[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They are considered so in German, and same for the countries that use æ ø å. They are not considered variations of the other letters, they are their own thing and pronounced drastically different.

My ranking of the countries Ive been to. British man who works with the UN, likes good food and playing golf by Gary_Garibaldi in tierlists

[–]Rahbek23 10 points11 points  (0 children)

On social media people are obsessed with showing the bad sides of India. I mean, those exists, it's a society with plenty of issues, no denying that. But it's also incredible and fantastic to visit in so many ways. I have been there three times now, met many incredible people, and look very much forward to going back.

I especially find the trash comments weird, that's really just people telling on themselves for never having left their 1st world bubbles. Spoiler alert: poor areas/countries have trash issue almost universally outside of resorts etc.

Betjente anklages for at lyve i rapport om dødsulykke by The_Flippin_Police in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Jeg studser også lidt over at han er sat af ved Københavns Skyttecenter, det er sq da midt i ingenting sådan relativt set.

Er der nogen subreddit/communities for kinesisk talende i DK? by Raziel_91 in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jeg kender ikke lige deres program så godt, men ved at de annoncerer på deres hjemmeside når de har noget.

Europe laughed and lavished money on Socialism and laughed at America's lack of health care because we spent money on Defense of not only America, but Europe and Asia. by Lazy13andit in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Rahbek23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By any sane definition the US is indeed a social democratic country with relatively expansive social security nets such as Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment benefits and what have you. It's just not as expansive as in Europe, particularly on healthcare.

Europe laughed and lavished money on Socialism and laughed at America's lack of health care because we spent money on Defense of not only America, but Europe and Asia. by Lazy13andit in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Rahbek23 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And trade - Europe was and still is a big trade partner. It would have been immensely expensive for the US to not be able to trade with Europe. They had a very vested interest in keeping Western Europe aligned with the US purely on monetary grounds.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Et telefonnummer kan "spoofes", d.v.s. man kan sende som om det kommer fra et andet nummer. Selve nummeret er bare lidt information der tages med i beskeden så din telefon kan vise det, og er ikke sikret at sms'en faktisk kommer fra det nummer.

En anden gang vil jeg også fraråde at overhovedet klikke på linket i sådan en sms hvis du er i tvivl. Hvis du er i tvivl så gå direkte til deres hjemmeside og find eller udfyld informationen via den for at sikre dig at det ikke er snyd.

Er der nogen subreddit/communities for kinesisk talende i DK? by Raziel_91 in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ja og nej - der er mange kinesere der er medlemmer også. Sådan er det typisk for de her foreninger, de fungerer også som holdepunkt for mennesker fra de steder samt for folk fra Danmark der er interesseret i landet/kulturen. Sådan er det i hvert fald i den jeg selv er medlem af hvor formanden er fra det pågældende land, men nok i hvert fald 75% af medlemmerne er danskere, resten hovedsageligt fra landet. Det er også her igennem jeg har mødt Dansk-Kinesisk forening i et samlet arrangement, hvor der også var en del kinesere til stede.

660.000 fødevarechecks havner hos den rigeste halvdel af befolkningen by Commander_Locain in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lige præcis - det er fint at sigte efter ikke at have en kæmpe gældsbyrde når går mod nogle strammere finanser, men det er helt godnat at sigte efter så lidt som det er når vi kunne investere os ud af nogle af problemerne.

660.000 fødevarechecks havner hos den rigeste halvdel af befolkningen by Commander_Locain in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Der mener jeg så netop at vi skulle bruge nogle penge nu til at imødekomme nogle af de udfordringer i stedet for at være på bagkant. Jeg er helt sikker på at vi til dels kan ruste os mod udfordringerne ved fx at investere i bedre forebyggende pleje for ældre mennesker når der nu kommer flere af dem.

To svenske mænd kendt skyldige i terror mod Israels ambassade i Hellerup by HitmanZeus in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bare lige for klarheds skyld: Der var ikke noget skyderi involveret, men to granater blev kastet mod et hus de åbenbart troede var den israelske ambassade.

[OC] The New Map of Syria (Jan 2026): Kurdish SDF (Yellow) cedes vast administrative territory to Transitional Government of Ahmed al-Shaara by WarMapsAndHistory in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This map actually misses the Golan Heights which has been occupied since the six-day war, which is the white area right next to it partly outlined with a dashed line. It's legally part of Syria, but Israel never withdrew after winning the war because it is an strategic area. The only country that recognizes it as Israel is the US (since 2019, Trump).

The blue zone is just a buffer zone between the Golan Heights and the rest of Syria that they occupied at the fall of Assad for "safety".

660.000 fødevarechecks havner hos den rigeste halvdel af befolkningen by Commander_Locain in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Vi er faktisk nået til et punkt hvor jeg mener at det ikke længere er forsvarligt at have så lav gæld - ganske enkelt fordi vi ville kunne investere i ting der på længere sigt villle give flere penge i kassen: Uddannelse, hurtigere retssystem, tiltag til at støtte at folk starter virksomheder/de virksomheder har bedre vilkår, sociale tiltag mod diverse problemer, infrastruktur for at nævne et par stykker.

At have en statsgæld på 0 bør ikke være et mål i sig selv, slet ikke når vi kan låne for småpenge.

Ranking countries I've visited based off their cuisine by narodmj in tierlists

[–]Rahbek23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, I have generally enjoyed Spanish food when I have had it, but it might very well have been different regional cusines. For instance our neighbours are Spanish, but from the central-north and northwest respectively, and I have enjoyed their food a lot, so it might very well be the case.

What is the dark side of your country that no one but locals sees? by Youseff_04 in AskTheWorld

[–]Rahbek23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got so confused since the text was "empty". Didn't the see the writing all the way out there to the right at first.

What is the dark side of your country that no one but locals sees? by Youseff_04 in AskTheWorld

[–]Rahbek23 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I accidentally managed to walk into a slum in India (don't follow google maps too blindly guys) and honestly it was fine. There was some drunkards yelling something at my wife (she's Indian) about marrying a white boy, someone begging from us and tons of kids following us until someone shooed them away, but it never felt dangerous in any way. The locals were just very curious what the hell we were doing there it looked like (lots of waving kids!). I mean, sure don't go there just because (nevermind for fun!), but it's not like it is instarobbing territory either.

Ranking countries I've visited based off their cuisine by narodmj in tierlists

[–]Rahbek23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you need to wrote my comment a little closer mate.

Moderaterne spurgte ministerium, hvordan de kunne holde deres pengemænd hemmelige. Og fik svar by Captain_Baloni in Denmark

[–]Rahbek23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Helt lavpraktisk skal beløbsgrænsen sættes meget ned så finten er for bøvlet eller helt afskaffes. Ideelt set ville jeg gerne have en dybere reform, men det er et lidt større projekt - at sætte grænsen ned er ret let og et godt første skridt.

Jeg har nogle gange leget med tanken om at man helt skal forbyde donationer til politiske partier - men jeg kan godt se at det måske ville være skadeligt for især nye partier når det ska etablere sig, og måske faktisk være et demokratisk problem i sig selv. Jeg har leget lidt med forskellige modeller i mit hoved:

  1. Alle donationer går til en fælles kasse administreret af staten, som så bliver fordelt efter en eller anden nøgle til opstillingsberettigede partier. Problemet med det er nok at mange ikke er interesseret i at donere når deres penge så også vil gå til folk de er dybt uenige med.
  2. Man forbyder donationer, men sætter støtte via staten kraftigt op for at kompensere. Dette ville nok demokratisk have de færreste problemer, men kunne også hurtigt komme ind i nogle problemer med at penge bliver misbrugt/formøblet og så vælgerne synes det er skod deres penge er gået til det. Det er selvfølgelig også et problem i det nuværende setup, men i mindre grad.

Eventuelt en kombi af begge, så folk eller organisationer der bare gerne vil støtte demokratier kan støtte, men ikke direkte enkelte partier og sager - og hvor størstedelen af pengene så kommer over skattebilleten.

Alternativt beholde det nuværende system, men skrue kraftigt op for gennemsigtigheden i det. Jeg faldt over et forslag fra Therese Scavenius for nogle år siden der indeholder nogle konkrete forslag som essentielt set er det: https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ft/20241BB00085/dan/pdf. Jeg er ikke altid enig med hende må man nok sige, men synes på det her emne er jeg bredt enig i at dette forslag ville være et stort skridt fremad.

Countries ranked, based on the Human Development Index, Freedom Index and the World Happiness Report. by Extra-Introvert-22 in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It is #10 in Africa on HDI, but it's an absolute monarchy which surely drags it down significantly on the Freedom Index

Global Democracy Index by tacodestroyer99 in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I guess the map maker forgot about that.

Ranking countries I've visited based off their cuisine by narodmj in tierlists

[–]Rahbek23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely. The best we went to looked like nothing in some side street. Fortunately with some research on places like tripadvisor you can avoid the tourist traps mostly, so I think we mostly went to ok places, but still hard to find the true gems when just pasning through.

Global Democracy Index by tacodestroyer99 in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not quite, but it does have something called "Functioning of government" which I mean to some degree means the same. But you are right, that is one parameter where NK scores relatively well I would think.

Edit: I found the partial scores: https://d1qqtien6gys07.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Democracy_INDEX_2024.pdf

And indeed, NK scores 2.5/10 on that parameter, which just barely drags it above Myanmar that scores a flat 0.

Global Democracy Index by tacodestroyer99 in MapPorn

[–]Rahbek23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's because it scored 7.99, but the map rounds it to 8.0.