And now Balkan folks will finally unite around something that connects us all - a single galactic existentialist turtle and its beautiful, poetic bullshit.
@@TheAtomkilla 🤫 shvatice i oni bitno je da se odrzava pozitiva medju nama koji smo vec shvatili... zakopace se ratne sekire i balkan ce ponovo biti jedno
And me . Iv been subscribed to turtle man for a year or 2 now realised I was subscribed to this second one but have missed the content. Beers for all. I have some catch up to do
I'm Bulgarian, and saying I'm feeling like plastic bag... you need to relate to the plastic bag in order to say it. And saying this as Bulgarian, I think what is told in this video is simple exaggeration. I doubt anyone would accept it Literally. But relating to something, is relating to being THAT something. You can't relate to plastic bag unless you understand what is like to BE a plastic bag.
@@ProminentCorpse well, to explain it as simple as possible vazov (Ivan Vazov) is pretty much the most important Bulgarian poet who ever lived, who wrote great literature. Azis is a chalga/pop folk singer who is the exact opposite of that but still in a fairly positive way. For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalga en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Vazov
I laughed my ass off. And huge respect to you for sticking around, learning the culture and the language. I have a relatively bad impression of fellow med students coming from the UK, studying here for 4-5 years already, knowing пет думи на кръст and expecting everyone to just get them. English is for tourists. If you live here, you gotta learn. Enough with the rant. I realized that it takes someone non-native to take pride into our culture, to appreciate it. Thank you!
I hate how this guy manages to make me interested and invested in anything he talks about. If he started talking about how cum coin is going to the moon or some shit I'd have already invested my lifesaving into it. edit: read the comments
it makes me so happy that foreigners are actually interested in our culture and language, idk why its so strange to see but its the best thing ever. welcome home, brother
Went to bulgaria last summer after more or less throwing a dart at the european map and damn, what a beautiful country! Couldn't really go to the populated areas that much due to the whole covid thing, but I'm definitely coming back once I'm vaccinated.
I'm romanian and everyone here loves Bulgaria. I went to Veliko Tarnovo when I visited for the first time and it was such a beautiful city, really surpassed my expectations of what the country would be like. the people were always really nice and I only had positive experiences here. also, you might already know this but your seaside is like 10000 times more beautiful and developed than ours
I am half bulgarian but my mom never taught me the language so now I want to learn it myself… I hope I can find a teacher because slavic languages are very hard to learn
@@thespicyfaery8736 it's not really worth learning unless you're doing it for yourself, or to live there. You will be fine speaking English there in most places and you can still enjoy everything about it without learning the language, as it is one of the hardest to learn yet is only utilised in Bulgaria
If a foreigner came up to me and asked me "Ти прост ли си, бе?!", I'd die laughing and buy him a beer! Thanks for learning our (sometimes) bizarre language
It really is. You just need to know what syllable to stress (in 90% of the cases it's the same one, so it doesn't matter), and how to sound out each letter, and you're mostly fine. But be careful, because you don't know /what/ you're saying.
@@kiddo6393 - yeah, those Eastern European scriptures are often more 'crafted' than the ones from antiquity. With Georgian (at least the most modern one they had like 3 different alphabets through the ages) it's the same: very useful, unambiguous scripture.
Who doesn't appreciate phonetic spelling? I wouldn't mind having a spelling reform. I just don't believe it'll ever happen. Too many boomers would get there nuts twisted over it.
@@vimtheprotogen2855 - I even might be boomy here because as a linguist and a German, I can appreciate something we call "schematic consistency" (so you try not to change roots too much ... but even that would help you here, namely with stuff like "life, lives" :D).
"never failing to dissappoint" is an expression i'll definitely keep in mind feeling a bit devastated, but heres the link to what the comment below was referencing www.google.de/amp/s/www.photoandgrime.com/blog-1/2020/11/25/pieke-roelofs/youtuber-exurb1a-exposed-sickening-truth-about-an-abuser%3fformat=amp
I once mixed up treffen "meet" and tragen "wear", and asked to wear someones boyfriend. The woman said that I was welcome to as long as I returned him before I went home. I still giggle about it
@@gianb3952 Best one is to mix up eventuell with eventually and vice versa. Lookup "false friends in the german language" those are words that make senso or sound similar to english but mean something completly different
As a half Bulgarian learning the language this video was perfect! Spot on about the culture, so cool that you live there I laughed out loud at the doctors hi-fiving because that is the most Bulgarian thing ever
As a Bulgarian, I'd like to wholeheartedly thank you for this video. Your words made me feel full spectrum of emotions. The Balkans are truly a spiritual and unique place, and I do hope that more natives that went to live/study abroad, after the Soviet fall, will appreciate them for what they are more and come back, so they can bring new knowledge and experience and the region can grow for the better. It is rare to hear such beautiful words for my country, especially from somebody born outside of the region. Glad that you feel like home here. From the bottom of my heart and soul... welcome, братко.
As a Serb, I understood all the things you said in bulgarian. All Slav languages are difficult for foreigners to learn so kudos for trying! Also, I love that you feel like you're from Balkan/Bulgaria
You made me cry. Bulgarians always tend to see the bad side of everything and we think that’s the way other people see us. But this is beautiful. Thank you
learning a language and then having the cashier respond back to you in perfect English is the curse of learning a language as a native English speaker...
Thankfully English isn't that common in Japan, it exists though more like a stylistic choice to bring in customers than anything else; same with how Japanese and Chinese restaurants in America using kanji and kana as a stylistic choice for the theme of their restaurant.
worst is when you aren't even a native english speaker but they still respond in english to you :') i've heard of people that don't even speak english where this happened, and thats even more tragic lol
@@vladimirdobrinkov1761 sometimes we ourselves forget how beautiful and tragic our history is, which is quite sad. but from time to time it’s great to feel the pride of being bulgarian
I really appreciate cultures that dispense with all of this needless "pretend niceness". Being polite is good and all, but it sucks to find out that the person you thought you were getting on with was just humouring you, and didn't actually care about the conversation. Maybe it's just my social ineptitude speaking, but I could definitely do with some more directness and honesty in society.
I lived in the US for a while,it was agonizing because everyone at my work and people I thought were friends were really nice to me but would talk mad shit behind my back lmao. I prefer my Bulgarian countrymen's direct attitude.I've had a fistfight with a guy and then we got mad drunk together and became good friends.
I feel the EXACT way. I thought I was getting on well and was getting to be somewhat good friends with a coworker at my job. Then one Friday another coworker came up to me, "Hey Kevin, we are all chipping in to get "my friend" a wedding gift for his Wedding tomorrow, would you like to chip in?" Uhh. He's getting married TOMORROW? I didn't even have the slightest clue. He never mentioned he had a girlfriend to me, let alone getting MARRIED THIS WEEK. 100% of any concept of any closeness or friendship developing was 100% in my head. I chipped in money for the group wedding gift, but I was devastated. I mostly just stopping talking to him, and only did basic required work interactions from then on.
@@666Shinedown God, americans are insufferable with the fake niceness. Cashiers forcing smiles, supermarket greeters, RANDOM STRANGER approaching and starting conversations as if we've known each other for decades. There's a line between being courteous and forcing niceness and most of the nation seems to have no awareness of it...
Life in the US would be so much easier if we could just be honest. We just spend all day gaslighting each other and wondering why no one has any social skills at all. I only know of a small handful of people who really like me and everyone else is an absolute fucking mystery. We smile when we run into each other, having good conversations, and joke around playfully, but they never want to hang out on purpose. It's one thing to know people dislike you, but something else entirely to spend you life always questioning if you're a burden to the people who probably do like you.
The first time I saw the bottle of rakia and you said боза I was sure that you are here. Then all the other videos and I can't wait ot get your book. And maybe someday to meet you and hear how you speek Bulgarian и как псуваш. Радвам се, че тук ти харесва!
I just rewatched this and I just realized that it just stays on this single picture the entire time, your story telling was so vivid that I actually mistook my imagination of the events as the actual video.
I worked with a Bulgarian fella once, sadly technology has ruined even the simplest of misunderstandings. We would just set a mobile phone with google translate between us and it would act as the interpretor. Kinda like a Babel Fish from Hitchhikers guide. I did learn "opa!" which I tend to use all the time now.
I gotta say though, there's quite a lot of Bulgarians that watch your videos and we all fall in love with the existential turtle sooner or later. Поздрави!
Me and my friend went to Bulgaria, climbed up a beautiful mountain when it started raining. As if touched by magic black and yellow salamanders started to appear everywhere, as if they came from within the old mountain. It was a sight of such intense beauty. When we in the evening went into town, and got into conversation about it one Bulgarian said with in his eyes a sparkle of pride, being adored by our amazement with what's basically his backyard and deep-rooted understanding of where he lived looked over at where the mountain was, not visible by being seen but being seen because of the lack of stars in the sky in the shape of a mountain. He looked and smiled, turned back at us and said with a playful seriousness: _"Ah yes, because of the rain."_ This man was listening to a technoset by Gabriella Vergilov and he brought his dog, his wife and little daughter. The athmosphere was peaceful and lifely, calm but energetic. I felt completely at peace, at ease, at home.
sending my warmest balkan congratulations for spending some time to learn about this neglected part of europe from greece 🇬🇷 yes, yes one balkaner didn’t immediately curse another one. how bizarre…
@@corentincaspers8229 i don’t think it is a younger generation thing, it’s only that nationalism has receded these past 7 decades in the peninsula and it just happens to coincide with the younger generation. but i don’t believe either it is a cliche, cuz um STUFF happened here. it does not matter if they happened in the 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1990s, now or 500 years ago, it still has a significant effect on people’s mentality. my grandma still despises the burgarians, i don’t but i haven’t witnessed the brutality and violence between nations. sorry for the long response but, you know, touchy subject..
@@corentincaspers8229 So basically we're done with this hateful bullshit. Thankfully some younger generations have adapted to a friendlier approach instead of, oh idk going full on ballistic at the mere mention of a Bulgarian existing in let's say Greece. What happens is, in the balkans have a complicated history of war and other nations seeking refuge from eachother, and you'll commonly find elders that lived through periods of poverty literally using each others' ethnicity as a cuss word, because, in their eyes, Bulgarians took their jobs, or houses, or it's they're fault for the economy going downhill (spoiler: it's not). I never understood that. I've seen kids using 'bulgarian' and 'Albanian' as insults despite having friends of said ethnicity. That's when you know they picked it up from elders, or parents. There has been an increase in younger people trying to fix the whole racism thing though so hopefully we'll get over it in the near future, cause it really fucking sucks.
Aw, you just made my Bulgarian heart melt. You must know by now how we Bulgarians are, all ears when somebody talks about our country in public, making us feel noticed and relevant. Although I've long moved past the overly-patriotic sentiments of my teenage years, it still tickles me on the inside when I hear things like that. Cheers mate, благодаря и довиждане ;) FIY, Valya Balkanska is still very much alive and kicking, gloriously 81 years old.
It's really interesting how leaving such an over-formalized culture like the British sounds borderline relieving the way Ex puts it. People from such countries often call our German manners rude, but to me, it really depends on the region here (and person, obviously).
It's fascinating honestly my very bulgarian aunt moved to Germany a couple of years ago and said it's quite isolating and lonely until you get used to it because 'Germans tend to keep to themselves and not speak with their neighbors' which was weird hearing, having a close German friend who's very open and kind so I guess it really does depend on the person
@@ДоротеяХристова-я4у - ouch, but interesting! The way I've heard it, people in the countryside tend to be more open, but that's probably the case everywhere. Also certain federal lands are at least *said* to be more open-hearted or more demure or at least unsentimental respectively, so it'd be interesting to know in which general area she moved for me to feed my preconceptions about my fellow people. :P To be honest though, it could also be that the folks in her immediate area were simply insecure or outright assholes because she was a foreigner. :/
In my native language American English I am blunt with speaking so I oftentimes have to be careful what I say as I might just come off as rude and unemotional.
Благодаря! 😢I laughed, but I also cried at the end with your heartfelt declaration that you’re a Balkan, and that Bulgaria is your home.. I’m Bulgarian and away from home and really know what you mean about the magic of Bulgaria. I feel the nostalgia literary in my cells..
Thank you. Thank you so much for your kind words with which you have described my homeland. As a student looking at the political situation we have, I was really looking forewared on getting out of here to a more civilaised country such as Britain. And I just find it mind boggling when I see a foreigner from such a developed country to show interest in the customs and culture of our not so well known land, and to go as far as to say that he feels Balkan here. (you can add the fact that your videos are a huge inspiration and comfort for me, you just touched my heart whit this one.) I Am still determined to study abroad, but now if asked about my roots, I will proudly look the other person in the eye while answering. Поздрави от България! Не забравяй да даваш рибки на котката!
@@adityashrestha2774 he was gone for a couple of months because he was writing a new book i think. It's great to have him back plus we got a new book so win win
@@yrineo52 Na, he's said in the past it's due to the book. The allegations have been continuous and ongoing for a while, but haven't seemed to effect his video output in the past.
I'll never get tired of hearing my favorite youtuber talk about his endeavors in my native lands it's so entertaining to hear about bulgaria from an outsider, now insider's veiw point
Dude , as a Romanian i can say that Bulgaria is one of the beat cultures i've experienced . We , Romanians and Bulgarians will always be brothers of some sorts . I don't know how to explain that .
tip for slavic grammer everything that ends with an "a" is female (or male and female but very very rare) everything that ends with an "e" is middle gender and everything that ends with an any other letter is male its that simple
But how important is knowing gendered words? Why do they exist? In Hungary we don't even define gender when discussing an individual. As in, we have no "he" or "her". Its just a non plural "they"
@@zephyrna6249 In Bulgaria they just happen to be a core element of the language. Once you know the structure of the Bulgarian language, you find the gendered words helpful in putting some order in the vast vocabulary.
I am in tears right now. Ur video "And then will be okay" changed my way of thinking and most of all my life. Being born in Bulgaria, the country that no one pays much attention to and seeing how connected you feel towards it is so beautiful. U never stop surprising me. Keep up the good work!
It's kind a beautiful, that when vyou are Slavic, you basically have ability to understand every Slavic language without actually learning it. Pozdrowienia z Polski!
@@telecorpse1957 Slavic languages don't have "the" or "a", except occasionally as very specific qualifiers, more analogous to "that" and "one" in English, so the omission and misuse of them is typically from a Slavic person.
@@azuregriffin1116 Yeah, that makes sense. Each time after writing anything in English I have that sense of confusion whether I have used the articles correctly.
When you said you understood you weren't British but Balkan, I like to hear stories like that from other people because I also have a somewhat confused relationship with nationality and I'm currently living as an expatriate in Scotland and still figuring it all out. Thank you for your channel.
I expected a few language learning anecdotes, but it was honestly kind of touching. I'm not Bulgarian - Polish born and raised - and I haven't even been to the Balkans yet, but still, I'm glad that you found your place there. Slavic countries and their culture are hardly getting any positive recognition in Western media, so thank you for expressing your adoration to Bulgaria in this and other videos. When travel is safe again, I recommend visiting Poland, even briefly. It doesn't have that free-spirited southern vibe - and our language is even harder than Bulgarian, haha - but I believe you'll find something to your liking here. Have a nice day, Turtle Man! :D
You know, I really like these more intimate conversation-type videos from time to time. Existential crisis is fun, but it’s nice to have a sit down with the Depression Turtle
That settles it, I'm traveling to Bulgaria. Also, I don't know if you're going to ever see this comment I just want to say I listened to your podcast "Catastrotivity" on sound cloud. I listened to all 6 parts of it, I love you man, you've given me a certain push or inspiration to pursue creating something fucking cool. I discovered your channel not so long ago but you've become a part of my daily routine now. I'm from India, and we're still going through the fucking you-know-what flu and we're still under lockdown. You made my lockdown less suicidal and more eh let's fall in love. Thank you so much
I'm Bulgarian and it's so sweet that he is learning my language AND culture. Entertaining, heart-warming, his confession made me tear up Best of luck to anyone struggling at learning something new. It is never easy but I promise the fulfillment is worth it. Lots of love ❤
as a greek leaving in uk for the last five years , this last part felt so close and so far in the same time.. same feeling just in other side of the spectrum.. thank you or sharing. your stories are always an inspiration
Listening to someone speak so dearly of my home country is really endearing. Thank you for this video and I hope to see you in Burgas sometime this summer season!
Your closing sentiment (among other things) describes my feelings about Bulgaria exactly. Thank you! You even got me to shed a tear or two. Thank you for that also.
Beep boop I was very impressed with how connected and deep one can be in front of differences in being human, thanks for the mesmerizing video or, better stated, story told in a circle of friends. Conversation in the internet seems awkward after a lot of videos stating how we are mostly 2nd hand viewers, but not that it would make much sense for you, the reader, whoever you are
When you mentioned what you said to the cashier, I swear to god I got heart palpitations, like that amount of second hand embarrassment is actually fatal
Been a fan for a while and was always surprised when you’d randomly cuss out in Bulgarian or show irl shots of Bulgaria. Thank you for finally explaining your origin! “Ти прост ли си бе” had me dying I can just imagine the situation
It really sparks joy to see a foreigner appreciating my country and language to such an a extent as to make a TH-cam video about it. This is another reason to feel the same "Man, I love this guy so much." feeling every time I watch a video of yours. Thanks for existing!
Hell yeah! Learning about / learning languages will always be my favorite thing in the world, and is always an insane experience from beginning to end. Yes there will be times you mess up, but there will always be a next 'eureka' moment when you realize how far you came in learning the language. Who knows where I'll be with Nivaclé this time next year.
Exurb2a: Balls hurty
Exurb1a: Have you given any thought about your place in this universe?
Exurb1a: Depression, Buddhism and Norway flipped and 100%
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Exurb2a: Oye, hello. Wanna do your ##### properly?
And now Balkan folks will finally unite around something that connects us all - a single galactic existentialist turtle and its beautiful, poetic bullshit.
Da druže, da... nadam se da će nas ako ništa drugo, ova tužna kornjača sve okupiti i najzad ujediniti, jer uvek smo bili jači kada smo bili zajedno :)
@@emanueldjordje Istina je to druže, ali tužno kad je skrivena u dubinama internet komentara, a ne geslo zemalja na ovom Balkanu.
@@TheAtomkilla 🤫 shvatice i oni bitno je da se odrzava pozitiva medju nama koji smo vec shvatili... zakopace se ratne sekire i balkan ce ponovo biti jedno
Nisam znao da ima toliko ljudi s balkana koji ga prate xD
@@oliverozvacic9216 da budem iskren mislio sam da je iz Bugarske pa se preselio u Britaniju ali izgleda da je obrnuto 😅
I almost forgot galaxy turtle has a second channel to post his other stuffs
So did he
And me . Iv been subscribed to turtle man for a year or 2 now realised I was subscribed to this second one but have missed the content. Beers for all. I have some catch up to do
This is the first time I've seen this channel
"It took me a few decades to work out, that I am not British. I am Balkan."
- Welcome home брате.
Reject Westerners
Embrace Balkan
"Брате" probably means "brother", I choose to believe it means "brat" in this context
THE FUCK ARE THOSE MOON RUNES
so cool! my native language is romanian and i instantly recognised that word as meaning brother. in romanian it's "frate", close enough :)
Learning a foreign language by just going to the country and trying to survive always makes for interesting stories. Welcome back man! :)
Tbh it's the most effective way to learn a language. You have to adapt.
@Stamoulis Skampouras "Thank you and goodbye"
@Stamoulis Skampouras благодаря и довиждане
@@aquamirrorX This looks a lot like Cyrillic
@@du42bz of course, lol
why the fuck did i start tearing up when he said "I am Balkan". I'm not used to taking pride in that but oh boy.. :((
Cringe
Because deep down inside every Balkan person knows that they are a special place and we need to accept them and appreciate them more.
He is a e@pist
@@mamoet1283 what?
@@Till-tm5iw he is a e@pist
Katy Perry in the US: “do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”
Katy Perry in Bulgaria: “Are you a plastic bag?”
Well, to feel Like something you need to be that something
@@azanuan9185 to feel like a plastic bag and to think you are one are very very different to one another
I'm Bulgarian, and saying I'm feeling like plastic bag... you need to relate to the plastic bag in order to say it. And saying this as Bulgarian, I think what is told in this video is simple exaggeration. I doubt anyone would accept it Literally. But relating to something, is relating to being THAT something. You can't relate to plastic bag unless you understand what is like to BE a plastic bag.
@@azanuan9185 not when you are speaking in metaphors
Yes.
The sentence "From Vazov to Azis" punched me in the stomach at 200mph
As someone who has no idea what that means, could you explain?
@@ProminentCorpse well, to explain it as simple as possible vazov (Ivan Vazov) is pretty much the most important Bulgarian poet who ever lived, who wrote great literature. Azis is a chalga/pop folk singer who is the exact opposite of that but still in a fairly positive way. For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalga
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Vazov
@@ProminentCorpse like going from education to heroin and pain
@@imnotdonaldtrumpiswear6732 That makes sense, thanks!
@@imnotdonaldtrumpiswear6732 I wouldn't say "great literature"
At first I thought the title was just poetic. Now that I know why "The circle is hurt" I find it hilarious
"I haven't been back to that shop since, but my mind has many many many times..."
I felt that
I laughed my ass off. And huge respect to you for sticking around, learning the culture and the language. I have a relatively bad impression of fellow med students coming from the UK, studying here for 4-5 years already, knowing пет думи на кръст and expecting everyone to just get them. English is for tourists. If you live here, you gotta learn.
Enough with the rant. I realized that it takes someone non-native to take pride into our culture, to appreciate it. Thank you!
Greetings to Bulgaria 🇬🇷🤝🇧🇬
From Athens, Greece
страхотен коментар, много добре казано :)
💯, добре казано
That should be universal law, English for tourists, native if u stay.
@Wemple whatever. It's just my thought
This foreigner gave me more hope for my own country than any other person have seen!
Yeah, that tends to happend when you're from the Balkan...
Aidee bulgaria na tri moreta bog e bulgarinn
@@redsubmarine652 would that include Adriatic sea or Marmara sea? Or maybe you plan on conquering poland and gaining baltic sea?
@@daca8395 historically it's the Adriatic
I hate how this guy manages to make me interested and invested in anything he talks about. If he started talking about how cum coin is going to the moon or some shit I'd have already invested my lifesaving into it.
edit: read the comments
But it is tho!
Ikr its crazy, he's so knowledgeable but so informal at the same time which makes you both understand it and want to hear more
It is actually, cumrocket cryptocurrency had a raise in price 😂
He’s the philosophical Tom Scott
Hes a horrible person. Look up experiment A
it makes me so happy that foreigners are actually interested in our culture and language, idk why its so strange to see but its the best thing ever. welcome home, brother
Went to bulgaria last summer after more or less throwing a dart at the european map and damn, what a beautiful country! Couldn't really go to the populated areas that much due to the whole covid thing, but I'm definitely coming back once I'm vaccinated.
Your traditional music is very beautiful :)
I'm romanian and everyone here loves Bulgaria. I went to Veliko Tarnovo when I visited for the first time and it was such a beautiful city, really surpassed my expectations of what the country would be like. the people were always really nice and I only had positive experiences here. also, you might already know this but your seaside is like 10000 times more beautiful and developed than ours
I am half bulgarian but my mom never taught me the language so now I want to learn it myself… I hope I can find a teacher because slavic languages are very hard to learn
@@thespicyfaery8736 it's not really worth learning unless you're doing it for yourself, or to live there. You will be fine speaking English there in most places and you can still enjoy everything about it without learning the language, as it is one of the hardest to learn yet is only utilised in Bulgaria
As an exurb1a fan and a Bulgarian, this video made me tear up! Thank you for taking the time to get to know our country and appreciating it!
If a foreigner came up to me and asked me "Ти прост ли си, бе?!", I'd die laughing and buy him a beer! Thanks for learning our (sometimes) bizarre language
An Englishman who can appreciate phonetic spelling. This must be a dream.
Anyway, wonderful video so far, man!
It really is. You just need to know what syllable to stress (in 90% of the cases it's the same one, so it doesn't matter), and how to sound out each letter, and you're mostly fine. But be careful, because you don't know /what/ you're saying.
@@kiddo6393 - yeah, those Eastern European scriptures are often more 'crafted' than the ones from antiquity. With Georgian (at least the most modern one they had like 3 different alphabets through the ages) it's the same: very useful, unambiguous scripture.
@@kiddo6393 heh, in Bulgarian stress is all over the place
Who doesn't appreciate phonetic spelling? I wouldn't mind having a spelling reform. I just don't believe it'll ever happen. Too many boomers would get there nuts twisted over it.
@@vimtheprotogen2855 - I even might be boomy here because as a linguist and a German, I can appreciate something we call "schematic consistency" (so you try not to change roots too much ... but even that would help you here, namely with stuff like "life, lives" :D).
Holy fuck, that was amazing. The existential crisis turtle never fails to disappoint.
"never failing to dissappoint" is an expression i'll definitely keep in mind
feeling a bit devastated, but heres the link to what the comment below was referencing
www.google.de/amp/s/www.photoandgrime.com/blog-1/2020/11/25/pieke-roelofs/youtuber-exurb1a-exposed-sickening-truth-about-an-abuser%3fformat=amp
he disappointed me when he r@ped a woman
@@fartingbeaner did he really?
@@fartingbeaner There's not enough proof
Just want you to know I’ve been laughing out loud for a couple minutes know at the existential crisis turtle phrase
I once mixed up treffen "meet" and tragen "wear", and asked to wear someones boyfriend. The woman said that I was welcome to as long as I returned him before I went home. I still giggle about it
Tragen can also mean to carry so... not that bad of a fuckup ;)
yo what language was this? it sounds like dutch but not quite
@@TToxicom German
I'm learning German and I'm still on that phase of "afraid to talk in case of fuck up" but German has so many similar words that I WILL mix them.
@@gianb3952 Best one is to mix up eventuell with eventually and vice versa. Lookup "false friends in the german language" those are words that make senso or sound similar to english but mean something completly different
As a half Bulgarian learning the language this video was perfect! Spot on about the culture, so cool that you live there
I laughed out loud at the doctors hi-fiving because that is the most Bulgarian thing ever
“Misguided ambition followed by unrelenting shame.”
Man.
As a Bulgarian, I'd like to wholeheartedly thank you for this video. Your words made me feel full spectrum of emotions. The Balkans are truly a spiritual and unique place, and I do hope that more natives that went to live/study abroad, after the Soviet fall, will appreciate them for what they are more and come back, so they can bring new knowledge and experience and the region can grow for the better. It is rare to hear such beautiful words for my country, especially from somebody born outside of the region. Glad that you feel like home here. From the bottom of my heart and soul... welcome, братко.
As a Serb, I understood all the things you said in bulgarian. All Slav languages are difficult for foreigners to learn so kudos for trying!
Also, I love that you feel like you're from Balkan/Bulgaria
You made me cry. Bulgarians always tend to see the bad side of everything and we think that’s the way other people see us. But this is beautiful. Thank you
Айде! Възбудихте ми родолюбието, г-н. Костенурков! Радвам се, че държавата Ви радва :)
нали
same
Държавата надали, май страната има в предвид хаха....
I na men
Хаха, г-н костенурков е смешно име за него!
Радвам се искрено, че си намерил каквото търсиш в България, костенурке. Да ти се връщат милите думи ❤️
learning a language and then having the cashier respond back to you in perfect English is the curse of learning a language as a native English speaker...
Thankfully English isn't that common in Japan, it exists though more like a stylistic choice to bring in customers than anything else; same with how Japanese and Chinese restaurants in America using kanji and kana as a stylistic choice for the theme of their restaurant.
worst is when you aren't even a native english speaker but they still respond in english to you :') i've heard of people that don't even speak english where this happened, and thats even more tragic lol
A nice thing about your "bad" bulgarian is that I as a russian speaker could understand your phrases easily in this video
as a bulgarian, this is one of the funniest videos i’ve ever watched
Right I'm so honoured for this youtuber to be proud of our county
@@vladimirdobrinkov1761 sometimes we ourselves forget how beautiful and tragic our history is, which is quite sad. but from time to time it’s great to feel the pride of being bulgarian
@@denitsa8243 the only good thing about Bulgaria is our history and nature
As a bulgatin. Hi
@@shelldon900 hello
I really appreciate cultures that dispense with all of this needless "pretend niceness". Being polite is good and all, but it sucks to find out that the person you thought you were getting on with was just humouring you, and didn't actually care about the conversation. Maybe it's just my social ineptitude speaking, but I could definitely do with some more directness and honesty in society.
I lived in the US for a while,it was agonizing because everyone at my work and people I thought were friends were really nice to me but would talk mad shit behind my back lmao.
I prefer my Bulgarian countrymen's direct attitude.I've had a fistfight with a guy and then we got mad drunk together and became good friends.
I feel the EXACT way. I thought I was getting on well and was getting to be somewhat good friends with a coworker at my job. Then one Friday another coworker came up to me, "Hey Kevin, we are all chipping in to get "my friend" a wedding gift for his Wedding tomorrow, would you like to chip in?" Uhh. He's getting married TOMORROW? I didn't even have the slightest clue. He never mentioned he had a girlfriend to me, let alone getting MARRIED THIS WEEK. 100% of any concept of any closeness or friendship developing was 100% in my head. I chipped in money for the group wedding gift, but I was devastated. I mostly just stopping talking to him, and only did basic required work interactions from then on.
I like Germany, ppl are more direct here aswell
@@666Shinedown God, americans are insufferable with the fake niceness. Cashiers forcing smiles, supermarket greeters, RANDOM STRANGER approaching and starting conversations as if we've known each other for decades. There's a line between being courteous and forcing niceness and most of the nation seems to have no awareness of it...
Life in the US would be so much easier if we could just be honest. We just spend all day gaslighting each other and wondering why no one has any social skills at all. I only know of a small handful of people who really like me and everyone else is an absolute fucking mystery. We smile when we run into each other, having good conversations, and joke around playfully, but they never want to hang out on purpose. It's one thing to know people dislike you, but something else entirely to spend you life always questioning if you're a burden to the people who probably do like you.
The first time I saw the bottle of rakia and you said боза I was sure that you are here. Then all the other videos and I can't wait ot get your book. And maybe someday to meet you and hear how you speek Bulgarian и как псуваш. Радвам се, че тук ти харесва!
I just rewatched this and I just realized that it just stays on this single picture the entire time, your story telling was so vivid that I actually mistook my imagination of the events as the actual video.
I worked with a Bulgarian fella once, sadly technology has ruined even the simplest of misunderstandings. We would just set a mobile phone with google translate between us and it would act as the interpretor. Kinda like a Babel Fish from Hitchhikers guide. I did learn "opa!" which I tend to use all the time now.
I gotta say though, there's quite a lot of Bulgarians that watch your videos and we all fall in love with the existential turtle sooner or later. Поздрави!
Благодаря, че си научил нашия език. Любов от България ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Охххххх, благодаря ти много
An upload from you is exactly what I need
So is one from you :)
Beautiful ode to the country you chose to call home. I too wanted to move to Bulgaria but somehow ended up in bella Italia, the land of beauty. I😍💚
Me and my friend went to Bulgaria, climbed up a beautiful mountain when it started raining. As if touched by magic black and yellow salamanders started to appear everywhere, as if they came from within the old mountain. It was a sight of such intense beauty. When we in the evening went into town, and got into conversation about it one Bulgarian said with in his eyes a sparkle of pride, being adored by our amazement with what's basically his backyard and deep-rooted understanding of where he lived looked over at where the mountain was, not visible by being seen but being seen because of the lack of stars in the sky in the shape of a mountain. He looked and smiled, turned back at us and said with a playful seriousness:
_"Ah yes, because of the rain."_
This man was listening to a technoset by Gabriella Vergilov and he brought his dog, his wife and little daughter. The athmosphere was peaceful and lifely, calm but energetic.
I felt completely at peace, at ease, at home.
sending my warmest balkan congratulations for spending some time to learn about this neglected part of europe from greece 🇬🇷
yes, yes one balkaner didn’t immediately curse another one. how bizarre…
Simply curious
Was it always a cliché, or is it a younger generation thing to stop resenting each other in the balkans ?
@@corentincaspers8229 i don’t think it is a younger generation thing, it’s only that nationalism has receded these past 7 decades in the peninsula and it just happens to coincide with the younger generation. but i don’t believe either it is a cliche, cuz um STUFF happened here. it does not matter if they happened in the 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1990s, now or 500 years ago, it still has a significant effect on people’s mentality. my grandma still despises the burgarians, i don’t but i haven’t witnessed the brutality and violence between nations.
sorry for the long response but, you know, touchy subject..
@@corentincaspers8229 So basically we're done with this hateful bullshit. Thankfully some younger generations have adapted to a friendlier approach instead of, oh idk going full on ballistic at the mere mention of a Bulgarian existing in let's say Greece. What happens is, in the balkans have a complicated history of war and other nations seeking refuge from eachother, and you'll commonly find elders that lived through periods of poverty literally using each others' ethnicity as a cuss word, because, in their eyes, Bulgarians took their jobs, or houses, or it's they're fault for the economy going downhill (spoiler: it's not). I never understood that. I've seen kids using 'bulgarian' and 'Albanian' as insults despite having friends of said ethnicity. That's when you know they picked it up from elders, or parents. There has been an increase in younger people trying to fix the whole racism thing though so hopefully we'll get over it in the near future, cause it really fucking sucks.
read that was "warmest balkan conjugations"
Aw, you just made my Bulgarian heart melt. You must know by now how we Bulgarians are, all ears when somebody talks about our country in public, making us feel noticed and relevant. Although I've long moved past the overly-patriotic sentiments of my teenage years, it still tickles me on the inside when I hear things like that. Cheers mate, благодаря и довиждане ;)
FIY, Valya Balkanska is still very much alive and kicking, gloriously 81 years old.
It's really interesting how leaving such an over-formalized culture like the British sounds borderline relieving the way Ex puts it. People from such countries often call our German manners rude, but to me, it really depends on the region here (and person, obviously).
It's fascinating honestly my very bulgarian aunt moved to Germany a couple of years ago and said it's quite isolating and lonely until you get used to it because 'Germans tend to keep to themselves and not speak with their neighbors' which was weird hearing, having a close German friend who's very open and kind so I guess it really does depend on the person
@@ДоротеяХристова-я4у - ouch, but interesting! The way I've heard it, people in the countryside tend to be more open, but that's probably the case everywhere. Also certain federal lands are at least *said* to be more open-hearted or more demure or at least unsentimental respectively, so it'd be interesting to know in which general area she moved for me to feed my preconceptions about my fellow people. :P To be honest though, it could also be that the folks in her immediate area were simply insecure or outright assholes because she was a foreigner. :/
I’m half bulgarian and german ehe
@@thespicyfaery8736 - noice, do you speak both languages? Have you compared people's mentalities here and there? That'd be interesting. :)
In my native language American English I am blunt with speaking so I oftentimes have to be careful what I say as I might just come off as rude and unemotional.
I went from laughing out loud to almost crying while listening to this. Cheers, man! You are always welcome back to Bulgaria!
As someone from Hungary, hearing a British man proudly declare that he would rather be Balkan made me audibly laugh. Such a weird concept.
As a balkan man living in Germany i appreciate you more than you will ever know
This video made me feel so happy, I'm so glad that you loved Bulgaria.
Благодаря! 😢I laughed, but I also cried at the end with your heartfelt declaration that you’re a Balkan, and that Bulgaria is your home.. I’m Bulgarian and away from home and really know what you mean about the magic of Bulgaria. I feel the nostalgia literary in my cells..
Thank you. Thank you so much for your kind words with which you have described my homeland.
As a student looking at the political situation we have, I was really looking forewared on getting out of here to a more civilaised country such as Britain. And I just find it mind boggling when I see a foreigner from such a developed country to show interest in the customs and culture of our not so well known land, and to go as far as to say that he feels Balkan here. (you can add the fact that your videos are a huge inspiration and comfort for me, you just touched my heart whit this one.)
I Am still determined to study abroad, but now if asked about my roots, I will proudly look the other person in the eye while answering.
Поздрави от България! Не забравяй да даваш рибки на котката!
I laughed so much at so many points in this video
I now want to learn Bulgarian
Пожелавам ти успех :)
@@Kalorag i az
Не можеш 💀
@@rotshepherd3817 що
I wish you luck! Unfortunately, you'll need it
*The return of the depression turtle*
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
He’s not depressed ( I think) 😢
As a Bulgarian gal this video filled me with joy. It was really wholesome, thank you :)
"From Vazov to Azis" incredible
Foreigners hear chalga and go "oh so deep and exotic and Bulgarian..." It's neither. Vazov would politely ask Azis to stop if he could.
Existential turtle is back
Was he gone,?
@@adityashrestha2774 he was gone for a couple of months because he was writing a new book i think. It's great to have him back plus we got a new book so win win
Heehee
@@danielashkar5884 really? I thought it was cuz of all the r*pe allegations
@@yrineo52 Na, he's said in the past it's due to the book.
The allegations have been continuous and ongoing for a while, but haven't seemed to effect his video output in the past.
I'll never get tired of hearing my favorite youtuber talk about his endeavors in my native lands it's so entertaining to hear about bulgaria from an outsider, now insider's veiw point
+1 от мен :)
Beautiful timing with this video, I just arrived in Burgas today and I'll be working in this amazing country for the coming two months!
Thank you for all the stories.
Sometimes they make me cry other times I smile but I always feel alive.
Dude , as a Romanian i can say that Bulgaria is one of the beat cultures i've experienced . We , Romanians and Bulgarians will always be brothers of some sorts . I don't know how to explain that .
tip for slavic grammer everything that ends with an "a" is female (or male and female but very very rare) everything that ends with an "e" is middle gender and everything that ends with an any other letter is male its that simple
With the exception of oan words, in which case it's often nueter regardless of the ending. At least that's what my Russian Russian teacher taught me.
But how important is knowing gendered words? Why do they exist? In Hungary we don't even define gender when discussing an individual. As in, we have no "he" or "her". Its just a non plural "they"
@@zephyrna6249 In Bulgaria they just happen to be a core element of the language. Once you know the structure of the Bulgarian language, you find the gendered words helpful in putting some order in the vast vocabulary.
Uhhhhh.... Захар и сол.
@@vincent-of-the-bog i meant i general there are some exceptions
I just spent the whole day watching all of exub1a’s videos for the billionth time and just noticed this new video - I am incredibly happy.
You made me cry at the end, such a powerful message. I'm so happy you're well here and found yourself!
man if this man doesn't/t know how to make a moving piece of art i don't know who can
Beethoven, Picasso, Hitchcock for starters
bulgaria sounds like a cool place tell more stories from there.
Never knew you spent time in Taiwan, from a life long Taiwanese viewer
Same here
I am in tears right now. Ur video "And then will be okay" changed my way of thinking and most of all my life. Being born in Bulgaria, the country that no one pays much attention to and seeing how connected you feel towards it is so beautiful. U never stop surprising me. Keep up the good work!
It's kind a beautiful, that when vyou are Slavic, you basically have ability to understand every Slavic language without actually learning it. Pozdrowienia z Polski!
I love Slavs because they use English in a very recognisable way lmao, it's adorable
Except romanians since they chose to be the france of eastern europe
@@azuregriffin1116 Could you describe it? Is there something Slavic about this comment that I don't know? :)
@@telecorpse1957 Slavic languages don't have "the" or "a", except occasionally as very specific qualifiers, more analogous to "that" and "one" in English, so the omission and misuse of them is typically from a Slavic person.
@@azuregriffin1116 Yeah, that makes sense. Each time after writing anything in English I have that sense of confusion whether I have used the articles correctly.
God everything this man says i am in love...i want to learn Bulgarian now
I am happy you embraced the Slavic way of being honest.
When you said you understood you weren't British but Balkan, I like to hear stories like that from other people because I also have a somewhat confused relationship with nationality and I'm currently living as an expatriate in Scotland and still figuring it all out. Thank you for your channel.
I expected a few language learning anecdotes, but it was honestly kind of touching. I'm not Bulgarian - Polish born and raised - and I haven't even been to the Balkans yet, but still, I'm glad that you found your place there. Slavic countries and their culture are hardly getting any positive recognition in Western media, so thank you for expressing your adoration to Bulgaria in this and other videos. When travel is safe again, I recommend visiting Poland, even briefly. It doesn't have that free-spirited southern vibe - and our language is even harder than Bulgarian, haha - but I believe you'll find something to your liking here. Have a nice day, Turtle Man! :D
wow your accent when speaking bulgarian is unique to say at the very least
You know, I really like these more intimate conversation-type videos from time to time. Existential crisis is fun, but it’s nice to have a sit down with the Depression Turtle
That settles it, I'm traveling to Bulgaria. Also, I don't know if you're going to ever see this comment I just want to say I listened to your podcast "Catastrotivity" on sound cloud. I listened to all 6 parts of it, I love you man, you've given me a certain push or inspiration to pursue creating something fucking cool. I discovered your channel not so long ago but you've become a part of my daily routine now. I'm from India, and we're still going through the fucking you-know-what flu and we're still under lockdown. You made my lockdown less suicidal and more eh let's fall in love. Thank you so much
This is what I needed. Thank you for uploading.
Once told a friend going to Ibiza that “dame un beso” meant “I’d like a taxi” in Spanish.
How did that went? XD
@@diogoalfaia3238 I think he still gets a Christmas card from one particular taxi driver..
@@CorvoFGWell, that sounds like a win to me
If he ever goes to Portugal, ask me for some lines xD
JAJAJAJAJAJA
i am a croat and understood most of what you said in bulgarian. hearing you say you love the balkans was also nice to hear
I'm Bulgarian and it's so sweet that he is learning my language AND culture. Entertaining, heart-warming, his confession made me tear up
Best of luck to anyone struggling at learning something new. It is never easy but I promise the fulfillment is worth it.
Lots of love ❤
You always make my day so much better when you upload, thank you for all the work you put into your videos!
Everyone: Depression turtle, Galaxy turtle, existencial crisis turtle
Me: Tortoise with the words
as a greek leaving in uk for the last five years , this last part felt so close and so far in the same time..
same feeling just in other side of the spectrum..
thank you or sharing. your stories are always an inspiration
God your videos always seem to come out right when you need one most
Great story! I really enjoyed listening to this, got me thinking about my long forgotten desire to travel and see the world.
"...made a bong from a mop bucket and a lemonade"
Stoner Translation: we made a gravity bong
Прекрасно видео! Радвам се, че ти е харесало тук.
Не мога да повярвам, че и Вие гледате exub1/2a! Какъв малък свят. Както и да е, лек ден.
Good shit turtle man. Love the better upload times
Listening to someone speak so dearly of my home country is really endearing. Thank you for this video and I hope to see you in Burgas sometime this summer season!
I imagine in the near future, thousands of impressionable young Bulgarians walking around going "Well, that was a fuck up, wasn't it?"
Your closing sentiment (among other things) describes my feelings about Bulgaria exactly. Thank you! You even got me to shed a tear or two. Thank you for that also.
Beep boop I was very impressed with how connected and deep one can be in front of differences in being human, thanks for the mesmerizing video or, better stated, story told in a circle of friends.
Conversation in the internet seems awkward after a lot of videos stating how we are mostly 2nd hand viewers, but not that it would make much sense for you, the reader, whoever you are
This felt like some insanely heartfelt storytelling. One of your most touching videos.
When you mentioned what you said to the cashier, I swear to god I got heart palpitations, like that amount of second hand embarrassment is actually fatal
Been a fan for a while and was always surprised when you’d randomly cuss out in Bulgarian or show irl shots of Bulgaria. Thank you for finally explaining your origin!
“Ти прост ли си бе” had me dying I can just imagine the situation
Браво, пичага! Ти направи по-добра реклама на България, отколкото министерството на туризма някога би могло.
трябва да го наемат. с висока заплата
Hello! What exactly did he say to the cashier?
I agree ,if Google translate is working correctly
@@germanafonin251 Ти прост ли си бе?
@@germanafonin251 "Are you dumb?" but it can't be translated perfectly. In English it could be something like "Are you fucking retarded/stupid, man?!"
It really sparks joy to see a foreigner appreciating my country and language to such an a extent as to make a TH-cam video about it. This is another reason to feel the same "Man, I love this guy so much." feeling every time I watch a video of yours. Thanks for existing!
I'm suddenly in love with the idea of going to Bulgaria
Hell yeah! Learning about / learning languages will always be my favorite thing in the world, and is always an insane experience from beginning to end. Yes there will be times you mess up, but there will always be a next 'eureka' moment when you realize how far you came in learning the language.
Who knows where I'll be with Nivaclé this time next year.
Glad to see you back
I could listen to you talk all day - you’re an excellent story teller
Bulgarian singing warms my soul
Passing through Bulgaria soon, I'll be thinking about this on the road. Mate, you're one hell of an inspiration for some people, myself included.
I fell in love with Bulgaria when my jazz band went my senior year of high school. It is a strange and wonderful place.
jazz band
The circle is hurt will forever be my new way to describe any issues I am having physically, psychologically, or even existentially