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Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by 2143 »

rejectfinite wrote: post #34
2143 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard about this before. And I'm puzzled. Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Update: I don't mean any offense to Scandinavians or anybody else. Update 2: I'm not American, so please don't use the comment section to crap on Americans with the as…

> When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Given?? We work 40h a week and pay taxes. Social security is not to live on forever, its temporary until you find a job. If you are too sick, then yes you CAN get it forever. Food? You think we are given food? We have supermarkets. Yes it is good quality as we have GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT,…

If you don't like America don't go there. Nobody's forcing you to move to that — to quote your own words — "hellhole", are they?

In your culture do people typically crap on others and spread hate like you're doing here? Or is it just you?

I mean, seriously, what are you, 12?

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by karencarits »

2143 wrote: post #24
vinni2 wrote: post #2

For those who don’t know slow tv was popularized by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) with train journeys and ship routes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television

I've heard about this before. And I'm puzzled. Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Update: I don't mean any offense to Scandinavians or anybody else. Update 2: I'm not American, so please don't use the comment section to crap on Americans with the as…

You may want to test it yourself;

* Along the coast: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt

* Train: https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009

* Hiking: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt

* Driving: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt

* Singing: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt

* The opera: https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318

* Moving reindeers: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by op00to »

ui4jd73bdj wrote: post #19
WJW wrote: post #6

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So the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log ), then was popularised in Norway and perfected in Sweden. Might we expect the slow eastward migration to continue and for Finland to come up with the next masterpiece? The Finns are already somewhat notorious for going long stretches of time without speaking, after all. (Big hugs to all nations involved of course)

We have slow TV for hawk nesting and seal sunbathing in Finland. Unfortunately the seals sunbathing location was figured out one year and they had to stop broadcasting it.

Heh. Did humans do their own sunbathing for the camera?

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #37
ollifi wrote: post #11

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Careful there. Nest cams can turn ugly all of a sudden.

Speaking from experience?

There have been a few incidents on UK's BBC Springwatch where they've been watching birds that have been eaten/killed. Parental/sibling killing of chicks is pretty common.

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by apeescape »

WJW wrote: post #6
andrelaszlo wrote: post #3

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But perfected in Sweden with The Great Moose Migration!

So the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log ), then was popularised in Norway and perfected in Sweden. Might we expect the slow eastward migration to continue and for Finland to come up with the next masterpiece? The Finns are already somewhat notorious for going long stretches of time without speaking, after all. (Big hugs to all nations involved of course)

Not live TV per se, but a WWF web stream following ringed seals is hugely popular in Finland. The OG version is called Norppalive (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/), and it followed Saimaa ringed seals. This year's edition follows Baltic ringed seals (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/baltic-ringed-seal/). There may be hours of nothing happening at all, it's great.

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by Sharlin »

2143 wrote: post #24
vinni2 wrote: post #2

For those who don’t know slow tv was popularized by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) with train journeys and ship routes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television

I've heard about this before. And I'm puzzled. Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Update: I don't mean any offense to Scandinavians or anybody else. Update 2: I'm not American, so please don't use the comment section to crap on Americans with the as…

Train dashcam videos are an absolutely awesome way to chill and relax, it's almost meditative. Great way to spend a break at work, for example, and probably much better for one's mental health than almost all the crap that's on normal TV.

Re: Swedish slow TV: The great moose migration [video]

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Post by Sharlin »

2143 wrote: post #29
linguistics__ wrote: post #26

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That's an odd take. A lot of people just like having the TV or radio on in the background and this is a cheap and relaxing kind of content to fill that niche.

Hmm. I see. Actually, I never put on TV in the background. Either there's something I want to watch or there isn't, in which case I turn off the TV. I sometimes keep music on in the background. But this is only if I actually feel like listening to music. For instance, I can drive for hours with no music on (and no, my car exhaust note isn't very exciting).

I don't put on TV in the background either, but the other typical use case of slow TV, watching for 15 or 30 minutes or even an hour to relax and decompress very much resonates with me. Just like I could spend an hour in front of a fireplace, just watching the flames. Nothing "boring" about that.
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