donese odluka; kao što su Ameri napravili 2005. kada su promijenili datume pomicanja sata.

Ali eto, sve će biti dobro ako svi slijedimo isto računanje.

Sve u svemu, glede nepromišljenosti i uskog pogleda, sve više mi se sviđa narodna: Svi su ljudi tupi, glupi; tupi, glupi 😀
Budući da je Čmarac čovjek i to bedak, valjda je jasno da kad velim da su svi ljudi tupi, glupi; tupi glupi, mislim i na sebe 🙂 Evo baš jutros mi Bojana pošalje link i presitno mi je za čitat; ne znam kako zumirati umjesto da mi padne na pamet da malo zavrtim kotačićem ×D

Update 3.4.2019.

Evo friškog primjera Čmarčeve gluposti: Kod mi nije radio jer sam umjesto <form> napisao <from>. Poanta je da sam to napisao 14.3., a skužio jučer (2.4.). Znači, pola mjeseca mi kod nije radio i pola mjeseca sam zurio u njega i čudio se ko pura dreku zašto ne radi dok nisam vidio da je greška najobičniji tipfeler! Sramota! Malo me kasno počela hvatati disgrafija… Dođe mi da si prosviram mozak! 😡

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Objavljeno 28.10.2018 u 14:51 po Srednjeeuropskom vremenu iliti ga u 15:51 po Srednjeeuropskom ljetnom vremenu ×D

European Commission’s proposal on time changes

Today may be the last fall back in a part of Europe and, to be honest, I am a bit dazed because of the time change and a bit tired from changing all clocks, but what are time changes? They  are a smart way of managing daylight throughout the year and definitely worth being dazed a little twice a year. It’s logical that we want daylight in winter mornings, for which standard (“winter”) time is pretty-much ideal (definitely better than summer time). If we were on summer time in winter, we’d have dark and depressing mornings.

This is a photo of a December morning (9 AM) in Moscow when they were observing summer time in winter. Not much to see? Yeah, that’d be because it’s pit black… Lovely, right? This is what awaits Europe if we switch to permanent summer time.

Anyhow, despite what time changes really are about and their usefulness, most people are just praising the Commission’s “decision” to abolish time changes. I thought it right to tell you more about the “decision”. The “decision” is not a decision at all, but a    P R O P O S A L   – nothing more, nothing less – despite how the media might put it.

Could someone tell me why daylight should wake us early in summer? Why have daylight when everyone’s sleeping and darkness when people are active; especially outdoors when we can just move our clocks one hour forward? Indeed, a single hour makes a real difference to most of us although that depends on the location (i.e. latitude).
And what does it cost us? Changing our clocks for a meagre hour two times a year. Now, I call that a bargain.
As simple as that – little sunlight in winter, extra sunlight in summer which we can arrange better by moving an hour forward ahead and all we need to do then is go back an hour in autumn, so we’re ready for winter again 🙂 I just cannot believe people can’t grasp that!

However, abolishing time changes is no longer the issue; European Commission’s proposal – allowing every member to choose whether to observe permanent “winter” or permanent summer time – is stupid and dangerous. If time changes are to be abolished, the whole continent should either observe permanent “winter” or permanent summer time. The proposal could easily result in chaos with every other country observing different time wich would be very bad for tourism, economy, communication, business, transport pleasure etc. I can’t believe someone had come up with something that stupid in one of their sessions; let alone that the Commission’s actually endorsing it!

Now, the basis of the proposal is a failure of a poll with the turnout of less than one percent. I elaborated why the poll is a failure further in the text I pasted bellow. Although, I’ve seen critical articles to the proposal lately, at the beginning – as soon as the results of the poll had been made public, and especially after the Commission had come with their proposal; that is – most media had been praising the “decision” – how we’re saved from changing our clocks twice a year… – and saying everything had been decided without saying what consequences such a “decision” could easily bring us. There’d been a few exceptions like this article and this one though even they lean towards favouring the abolishment of time changes a bit, but never mind.
Therefore, I bombarded the institutions of the EU with inquires about the proposal. I, also, sent a text accompanied by maps to a bunch of media. A local newspaper used the text for an article they published. You can read it here (Croatian).

Anyhow, I’m just going to paste the text and maps (unlike in the article in Novi list, you can enlarge the maps here; that is make the text readable) I sent the media here:

Dear All,

I have read many articles regarding the abolishment of time changes in the EU. Unfortunately, most either just state the time changes are going to be abolished or are content in saying we will no longer have to move our clocks.

We have been temporally harmonized and co-ordinated for twenty two years.

However, European Commission’s proposal on the time changes could easily put an end to such a situation. You can read it here. It is interesting to note that the proposal is still available only in English and French, despite being made on 12 September .

The proposal says every member should choose whether they want to observe permanent DST (summer time) or permanent standard (“winter”) time, which could result in illogical and absurd time zones on the continent. Instead of having to change our clocks twice a year on the whole continent, we could end up having to change them at every other border crossing throughout the year.  When we meet a business partner or a friend from another European country or simply have family there or go to a holiday, we would to have to check the time zone because time zones would not follow any logic.

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Such a situation could ignite or reignite ethnic tensions.
Non-EU members are probably, but not necessarily, going to follow the closest EU neighbour. Imagine if Croatia opts for standard time (GMT+1 in Croatia’s case), as do Romania and Bulgaria (GMT+2 in their case), but Hungary opts for summer time (GMT+2 in their case – same as standard time in Romania and Bulgaria). Who is Serbia to follow in such a case? Whatever Serbia opts for, Serbian Republic in Bosnia is going to follow suit to be aligned with Serbia. Bosniaks are, probably reluctantly, going to back the Serbian Republic to avoid fragmenting the country. In that case, Croats are not going to be happy to have one hour difference with Croatia. Even if Bosnia unnecessarily ends up in two time zones, well… Just take a look at the inter-entity boundary line to see how that would look like. Even worse, although very unlikely, situation is that Bosnian cantons with Croatian majority would align their clocks with Croatia while the rest of the country would align them with Serbia. Imagine the “friendly arguments” while deciding what time Bosnia should observe if Croatia and Serbia wouldn’t follow the same time.

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Then there’s Kosovo, which will probably opt for different time than Serbia just to spite them. Kosovo Serbs would be even more unhappy with such a situation than the afore mentioned Bosnian Croats.
The Balkans are not the only focal point. By the time the final decision takes affect, Brexit will have been finalized. Despite the UK no longer being obliged to follow EU directives, they are probably going to follow suit of the Republic of Ireland to avoid fragmenting Ireland. However, maybe they aren’t. Imagine how ethnic tensions in Ireland are going to rise with Northern Ireland and the Republic not aligned.

What I find really sad is that the basis of the proposal is a poll with a turnout of less than 1%. The Commission might call the poll “the Commission public consultation with ‘highest number of responses ever received'”, but the fact remains that the EU is not Croatia nor is it Luxembourg, nor any other small EU country. The EU has 28 members with the population of over five hundred and twelve million; making 4.6 million respondents a meagre number. You can look at the results here and see how poor the turnout really was. Most countries “are represented” with a lot of zeros; Germany (almost 4!) and Austria (almost 3!) being exceptions; meaning most of the respondents are from those countries, meaning other countries are not represented well; not to mention the rest of Europe that is going to be affected by the final decision. In addition, no campaign had been done prior to the poll (telling people that they can vote on an unbinding poll is not a campaign) and the poll with daylight being the main issue was held in the middle of summer when days are long! All in all, an insult to democracy; nothing more 😦
Macedonia is holding a referendum on the change of the country’s name on the 30^th [September].* The turnout for the referendum to be valid must be 50% of the eligible voters + 1. How could they ever hope to join the EU with that attitude?! A poll, with a turnout of less than 1% is good enough for us…

Europe is facing many challenges and problems, but at least we have co-ordinated and harmonized time. Why make another unnecessary problem?

Best regards

P.S. I’m the author of the attached maps. Feel free to publish them.

To sum it all up, I’m going to quote a popular Croatian politician from the first half of the 20th century – Ne srljajte kao guske u maglu. Wikipedia translates it as Don’t rush like drunken geese into fog; basically, think before you act 🙂

*In the meantime, the referendum in Macedonia was held and the turnout was less than the required 50% + 1 vote (i.e. it was 35%), but Macedonian prime minister is still pushing it forth; either because he sees the European Commission is pushing forth their crap and his referendum had like a 35 times bigger turnout …or because of the fact that Macedonia is never going to get a better deal from Greece and the deal is the best compromise. And speaking of a compromise; time changes in Europe are just that – a compromise. We go an hour ahead in spring so southern Europe has later sunsets during the tourism period and then we go back an hour, so it dawns before noon in northern Europe in winter.
Anyhow, the Macedonia naming dispute is another (long) story 🙂 If you’re interested though, you can start reading about the dispute here and Google your way around for more 😉

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Posted on 28th October 2018 at 10:19 GMT; 11:19 Central European Time or 12:19 Central European Summer Time if you prefer ×D
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eKupi, nikad više

Prvo da naglasim da ne kritiziram kvalitetu proizvoda s eKupi, niti ju dovodim u pitanje. Sobni bicikl kojeg sam kupio preko eKupi super radi, ali još ne mogu ocijeniti kvalitetu jer je nov.

Međutim, usluga im je KATASTROFA i nema šanse da ikad išta više kupim od njih.

Sve je počelo u utorak 3.10. Odmah sam izgubio živce jer sam sat vremena pogubio na naručivanje. Naime, kad god bih kliknuo Dodaj u košaricu bio bih preusmjeren na košaricu gdje bi me čekala poruka Ništa nije dodano u košaricu. I tako probam ja na Chromeu, ne ide; probam na Operi, ne ide; probam na Firefoxu, ne ide; e na Edgeu je išlo! Već sam se tad zapitao je li eKupi cilj da proda koji proizvod i kako im uopće ide zarada. Mnogim ljudima ne bi palo na pamet da probaju s drugim pretraživačima; nakon milijun neuspješnih klikova, vjerojatno bi odustali.
Dobro, kad je konačno prošlo dodavanje u košaricu, naravski, trebao si se ulogirati. Registriram se i na završetku registracije mi kažu da ću primiti mejl s potvrdom registracije. Čeka Čmarac ko budala, a od mejla ni M. Onda mi je dopizdilo i probao sam se ulogirati bez prethodnog potvrđivanja …i uspjeh! Dam ja svoje podatke, uključujući broj mobitela i dođem do načina plaćanja. Budući da mi je bilo najvažnije plaćanje pri preuzimanju, baš sam pazio šta biram.
Sve gotovo, dostava za nekoliko dana. Prođe petak i mislim ništa od bicikla do ponedjeljka, kad u nedjelju stiže mejl da će narudžba biti otkazana jer nije plaćena… Čmarac, naravski, popizdi; zovem ih, reko kako da platim ako plaćam pri preuzimanju, a bicikl još nije došao??? Kaže mi žena da sam odabrao kartično plaćanje – sigurno nisam jer, kao što rekoh, plaćanje preuzimanjem mi je bilo najvažnije – ali dobro. Kaže ona da može samo napraviti novu narudžbu što je značilo da moram čekati još nekoliko dana, ali ajde. E sad dolazimo do najvažnijeg:
Ne znam da li ovi idioti iz eKupi misle da kada kod njih nešto naručiš, tvoj život prestaje i moraš biti doma 24 sata dnevno dok narudžba ne dođe ili koju vražju mater; ali mi u srijedu nismo bili doma i kad smo se vratili u kasliću nas je dočekala obavijest da preuzmemo paket težak 20 kg iz pošte jer “nikog nije bilo kod kuće” kada su dostavili pošiljku… Mislim, u krajnju ruku, koji kurac sam im ostavio broj mobitela ako se nisu udostojili nazvati barem prije nego su krenuli s narudžbom?! Još nismo odmah znali šta je jer je pošiljka bila 40 kn jeftinija od bicikla. Mislili smo da nam netko lifra neku pizdariju. Znači, prvo me stara vukla u kolicima do pošte da vidimo šta je jer je na mene i bez mene ti na pošti ništa ne vele; onda kad smo ustanovili da je bicikl, stara je otišla u obližnji dućan po kolica u kojim je teglila 20 kg do doma. Naravno, nije mogla i mene i bicikl pa se onda vraćala po mene.

Sad ne znam je li tih 40 kn popust za zajebanciju koju smo prošli ili će mi još poslat račun od 40 kn (koji im neću platiti); ali i da su mi zaračunali 100 kn popusta, nisu vrijedni tog. Nema šanse da išta više naručujem od njih, a i vama bih preporučio da ništa ne naručujete od njih ako su vam živci mili.

Ukratko, eKupi sigurno nije moja internet trgovina!

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