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Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by colechristensen »

Dutchie wrote: post #84
nxcho wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Knife i guess or buy factory sliced. Most cheeses in america is a bit to soft to slice with a cheese slicer anyway.

American cheese? Does that relate to real cheese as Pizza Hawaii compares to an actual Italian pizza?

There's cheese which is made in America which for most intents and purposes is cheese like everywhere else, and then there's "American cheese" which comes in slices or blocks and is "cheese product" and only vaguely resembles the real thing despite being delicious in certain guilty-pleasure situations.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by JensRantil »

jkot wrote: post #93

Skype has something similar back in 2005. You could ring random person and have a chat. I dont understand obsession about Sweden. It is expensive country in decline with high crime. There are better places in Europe.

I'm sorry, but this is a ridiculous statement. I live in Stockholm. I'm a Swede and grew up here; No, crime is not generally a large problem in Sweden. In reality crime is not a big issue anywhere in Scandinavia. You can find some statistics here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... and here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by interfixus »

stenl wrote: post #90
interfixus wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and so do you. Sweden actually does have a statistics bureau. And they do make statistics. They just wrap them up real discreet. Native swedes are becoming a minority in Malmø, the third largest city in Sweden, and apparently home turf for one of the Brussels bombers.

Oh come on. 16% of the population is foreign-born, of which half are Europeans. Of the top ten immigrant countries, only one is arab (Iraq), and they constitute 1.3% of the population. The many Syrians who came last fall are not in the statistics yet, but will likely also amount to less than 2%. In Malmö, less than 30% are foreign-born, and the largest group is (unsurprisingly) Danish, along with Iraqi and former Yug…

Oh yeah. And the hand grenades, and the constant shootings, and the rapes, and the burning schools, and the burned out cars, my god, it's all so quaint and Swedish.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by jib »

michaelchisari wrote: post #36
exabrial wrote: post #16

Anyone try this yet? I've always wondered what Swedes think about IKEA in America...

I dated a Swedish woman, and she would go to Ikea whenever she felt homesick. She would sometimes run into other Swedes there.

I did this when I first moved abroad. First weekend out of Sweden I went to the local IKEA and got stuff.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by Dutchie »

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #133
anteht wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please provide links to the data and numbers in that case.

I think people are mostly concerned with muslims, in effect, whether they're arab or not. Take the Netherlands for example, it features a guy called Wilders who frequently talks about Eurabia (instead of Europe) and calls the labour party (partij van de arbeid) the partij van de arabieren (arabs). When in reality, 90% of muslims in the Netherlands are Berbers and Turks, not arabs. There's an anti-arab sentiment becau…

Regarding the racist tendencies in the Netherlands: take heart, not everybody shares them. Wilders may be a very loud mouthed politician but he still represents just a minority.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by drakonka »

yincrash wrote: post #38
cm3 wrote: post #37

Did people sign up for this or was it involuntarily and anyone, including those who don't want to be bothered, will get calls?

People sign up. There is also a http://twitter.com/sweden that is also run by citizens who sign up (it rotates every week).

Not just citizens! I was fortunate to be asked to tweet as @sweden last year and I've only been living here for a few years.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by JensRantil »

known wrote: post #18

Ingenious; Will also reduce suicides;

Let's clear this up once and for all; That Sweden has a high suicide rate is a rumour and not true. Sweden's suicide rate is below the average of the OECD countries. Feel free to read up on it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Sweden

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by ascorbic »

VLM wrote: post #136

Nobody has mentioned the language issue yet? Unfortunately what I've seen implies they talk in English. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But my son has been taking French language class in school and this provides the obvious extension to their idea of "talk to a random French-speaking person" or whatever other language someone wants to learn. Something like that probably already exists anyway. I suppose th…

I've visited Sweden quite a few times and have travelled around quite a bit. I didn't meet a single person who couldn't speak English to some extent. I didn't meet a single person under about 50 who wasn't completely fluent.
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