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28 Aug 2020, 10:31 pm

I'm with the OP. But If I can't run away to another country maybe I can disappear into the American wilderness and try to isolate myself from the Trump Mania?


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28 Aug 2020, 10:58 pm

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What happened to all of those celebrities who said they would leave the US if Trump won in 2016?


It was a threat...never figured anyone would give up luxury to go live in Africa



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28 Aug 2020, 11:03 pm

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I'd rather live under Trump than spend my life in Iceland...
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icel ... st-europe/

I feel like part of that is due to not getting enough Vitamin D from sunlight. Lack of Vitamin D plays a part in depression. Winters are brutal as hell, and I believe you only see the sun for an hour some days.


Its a little more complicated. Many Scandinavians struggle with boredom as well and loneliness as unless you are a frontiersman there probably isn't a heck of a lot to do. When you throw in the dark winters and lack of sunlight it has an impact.

The tourist brochures only show us pictures of rolling landscapes, beautiful Fjords and pristine environments. But if you are born there you take it for granted.



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28 Aug 2020, 11:04 pm

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That's swiss, not swedish. I do not yodel, and my closet contains zero pairs of lederhosen.

Oh, lol that's true. I got them confused but I am an American so that's expected. :)


They may not yodel in Sweden.

But if you ever visit Sweden you might wanna go next door to Austria, so you can see kangaroos in the wild! :D


Don't forget to visit the Fosters brewery while in Austria. :D


Australia?



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28 Aug 2020, 11:19 pm

cyberdad wrote:
I'd rather live under Trump than spend my life in Iceland...
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icel ... st-europe/


Seems like wherever non autistic people are miserable works out better for us, Scandanavia, Japan, Thailand, Russia I have visited some of these places and have friends from other, they seem a bit more hospitable to us, but most of the people their are suicidal/depressed and nihilistic.



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28 Aug 2020, 11:22 pm

DonJuan wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
I'd rather live under Trump than spend my life in Iceland...
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icel ... st-europe/


Seems like wherever non autistic people are miserable works out better for us, Scandanavia, Japan, Thailand, Russia I have visited some of these places and have friends from other, they seem a bit more hospitable to us, but most of the people their are suicidal/depressed and nihilistic.


Don't forget visiting places is not the same as living there.



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28 Aug 2020, 11:40 pm

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Don't forget visiting places is not the same as living there.


Agreed. I have found it much more fun to visit places than to live in them.


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28 Aug 2020, 11:51 pm

cyberdad wrote:
honeytoast wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
I'd rather live under Trump than spend my life in Iceland...
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icel ... st-europe/

I feel like part of that is due to not getting enough Vitamin D from sunlight. Lack of Vitamin D plays a part in depression. Winters are brutal as hell, and I believe you only see the sun for an hour some days.


Its a little more complicated. Many Scandinavians struggle with boredom as well and loneliness as unless you are a frontiersman there probably isn't a heck of a lot to do. When you throw in the dark winters and lack of sunlight it has an impact.

The tourist brochures only show us pictures of rolling landscapes, beautiful Fjords and pristine environments. But if you are born there you take it for granted.


I am reminded of this classic video


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28 Aug 2020, 11:52 pm

the rest of the world basically doesn't want anything but our money. those without money are totally SOL. nobody wants the poor. hell, even the poor don't want the poor. what a hellworld. that said, if Sweden would take pofolk me, i'd live there, even as a homeless. where i live the winters aren't much better. and i could definitely handle a Swedish summer. Costa rrRica at one time was inviting but COL has gone way up since too many amuuuuricans found out about it. Ecuador is the next big thing for ex-pats. there are 1.1 million of 'em in the tamer parts of Mexico, in enclaves. Canada or NZ or Australia would be my #1 choices, though.



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29 Aug 2020, 4:25 am

cyberdad wrote:
Bravo5150 wrote:
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That's swiss, not swedish. I do not yodel, and my closet contains zero pairs of lederhosen.

Oh, lol that's true. I got them confused but I am an American so that's expected. :)


They may not yodel in Sweden.

But if you ever visit Sweden you might wanna go next door to Austria, so you can see kangaroos in the wild! :D


Don't forget to visit the Fosters brewery while in Austria. :D


Australia?


Bingo!



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29 Aug 2020, 4:41 am

For illustration purposes:

Just an average swiss doing normal average everyday swiss things:




An everyday swede dealing with everyday swede problems:


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29 Aug 2020, 4:53 am

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For illustration purposes:

Just an average swiss doing normal average everyday swiss things:

Franzl Lang was Bavarian. Switzerland and Bavaria are much less similar places than they may appear to be.


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29 Aug 2020, 4:55 am

Good catch, and apologies to Switzerland and Bavaria both: Alternative video:


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29 Aug 2020, 9:17 pm

Why Norway with the sh***y weather , piss poor selection of groceries (no dr Pepper , no Pepsi 4-pack , smooth peanut butter almost impossible to find - you eat Grandiosa cardboard pizza and only Coke , want something else , lol you can forget about it !) , cant even go out for dinner cuz its entirely too expensive , taxed to death on everything , again i ask - why ??)

3$ for a tiny portion of fries at BK , wth :roll:

In Norway they dont really like foreigners , oh sure they like your getting your $$$

Also theres a reason why people from Oslo are not in high regards outside of the city

Swiss is expensive but at least a better selection of groceries , even polish people say norwegian grocery stores reminds them of their own commie era due to the poor selection :lol:



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29 Aug 2020, 10:13 pm

Carpeta wrote:
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Don't forget visiting places is not the same as living there.


Agreed. I have found it much more fun to visit places than to live in them.


Montana is fun to visit but I lived there and didn't like it.


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30 Aug 2020, 1:00 am

i felt like a stranger in a strange land when i was in montana 32 years ago.