THAT’S WHY
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O SNAP.
Can’t have been God then. ‘Cause it clearly hasn’t worked.
I DO!!! It’s right below Finland (and next to Russia). My Music and Nationalism class spent a week on Estonia (mostly talking about some giant concert they have every year). My teacher knew more about Estonia than any legally sane person ever should.
nerds gonna nerd
no sh*t sherlock eastern europe is where they reside
I’m curious as to who your comment is directed towards and what it has to do with anything.
If you were talking to me, I stated where the country was located to illustrate that the demotivational was not entirely correct in its assumption that Americans do not know the location of Estonia (as I am American and know full well where it is located as stated in my post).
Estonia is in northern Europe, smart-ass. -_-
Estonia is south of Finland over the Gulf of Finland. It is above Latvia and Lithuania, three former Soviet states that were freed when the USSR fell. Before they were in the USSR they were free states that were given to Russia pre-WWII by Germany.
Estonia right now is THE Atheist nation in the world and during WWII the Germans considered their women to be the most beautiful and were prized as trophy wives for officers.
It’s fairly widely understood that they do have the most beautiful women in the world.
Yep, because ‘murica is the most important country and sane people should spend only a little amount of time learning about foreign countries. ‘MURICA FU*K YEAH !
^ retard
Someone obviously does not comprehend sarcasm. Fail.
person who made this one must be a lavahead
The Soviet Union occupied the Baltic States, including Estonia, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Germany invaded them on the way to Leningrad in 1941. The Soviets retook them in 1944 when they kicked the Germans out.
Maybe you also noticed Soviets are gone for 20 years already….
and that’s when estonia, latvia and lithuania became free
This post is about how Americans only know geography because of wars. It is why I know where Estonia is.
and Finland kicks soviets out
*And gives land concessions to the USSR.
Pfffft….everyone knows it’s in New York.
Now I do.
The US sucks. I had to look up the War of 1812 because I never heard about it in school. I probably would still not know about it if it were not for my visit to Fort Mackinac.
No, you’re school sucks. I was educated in the US and I heard about the War of 1812 in elementary history, junior high, high school and we spent about six weeks doing a project on it in my freshman, American history class in college, additionally I was aware that Estonia was in Eastern Europe although I will grant you I didn’t know as much as others on here seem to know but my US education had covered it. Most schools will teach you a lot if you’re willing to work at it and learn.
your school sucks as well if you mistake “your” for “you’re”
If you’re going to be a Grammar Nazi, please use proper grammar.
Punctuation, capitalization, all are equal parts of the whole.
“You’re” instead of “your”? How did you ever get in college?
“I was educated in the US”
Oh, that explains it.
I’m a history major, and I’ve taken a few classes on Europe. I’ve got a grasp of where Estonia is.
I’m not going to lie. I’m a history minor and have no idea where it is. I’m just hypothesizing it’s in Eastern Europe.
Sorry, but even the quote’s not true. The average American doesn’t even know where Iraq, Iran, or Afghanistan are located.
Is that the Norwegian guy who wrote the song I’ve been listening to for a week straight? (In the Hall of the Mountain King) ‘-’
Can’t tell if trolling or just very stupid.
I’m betting on the former though.
Yeah, it does look a bit like Grieg. I too must be “very stupid” ’cause I don’t see the point of putting a Norwegian composer’s picture alongside a quote regarding the location of Estonia. Was there something in an American newspaper that tried to pass him off as Estonian or something?!?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche
I seriously hope you were trolling.
Just having a magnificent mustache doesn’t automatically make you a German philosopher.
That guy on the picture is Samuel Clemens, for crying out loud! Better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain. The caption on the photo is a Mark Twain quote.
“Can’t tell if trolling” indeed…
True. I clearly mistook Twain for Nietzsche even though the moustache seemed a bit small. I apologize for that. Still, this makes Dr. G. Freeman even more wrong.
Dude, read my post again. I was trying to make sense of one of the most oonfusing demotivationals I’d ever seen. I said it looked *like* Grieg, not that it *was* Grieg. Do a Google images search for Edvard Grieg and you’ll see the resemblance.
So no, not trolling. Just confused.
@ Cryzz: kudos to you sir/ma’am, and thank you for clearing this up. I find it a bit hard to tell poorly lit monochrome images of headshots with similar hair-and-face features of old guys apart. You’re either extremely well educated and/or have an amazing eye for detail.
I know where Estonia is it is right near Finland and next to Latvia
Still don’t know what Mark Twain and Estonia have in common… ??
I thought Europe was a country
Yes, because one of the most heavily occupied and war ravaged countries in Europe is somehow free of war, yes, that’s the only explanation why Americans don’t know about it. ’cause Australia is so worried about the geography of South America that intimate details of the geopolitical conflicts between Columbia and Venezuela are taught to first graders, Russia teaches about the rich history of the island nation of Tuvalu, and any South African child stopped on the street can give you a detailed breakdown of the economy of Iceland.
It’s “Colombia”, dumbass.
It probably helps if you’re old enough to remember when the Baltic States became independent.
True.
hehee, I’m from Estonia and *I* find this meme hilarious
Im from Estonia too. And I laughed at this. But thats a Demotivational, not a Meme…
During WWII the US gave Allied nations billions of dollars worth of Lend-Lease war material. The material was to be paid for after the war was won, with lots of the material to be returned.
Guess what? Only one country repaid all it’s debts. Estonia.
Great Britain refused to return the guns that belonged to private US citizens that were loaned to the Brits to defend their shores.
[citation needed]
Oh really, I am from Estonia and that’s even new for me. If it is true, cool.
Noone knows where Estonia is located – and does anyone really care anyway?
I live here and I sure as HELL care…
I don’t live there, but I do care too. Knowing geography is very, very, very important.
Declare war to ALL the nations!
Oh, I mean peace missions…
Of course Americans know where Estonia is located….it’s where all the Estoners live, so it’s obviously in California.
Estonia is a region. It’s in a place. It is home to many locations, and even some areas.
Seriously, I only knew it was a country. Looks like a very small percentage of memebase replied to this. That is to say: 50% of everyone who knows where Estonia is.
Can’t tell if trolling, or actually cares about the Americans’ grasp on geography. Oh, just trying to troll on Americans for any reason they can find… Europeans tend to do that a lot. Soccer or football?
Actually it happens on both sides. But I guess it’s hard for you to have an objective point of view.
It’s a valid generalisation. As an estonian I’ve gotten all kinds of odd responses to declaring my nationality online. ”im from california, u? oh estonia? what state is it in?” ”Why don’t you speak russian?” ”It’s next to Albania, right?” ”I thought it was a town near Moscow.” “Eastern Europe” etc.
To be fair then it’s not limited to USA either. My sister, who studies in Glasgow, once told me a story of a student who was confident that Estonia was neighboring Nigeria. Apparently the teacher convinced that student, that she (my sister) was an african royalty who was here as part of an exchange student program. For the lulz.
For the record my sister is white as flour with blonde hair. I’m not sure if the student actually bought that royalty-explanation but anyway true story bro.
Heh. When I first met someone from Estonia – back in the 90s – I asked her to say something in Estonian, and she rattled off an introduction. I said “That sounds a bit like Finnish” and she was all surprised, saying “Yes, very good, most people actually think it sounds like Japanese.” (Up to that point, I knew where Estonia was but had no idea that the languages were related.)
As an estonian, I am proud to live in the atheist capitol of the world. For the rest: I don’t really care or demand that US citizens know where Estonia is located, if they knew where all their 51 states are,that would be about enough for them. Since Estonia is pretty small and has been brought as an example for other countries to come out of the recession, it’s location is pretty irrelevant.
51 states? :futuramafry:
Ah, a Kerli reference. “I’m from a land called secret Estonia. Nobody knows where it’s at!” Cool.
Goddamnit Estonia is not in Eastern Europe, just because it’s on the eastern half of it doesn’t mean it can be generalized as such. It’s in the Baltic States, which border the North Sea. It’s about as much “Eastern Europe” as Greece is.
The Baltic States border north sea, seems totally legit.
Baltic countries…Baltic sea…Doesn’t ring a bell, eh?
And it’s not only in the US. I’m from Lithuania myself, and when I was in Sweden, I had to explain to some people where Lithuania is located.
Complete geniuses live in this world.
Sir, i live in Estonia. It most definitely IS in eastern europe. All the baltic states are
ESTONIA RULES,Least i live there !!!!
Well that plan obviously backfired.
I live in Estonia and it rocks around here
)
F*** yea.
This far down and no one’s even mentioned Switzerland?!?
Good chocolate and awesome mountains. Love it. Happy?
And assault rifles, lots of assault rifles.
And neutrality. Switzerland is so neutral that it would rather wage war on the entire world than pick a side. If there was a war between France and Austria and both countries demanded that Switzerland pick a side, the Swiis government would say “F_ck you!” to the both of them. If that didn’t turn off the warring nations, the Swiss would declare on the both of them, Germany, Great Britain, Mozambique, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Botswana, Greenland, and Antarctica just for safe measure.
Am I right, Swiss?
And don’t forget shooting EVERYONE’S planes down in the wars XD
Ah, Switzerland, why you so awesomely crazy?
Hey, I’ll have you know that I DO know where Estonia is, thanks to the movie ‘Encino Man’. So THERE.
Proud to be estonian!
Wow, here I am, sitting behind my computer, in my hometown of Tartu, Estonia, thinking that I’m in the safest country ever, and now I see this! Thanks, man, now people know Estonia excists! Where am I gonna hide from the Troll Hunters now, huh?! They’re gonna by all over my ass, now that they know the secret location of the greatest troll-camp ever! Damn it. Now me and my grandma gotta go live in Siberia! Tõbras.
Most Americans don’t know where Siberia actually is. All they know is it is in Russia.
try to move to Slovakia…if they even find it, I bet they will bomb Slovenia instead of us
Or vice versa
You won’t need US to bomb you if you go to Slovakia.
Am I the only one who’s surprised how many estonians are on memebase srsly our population is like only 1 mil or so…
Been there, great place. Tallinn (the capital) is a beautiful city. Oh wait, forgot not American, don’t count!
I think that qualifies Estonia for one of those fancy Freedom Packages John Oliver was talking about
Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one wondering about that.
Still, it’s pretty sweet there’s so many of us here.
Damn, that was supposed to be a reply to axxzzxxa. I’m officially a n00b now.
Estonia’s one of the easiest ones.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all in alphabetical order on the map, you know.
That is the exact same way I figured out the location of the three of them.
Thanks, idiot, now people will look Estonia up. Do we really want illiterate Americans to know how awesome our country is? Risk that some might come here to look at our famously beautiful women and want to take some home? Oh no, they can take all the Russian mail order brides. Let’s keep Estonia secret.
Actually it’s a paraphrase of an Ambrose Bierce quote:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ambrose_bierce_8.html
Türa su ema on r2pane lits!
Now was that neccessary?
Oh look, he’s practicing his Estonian swears. How cute.
I feel bad for saying this, but it’s probably for the best Americans don’t know where Estonia is.
I’m sure the last thing Europe needs is more obnoxious American tourists.
first time i have heard of this soil… lolololol
Well I think typical American doesn’t know at least 2 countries which start with the letter U (Utah doesn’t count)
I live in Estonia…
I have no idea where it is… and I’m Canadian!
…who?
There’s obviously no Oil or Drug Manufacturing Plants in Estonia then?
Kahtlemata on see tore, et Eestist ka räägitakse, aga samas on pisut masendav jälle ja jälle kirjeldada kellelegi, et kus Eesti asub.
And that was estonian ^^
No offence, tho.
I’m happy to be Estonian, and also I’m glad that some people DO know, where Estonia is, but yes, as some of us have said, it wouldn’t bee too cool, if every summer and stuff loads of tourists would come here. We have enough Finnish people coming here every year, we don’t need stupid americans.
And that wasn’t the translation, no.
tf is Estonia?