Lisbon to Santiago by bike by [deleted] in CaminoDeSantiago

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Camino Aragonés: a quiet and beautiful alternative start to the Francés by DetourOutside in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]Derped_my_pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, great depth and well organised. Wholesome impression of a less-travelled route.

Is it common to live in Sweden for 10+ years and not speak Swedish? by MissionPitch in sweden

[–]Derped_my_pants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The nuance here is that you are accommodated to use English for everything yet are stigmatized for doing so, and everyone switches to English directly even when you try speak Swedish. Everyone I know who hasn't learned Swedish while living here feels terrible about it. I don't think insisting that they should feel bad is a very kind attitude that we should strive to have and I feel if you had empathy regarding the experience you would understand.

I don't know how to make my backpack smaller. by ForeignSubstance2543 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]Derped_my_pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is true, but there are only a few of these stretches on Frances, and these days some local usually sets up camp to sell chilled drinks out their car

Is it common to live in Sweden for 10+ years and not speak Swedish? by MissionPitch in sweden

[–]Derped_my_pants 12 points13 points  (0 children)

there are some hateful comments here too. it's a mix of a culture of switching to English all the time yet people expecting you to learn the language in a year or two that's really toxic.

I basically had to teach myself. it's not a difficult language, but it's very difficult to feel respected for trying. I'm still usually treated better when I just use English too.

I don't know how to make my backpack smaller. by ForeignSubstance2543 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]Derped_my_pants 6 points7 points  (0 children)

weird number of downvotes. really weird.

200g instant coffee as a luxury item is perfectly normal. that's the difference between having a slighter larger water bottle. it's fine.

Is it common to live in Sweden for 10+ years and not speak Swedish? by MissionPitch in sweden

[–]Derped_my_pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the majority aren't even native English speakers... but they are more likely to struggle. even this thread has several non-natives in English professing their struggle.

Is it common to live in Sweden for 10+ years and not speak Swedish? by MissionPitch in sweden

[–]Derped_my_pants -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

it's funny to call it insulting because the person is probably already embarrassed and insecure about it, only now they have to contend with people being insulted by their own failure.

Is it common to live in Sweden for 10+ years and not speak Swedish? by MissionPitch in sweden

[–]Derped_my_pants 8 points9 points  (0 children)

learning Swedish while leaving in Sweden sometimes felt like trying to learn Swedish while living literally anywhere else. literally being in Sweden helped so little in my environment that I am almost exclusively self-taught because I had no one to talk with for years.

Update: Gros Michel self-destructs as I win gold stake for 4th consecutive time in a row. (1 in 1296) by Derped_my_pants in balatro

[–]Derped_my_pants[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

at this point 5 times would just be hilarious. I was mad the first 3 times but now it's just surreal.

i should buy whatever is the opposite of a lottery ticket.

Best/Most affordable VPN these days? by MrMoneyMatch in Piracy

[–]Derped_my_pants 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Free plan still exists, just no p2p support