Scandinavia and the World

On the 26th? That's rare. Isn't it every friday?

Didn't it use to be every sunday?

https://satwcomic.com/similar-tastes

It's every time she has the time, ergo...

Goddamnit Iceland.

The comments are saying the same thing I was thinking. Why was the comic talking about Blucifer in Denver?

I mean, the comic wasn't about it - it's just a coincidence that the comic referred to something that roughly corresponds with something that exists in the largest country in the world that speaks the lingua franca of the Internet.

Every time Americans relate things from other countries to American things, I like to think of it as the equivalent of Venetian traders converting the value of the same product in China and Egypt to Ducats.

The most Danish answer.

You'd Think America Would Love It

Looking it up, it seems the targets usually contain gunpowder, not dynamite.

And you thought those Scandinavians had odd hobbies...

https://satwcomic.com/thank-you-so-much-petrov#/

A true hero inaction.

Lazy Lady

You'd think that would violate a number of overlapping treaties.

Even before the EU - or at least before Nordic countries had joined it - the Nordic states had treaties between themselves for free trade and free movement and so on. (Norway is not an EU member, yet has those treaties with the other nordic countries.)

Within the EU, there's the Schengen area, of which Denmark is a member - as are the other Nordic EU countries.

There's also the Europan Single Market, within which people with a citizenship in any EU nation have the right to settle in any EU nation.

I can't see how Denmark could deport Nordic people without violating these (and probably other) treaties.

Lost the May Game

That sounds cool, we Americans should steal.. I mean borrow it.

Most Cutest

Seems about right - in my high school Japanese class, they taught us to use -san unless the person requested otherwise, because it's appropriate for nearly all situations.

edited 11th May '18 8:56:11 AM by Sivartis

An almost complete summation of the Japanese Pronouns page. Well, the first part anyways.

Eurovision is justice.

Given how politically influential something like the Olympics can be, this shouldn't be too surprising.

Europeans take Eurovision seriously.

We do?

I mean in Finland at least most people I know hate the show and think its kind of pointless or trash <_<

Only the hardcore fans (and Eastern European nations that want to promote their nation by hosting the event) do. Hence why we were totally suprised when we won last year and had to host it this year on a small/tight budget.

That being said, Eurovision is a ritual (either amongst families, or amongst groups of people who want to enjoy the sheer campiness/narminess/corniness). Occasionally, you get a good few songs and/or performances (Estonia's singer this year, for example), but I can tell you this.

No nation is sending their best to Eurovision.

edited 21st May '18 9:18:53 AM by Quag15

Personally, I couldn't care less.

I don't care about it at all either, but the media like to make some fuss about it once in a while.

I like the Eurovision Song Contest - I've only missed the Grand Final twice since I was about 6 or so, and I always watch the Semi-Finals and almost always the Finnish competition that decides who we send.

(The Grand Finals I missed were 2007 when we hosted it, and I don't remember where I was to have missed it, and this year because I spent that weekend with my friends in a summer home that had no electricity or running water, so I had to watch the Final when I got home, avoiding spoilers about the result.)

My enjoyment of Eurovision is a bit complicated, though, as I suppose it must be for many (or most) viewers. There's definitely an element of ironic seriousness in it, and laughing at how over-the-top and absurd it is, as well as an awareness of the fact that most of the participating countries do not want to win. Most years, there are only about 5-10 songs I actually like, and of those, only about half tend to make it through the Semi-Finals. This year was uncharacteristically good, though - there were more good than bad performances, and despite last year's winner, it felt like there were fewer ballads than usual (which is definitely a positive for me).

Part of the enjoyment is watching it with friends. Most of my friends are not Eurovision fans, though, so it's a bit rare that I can get more than one or two to watch it with me and my girlfriend. It's good to have someone with whom you can react to the songs and performances and make jokes about them. Watching it alone would be much more boring, although that's how I used to watch it growing up, being the only one who wanted to watch it in my family.

Why would they not want to win?