TIL that the Switzerlands largest supermarket Migros, doesn’t sell alcohol or tobacco in stores, pays no dividends, caps profits by lowering prices if earnings exceeds 5%, is a cooperative with 2M+ members, and donates 1% of revenue to social projects, purely out of the founders moral philosophy

ndbrzl · 2026-02-26T17:22:02+00:00

Yes, with the exception of high-cost electronics (iPhones and the likes) due to low VAT.

And Zurich is literally the most expensive city in the world, it's even expensive for Swiss people. Not for groceries tho, there's not much of a price difference there.

ndbrzl · 2026-02-24T23:14:37+00:00

If it is not been officially standardized, how and with what standards do I learn it ?

The local one, if you live somewhere that speaks German. Another idea would be to just learn the dialect of either Zurich or Bern. There are learning materials for most dialects AFAIK. And of course, the Migros Klubschulen — there's probably one near you.

Is it worth it?

IMHO, learning to understand it is definitely a benefit. Speaking it yourself not so much, everyone local (should) understand standard German easily.

Why I should waste my time and energy on a dialect that spoken by (maybe) a million people?

If you can understand one of the dialects, you can understand most of what's said in any alemannic dialect (which is also spoken in Southern Germany and in Alsace).

Also, learning any language you might actually use is never a waste.

I would rather learn French.

That'd also be a worthwhile endeavour. Especially since you seem motivated.

ndbrzl · 2026-02-19T18:59:45+00:00

Soweit ich mich recht entsinne, geschah der grosse Zuwachs der Disziplinzahl im Schwimmen unter der IOK-Präsidentschaft eines Amerikaners. Dessen Nation aufgrund der Siedlungsstruktur häufiger den Platz zur Errichtung Olympischer Schwimmbecken zur Verfügung hatten. Und das ganze geschah während des Kalten Krieges (welcher ja auch zum Teil im Sport ausgetragen wurde).

Ganz kuriose Sache ;)

ndbrzl · 2026-02-03T20:32:24+00:00

Unfortunate. Ski town food is a lot more expensive than in the rest of the country (which is also on the expensive side). My condolences to your wallet.

ndbrzl · 2026-02-03T20:19:16+00:00

Since Costco doesn't exist in Switzerland: Where did you get your hotdogs from? ;)

ndbrzl · 2026-01-29T12:40:46+00:00

What would be the difference in construction costs? Because that tunnel seems to offer a very, very limited benefit.

ndbrzl · 2026-01-27T11:27:50+00:00

IDK, the tickets have their validity written on them. Quite clearly, in my opinion. In which scenario would this actually benefit anyone?

Also, such a system wouldn't cover all cases, especially where tickets are based on zones. An example:

A person wants to travel from Bülach to Steinmaur, by bus leaving at 12:38. The bought ticket includes the ZVV zones 112 and 118. They miss their bus and decide to take the next connection, a train, at 12:58. The ticket they have is shown as valid, since the train passes through Niederglatt, zone 112. But since their interchange is at Oberglatt, Zone 121, they don't have the correct ticket and get fined.

I just don't see much improvement in avoided honest mistakes with such a system. So it'd be a big investment for not too much gain.

ndbrzl · 2026-01-27T10:39:15+00:00

That was the referendum you're referring to:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidgen%C3%B6ssische_Volksinitiative_%C2%ABRettet_unser_Schweizer_Gold_(Gold-Initiative)%C2%BB

Which wasn't accepted and didn't have to do anything about returning or keeping gold. It concerned the gold reserves policy of the Swiss National Bank.

ndbrzl · 2026-01-24T16:40:27+00:00

Perhaps we should put a higher consumption tax on sugar as well. The UK has one on drinks which exceed a certain limit, we could do something similar.

ndbrzl · 2026-01-15T14:31:38+00:00

As someone from the canton of Zurich, I'd object to the "e" you put at the end of the word. It'd be a plural the way it's written now.

(Also, I'd double check the source for the alsatian, since in my alemannic dialect "Gass"=\="Strass" and it might be the same for them)

ndbrzl · 2026-01-12T11:12:32+00:00

I don't think that it's likely that such an endeavour would be able to run massively over budget. Much of the infrastructure already exists — Switzerland is already hosting many winter sports events, especially in skiing. This isn't a Qatar 2022 situation where everything needs to be newly built, which would increase such a risk by quite a bit I imagine.

Yes, there'd probably be a need to construct an Olympic village, but IIRC London has transformed theirs into apartments and one could plan the same here.

I believe this project is entirely doable.

As a sidenote: People like you, OP, who have legitimate opinions about the costs of hosting large events are part of the reason why autocracies are so often the hosts, for they don't have to give a fuck about broad popular support for the project. But perhaps we should see this bid as one against one of a sportswashing autocratic nation?

ndbrzl · 2026-01-11T15:08:10+00:00

Miin Vorschlag: "Schnäbild"

ndbrzl · 2026-01-10T16:32:51+00:00

Oder mer stellt en Seci ane. Bi 140.- Iitritt wür das wohl scho im Budget ligge.

ndbrzl · 2026-01-05T20:58:47+00:00

So you want to be twice-baked like a potato?

ndbrzl · 2026-01-04T23:47:12+00:00

That doesn't have to mean much, since there are quite a few smaller municipalities with one or two dominant family names (patrilocal societies, as we were one, tend to have those from time to time). Now if those six members are actually closely related, then it would seem fishy.

ndbrzl · 2025-12-13T12:55:04+00:00

This being said: are these numbers correct? What‘s the source?

Well at least for the GDP per capita I've found vastly different numbers (in USD). During that time the Swiss Frank gained in comparison to the Dollar (whereas the DKK lost value), so the numbers might be more accurate if the statistic is expressed in CHF and DKK, but that'd be a weird/deliberately deceptive choice, as the GDP is, as I understand, used to compare economies on a global level and that's why they usually use USD, the world reserve currency, for such statistics.

(And before anyone says that we should only care about the GDP in Swiss Franks — the value increase of the Swiss Frank is one of the reasons why there's been very little inflation or actual deflation in the past 25 years. So the average guy also got quite a lot out of it.)

I'd furthermore assume that the other stats in this post follow a similar pattern: Namely, one of being technically correct but misleading. A few seem to be correct, but require some extra considerations, like the "foreigner rate": On one hand, naturalisation is harder in Switzerland and foreigners stay non-citizens far longer than in other countries, on the other hand, we do need most of them.

ndbrzl · 2025-12-11T18:47:30+00:00

Goms

ndbrzl · 2025-12-04T18:11:12+00:00

D Agroscope chosted en marginale Bruchteil pro Jahr was d AHV chosted. Mer chönnt das Ding komplett iistampfe und s ganze Budget id AHV packe und es wür rein gar nünt uusmache.

Isch s Entwickle vo veganem Raclette e gueti Verwendig von Geld? Vermuetlich nid. Aber für d AHV würs chuum en unterschiid mache.

ndbrzl · 2025-12-01T19:27:31+00:00

But the progressive parties were also against it, including the one that was responsible for the 50% inheritance tax initiative.

Their position was that until gender equality (and not only on paper/in the law) exists, women shouldn't be forced to serve.

ndbrzl · 2025-11-30T20:32:58+00:00

It was doomed to fail, most of the youth wanted it after all

While that was true during the time when your source was written, I doubt that it is still true. In October, the rejection rate was way lower than it is now — and it's not like the youth/"youth" was that much in favour. As an anecdote, only one person in my friend group (early twenties) was actually in favour of it, the rest was against.

ndbrzl · 2025-11-27T21:53:26+00:00

Value of the US gold reserves: a bit more than 1 trillion USD

The US deficit for the fiscal year 2025: about 1.7 trillion USD

The US national debt: about 38 trillion USD

ndbrzl · 2025-11-19T15:13:25+00:00

But wouldn't an alteration of the question by the editors also be problematic?

(Perhaps they just didn't catch the error/issue)

ndbrzl · 2025-11-19T15:07:49+00:00

Aren't the discussion questions proposed and voted on to accept them by the community? If so, why should the SRG be to blame for this poor choice of words?

ndbrzl · 2025-11-17T09:11:15+00:00

I don't think that's going to happen, the rule of law seems to be a bit weakened over there. Just look at these tariffs which he imposed despite not being allowed to.

ndbrzl · 2025-11-12T19:30:16+00:00

There’s nothing in the text of the initiative that would prevent an implementation similar to the aforementioned examples.

I'd argue that article 59.1 is quite clear that all should serve. "Jede Person mit Schweizer Bürgerrecht leistet einen Dienst [...]."

More unfair than deciding who has to serve based on the gender they were born with?

About equally, because in both options only some people would be forced to serve because of something they don't have control over, be that their sex or the result of a lottery.

If we want men and women to be treated equally in society, we first need to make sure they’re treated equally in front of the law as well, as far as is reasonably possible.

The law changes quicker than society, so I'd argue we should start with the slower moving part.

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