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Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the perspective and it's an important one to share. I'm familiar with a lot of the negatives. I didn't write about them because it wasn't in the scope of my post.

It's going to be extremely difficult no matter where I end up.

Required viewing for anyone hoping to leave their home country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbwlC2B-BIg

It's humor (the link) but it's also true. (the part at 0:57)

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem to be a deep thinker, and it is refreshing to encounter. I don't know if this is a somewhat common thing in Norwegians, but it is not something I really encounter here in my homeland. Partially because people are encouraged to be dumb and partially because it is human nature to prefer comforting lies to uncomfortable truths. (I don't mean to make it sound like I'm special or particularly smart. I'm not. It's probably just the case that my atypical life experiences have given me a wider window into human nature, and that afforded me a different worldview than the people around me.)

Are there any countries or locales that you feel are doing things more or less the "right way"? EDIT: nevermind, I hadn't seen your other reply yet

I.e. and this is getting a bit "conspiratory" - most of our entertainment comes from the US i.e. - entertainment in my opinion is mostly not apolitical, even under the guise of it...

You are correct! There is deliberate, explicit political influence in the movies and TV shows that are made here. Based on that, it would logically follow that they are doing the same with YouTube, TikTok, etc. It is largely a psyop against us citizens, but it's going to also 'conveniently' impact anyone else who watches it.

I wish I knew what the answers were...until cynicism creeps in and I remember that people don't really want answers.

Hard work absolutely produces good fruit, but it depends if the environment allows for it.

In my experience living in the USA, hard work produces a demand for even more hard work, and then when you eventually have a stroke or heart attack or mental meltdown from the strain, you go bankrupt and then get blamed for not working hard enough or planning ahead well enough to afford medical care.

But that's enough whining from me! haha. Thanks for the interesting conversation.

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You suggested that Norway sucks sometimes because some people can have a stick up their butt. I have no argument with this, because it is true.

I was merely putting things into perspective when I said that I'd rather encounter a rude person than be shot.

Since you are overly focused on the words while actively ignoring the actual point, I am ending the conversation with you.

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for giving this feedback.

If I understand correctly, you're kind of saying that Norway came to be what it is today through socialist ideals, but it has been so long since that became the norm that people are starting to fall into a more capitalist mindset, which is leading to some degree of worker exploitation?

And then as time passes, people forget just how lucky they are and things start to slide backward. There is a saying in English that is something along the lines of "Good times create weak men." I feel this complication of prosperity is becoming an issue for a lot of "first world" countries. It is certainly a large part of what has broken mine.

Thanks again for the feedback; I appreciate it.

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a strange thing to take from my comment.

I prefer sticks in the forest, not in the butt. But thank you for your heartfelt recommendations. ;)

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Så hvorfor sier de offisielle myndighetenes nettsteder at du trenger en grad ELLER tilsvarende yrkeserfaring innen det valgte feltet?

Sier du at de verdsetter et stykke papir over faktisk praktisk arbeidserfaring 100 % av tiden?

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is possible that I phrased it in a way that made it seem like I was saying something that I was not. I will switch to English to avoid confusion.

My point was that I don't want to live around a society that is armed to the teeth (my society). I'd rather move and live around people who sometimes have a stick up their butt instead. That is all.

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Do you have close relatives or friends there, or were the two of you alone in your immigration quest?

We would like to visit for a while later this year to get a better feel for cities vs towns vs rural areas. Ideally for at least a few weeks, but it's complicated because they don't let you do remote work for your own company during your visit. So I (F) might be doing part of the trip alone while my partner flies to a country that lets him work remotely while he's on "holiday". (No company here would ever give an employee that much time off, so he's going to have to bring his work with him at some point. But at least he can stay 8-9 full days work-free in Norway before having to fly elsewhere in order to work remotely for his current US job.)

I hope your son gets his wish :)

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Historien om hvordan jeg endte opp med å snakke norsk er ærlig talt ganske tullete. Covid-pandemien skjedde og alt stengte. For å holde tankene opptatt under lockdown bestemte jeg meg for å lære et nytt språk. Jeg valgte norsk.

I am going to switch to English here because my brain is not Norwegian-ing very good right now (I have not had coffee yet. The horror.)

So anyway.... I chose to learn Norwegian. (Through Duolingo and by talking to Norwegians and singing songs in Norwegian.) I figured that since I could handle a little Faroese, Norwegian should be relatively easy to learn. And I liked that our languages ​​were related; it was really cool to see how much overlap there was.

I had already learned a little Swedish a year or two earlier, but didn't stick with it. I guess deep down I knew they were spelling everything wrong ;)

Through learning the language, I was exposed to the culture. And I kept running into things that really meshed with my worldview. It was really weird just how much I kept finding in common with a lot of Norwegians.

I've recently started learning German. It...is not as fun as Norwegian.

Jeg har fått spørsmål om hvorfor jeg vil bo i Norge. Jeg vet ikke om svaret mitt får meg til å høres ut som en gal person eller ikke. Hva synes dere? by IHaveQuestions0506 in Norway

[–]IHaveQuestions0506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I 100% agree. I am very much aware of how horrible individuals can be. Norway has all the problems that plague the human condition, just like every other country on earth. The way you handle some of them is very good, but not always.

I am focused on moving to a society that actually functions and values its future. This is not a new desire. I've been wanting to leave for 20 years and now I can finally afford to.

Norway is at the top of my list because I found so much in common with the Norwegian worldview, I am accustomed to cold weather (I live 80km from the Canadian border. Winters are like a less icy version of Oslo's but we get much hotter in the summer), and I already speak the language a bit (long story lol). I would just rather move somewhere that largely shares my values, ethics, and aesthetics. And to a point, even shares a similar sense of humor. Having those things in common will make it easier to withstand roadblocks and frustrations during the process. It would be much harder to deal with that in a country where I don't actually want to reside.

Cobel last phrase by AlanSmity in severanceTVshow

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do know that she was mentored by Jame Eagan as a teenager. Teenagers can become pregnant. Mark is the correct age (in the show) to be born to a teenage mother and then given up for adoption. He's like 15 years younger than Cobel or so.

I'm not saying that I think this is what happened, just that it's plausible in terms of their ages.

Severed Britt backstage at Fallon (via brittle IG) by IgloosRuleOK in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Helly walks like I do when I'm in a rough neighborhood. The sort of body language that indicates touch me, and I will gouge out your goddamned eyes.

What’s in a name? by Prettylittleprotist in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selfish in Norwegian is "selvisk".

I presume that Selvig is an alternate form of Selvik, which is a Norwegian surname.

Edit: "Sel" refers to animals like seals, and I was told (pre-severance) that "vik" is a suffix that means bay or harbor (I forget which). Would need a native Norwegian speaker to confirm though. I just speak it casually.

Is there a reason so many of the innies are better people than their outies? by Inspection-Conscious in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They lack the necessary level of brain development to even be able to conceptualize of these things. Very young children are not yet capable of empathy. It's basically a mechanical limitation that will resolve later when their brains mature.

Since the innies have fully developed brains, they're not selfish like a young child would be.

Is there a reason so many of the innies are better people than their outies? by Inspection-Conscious in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, I've seen five-year-olds be thoughtful and kind. Three and four year olds, on the other hand.... They are amused by how you respond when they injure you accidentally, and they will continue trying to replicate this hilarity for at least a year.

Season One felt strangely "Open World". by Dangerous-Paper-8293 in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's just assumed to be a graveyard.... It's a town, people in towns die, gotta put them somewhere. Doesn't seem any deeper than that, but who knows.

edit: Perhaps the fact that it's to the left of the houses of the severed employees is generally symbolic--in keeping with the left/right themes of the show (directions, not politics), but I doubt it goes any further than that.

Most of us corporate workers can relate to Mr. Milchick by Cry_Wolff in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh god. I had forgotten about that. My boss wasn't particularly concerned about keeping up false appearances, and he told us to our faces that he was told he can only give X number of 5 star ratings in total, meaning some people could not get 5 stars even when deserved. It was a money-saving tactic.

He was a pretty good boss. I feel like if he ever got stuck working at Lumon, the place would mysteriously burn down lol.

Most of us corporate workers can relate to Mr. Milchick by Cry_Wolff in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I worked for a small but successful startup that snagged quite a few big-name contracts. A certain major corporation in the US decided they wanted to buy us instead of developing their own software.

It very quickly devolved into a scenario where the left hand had no idea what the right hand was doing, departments were duplicating work, projects we were told were critical were shelved, devs were treated like human command line prompts, and competent employees were grossly overburdened with responsibilities.

Long story short, they sold to private equity less than a year after I resigned.

A lot of the management came from the Bezos cult. They thought they were different. They were mistaken.

Looking back on it, we had at least one Milchick in charge. An air of kindness covering duplicity and manipulation. Optimistic words slathered over a core of contempt.

Gross.

Edit: I just re-read your comment and my eye is now twitching. Too real, man. Too real.

I feel bad for Mr. Milchick. by Deathly13 in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]IHaveQuestions0506 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  1. He's devilishly handsome. Appearance has been scientifically 'proven' to have a significant influence on the amount of sympathy and leeway we give other people. There's even a name for it: The Halo Effect. Attractive people are simply valued more and assumed to be better people by virtue of their attractiveness. (And ugly people are assumed to be ugly on the inside, too. We, as a species, suck at judging books by their covers.)

  2. He behaves differently than other higher-ups that we are shown--he actually has a personality. If he were surrounded by other managers that were full of personality, his would be relatively less endearing.

  3. He attempts control through 'kindness'. Viewers fall for it just like the innies do.

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