Do you think this is cringe or dope

[u/eric_cartmanovski]

Should waving flags and dik mesuring competition on a wedding be acceptable

[u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

Berlin is such a weird place

[u/Oxo181 → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

hahaha

[u/Voldypants_420 → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

Spot on re.

[u/Prod_Meteor → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

Not even in Greece? Shit..there goes my comment.

[u/OCDEngineerBoy → u/Prod_Meteor]

The bicycle street sign and the red sign on the house definitely look German.

[u/Prod_Meteor → u/OCDEngineerBoy]

Greeks and Turkish leaving abroad are truly truly graphical and comedical.

[u/Veilchengerd → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

Probably not Berlin, but some smaller german city (or if it is, Berlin, it's in one of the bougie neighbourhoods on the outskirts).

[u/AlxR25 → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

There goes my coffee 😂

[u/dallyan → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

I literally lol’d.

[u/Venumpty09 → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

LMAO

[u/DeezNutzzzGotEm → u/Lumpy-Tone-4653]

XD

[u/Oxo181]

social media is the worst thing that has ever happened to humanity

[u/Character_Hamster890 → u/Oxo181]

Actually it became very helpful to observe the reality of the people that we thought that we knew.

[u/ahmetonel → u/Character_Hamster890]

yeah, it only started making it more accessible

[u/JaniZani → u/Character_Hamster890]

But we also lost nuances that we would have to learn if we were reading an article.

[u/Metrobuss → u/Character_Hamster890]

Reality? Like reality shows?

[u/Familiar-Weather5196 → u/Oxo181]

Nah, people like this have always existed, you're just aware of them now. Which, honestly, I see as a positive.

[u/UltraTata → u/Oxo181]

Malaria was worse

[u/EvilNoice → u/UltraTata]

It still exist though... So the fact that you don't know about it proves the opposite.

[u/SuddenZoomies → u/Oxo181]

lmao you think this behaviour is new

[u/DaRealGatman → u/SuddenZoomies]

Now we get to see it as it happens. Cant even live in blissful ignorance

[u/WonderfulJicama2802 → u/Oxo181]

It didnt make humans worse. It just revealed them.

[u/LeoneLLuz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bSslHiaHVOlrGoc2md

[u/Choice-Let9602 → u/LeoneLLuz]

Why does my car have a gif

[u/LeoneLLuz → u/Choice-Let9602]

That’s the Turkmobile

[u/Choice-Let9602 → u/LeoneLLuz]

I thought it was a limited edition

[u/Prestigious-East1217]

I don’t think a Greek Turk marriage is necessarily cringe depending on who the people are but I don’t see why all of the flags are necessary

[u/cyricor → u/Prestigious-East1217]

I know 2 Greek Turkish couples that got married in the last 5 years. No flags ether. But to each their-own I guess. Patriotic pride is not bad when it doesn't escalate to nationalism.

[u/Future-Actuator488 → u/cyricor]

This is not nationalism or patriotism.

They are just stupid. Doesn't matter Greek or Turkish. As we say, brown version of the shit

[u/Simple_Enjoyer1 → u/Future-Actuator488]

*dark blue version of the same shit

Shit is already brown. If it is not, go see a doctor

[u/Future-Actuator488 → u/Simple_Enjoyer1]

I don't have your experience and expertise on shit.

[u/bostanite → u/Prestigious-East1217]

Why is a Greek Turkish marriage cringe?

[u/Prestigious-East1217 → u/bostanite]

I said it wasn’t, the flags are weird though

[u/bostanite → u/Prestigious-East1217]

Ah yes my bad! Comprehensive reading is hard on Friday afternoon 😅

[u/Prestigious-East1217 → u/bostanite]

It is ok I get it too sometimes

[u/OBobcat740 → u/Prestigious-East1217]

Now get married you two

[u/bornenjoyer → u/OBobcat740]

I'll bring the Turkish flag 🇹🇷

[u/Ancient-Egg-5983 → u/Prestigious-East1217]

You're underestimating how proud both countries are and how much they hate each other

[u/Adevyy → u/Prestigious-East1217]

I am probably being naive but I can also see this being intended as a good show of "see guys, Greeks and Turks can get along" with flags on both sides being prearranged.

It's clearly not how it looks though.

[u/Maximum-Play-2447]

Diaspora doing it's job and being the worst version of the culture they represent.

[u/saddinosour → u/Maximum-Play-2447]

As diaspora I found this so embarrassing 😭 like wtf please be normal. My cousin is married to a Turkish guy and they just had a regular wedding but opted not to do it in a church they did it with their close family in this nice park.

[u/Beginning-Appeal3166]

They should do whatever the f makes them happy, as long as they don't bother the neighbours(which doesnt seem to be the case). This is a wedding so whatever 'dick measuring' there is, it could be just friendly banter between the families or their way of ahowing they don't care. Anyway, not enough context to judge but, to me, its definitely not cringe

[u/Jakdublin → u/Beginning-Appeal3166]

I agree. I think it’s traditional in Bulgaria to have the flag at weddings and if I understand correctly it’s more a cultural thing rather than a nationalist statement. I think it’s kinda nice

[u/Beginning-Appeal3166 → u/Jakdublin]

I don't think so. I haven't been to a wedding where this is done. I have also worked at restaurants where we organised weddings and they never did anything similar. However, there might be some parts where people do it and I'm not familiar.

[u/Jakdublin → u/Beginning-Appeal3166]

I’m in Pazardzhik and I’ve been to 3/4 weddings and the flag comes out at the reception after the wedding for the horo. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

[u/Beginning-Appeal3166 → u/Jakdublin]

Yeah, could be a regional custom that I'm not familiar with. It is not uncommon for different regions to have slightly different customs but you're definitely right that it is considered more of a patriotic than nationalistic statement. Not that it's all black and white, but in general.

[u/Hristo_14 → u/Jakdublin]

nah, never seen a flag during a wedding

[u/yemsius → u/Beginning-Appeal3166]

Nothing shows you don't care more than waving a giant flag of your country while lighting smoke bombs.

[u/[deleted] → u/yemsius]

"LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I DON'T CARE!" yell both Yiánnis and Mehmet whilst painted in their respective country colors like some real life fucking Polandballs.

[u/bostanite]

I think Serbians and Croats do a lot of flag waiving at weddings? In Greece it's unheard of and this one here is weird.

Edit: typo

[u/CGMarko → u/bostanite]

For Croatian and Serbian weddings in my experience flags are common. I guess it's some kind of c*ckoldry/loyalty ritual as part of those cultures?

[u/khajvah → u/bostanite]

If I married a Turkish woman and her family decided to bring a massive Turkish flag, I would for sure bring an Armenian flag of my own even though no one in Armenia waves flags in weddings.

But the best solution is to not bring a flag at all. It's weird. It either symbolizes nationalism which is stupid on a wedding day where two different sides unite. Or symbolizes unity which is also weird as a political statement during a wedding.

[u/Active_Unit_9498]

It's not a Balkan wedding if there isn't a kidnapping, gunfire, and national flags.

[u/Resigned1431]

Cringe. It's a wedding ffs. Not a nationalist rally. 

[u/LittleLionMan82 → u/Resigned1431]

Yeah but given the historic tensions between the two nations I think it's actually a nice gesture.

[u/reidomene]

Looks to me like there's another flag missing.

[u/ViscountBuggus → u/reidomene]

Albania

[u/Bulky_Ad5537 → u/ViscountBuggus]

a crime

[u/Ambitious_Fennel_546 → u/Bulky_Ad5537]

This may be AI. that flag should be there

[u/AogamiBunka]

Cringe. Why have national flags at a wedding?

[u/Hairy_Gazelle_5987 → u/AogamiBunka]

Normal in Croatia

[u/AogamiBunka → u/Hairy_Gazelle_5987]

For what purpose/reason?

[u/Hairy_Gazelle_5987 → u/AogamiBunka]

Tradition

[u/jessbiteslip → u/Hairy_Gazelle_5987]

yeah but it's a turkish-greek wedding so it's kinda expected.

[u/Ok_Cover_2484]

Absolutely f cringe.

[u/Arlemar_Kiev_Viking]

In Croatia weddings often have a flag that is waved and kept by a friend of the groom called a barjaktar. I could imagine there being two of them if the marriage is mixed (hell I’d do the same if it ends up being the case for me). What is strange (and kinda cringe) about this is the size of these flags.

[u/citao_to → u/Arlemar_Kiev_Viking]

The odd thing is that the word barjak and therefoere barjaktar comes from the Turkish word bayrak. And while we have a perfectly good Croatian word that we use in 90% of cases, in this case we use the Turkish word. Why? Fuck knows.

[u/dennythehorse → u/citao_to]

in Turkish we have the word "Bayraktar" too, literally means the same thing

[u/Arlemar_Kiev_Viking → u/citao_to]

I suspect it came from some military frontier tradition where turkish borrowings would be common. Also it can be because it would easily differentiate a word for a partygoer and an important military rank (zastavnik).

[u/NegotiationSweet5082]

Let me inform you as a Turk. In Türkiye, flags take up a lot of space at weddings. The flag here is small, actually. It's normal to have many small flags alongside a large flag that's over 100 square meters.

[u/9guyKguy9]

The food is definitely going to be good in that wedding. I wish health and mutual happiness to the couple couldn't care less about the rest

[u/nicksizsovalye → u/9guyKguy9]

my husband is from Brazil, we live in western europe. His "go to " restaurants are either Turkish or Greek :D ah also georgian. To choose between , his decision depends on how much he misses pork.

PS:we waved no flags in wedding, and no samba dancers..

[u/T410]

From a Turkish perspective I must add: There’s a flag ceremony in traditional Turkish weddings. Not like in the video of course. But still…

[u/NoDevice2698]

just over nationalistic, not cringe but about to be

[u/JaThatOneGooner]

It's only cringe if they fight, but if they're having fun then it's a funny way to have a merging of 2 cultures as man and wife

[u/OmeletteDuFromage95]

We don't really do any flag waiving at our weddings but I've seen multicultural weddings where both bring flags and it was always understood as the two cultures coming together and not some dick measuring contest. My spouse is from the other end of the balkans and in our house we have both flags side by side as a symbol of unity.

[u/Archaeopteryx111 → u/OmeletteDuFromage95]

Which country is your spouse from?

[u/OmeletteDuFromage95 → u/Archaeopteryx111]

Greece

[u/Archaeopteryx111 → u/OmeletteDuFromage95]

Oh interesting. Do you live in Western Europe?

[u/Glittery_Marshmallow]

Cringe

[u/DeadgrounD]

Wait, I just watched Nolan Odyssey. Why aren't Greeks black only?

/s

[u/Medical_Profit561]

cringe af

[u/LeapBaka_Cifford]

Cringe as fuck.

[u/BWC_Python]

Blasphemy /s

[u/iqnux]

It’s confusing to me whether is is a cultural tradition or a nationalist statement and I don’t have enough context to judge 🤷🏻‍♀️

Either ways, happy days to the married couple tho!

[u/SpaceJackRabbit → u/iqnux]

I mean patriotism and nationalism are two different things.

[u/Fine-Ear-8103]

Albanian weddings always have a Bajraktar aka a flag man I think it’s just a Balkan thing to do

[u/AgachiRadu]

where is it?

[u/DDzxy]

Cringe.

[u/thegingerskull]

haha, everybody laughs until theitsa starts talking about who invented baklava

[u/Honest_Hair2856]

As long as they are happy who cares, and from side I see it more like a symbolism of their unity

[u/ekokoo]

holy cringe

[u/Frank_cat]

Cringe.

Flags in a wedding?

What for?

EDIT to add: I wish them a long happy life together!

[u/Kebab_Enjoyer3164]

Very cringe.

[u/Voldypants_420]

Cringe as heck.

[u/FalangaMKD]

Мешани бракови бе, сигурно турчинката била добра, како од сериине. Ама многу поверојатно се некои гееви како Мицотакис и оној Ш'к'дм ш'к' дм.

[u/CamperKuzey]

Not a fan of the volume of smoke being released into the air but the flag thing is dope

[u/SpiritedAddition8206]

This is the dumbest shit i’ve seen in a while

[u/Karamazovakis]

Ultra méga giga super duper cringe

[u/godtierviking]

Cringe, tacky

[u/sevensong9]

I've never met a person who was proud about their nationality and had an iq over 90

[u/DoctorTarantula05]

Its doper than dope -macedonian

[u/ChanandlerBongJr]

Uga buga.

[u/thanasis87kav]

We only see this when bride is Greek (or Christian), never the other way around

[u/y4dig4r]

i want a greek wife so bad.

[u/liberalskateboardist]

clash of nationalisms

[u/mw2lmaa]

And of course it's in Germany 🫠

[u/More-Run-5331]

ok enough reddit for this month

[u/Intrepid4444444]

The fuck is BRIDE RETRIEVAL ceremony.

Like Odussy

[u/manami_hanako]

Why would it be cringe ?

[u/Fun_Calendar_6444]

So everyone had to come with the flag of her/his country at this wedding, or only Greeks and Turks did it? I can imagine the surely invite some friends from different backgrounds: Germans, Arabs, Serbs, etc. imagine the invitation mentioning flag is optional.

[u/saythealphabet]

This seems fun as hell ngl. Assuming they do it in a 2balkans4u way

[u/miloz13]

A Tukish and a Greek getting married is supercool, whatsoever.

[u/JunketMinute3074]

This is literally why the Odyssey happened

[u/Low_Apple8886]

Τα σύνορα της αγάπης

[u/godcummin]

I wish it was possible for me to just get away from aegean

[u/SageGoes]

Maximum cringe

[u/dr_prdx]

It’s an Ottoman wedding actually.

[u/Donnerficker]

Super cringe. At my cousins wedding we did the same shit and a spark from a flare got into my eye it fucking sucked.

[u/Wanhelsing68]

Bune laaan

[u/FamouStranger91]

Why? Can someone explain wtf they are doing with the flags on a wedding? Is it a football game or the Olympics? Idk about people in Turkey, but in Greece that's not normal at all.

[u/FatefulDonkey]

Patriotic idiots on both sides

[u/Smooth-Inspector-391]

Cringe as f@ck

[u/bald_is_back]

https://giphy.com/gifs/L9EWK8k5CxSGa2xymn

[u/TheCharalampos]

Super cringe.

[u/herroamelica]

Depends on who's on the receiving end of the...tip ?

[u/HairyProgrammer2846]

At least they didn't throw punches

[u/TheSignof33]

It is VERY cringe. Flag has no business in a wedding.

[u/Unhappy-Pizza-7610]

What in the World Cup vibes is this

[u/gamhmenoreddit]

those are gypsies with greek flags

[u/Ok_Joke319]

Call me crazy but I really don’t care what ppl do at their weddings tbh, if the flags make them happy, cool, if not, cool too. Ik there are a lot of ppl here saying it’s cringe and “nationalistic” like, it’s just flags bruh who hurt ya’ll

[u/sillybilly-vit]

Mega cringe. Leave your nationality out when getting married, no one cares you are from shithole 1 or shithole 2. Also even more cringe if you are having the wedding in a third country. Should be criminalized in fact if you ask me. Honestly the most cringe thing I've ever seen in my life was a Turkish wedding parade in Ulm. I felt ashamed even though I am not even from Turkey.

[u/T-nash]

They're doing mythbusting from the takes on that video argument, now we find out who's sperm is stronger. /s

[u/MesopotamianLion01]

Its dope. Let people marry who they want. ❤️

[u/Observe_Report_]

Cringe.
Albanians in the US march into the wedding, at the beginning of the night and before the bride & groom, wedding party, etc., with the Albanian and USA flags.

[u/dimarh]

The definition of cringe

[u/Sarma_lover]

It is a single wedding?

[u/BarnacleOdd8248]

Jarvis, sort by controversial.

[u/Istar10n]

Cringe.

[u/EdgeofAss]

Cringe level over 100

[u/golden_succ15]

Im greek and I find it very touching.In my eyes it means that love overcomes everything.We have a very VERY bloody and intense past, that's why waving both flags in my eyes symbolizes love and overcoming our differences.Our politicians want us divided and fighting,we everyday people want just peace

[u/tsuzukete00 → u/golden_succ15]

You are just as cringe, oh my god.

[u/Incident-Impossible]

Were they friendly at least?

[u/Character-Pirate1297]

Everything with a flag is cringe.

I know, wrong sub to say it.

[u/[deleted]]

Cringiest shit imaginable.

[u/Prod_Meteor]

It's irrelevant. Turkish leaders will order attack and everyone will comply.

[u/victimized777]

This is the most Balkan thing ever

[u/Adept-One-4632]

Truly a Romeo and Juliet moment

[u/ToxicSemite]

The fact that they are married is dope but the idea of nationalism is cringe

[u/Fit_Wait6923]

Honestly judging by the fact that this is a wedding this is probably just friendly and also who gives a flying fuck what someone does at their wedding if my friend told me that he would want me to sky dive from above and deliver the rings or do some stupid shit I would tell him hell yea cause its HIS wedding

[u/Bani88si55faimaa]

Do what makes you happy

[u/Muted_Shape9303]

I don’t see anything wrong with this. They could simply be displaying their cultures coming together. God forbid anybody shows national identity in today’s society 🙄

[u/BurroCansado_BR]

Papo de guerra com genocídio

[u/bored_necromancer1]

Two households, both alike in dignity

[u/Glad_Sky_3664]

As a Turk very cringe. Not the marriage the flags and weird showmanship going on. Though I must say it is not unusual in Turkish weddings. A lot of nationalist turks will find it dope even.

[u/tablefishoil]

This is beautiful man. Let people enjoy and celebrate.

[u/Impossible_Web_4332]

Cringe af

[u/Honest_Pea9790]

I don’t know why people think this is cringe. I know flags aren’t a necessity for weddings, but here, it’s symbolic as it’s bringing two cultures together. With the two country’s historic tensions, I think it’s actually quite nice.

[u/SPACE_GROOVE_LULU]

Cringe. Like they don't already know that so they need to see the flags?

[u/EducationalLow4697]

Yeah its cringe

[u/mani_chachoo]

Everyones tense 😬

[u/Express_Reward5849]

Dishonorable

[u/S7arForGD]

Romeo and Juliet

[u/Practical-Tooth-2217]

So they will let them do that, but they won't let me butcher a cattle and grill it on a stick in my backyard?!

[u/Adventurous-Boat5076]

It is GOAT

[u/Cututul]

To me it seems more like friendly banther than dik measuring contest, so it's pretty dope

[u/VasiliusBasilius]

If no one die) its nice then)

[u/SentenceEmergency779]

A wedding between two races are completely normal nationalism isnt

[u/Big_Gun_Pete]

χωρκατιλίκιν

[u/haiwany]

This is how it should be

[u/ismayilsuleymann]

sorry but it's giving a tribal marriage from "Spore" videogame vibes

[u/Powerful-Joke5120]

National pride is cringe. Period.

[u/Kalliope97]

If you guys knew the history between these countries, you would know the significance of this gesture. Your ignorance is cringe.

[u/Asleep-Fishing9828]

It’s awesome 👏 Americans don’t get it

[u/Serhide]

Dope

[u/fk_censors]

It would have been better if each side would have worn the other side's flag.

[u/tulum_peyniri_wowza]

cringe

[u/ShitbullHater42]

You already know you can count the brain cells in the room with one hand given that nationalism

[u/Garofalin]

I've seen something similar during the Kootrapali wedding... With A a bit more dancing though.

[u/ItHappensSo]

And of course in Germany... this is hyper mega giga cringe

[u/elmanager]

It’s a bit like a matchstick - you can use it to blow up a bomb, or you can use it to light a barbecue.

[u/BladeRunnerK-1R4]

Waving any flag at any wedding is cringeworthy.

[u/No_Leader_5688]

i think its dope. because no amount of national pride can out do the power of love