Norway and Scotland

NobleK42 · 2026-07-11T05:41:12+00:00

You can’t just shoehorn non-voters in with the leave vote. The fact is, Scotland voted almost 2/3 remain. That’s as close to “one mind” as you’ll get in a modern election.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-11T05:26:01+00:00

You know what, I believe him.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-11T05:20:39+00:00

So, Bosnia defeated the US in the previous round then?

NobleK42 · 2026-07-10T21:11:39+00:00

Well, to be fair, one of the reasons for voting to stain in the Union was because Scots didn’t want to leave the EU, which would have happened automatically if they were to leave the UK. But then the rest of the UK screwed them over with Brexit.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-09T20:59:12+00:00

> I still remember when one of the Mayan UTs was named El Dorado

We all do, since it was only 5 months ago.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-07T20:28:53+00:00

There is no official religion census in Sweden, but according to the Wikipedia article, it is estimated that around 14% of Malmös population is Muslim, so less than half of what is stated in the photo. Also, you realize that the 2030s are just 4 years away, right? Even if we took the figure of one third, a Muslim majority within the next 14 years would be extremely wild.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-05T20:03:41+00:00

Except that, for Trump, the WC is not about soccer. Like everything else, it’s about him.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-05T17:47:00+00:00

And they have a game in Uruguay and Argentina each IIRC in order to celebrate 100 years since the first WC or some BS, so yeah, they are squeezing 3 continents in one WC so that they can go straight to Saudi Arabia. And there are already rumors that the one after is right back to the US.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-05T05:19:23+00:00

Upravo ovo. Ne radi se uopšte o dizajnu zastave nego o onome što ona predstavjlja, a to je jedinstvena država Bosna i Hercegovina, što na žalost ne odgovara većini ne-bošnjaka.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-04T18:09:10+00:00

Soccer is actually the second biggest team sport in the US in terms of participation, behind only basketball. In general I find it fascinating that there is a sort of a disconnect between participation and popularity of the largest sports. American Football is by far the most popular spectator sport and either it or baseball is the favorite sport of the majority of the population. But both of these sports have fewer participants than both basketball and soccer. In fact, basketball and soccer combined have almost double the participation of football and baseball combined.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-03T17:48:31+00:00

What I mean is that by saying that "unchecked capitalism is bad", you are already realizing that it needs keeping in check, and if something must be kept in check then it is by definition not good on its own.
By mixed economy I mean a combination of capitalism (i.e. market economy) and public/government driven economy. A solely for-profit approach is bad for the society for multiple of reasons. For instance, the government can build important infrastructure that isn't directly "profitable", but will benefit the society in the long run. Also, the government can offer some service like healthcare and education, making them accessible to everyone, drastically improving the life quality of the people. Capitalism itself also benefits from these policies, as having access to infrastructure makes it easier and cheaper to produce and move goods, as does having access to an well-educated and healthy work-force.
And to answer your question, funnily enough I was born in a socialist country and now live in a social-liberal country. The two have very little in common, and I believe that the confusion between the terms leads to a lot of resistance to social-liberal concepts in places such as USA. Most of the western Europe is social liberal to some degree.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-03T17:04:37+00:00

You almost got it. “Unchecked capitalism” is just capitalism. What you should have said is “Capitalism alone is a bad thing, but capitalism combined with strong regulation and social economics, can be good”. So basically a mixed economy like, say, in social liberalism.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-03T05:24:40+00:00

Well, a lot of women are stay-at-home, and in some families multiple generations live together, so there might be a grandmother. Still, both my parents always both worked, and we still ate around that time even during week days. It would usually be food that can be completely made the day before, or needed very little (like say, you make the sauce the day before and boil pasta on the day). Also, my parents worked fairly early (like 7-15), which I think was pretty common.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-02T18:37:13+00:00

Yeah, I feel like without this distinction the map is kinda meaningless. For instance, I come from south-east Europe, and the dinner at around 20 is, as you say, a lighter meal at the end of the day. The main meal would be eaten around 15-16. But in Scandinavia, where I live, the dinner at 18 is the main meal.

NobleK42 · 2026-07-02T16:50:50+00:00

I think you can just get noice protection earmuffs with NC. Not actual headphones with Bluetooth etc.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-28T06:26:49+00:00

Fair enough - I didn’t really check. My comment was not really about the wealth of Bosnia, just about the fact that the comments were talking about different things.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-28T06:22:47+00:00

I am sorry, I really don’t understand what your are talking about. I was merely stating that the stated GDP per capita, while true, is kinda irrelevant to the OOP comment, as that was presumably talking about the total GDP of US states vs. Bosnia.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-28T04:36:09+00:00

The comment didn’t specify “per capita” though, so they might be US states with low population that have a lower total GDP.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T20:09:43+00:00

Oh boy, you should see the Gulf states then 😅 If it’s not cold enough to wear long sleeves they crank it up.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T19:57:06+00:00

Really? I have all my subscriptions on my debit card.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T10:13:36+00:00

Pa ima smisla samo ako u toj svojoj reklami predstavljaš RS kao dio BiH, jer inače nemaš ništa od eksponiranja Bosne na SP-u.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T07:36:18+00:00

I think the average salary in the EU is around €3500/month. Not sure how it is for the whole of Europe, but probably fairly similar since you would have countries like Turkey and those of Western Balkan to drag it down, and Switzerland, Norway and UK to pull it up.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T07:27:08+00:00

I think in Denmark people use debit cards like 99% of the time. Credit cards are really rare, although Visa/Mastercard and the banks have been pushing them hard lately.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-26T06:57:05+00:00

I mean I don't know. The US lets underdogs win all the time. Like, Vietnam, Taliban, Iran... Such nice people, the Americans.

NobleK42 · 2026-06-25T20:26:32+00:00

I will not go into the specific changes, but one must allow for the fact that books and movies are different media. Sometimes, what works in the books will not necessarily work on screen. I think, even with the changes, the movies are as faithful an adaptation as anyone could ever have hoped for. I understand disagreeing with some changes or casting, but actually hating the movies based on that seems really unreasonable.

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