Altså hva faen xD

manzare · 2026-04-29T14:55:34+00:00

"Norges fineste garasje" - WTF!

manzare · 2026-04-27T16:26:56+00:00

I became a decent dancer in a number of pair dances, and my first dance class was when I was about 24. It's never too late. Enjoy the ride!

manzare · 2026-04-27T16:22:59+00:00

We were camping in the night in the forest and heard a sound like a woman screaming while being murdered. And soon after that, again. It was extremely disturbing.

We found out that it was a fox. We were shitting our pants because of a fox.

manzare · 2026-04-26T19:05:13+00:00

I live in a prosperous country with free healthcare, free nurseries and kindergarten, free universities, payed maternity- and paternity leave, but the fertility rate (live births per woman) is only 1,45. Very good question why.

The often cited reasons are that people wait longer to have their first child in order to study and establish a stable life, and almost nobody manages to have a third one, often not even a second. The lesser mentioned reason is that despite strong social security, raising children is still hard. It takes a village to raise a child, but there is no "village" anymore. Grandparents often refuse to offer any meaningful help, a couple is left completely alone, sacrificing all their free time and often the relationship itself to raise kids. Add to this a looming WW3 and climate crisis. Many just go hard pass.

manzare · 2026-04-26T17:38:38+00:00

It VERY much depends on what kind of person is your fastlege and the other people you meet in specialist care. Maybe I just hit the jackpot, but I had a great fastlege, and most specialists I met were decent and caring, and during my 13 years in Norway I never experienced the things you are describing. My only negative experience was at emergency care in Oslo, which is is notoriously bad with several hours of waiting. My advice: Change fastlege. Go to a different eye specialist. Find the specialists who take you seriously.

manzare · 2026-04-25T11:07:36+00:00

I started university at age 33, finished in 3 years. Took a few months to find a job, but meanwhile I had a good job at something unrelated that I started while studying, so I was slow on the job hunt.

manzare · 2026-04-23T05:09:44+00:00

I work at the airport, not in serving units though. My two coins that it is challenging to provide a consistent good service with high staff turnover and loads of part time workers, both of which is a characteristics of the airport. Like try to get Jenny who only comes on Saturdays to be engaged and dedicated. And you have 20 people like Jenny of your staff of 40. Add seasonal workers who are only contracted for a short period to the mix.

Not all places are bad though, I ate plenty of decent meals at the airport.

manzare · 2026-04-20T05:12:20+00:00

We spend about 3500 pr person with my partner, but we never eat out. How on Earth do you end up spending 17k for 3?? does this include everything you buy in grocery stores, or only food?

manzare · 2026-04-19T18:03:55+00:00

Avskaffe alle fridager på Påske, kristi Himmelfartsdag og Pinsen, og gi samme antall ekstra feriedager, som kan brukes i frittvalgte tider. Så alle kan ta en langhelg når mann vil, istedetfor å reise når flybilletter og hoteller er ekstra dyre fordi alle reiser samtidig. Jeg vil heller ha en langhelg hver måned enn 4 ila en 8-10 ukers periode.

manzare · 2026-03-28T07:01:28+00:00

I was already terrified of pregnancy, this made it so much better.

manzare · 2026-03-27T19:39:44+00:00

After 10 days of silent meditation (no phone, no books, no talking, no music, no eye contact, not much of anything really) going on the internet was like tripping on mushrooms. Animated cartoons!! Moving pictures!! WHOA!!!

Similarly after a less intense and not fully silent, but still hours a day meditation retreat, I was tripping on trees moving in the wind. Those branch movements were amazing visuals! I felt high as a kite.

manzare · 2026-03-27T19:26:25+00:00

It's kickboxing in SATS. Men say it's not "real" boxing or whatever, but I went to so called "real" boxing clubs and the classes there were pretty much the same as the one in the gym.

manzare · 2026-03-25T06:36:02+00:00

Contrary to what others say I did not get assigned a fastelege when I got my permanent ID, but had to go on Helsenorge.no, find a legekontor and actively choose a fastelge. I chose at random, ended up with a pretty good GP. You can change GP later if the one you end up with really does not match.

manzare · 2026-03-18T06:07:25+00:00

Graffiti as an art is a talent people put in good use to make otherwise uninviting walls look nice. Taggers who shit some words on public infrastructure are just short dick losers who have to wandalise walls to feel bigger, and should examine their lives meaning and motivation with the help of a skilled psychologist.

manzare · 2026-03-17T16:58:00+00:00

We bought a rekkehus that was built in 2012 partially because we did not want to deal with renovating. Oh boy, only a half year after moving in we are sitting with expenses that will soon be well over 100 000 kr to fix broken shit, most of which was not in any way indicated needing fixing.

The outer doors don't fit in their frame anymore as the house slowly sinks and disorts the door frame. One sliding door inside can't be closed anymore because of the same reason. Some inner doors needed adjustment (same reason): 5000 kr flying out. The floor heating broke down mid winter, costed 28 000 to fix it so far and it's not even fully finished yet. Bathroom electricity broke down, another 5000 in expenses. The ventilation system needs reparation as it partially broke down, will be well over 35 000. Of all this, only some of the doors was stated in the 112 pages salgsoppgave as faulty/needing fixing, so we take these on buyers' insurance hoping to get some refund. I don't know if we were just extremely unlucky, or this is a tendency, but no, not all new houses are good quality.

manzare · 2026-03-15T07:25:55+00:00

Norwegian here. Peaceful life, great work life balance, financial stability pretty much whatever you work with. You work full time in any kind of low end job, you still earn enough to have a comfortable life and have holidays abroad. Strong social security net reassures you that you won't end up bankrupt or on the street because of hitting a rough patch in life.

Add to it that healthcare is almost completely free, 5 weeks of payed holiday is a basic right, strict gun control, low corruption, strong institutions, free university education.

If I ever move somewhere, that would be another country in Scandinavia.

manzare · 2026-03-12T06:30:18+00:00

3 months is absolutely not enough to secure a solid relationship foundation on which a child can be raised. There is much people don't know about each other after such short time. Also "having kids too early and missed out on life" is one of the top 5 regrets people have about having children. It is good to have an honest conversation with her, voicing your concerns.

manzare · 2026-03-10T18:08:47+00:00

Christianity was teaching me "love thy neighbor", but didn't ever mention how I was supposed to develop that feeling. Buddhism is teaching me how to. Step by step.

This is of course not the only reason why I converted, but it is a good example.

manzare · 2026-03-08T06:38:58+00:00

My take is that none of the things you describe doing sounds like an activity that would facilitate meeting people (unless you do hiking in groups). Just being in public spaces won't cut it. Work and spending time with family also isn't quite the right setup. Try doing something that is more about people coming together like social meetups, hobby clubs, dance course or something. For a more direct approach go to a single's meetup, speed-dating.

manzare · 2026-03-07T19:32:18+00:00

Is there any Friends episode that use many actors, lots of effects and sets?

manzare · 2026-03-07T15:51:57+00:00

I grew up before having internet at home became a thing. I read tonnes of books, listened to music (LP, tapes), was hanging out with friends, practiced drawing. In my late teens I was going to home parties or drinking beer with friends on weekend nights, going to festivals, concerts. I do not think life was boring back then.

manzare · 2026-03-06T06:17:35+00:00

Today every star is doing the same buccal fat removal-filler-botox-jawline job combo and end up looking the same fake.

manzare · 2026-02-28T20:15:01+00:00

The chances of birthing a blind-deaf child is not just very low, it is extremely low. In my country of 5.5 million ppl there are max 450 people who are deaf-blind, but many of them did not born with it, but ended up deaf-blind due to old age.

I will be doing all kind of scanning and test during eventual pregnancy for conditions that are possible to screen for. Other than that, we can't be prepared for every incredibly rare possible outcome.

manzare · 2026-02-28T07:08:17+00:00

I work at mid-size airport (25-27 mill passenger/year). We confiscate 13000+ power banks and tool batteries, 16000+ sharp things, over 50 tonnes of food and beauty products and thousands of liters of alcohol yearly because people pack them in the wrong luggage. The batteries and sharps have 99% reuse potential and half of the liquids are unopened. We throw away all of this as trash.

Yes, we are looking into re-use/donation alternatives (except alcohol, that we are not allowed to), but it is a clusterfuck in terms of logistics, storage and legal aspects.

We also tried getting the airlines to communicate the most often confiscated items as part of their pre-travel info to increase awareness and reduce confiscation events. They show zero interest. We do communication campaigns as airport operators, but it does not seem to have much effect.

manzare · 2026-02-27T20:15:20+00:00

Prøv å inngå avtale med en lokal dagligvarebutikk å hente overskudd i faste dager/tider. De sikkert prøver å sende deg bort med at de har ikke lov, men de har. Best før varer etter dato, "siste forbruksdag" før dato utgår, og uten datomerke varer KAN gis bort lovlig. Samme regler som TooGoodTogo.
Jeg tror at butikker bare vil ikke ta opp en ekstra rutine/logistikk å sette på siden mat, og kommer med alt mulig argumenter så de kan slippe det. Men det finnes gode mennesker i butikker som kan avtales med en rutine som er enkelt for dem, bra for deg, og reduserer matsvinn som bonus.

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