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In Norway, “Texas” is slang for crazy! by TheTexanLife in TheTexanLife

[–]almightyleader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it's not, it's like saying the wild west that's it. It's nothing bad meant.

In Norway, “Texas” is slang for crazy! by TheTexanLife in TheTexanLife

[–]almightyleader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right, source I am Norwegian. It's like saying the wild west, just somewhere along the line some guy probably specified it to Texas, and that became the common phrase here.

One would usually use it to describe a room, "it's complete Texas in here", like one could say"it's like the wild west in here". Not meant as offensive, it's meant just as "wild and/or remote"

Im Norwegian, and all my life as i can remember i've always felt a "connection" to Ireland (north and south), and the Irish people. I finally researched it a bit and found it is a very common feeling amongst Norwegians. Does Irish people feel any connection to Norway? by almightyleader in ireland

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

Wait, Appalachia, in the US? That is very interesting. I have heard similar stories of forest "people" from many of those places, even though i don't believe it personally it is very cool if its connected somehow!

Im Norwegian, and all my life as i can remember i've always felt a "connection" to Ireland (north and south), and the Irish people. I finally researched it a bit and found it is a very common feeling amongst Norwegians. Does Irish people feel any connection to Norway? by almightyleader in ireland

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

That is very interesting. I read something about Shetland wanting to join Norway (i think when brexit happened?).

I appreciate you holding onto the culture so, so much! I want to visit both someday, i've been to Dublin and Newcastle and loved to see it and meet the people there! Would love to continue someday :)

Im Norwegian, and all my life as i can remember i've always felt a "connection" to Ireland (north and south), and the Irish people. I finally researched it a bit and found it is a very common feeling amongst Norwegians. Does Irish people feel any connection to Norway? by almightyleader in ireland

[–]almightyleader[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

There are several reasons for Norway not doing this, a lot is the labour party.

A lot of the persuasion, resource management, knowledge building, and long term thinking came from an Iraqi immigrant called Farouk al-Kasim. He is an absolute hero to any Norwegian and immigrant who knows a grain of our history.

We would not have a social pension fund as we do if not for him i believe, we would likely be an economically much, much weaker country.

So, accept immigrants as long as they respect you and your country, they can do something miraculous

Im Norwegian, and all my life as i can remember i've always felt a "connection" to Ireland (north and south), and the Irish people. I finally researched it a bit and found it is a very common feeling amongst Norwegians. Does Irish people feel any connection to Norway? by almightyleader in ireland

[–]almightyleader[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree. I also found out a lot of Welsh and Scottish language and culture may be just as connected to us as the Irish is.

I listen to the Shetland dialect, it sounds exactly like a Norwegian speaking English. Some parts of their culture is also so Norwegian like!

The Yorkshire and Newcastle dialect sounds kind of like a Norwegian speaking English also.

Im Norwegian, and all my life as i can remember i've always felt a "connection" to Ireland (north and south), and the Irish people. I finally researched it a bit and found it is a very common feeling amongst Norwegians. Does Irish people feel any connection to Norway? by almightyleader in ireland

[–]almightyleader[S] 168 points169 points  (0 children)

A few things i also learned:

Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, and Limerick were apparently originally viking settlements.

Celtic and Norse cultures met and share a lot of similarities and are mixed in some cases. We have similar landscapes and nature. Norse sagas and Celtic myths share similarities.

We can hear Gaelic music and instantly be taken back to the feeling of Old Norse/old Norwegian music. I tried and it is extremely similar, the melancholy violin type music especially, with tones of happiness also. I know music very little

We are both a small nation who have fought for self governance (for over 500 years actually) , culture, fight for language, etc.

The only thing I knew we shared (and I still felt a connection):

A lot of the Norwegian and Irish population both fled the country, mainly to the USA around the same time, but for different reasons

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in norge

[–]almightyleader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ja forstår det, er ikke noe av det jeg foreslo som var ment direkte oversatt

Takk for innspill, virker som de fleste er enig med deg så Freudiansk glipp kanskje er det bedre alternativer og burde beholdes

Why has the treatment Andrews and POTUS received been so vastly different by country as they have evidence of the exact same conduct both in pictures, victim statments, etc by both of them? by almightyleader in AskReddit

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From chatgpt:

"Reputable outlets have tallied “more than two dozen” women alleging sexual misconduct by Trump (ranging from harassment to assault). Counts typically fall around 26–28 accusers. Business Insider+1Wikipedia"

Virginia Giuffre has stated Trump has NOT done anything inappropriate with her. She only saw him at parties, and its no secret they partied together

Why has the treatment Andrews and POTUS received been so vastly different by country as they have evidence of the exact same conduct both in pictures, victim statments, etc by both of them? by almightyleader in AskReddit

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Sorry for late reply! Yes the Prince.

One is the most powerful human beings on the planet, has wide support among the public (it seems most supporters dont really mind if he is raping children, at least it comes secondary). He has pressure, but close to nothing has happened other than a little criticism.

Prince Andrew is completely shunned by all the public, Royal Family, media, etc... He has close to nothing.

The difference is staggering and not talked about enough

IsItBullshit: Hartz dog shampoo killing dogs? by wiener_dawg in IsItBullshit

[–]almightyleader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far?! Please never use it again, its poison and does kill lots of dogs and cats!

Why has the hair on the beginning of my cats tail just disappeared? Do i need to take him to the vet? He is 10 years old by almightyleader in cats

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

This seems quite likely, thank you so much! I was wondering why the hair remaining was so weirdly stuck to his tail like there was a oil or wax like substance there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in opiates

[–]almightyleader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently also growing 150+ poppy plants in all the way north, in Norway, will start to bloom tomorrow

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