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I guess there is currently no community for Europe related memes, maybe this could be a place to post some?

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[–] trolske@feddit.org 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd put the memes rather in c/YUROP

[–] genfood@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can’t find it ☹️

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] genfood@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

But that seems to be less a place for memes than c\europe.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd second trolske's thought. !yurop@lemm.ee seems like a better fit for memes, as it's a more light-hearted community.

If someone wanted to create an equivalent of c/eur_irl, that would be interesting too though.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 7 points 4 months ago

I see they've lately had some trends around food and architecture, but I assure you that traditionally, yurop is the meme community, where anything goes, while this one is more serious and less appreciative of memes.

[–] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It is like that in Hungary. 80 to 90% of the prices here in Germany, but 10000€ annual income is middle class.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

Please don't post memes here. Not every community needs to have memes.

IDC, had a good laugh through dropping tears

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I would say no, but maybe the other mods here feel different about it?

[–] RichardoC@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I made !2visegrad4you@szmer.info a while back, although it is currently dead

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

I would prefer you ask for a specific community to be created with its own rules and moderators. Thanks! I wouldn't mix everything in here.

[–] thanatotus@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

That's interesting, what's the average salary in eastern Europe? Average seems to be fairly high compared to India as far as I know.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But Germans famously go to Poland and Czechia for shopping

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That hasn't made economical sense for most products in quite a while. They still go, because taxes on gas and cigarettes are still lower, and I guess you can still get cheap haircuts.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

don't forget the vietnamese markets that sell knock-off products. Plenty of people still buy their "branded" clothing there for a fraction of the price of an original item.

[–] Louisoix@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

That depends. Most of the people I know (Czechia) go to Germany almost weekly for most of the essential products. Even if some prices might be the same, the quality is on a completely different level.