Omg he described British society and my life in England to a tee even though he's talking about US. Isolation, lack of community and people just don't get it that you can be nice and generous, just because! Also that raw humane warmth that people have in Serbia (even though Serbs think it's long gone) is so special and not found everywhere, at least not in the West. You can't fool children and that's what my child also resonates with the most in Serbia - humane warmth.
Couldn‘t agree more. I‘m German and really enjoy Serbia whenever I‘m there. It’s the people, the culture. Kind of living - people are really in contact and have a positive mindset. Much more about feeling free ….
Serbia is like no other place. In Vojvodina you have, apart from Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, small Banat Romanians (Vlasi) communities, even some Rusyn (or decendants from migration in the 18th century of people from Ukrainian Carpathians) and the Romani (or gypsies) with everybody getting along just fine. Seeing is believing! I think most no country with such a diversity of ethnic groups treats their minorities better. With other nationalities (Croats, Bosnians and Albanians), well it is a much mure complicated and nuanced topic, but aside from politics I couldnt feel the hostility. The hospitality of Serbs and their sincere and warm friendship is like nothing else. If you are nice to a Serb, he/she will reprocicate 1000x back. Go Serbia!
Just a small correction. The Romanians of Banat are not Vlasi. They live along the Danube and in the hills from Veliko Gradište down to around Zaječar. In Banat you have Romanians.
In Vojvodina you will never feel it, I read somewhere there are 24 minorities living here in total, I'm not sure is that true because you listed almost all of them and it's far from 24, but I do know we are all chilled because we see we can all live together without any problems, and what I love even more is the fact if anybody tried to mess with how we behave to each other there would be problems. We don't care what anybody else who doesn't live here think of us, we want to live in peace with each other because we can.
It's because we are the only people that didn't have slavery, and we didn't want anything else than a freedom. Nowadays, I think we were stupid, and that we should turn another page and deport those who were killing our people.
Serbia and her people healed my soul. I was born a Swiss, but I'm a proud Serb now. The immense injustice these people suffered and they still have so much warmth and goodness in them is a lesson to us all.
Intervjui jesu sve bolji i bolji - i mislim da je u ovom slucaju moj imenjak 😉odradio pravi Joe Rogan fazon. Dakle postavljao manje (pod)pitanja i pustio coveka da prica. --- Oh and to the neuroscience professor - some of your "divergent" thinking might be due to being on the spectrum/ADHD - or/and being in relationship with a Balkan women. I'm "in the same boat" (also two kids) - and obviously I don't have a base/control group 🤣
@@peterhandke3936 Friend, don't embarrass yourself so rashly. Borders shift and people migrate. Serbian borders changed dozens of times over the centuries. Even forming different state entities simultaniously. Since Teslas death further political division convinced smaller groups to seek better life identifying as different ethnicities on top of having a seperate state. None of that changes how people of the past identified themselves and what cultural heritage they claimed as their own. His father was a Serbian Orthodox Priest. If you know anything about Orthodoxy and history that should be enough to settle any doubts you might have. As for geography, that too goes to show he was a Serb.
@@peterhandke3936That's because his Lika is also Serbian country, but under Austrian occupation, so he didn't need to go in Belgrade. What do you try to say? That he wasn't a Serb? Go ahead and declare yourself as an idiot. Even whole America knows he was a Serb.
On the loneliness: in Serbia in elementary you're with the same group of people for 8 years, spending half of each day around them. Then in high school another group of people for 4 years. For such a long time even the most introverted people will form strong connection to at least few other people. In the US, AFAIK, you change groups for every class, and every year, which means you have to make friends fast or you'll lose the opportunity. Also, in Serbia there is usually only one big migration in one's life: when you go from your home town to one of the cities for college. And because you either go to Belgrade or Niš/Novi Sad/Kragujevac (depending on which part of the country you're from) a lot of your friends and family will make the migration with you or have already made it earlier and are waiting for you. After college you either return to your hometown or remain in the college city, in both cases you have established friends and family. In the USA you move to a completely foreign place for college, then afterwards you move to another city for job, then probably move a few more times over the span of your life and you have to rebuild your friend group every time. Naturally, this will make most of your relationships flimsy. At least that's my reasoning, based on everything I learned about the USA over the years.
@@muminadi5400 The Serbian state education system is hit and miss. Crumbling schools with plenty of corruption particularly in higher education...As a Serb who put two kids through US schools, i found teachers, professors, intellectuals in general aren't that respected, & a Serbian home is more likely to have a few books on the shelves at least.
Ma najbolje da se mi svi iselimo odavde, a da dodju stranci da zive na zemlji za koju su moji preci krvarili. Sto nama neko ne kaze da uzivamo kad odemo preko, nego nas tretiraju kao jeftinu radnu snagu. Muka mi je od vas likova koji se dodvoravate svakom strancu.
@@pravikorisnik4291 u pravu si, al kad bi se zezali. Otisli su, jer ti ovde drzava nemomogucava da zivis,.osim ako nisi lopov, prevarant, kurva ili starleta. Ljudi koji ne.pripadaju ovim kategorijama, a zele nesto vise od zivota idu preko, a ne zbog slobode izbora.
I attended one of his public lectures here back in 2018 or 19, it was a while ago, but he was very nice, approachable and was really passionate about sharing the knowledge, a lot of us had a chat with him. I still have his business card lol.
It would be great that this professor teach for one year here. Kids here would be learn, his kids would improve Serbian language, he will spend some time here
He is appsolutly right! Because I used to live all over America. Now I am in Beograd. But I miss the States, many good peoples!Pozdrav from Belgrade, Serbia,Blok 70
This freedom is paid by blood of millions, last time in the 90s and Serbs are still paying that price on occupied Kosovo and Metohija, but everywhere else as well.
Hahaha pa od petog oktobra ti stejt dipartment postavlja vladu i ministre a tebe brine samo Kosovo? Milion i sesto hiljada ljudi je otislo odavde bez namere da se vrati,inace je sve ok. 😅😅😅😅 Drzis sliku Milosa velikog a govoris kao Brnabicka.
@@ВанбродскиРеБтил dobro si mu reko ovaj sto prica ima americku platu ljudi kod nas zive dan i dara jedva prezivljavaju ali eto kod nas sve dobro ko je otiso vise se nije vratio i nepomislja da se vrati ali sve je kod nas super😂😂😂
@@ВанбродскиРеБтилНе само Косово, него и Метохија. Чудно ми је само како баш од петог октобра када је пре тога на власти био Слоба, банкар школован у Америци који је продао Крајину (нису нас клале усташе), дозволио криминал и унутрашње распадање (иако је Станишић добио похвално писмо у Хагу као један од бољих америчких сарадника)?
an American doesnt say "I would have traded all my lifes work just to be present to bring my mother water." He was a Serb who understood the American promise of realizing ones dreams through venture capital. And he worked his whole life on it and with all his achievements still had that overall regret. Thats my opinion at least.
i always love to see compairison videos...especially when it comes to serbia. i love when people explere differences between my country and theirs. this conversation ended up being deeper and more serious than i antecipated...but it's still enjoyable
Don't worry, there's no such thing as waisting food in Serbia. Everything not eaten gets packed to go and given to guests for their tomorrow lunch, or for their kid that couldn't come over!👍
"Like you're insane" -> "Kao da si prsao" 🙏 So either "Alex from the attic" is getting extremely and surprisingly good with Serbian/Belgrade slang, someone local is actually translating/captioning these in the proper - not literal but everyday/context way.... Or there's some AI translation that I'm yet to hear about?
@@danicadabic9789 verovatno neki automatski prevodilac , jer drug-store bukvalno znači pharmacy . Apoteka je apoteka samo kod nas . Apotiki je grčka reč za skladište , magacin (store).
@@ZoranStefanovic-z1gNije tačno. Apoteka je apoteka u većini evropskih zemalja. Zemlje romanskog govornog područja koriste reč farmacija. Čak je i Grci koriste, ali Nemci, Danci, Holandjani i da ne nabrajam dalje, koriste reč apoteka. Problem u prevodu nastaje zato što u SAD-u u dragstoru, po našem, stvarno možeš da kupiš i lekove i hemiju.
I have friends from UK and when they come to Serbia they love to eat and smoke at the same time in restaurants. This is not possible in UK... So im wondering why they build their society with so many constraints so they have to "feel the life" outside their country? Looks like foreigners really enjoy to be in society where small mischiefs are allowed.
Because of installed pawns in the government who bring those laws. UK is turning into totalitarian country where people get arrested and prosecuted for a Tweet.
Jao, jao, pa 95% normalnih ljudi ne podnosi dim dok se jede. Ukljucujuci pusace, naravno. A ti to trovanje drugih jos izjednacujes i sa izrazavanjem neke slobode?
@@JaStvarnoyes, freedom to poison one self. It’s a perfect example. Because it is random poison chosen to start the wheel of oppression. It was clear then, to some of us. But the rest joined “ saving lost souls” with any means. Cancelling started with cigarettes. And you might now know where it went from then on. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
U.S. not left leaning, it's fully rulling class controlled. Has been since George Washington was installed president, and the fake freedom documents signed. Connect with real U.S. history asap, it's not pretty! Americans were bred for a specific purpose. Any idea what purpose that was?
...And some Serbs admire the West. They don't realize what a beautiful country they have. The days I spent in Serbia were the happiest and most peaceful days of my life. Wherever I turned my head in Belgrade, there was something that caught my attention.
As a Serbian, I find it sad that foreigners living in or visiting Serbia find that empathy, thinking about other people's needs, offering hospitality, having a community of people who care for you, or being passionate, are exceptional or shocking. When did you lose these true values?
They have been experimented on by corporations for decades. In America, education, employment, food, pharma, financial, politics, media, culture, everything has been brainwashing for a century now. They lost right values because the wrong ones were pushed to the forefront masked as rights for status, comfort, convenience. It only took a few generations.
Mr . Greg //// if you come to Serbia to change the sistem in our school , I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU TO LEARN FROM US ......IF YOUR EDUCATION SISTEM IS BETTER WE WOULD BE SEEING YOUR STUDENT EARNING MEDALS OLL OVER THE WORLD , WHICH IS NOT THE CASE ,,,,,, I am happy that love my country
He said word spectrum 10000 times. Also there's no 'creative thinking', you either think or not. Americans love their assigned keywords and check boxes for 'creativity'.
Politicians are really terrible right now and the economy's not great of course, but the society's mostly doing really fine - it's pretty safe, people like to hang out a lot, no fentanyl and opioids really, no migration crisis, woke so called culture's not a thing. Food's great.
Interesting is he never mentioned that his land is Croatia in his own words he is from Lika,border country of Austria-Hungary. You can see that in his patents, he in most case start with "I, NIKQLA TESLA, from Smilj an, Lika,border country of Austria-Hungary" or "NIKOLA TESLA, OF SMILJAN LIKA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY" but never he wrote Croatia.
I used to live in Serbia from 1983-91. And again in 2010's. While it was still OK in YU times, 80's were prime time of Yugoslavia in many ways, 2010's turned into a total nightmare on all fields. We can see the results of this nightmare daily just right now, too. I still regularly come to visit my lifetime friends, their opinion is even much worse then mine. But I can imagine someone enjoying it to a certain level, if he lives in his own world, and is not socially oversensitive. Veliki pozdrav svim dobrim ljudima!
We have a saying for people like you and your friends and by we I mean about 5 million if us compared to about 100@k of you. If you don't like it get out or don't come back. Very simple. We are not north Korea we are free to travel. If you are right Serbia would have 1 million people but I am right and that is why Serbia still has between 6 and 7 million. Yes it is hard with small salaries but money is not everything on this world.
@@vesnanuspahic7510 U redu je da čovek treba da vodi računa o "lepoj sliki" ; kao što je u redu da otvoreno iskaže svoj stav i mišljenje . Ne moramo svakom da se uvlačimo u dupe . "Šta će svet da misli o nama ?" . Mare li oni šta mi mislimo o njima ?
A financialy very well situated Westerner who spends 2 months a year in "the Balkans" and sees only the best sides of the region is not a person who truly understands what it is like to live there - these are actualy called "tourists".
Tako je, dva meseca nije ništa, ako pokuša da radi kao običan radnik u Srbiji,pao bi u depresiju i egzistencijalnu krizu posle pola godine. Ne treba tu nauka o mozgu i tako tim stvarima, imaš šta ti zaista treba = zadovoljan si. Nemaš osnovne stvari, otežana je eszistencija = nisi zadovoljan. Ameri treba da nauče da okrenu glavu potrošačkom načinu života. Pažnju uništavaju društvene mreže, i to je prosto, prosečno se fokusiraju po 20 sekundi na jednu objavu, pogledaju 100 objava što nema veze s mozgom, što im uzgred promeni raspoloženje 10 puta i posle se čude što nemaju pažnju, pa ne može da ima fokus kad trenira mozak da nema fokus druže. Neću da ti prevodim na engleski iako ga govorim jer možeš i ti da naučiš srpski prijatelju, kad smo mi imali carstvo pravi Amerikanci su bili starosedeoci a ne Evropski okupatori. Toliko.
18:59 "...and if you remove those, and i'm telling you it's the people on the spectrum" ...can someone tell me what does that mean, what is "the spectrum" he's referring to?
Words like KONTAŠ, SKONTAM, FAZON show that you know our slang, but these words do not belong to the subtitles, it is the slang of some street sellers or for the farmer's market. We use SHVATAM. Your slang is for the street. It is totally OK to say in some talk show NEMA FRKE, ili GDE SI BRATAC, it is rather for your friends, but not for the formal things like subtitles. Keep it simple, use standard words, they really jump from the screen, they don't belong to the subtitles.
the security thingy happens in the balkans as well but definitely less and not as much virtue signaling balkan mothers tend to be very protective + I saw mothers buying GPS watches for their kids
da, izvrsna analiza.i njegov licni benefit blagoslovom sto mu je dodeljena orginalna srpkinja, nezarazena virusom amerikanizma. nesumnjiva njegova sreca, jer je zahvaljujuci njihovoj ,,kulturi,, ovde sve manje takvih.
"Serbia is deep"... Well, if you mean "a deep septic tank" then sure... You may have a freedom since you're a foreigner, but us, under the dictatorship don't share the feeling
I would say we have too much freedom, meaning chaos is obvious when you drive throught cities and cars stop and park wherever blocking roads and creating unnecessary traffic jams. Police drives by and nothing. They stop speeding cars but don't care about bloked roads. It is one thing that drives me crazy.
Dude - there is no spoon, the grass is and isn't greener on the other side ... And the only thing you need to give up in order to get it - is your (own made-up reason) story of why you can't have/do it. --- trying to not just literally translate but do it in old hood slang --- Sve to - ti limiti, izgovori itd ... Tebra, oni su samo u tvojoj vugla! I jedino cega trebas da se resis - je ta tvoja prica/izgovor zasto ti to ne mozes da uradis ili imas.
Pa šta je to u Srbiji što ograničava tvoju slobodu ? Koja , kakva je sloboda koju bi ti želeo ? Koja je sloboda koju imaju stranci a nemaju domaći (ako ne računamo nac. manjine koje imaju posebno svoja manjinska prava)
@@techcodenet Naravno, ja mogu da budem sebican kao ti i da napravim svoj mikro svet i da ignorisem sve sta se desava u ovoj zemlji i da kazem da sam slobodan. Ali da li smo stvarno slobodni, ili smo taoci ovog rezima? Gde ti vidis slobodu u medijima? Slobodu govora? Da li mozes slobodno da ides unutar EU? Da li mozes slobodno da odes dole na Kosovo? Ti imas slobodu u svom stanu, i nigde vise.
While I am Serbian, I must admit that the renowned Serbian hospitality isn't as prominent on the world stage as some might think. There are numerous countries that offer hospitality that rivals or even surpasses that of Serbia. I encourage anyone who is skeptical to explore and experience this for themselves. Otherwise, a pleasant American gentleman, thak you for the interesting video.
@@MolinaUdofo Greece and Spain are similar, right? I write that down to similar mentality/culture between the people (and while it should probably go without saying, Ex-Yu and even beyond it's the same). What other countries/places were you thinking of?
Just recalled how I've heard from people that visited Cuba that it was beyond their "people hospitality" expectations. To the point of wondering if they are trying to trick/mug/etc you, because who invites random foreigners to join them for a party/lunch/etc just an hour after you've first met them.
@@techcodenet Greece and Spain, also Italy are valid examples. Other countries, forexample Taiwan are notable. Sometimes it happens in the most remote regions of the planet.
@@techcodenet I havent been to Cuba, unfortunately, but I've heard wondeful stories from friednds that were there. It would be a good idea to visit before too many McDonalds spoil the place.
@@MolinaUdofoCubans come across as friendly because when you say you are from Serbia they get excited because they know everything about Serbia and Yugoslavia. If they understand they can't make money out of you the friendlies stop. We had our pre booked 6 day accommodation cancelled after day 2 when the host found out that we're not going to have all meals in his house (which is extra money for them straight into the pocket,not reported to the government). Poverty did make their emotions dull and they see tourists as piggy banks
That's just because you didn't stand in the way to any politicians or criminals or needed legal protection. Then you would see how safe it was to live there.
@stanaimamovic5055 Sebia is specific, because it's small. Having so many criminals on such a small territory isn't the same like having them in a big country. In the US the system works at least for some citizens. In Serbia it doesn't work at all. You have many murderers amd criminals proven walking free on the street.
Wtf are you talking about?! There's not a city in the US where you can walk downtown, at night, safely.., and there's no city in Serbia where you can't walk downtown safely at night.
@@luminouslink777 he doesnt need special legal protection. Nobody will harrass him, as criminals and cops are aware of consequences when somebody from US embassy calls to zvalavi parizer to complain.
Educated in USA with very interesting mindset and different approach to psychological aspects..this is the Western culture you don't appreciate...US education and personal development has its specifics...that's why American scientist can give you such a broad views on so many issues..his American education gives that abilities..the ways Americans work so hard pays off..
The Serbia as a country doesnt exist, it disappeared in 2012. However the Serbian people are something completely different. Rarely do you get to see such hospitality and friendliness, despite being constantly beaten down by the corrupt government. Serbia is dead in a political sense. A country that works against its own people cant be called a country, but the Serbian people are what keeps it alive.
I don’t know how you are able to pinpoint the end of what you are talking about when in 2008. a certain small number of pro EU and pro western Serbs didn’t show any resistance to the albanian occupation of Kosovo and Metohija by the local terrorists. Even though 220 people died in floods in Spain a week ago due to human error, nobody has resigned in Spain and the tyrannical government employed thousands of police officers to beat up innocent people. We didn’t disappear, we turned into a “European democracy”.
As far as i understand this man doesnt actually live full time in Serbia and if that true mean he really doesnt know what is real life for ordinary Serb.
svasta a jel ti znas kakav je zivot u Americi ,sigurno nije za sve isti ,od onih multimilijardera do onih koji spavaju po parkovima je velika razlika i puno toga je izmedju .Tako da to sto govoris o Srbiji vazi i za druge zemlje samo puno extremnije
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Omg he described British society and my life in England to a tee even though he's talking about US.
Isolation, lack of community and people just don't get it that you can be nice and generous, just because!
Also that raw humane warmth that people have in Serbia (even though Serbs think it's long gone) is so special and not found everywhere, at least not in the West.
You can't fool children and that's what my child also resonates with the most in Serbia - humane warmth.
Same here with Germany
I met him in Petnica Science Center 6-7 years ago. Very nice person, a great scientist. It was a pleasure having him as a lecturer.
Couldn‘t agree more. I‘m German and really enjoy Serbia whenever I‘m there. It’s the people, the culture. Kind of living - people are really in contact and have a positive mindset. Much more about feeling free ….
Serbia is like no other place. In Vojvodina you have, apart from Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, small Banat Romanians (Vlasi) communities, even some Rusyn (or decendants from migration in the 18th century of people from Ukrainian Carpathians) and the Romani (or gypsies) with everybody getting along just fine. Seeing is believing! I think most no country with such a diversity of ethnic groups treats their minorities better. With other nationalities (Croats, Bosnians and Albanians), well it is a much mure complicated and nuanced topic, but aside from politics I couldnt feel the hostility.
The hospitality of Serbs and their sincere and warm friendship is like nothing else. If you are nice to a Serb, he/she will reprocicate 1000x back. Go Serbia!
Just a small correction. The Romanians of Banat are not Vlasi. They live along the Danube and in the hills from Veliko Gradište down to around Zaječar. In Banat you have Romanians.
In Vojvodina you will never feel it, I read somewhere there are 24 minorities living here in total, I'm not sure is that true because you listed almost all of them and it's far from 24, but I do know we are all chilled because we see we can all live together without any problems, and what I love even more is the fact if anybody tried to mess with how we behave to each other there would be problems. We don't care what anybody else who doesn't live here think of us, we want to live in peace with each other because we can.
It's because we are the only people that didn't have slavery, and we didn't want anything else than a freedom. Nowadays, I think we were stupid, and that we should turn another page and deport those who were killing our people.
thats like every european country , nothing special for vojvodina
@ vojvodina is not a country, and it is not common. In other countries they have issues in between ethnicities
Bro, how you dont have at least a million subscribers for the quality of your content is beyond me.
It's really a high quality channel. Watched all of the videos several times.
Nice remarks in only one sentence.
@@GA_ME Serbs prefer Russians, not Americans.
Serbia and her people healed my soul. I was born a Swiss, but I'm a proud Serb now. The immense injustice these people suffered and they still have so much warmth and goodness in them is a lesson to us all.
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Enjoying living in a country such as Serbia, is because of it''s people, culture and customs which are perfectly nice❤❤❤❤❤❤
lafe emisije su ti mnogo dobre i dopada mi se koja pitanja postavljas sagovornicima...samo nastavi...
Sve bolji intervjui, svaka cast. 👍
Intervjui jesu sve bolji i bolji - i mislim da je u ovom slucaju moj imenjak 😉odradio pravi Joe Rogan fazon. Dakle postavljao manje (pod)pitanja i pustio coveka da prica.
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Oh and to the neuroscience professor - some of your "divergent" thinking might be due to being on the spectrum/ADHD - or/and being in relationship with a Balkan women. I'm "in the same boat" (also two kids) - and obviously I don't have a base/control group 🤣
Prof. Gage might live in the US, but he is a real Serbian zet! It was an honor listening to the interview. Much appreciated!
The land of Tesla!God bless Serbian people!
Tesla's been in Serbia for one day, dude. He had practically no ties to Serbia.
@@peterhandke3936 Are you born stupid,or have you been trained that way? Next you will write that Pupin has no ties to Srbija? Dipshit!
@@peterhandke3936 Friend, don't embarrass yourself so rashly.
Borders shift and people migrate. Serbian borders changed dozens of times over the centuries. Even forming different state entities simultaniously. Since Teslas death further political division convinced smaller groups to seek better life identifying as different ethnicities on top of having a seperate state. None of that changes how people of the past identified themselves and what cultural heritage they claimed as their own.
His father was a Serbian Orthodox Priest. If you know anything about Orthodoxy and history that should be enough to settle any doubts you might have. As for geography, that too goes to show he was a Serb.
Tesla was serbian who was born in Austro Hungarian empire.
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@@peterhandke3936That's because his Lika is also Serbian country, but under Austrian occupation, so he didn't need to go in Belgrade. What do you try to say? That he wasn't a Serb? Go ahead and declare yourself as an idiot. Even whole America knows he was a Serb.
I work at University of Nis. Professor nailed every single thing. Really got me thinking. Thank you!
We need more people like Greg, in Serbia.
But, I thought Serbs don’t like Americans. They prefer the Russians and the Chinese.
I dont need them.
@ Serbia needs Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un. 3 good amigos.
@@rudolfohisena5701 Dont trust your thoughts too much my friend
@@rudolfohisena5701 we scale people by personality, not by ethnicity.
Dude is right about everything .Brat. Pročitao nas analizirao i polako dobija nas mentalitet
Great content & excellent translation
On the loneliness: in Serbia in elementary you're with the same group of people for 8 years, spending half of each day around them. Then in high school another group of people for 4 years. For such a long time even the most introverted people will form strong connection to at least few other people. In the US, AFAIK, you change groups for every class, and every year, which means you have to make friends fast or you'll lose the opportunity.
Also, in Serbia there is usually only one big migration in one's life: when you go from your home town to one of the cities for college. And because you either go to Belgrade or Niš/Novi Sad/Kragujevac (depending on which part of the country you're from) a lot of your friends and family will make the migration with you or have already made it earlier and are waiting for you. After college you either return to your hometown or remain in the college city, in both cases you have established friends and family.
In the USA you move to a completely foreign place for college, then afterwards you move to another city for job, then probably move a few more times over the span of your life and you have to rebuild your friend group every time. Naturally, this will make most of your relationships flimsy.
At least that's my reasoning, based on everything I learned about the USA over the years.
that is why USA education system ranks 50th in the world
@@muminadi5400 The Serbian state education system is hit and miss. Crumbling schools with plenty of corruption particularly in higher education...As a Serb who put two kids through US schools, i found teachers, professors, intellectuals in general aren't that respected, & a Serbian home is more likely to have a few books on the shelves at least.
3:35 "Čaša meda ište čašu žuči"
смијешане најлакше се пију.
"Smijesane najlakse se piju."
Enjoy it Greg. This world needs more amazing people like yourself and we are very grateful to have you around in our Serbian community
Ma najbolje da se mi svi iselimo odavde, a da dodju stranci da zive na zemlji za koju su moji preci krvarili. Sto nama neko ne kaze da uzivamo kad odemo preko, nego nas tretiraju kao jeftinu radnu snagu. Muka mi je od vas likova koji se dodvoravate svakom strancu.
@@HermeneuticarPreterujes. Covek je slobodan dokle god ima slobodu izbora. Otisli su napolje, trebalo bi da su znali sta su izabrali.
@@pravikorisnik4291 u pravu si, al kad bi se zezali. Otisli su, jer ti ovde drzava nemomogucava da zivis,.osim ako nisi lopov, prevarant, kurva ili starleta. Ljudi koji ne.pripadaju ovim kategorijama, a zele nesto vise od zivota idu preko, a ne zbog slobode izbora.
@@pravikorisnik4291 tako je. Uvek je do nas...
I attended one of his public lectures here back in 2018 or 19, it was a while ago, but he was very nice, approachable and was really passionate about sharing the knowledge, a lot of us had a chat with him. I still have his business card lol.
It would be great that this professor teach for one year here. Kids here would be learn, his kids would improve Serbian language, he will spend some time here
Шта Ради Мама Сања ,По Том Питању ( СРПСКИ - МАТЕРЊИ)?
Amazing content Alex! Keep going!
He cant be more right, great interview 👍
Good video bro
Thanks!
@Attic Life, it would be nice to hear someone interview you! 😊
He is appsolutly right! Because I used to live all over America. Now I am in Beograd. But I miss the States, many good peoples!Pozdrav from Belgrade, Serbia,Blok 70
Vielen Dank,Secher iteresant👌Meine SERBIA❤
This freedom is paid by blood of millions, last time in the 90s and Serbs are still paying that price on occupied Kosovo and Metohija, but everywhere else as well.
Hahaha pa od petog oktobra ti stejt dipartment postavlja vladu i ministre a tebe brine samo Kosovo?
Milion i sesto hiljada ljudi je otislo odavde bez namere da se vrati,inace je sve ok.
😅😅😅😅
Drzis sliku Milosa velikog a govoris kao Brnabicka.
@@ВанбродскиРеБтил dobro si mu reko ovaj sto prica ima americku platu ljudi kod nas zive dan i dara jedva prezivljavaju ali eto kod nas sve dobro ko je otiso vise se nije vratio i nepomislja da se vrati ali sve je kod nas super😂😂😂
@@ВанбродскиРеБтилНе само Косово, него и Метохија. Чудно ми је само како баш од петог октобра када је пре тога на власти био Слоба, банкар школован у Америци који је продао Крајину (нису нас клале усташе), дозволио криминал и унутрашње распадање (иако је Станишић добио похвално писмо у Хагу као један од бољих америчких сарадника)?
Lepo radiš sve ovo. Pa bravo bre! Odličan intervju!
Хвала на овоме ❤
Whoa, so much is said here about today's society's problems.
He is a genuine American, this is only one example of when Americans and Serbians get along well.
Srbi i amerkinaci se slazu inace. Koga boli uvo za apoliticare i njihove igre!?
Sure. 1999.
Politics aside, serbs snd americans get along well.
an American doesnt say "I would have traded all my lifes work just to be present to bring my mother water."
He was a Serb who understood the American promise of realizing ones dreams through venture capital. And he worked his whole life on it and with all his achievements still had that overall regret.
Thats my opinion at least.
@@Smiljanic3004 Sure. Germany in World War II as well. What's your point?
Great man and mind more importantly you can see the common sense glowing from him in the whole video that explains his love for Serbia
Love your channel. Greg t is very interesting with his observations. Also, looks so relaxed and cool...
Bro your channel is on fire! :) Another awesome episode!
i always love to see compairison videos...especially when it comes to serbia.
i love when people explere differences between my country and theirs.
this conversation ended up being deeper and more serious than i antecipated...but it's still enjoyable
Don't worry, there's no such thing as waisting food in Serbia. Everything not eaten gets packed to go and given to guests for their tomorrow lunch, or for their kid that couldn't come over!👍
If the guy has a Serb wife, he's an honorary Serb now. Not exactly an American anymore.
"Like you're insane" -> "Kao da si prsao" 🙏
So either "Alex from the attic" is getting extremely and surprisingly good with Serbian/Belgrade slang, someone local is actually translating/captioning these in the proper - not literal but everyday/context way.... Or there's some AI translation that I'm yet to hear about?
If I remember correctly, while back he was looking for people to help with subtitles..
@@mothidentifier Seems like he found the people that are "Alo Alo", "Only Fools and Horses" or "Alan Ford" level good 🙌
Yeah, but then a second later the drugstore is translated as pharmacy which is obviously wrong. I mean, who buys the chewing gum in an apoteka?! 😂
@@danicadabic9789 verovatno neki automatski prevodilac , jer drug-store bukvalno znači pharmacy .
Apoteka je apoteka samo kod nas .
Apotiki je grčka reč za skladište , magacin (store).
@@ZoranStefanovic-z1gNije tačno. Apoteka je apoteka u većini evropskih zemalja. Zemlje romanskog govornog područja koriste reč farmacija. Čak je i Grci koriste, ali Nemci, Danci, Holandjani i da ne nabrajam dalje, koriste reč apoteka. Problem u prevodu nastaje zato što u SAD-u u dragstoru, po našem, stvarno možeš da kupiš i lekove i hemiju.
@ Attic Life - you could call this person for an interview, their channel is called "Black and Ginger" , another Serbian son-in-law, good guy.
The Serbian son-in-law status is indeed a prestigious one lol😃
Poučno i pozdrav za ovog divnog čoveka.
I have friends from UK and when they come to Serbia they love to eat and smoke at the same time in restaurants. This is not possible in UK... So im wondering why they build their society with so many constraints so they have to "feel the life" outside their country?
Looks like foreigners really enjoy to be in society where small mischiefs are allowed.
Because of installed pawns in the government who bring those laws. UK is turning into totalitarian country where people get arrested and prosecuted for a Tweet.
Imagine smoking is the first thing when you think about freedom.
We have one of the highest death rates in the world.
Give us better examples, please.
Jao, jao, pa 95% normalnih ljudi ne podnosi dim dok se jede. Ukljucujuci pusace, naravno. A ti to trovanje drugih jos izjednacujes i sa izrazavanjem neke slobode?
@@peterhandke3936 i ja sam nepušač i meni smeta dim dok ručam. Naveo sam primer kako su oni uredili svoju zemlju ali im nedostaju neke stvari.
@@JaStvarnoyes, freedom to poison one self.
It’s a perfect example. Because it is random poison chosen to start the wheel of oppression.
It was clear then, to some of us. But the rest joined “ saving lost souls” with any means. Cancelling started with cigarettes.
And you might now know where it went from then on.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
I miss Belgrade.
Lepo je videti da stranci u Srbiji vide ono sto Srbi o Srbiji ne mogu ili ne zele da vide.
Very smart fellow. You can sense the need he has for freedom due to the left-leaning world he comes from.
Great choice he’s made. Enjoy Serbia.
U.S. not left leaning, it's fully rulling class controlled. Has been since George Washington was installed president, and the fake freedom documents signed. Connect with real U.S. history asap, it's not pretty! Americans were bred for a specific purpose. Any idea what purpose that was?
Dakle, 45 godina humanijeg življenja ❤
VERY GOOD VIDEO ! YOU ARE WELCOME !
♥
Довешће научнике да уживају у лепоти, а одвешће студенте.
Im happy an american is not talking crap about serbia but actually sees what we are
...And some Serbs admire the West. They don't realize what a beautiful country they have. The days I spent in Serbia were the happiest and most peaceful days of my life. Wherever I turned my head in Belgrade, there was something that caught my attention.
As a Serbian, I find it sad that foreigners living in or visiting Serbia find that empathy, thinking about other people's needs, offering hospitality, having a community of people who care for you, or being passionate, are exceptional or shocking. When did you lose these true values?
They have been experimented on by corporations for decades. In America, education, employment, food, pharma, financial, politics, media, culture, everything has been brainwashing for a century now. They lost right values because the wrong ones were pushed to the forefront masked as rights for status, comfort, convenience. It only took a few generations.
14:00 Eastimated 800,000 children are missing in US , yearly.
Kakva glupost, prosto neverovatno da neko moze da pomisli da je ovo istina...
Gotivan mi je ovaj amer,bez obzira što je iz okupatorske zemlje.dobro nam došao.
Jel ti sad jasno da politika i obican narod nisu isto ?
@jamirna9 i mi smo bili običan narod ,pa su nas nato okupatori ubijali u saradnji sa šiptarskim terorističkim bandama
Serbia simple the best❤️🇷🇸
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
👏👏👏👍
My favorite podcast. I can't wait for new episode. I would love to see you @AtticLife to speak for yourself. What did you saw in Serbia? ❤
❤🙏
Serbis simple the best❤️🇷🇸
Please stop promoting us, for the love of whole Serbia!
Aj bre ne knj
to i ja kazem, ima da nas upropaste, svi ti ne-srbi
@@brothabox6998don't be stupid and an idiot...this man is honest and realistic...🤗👌🙂
Haha, you crazy...🙂👌😀
Speak on your own behalf!
Mr . Greg //// if you come to Serbia to change the sistem in our school , I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU TO LEARN FROM US ......IF YOUR EDUCATION SISTEM IS BETTER WE WOULD BE SEEING YOUR STUDENT EARNING MEDALS OLL OVER THE WORLD , WHICH IS NOT THE CASE ,,,,,, I am happy that love my country
Give us your tired, your poor,, and we will teach them to listen to turbo folk! Great interview BTW
He said word spectrum 10000 times. Also there's no 'creative thinking', you either think or not. Americans love their assigned keywords and check boxes for 'creativity'.
Politicians are really terrible right now and the economy's not great of course, but the society's mostly doing really fine - it's pretty safe, people like to hang out a lot, no fentanyl and opioids really, no migration crisis, woke so called culture's not a thing. Food's great.
Tesla ethnicity was serbian, religion ortodox ,but the land of his nativity was Croatia ,in his time part of Austrohungarian Empire
Interesting is he never mentioned that his land is Croatia in his own words he is from Lika,border country of Austria-Hungary. You can see that in his patents, he in most case start with "I, NIKQLA TESLA, from Smilj an, Lika,border country of Austria-Hungary" or "NIKOLA TESLA, OF SMILJAN LIKA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY" but never he wrote Croatia.
smart guy...
Did you write this after November 1st?
I used to live in Serbia from 1983-91. And again in 2010's. While it was still OK in YU times, 80's were prime time of Yugoslavia in many ways, 2010's turned into a total nightmare on all fields. We can see the results of this nightmare daily just right now, too. I still regularly come to visit my lifetime friends, their opinion is even much worse then mine. But I can imagine someone enjoying it to a certain level, if he lives in his own world, and is not socially oversensitive. Veliki pozdrav svim dobrim ljudima!
We have a saying for people like you and your friends and by we I mean about 5 million if us compared to about 100@k of you. If you don't like it get out or don't come back. Very simple. We are not north Korea we are free to travel. If you are right Serbia would have 1 million people but I am right and that is why Serbia still has between 6 and 7 million. Yes it is hard with small salaries but money is not everything on this world.
@@zexxx2600mozes to malo pristojnije reci ,nema potrebe biti nepristojan ,ovo kazem zato sto to ne ostavlja lepu sliku o samim nama i to nije dobro😒
@@vesnanuspahic7510 U redu je da čovek treba da vodi računa o "lepoj sliki" ; kao što je u redu da otvoreno iskaže svoj stav i mišljenje .
Ne moramo svakom da se uvlačimo u dupe . "Šta će svet da misli o nama ?" .
Mare li oni šta mi mislimo o njima ?
@ ponavljam ,moze to malo pristojnije ..
@@vesnanuspahic7510 može, a i ne mora. Jer i komentar na koji odgovara je mogao biti pristojniji a nije ali i to je ok.
Go East, or go West, Red Wings the best!
Dobar vlog Amer priča za medalju ne staje 🤣😂
Yust a Serbia....
🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
A financialy very well situated Westerner who spends 2 months a year in "the Balkans" and sees only the best sides of the region is not a person who truly understands what it is like to live there - these are actualy called "tourists".
Slazem se.
Tako je, dva meseca nije ništa, ako pokuša da radi kao običan radnik u Srbiji,pao bi u depresiju i egzistencijalnu krizu posle pola godine. Ne treba tu nauka o mozgu i tako tim stvarima, imaš šta ti zaista treba = zadovoljan si. Nemaš osnovne stvari, otežana je eszistencija = nisi zadovoljan. Ameri treba da nauče da okrenu glavu potrošačkom načinu života. Pažnju uništavaju društvene mreže, i to je prosto, prosečno se fokusiraju po 20 sekundi na jednu objavu, pogledaju 100 objava što nema veze s mozgom, što im uzgred promeni raspoloženje 10 puta i posle se čude što nemaju pažnju, pa ne može da ima fokus kad trenira mozak da nema fokus druže. Neću da ti prevodim na engleski iako ga govorim jer možeš i ti da naučiš srpski prijatelju, kad smo mi imali carstvo pravi Amerikanci su bili starosedeoci a ne Evropski okupatori. Toliko.
You just love to talk the worst about your own country. That way,no one will like you
Ovo je trebao da bude podkast od 2 sata da se preceslja ovaj mozgonja mnogo je inteligentan covek
If you close your eyes you'll think that the Corey Taylor is speaking
Jasta brate :D
Superman srbinda bro
Samo pustiš i oni dodaju sami...a dobiješ 2x veće informacije o njima nego što oće oni od tebe 😉
18:59 "...and if you remove those, and i'm telling you it's the people on the spectrum" ...can someone tell me what does that mean, what is "the spectrum" he's referring to?
Autism spectrum
Words like KONTAŠ, SKONTAM, FAZON show that you know our slang, but these words do not belong to the subtitles, it is the slang of some street sellers or for the farmer's market. We use SHVATAM. Your slang is for the street.
It is totally OK to say in some talk show NEMA FRKE, ili GDE SI BRATAC, it is rather for your friends, but not for the formal things like subtitles. Keep it simple, use standard words, they really jump from the screen, they don't belong to the subtitles.
the security thingy happens in the balkans as well but definitely less and not as much virtue signaling
balkan mothers tend to be very protective + I saw mothers buying GPS watches for their kids
da, izvrsna analiza.i njegov licni benefit blagoslovom sto mu je dodeljena orginalna srpkinja, nezarazena virusom amerikanizma. nesumnjiva njegova sreca, jer je zahvaljujuci njihovoj ,,kulturi,, ovde sve manje takvih.
Errrm..James Watson is still very much alive lol
"Serbia is deep"... Well, if you mean "a deep septic tank" then sure...
You may have a freedom since you're a foreigner, but us, under the dictatorship don't share the feeling
See this person, we have a problem with people that are never satisfied
Овај човек ће кад тад живети у Србији.
Paradise Serbia
...deep sht
I would say we have too much freedom, meaning chaos is obvious when you drive throught cities and cars stop and park wherever blocking roads and creating unnecessary traffic jams. Police drives by and nothing. They stop speeding cars but don't care about bloked roads. It is one thing that drives me crazy.
Lex Friedman is not Russian.
He is a Jew from NovoRussia!😂😂😂
I wish I was a foreigner in Serbia so I could say that we have freedom :)
Jaoj ne seri, idi pevaj zalopojke negde drugde, ako nisi slobodan svet je veliki biraj svoje mesto gde ces imati "slobodu".
Dude - there is no spoon, the grass is and isn't greener on the other side ...
And the only thing you need to give up in order to get it - is your (own made-up reason) story of why you can't have/do it.
--- trying to not just literally translate but do it in old hood slang ---
Sve to - ti limiti, izgovori itd ... Tebra, oni su samo u tvojoj vugla!
I jedino cega trebas da se resis - je ta tvoja prica/izgovor zasto ti to ne mozes da uradis ili imas.
True.Who ever said diferent lies.
Pa šta je to u Srbiji što ograničava tvoju slobodu ?
Koja , kakva je sloboda koju bi ti želeo ?
Koja je sloboda koju imaju stranci a nemaju domaći (ako ne računamo nac. manjine koje imaju posebno svoja manjinska prava)
@@techcodenet Naravno, ja mogu da budem sebican kao ti i da napravim svoj mikro svet i da ignorisem sve sta se desava u ovoj zemlji i da kazem da sam slobodan. Ali da li smo stvarno slobodni, ili smo taoci ovog rezima? Gde ti vidis slobodu u medijima? Slobodu govora? Da li mozes slobodno da ides unutar EU? Da li mozes slobodno da odes dole na Kosovo?
Ti imas slobodu u svom stanu, i nigde vise.
da da...to ih brine...taj okupljajući moment kod Srba....mentalitet pčelica kad je frka :)
SERBIA.
While I am Serbian, I must admit that the renowned Serbian hospitality isn't as prominent on the world stage as some might think. There are numerous countries that offer hospitality that rivals or even surpasses that of Serbia. I encourage anyone who is skeptical to explore and experience this for themselves. Otherwise, a pleasant American gentleman, thak you for the interesting video.
@@MolinaUdofo Greece and Spain are similar, right? I write that down to similar mentality/culture between the people (and while it should probably go without saying, Ex-Yu and even beyond it's the same).
What other countries/places were you thinking of?
Just recalled how I've heard from people that visited Cuba that it was beyond their "people hospitality" expectations.
To the point of wondering if they are trying to trick/mug/etc you, because who invites random foreigners to join them for a party/lunch/etc just an hour after you've first met them.
@@techcodenet Greece and Spain, also Italy are valid examples. Other countries, forexample Taiwan are notable. Sometimes it happens in the most remote regions of the planet.
@@techcodenet I havent been to Cuba, unfortunately, but I've heard wondeful stories from friednds that were there. It would be a good idea to visit before too many McDonalds spoil the place.
@@MolinaUdofoCubans come across as friendly because when you say you are from Serbia they get excited because they know everything about Serbia and Yugoslavia.
If they understand they can't make money out of you the friendlies stop.
We had our pre booked 6 day accommodation cancelled after day 2 when the host found out that we're not going to have all meals in his house (which is extra money for them straight into the pocket,not reported to the government).
Poverty did make their emotions dull and they see tourists as piggy banks
А кад ти не иде нешто,дрмни једну да крене...
I like Freedom in Serbia 🤡
That's just because you didn't stand in the way to any politicians or criminals or needed legal protection. Then you would see how safe it was to live there.
Can you please Tell me the difference in any other country
@stanaimamovic5055 Sebia is specific, because it's small. Having so many criminals on such a small territory isn't the same like having them in a big country. In the US the system works at least for some citizens. In Serbia it doesn't work at all. You have many murderers amd criminals proven walking free on the street.
@@luminouslink777 how you know that Serbia has many , how many is too many
Wtf are you talking about?! There's not a city in the US where you can walk downtown, at night, safely.., and there's no city in Serbia where you can't walk downtown safely at night.
@@luminouslink777 he doesnt need special legal protection. Nobody will harrass him, as criminals and cops are aware of consequences when somebody from US embassy calls to zvalavi parizer to complain.
Educated in USA with very interesting mindset and different approach to psychological aspects..this is the Western culture you don't appreciate...US education and personal development has its specifics...that's why American scientist can give you such a broad views on so many issues..his American education gives that abilities..the ways Americans work so hard pays off..
The Serbia as a country doesnt exist, it disappeared in 2012. However the Serbian people are something completely different. Rarely do you get to see such hospitality and friendliness, despite being constantly beaten down by the corrupt government.
Serbia is dead in a political sense. A country that works against its own people cant be called a country, but the Serbian people are what keeps it alive.
I don’t know how you are able to pinpoint the end of what you are talking about when in 2008. a certain small number of pro EU and pro western Serbs didn’t show any resistance to the albanian occupation of Kosovo and Metohija by the local terrorists.
Even though 220 people died in floods in Spain a week ago due to human error, nobody has resigned in Spain and the tyrannical government employed thousands of police officers to beat up innocent people. We didn’t disappear, we turned into a “European democracy”.
As far as i understand this man doesnt actually live full time in Serbia and if that true mean he really doesnt know what is real life for ordinary Serb.
svasta a jel ti znas kakav je zivot u Americi ,sigurno nije za sve isti ,od onih multimilijardera do onih koji spavaju po parkovima je velika razlika i puno toga je izmedju .Tako da to sto govoris o Srbiji vazi i za druge zemlje samo puno extremnije
ako zelis biti gandalf moras biti hrabar i govoriti iaklo nesto nije popularno za cuti i sto ce doci do trenutne osude drustva