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Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#31

Post by nadu » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

Carl from Sweden who actually received calls, recollects his experience here - https://medium.com/@carlheath/stories-from-the-swedish-numbe...

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#32

Post by nissehulth » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

TransAm wrote: post #14

Dialed 3 times, twice got an answer in - Arabic. 0.87$ in Skype fees well spent...

Oh, a freshly made troll account accompanied by his "friends".

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#33

Post by interfixus » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:32 PM UTC

nissehulth wrote: post #32

TransAm wrote: post #14

Dialed 3 times, twice got an answer in - Arabic. 0.87$ in Skype fees well spent...

Oh, a freshly made troll account accompanied by his "friends".

What exactly do you mean?

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#34

Post by vhab » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:39 PM UTC

exabrial wrote: post #16

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

The offerings in IKEA are a bit larger in Sweden, other things that can be bought* here: Apartments[0]

[0]: http://www.boklok.se/

* Company owned by Ikea and buyers are selected with a lottery system held at an Ikea location

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#35

Post by megalodon » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

interfixus wrote: post #33

nissehulth wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, a freshly made troll account accompanied by his "friends".

What exactly do you mean?

The far-right in Sweden have a habit of creating fake accounts in the purpose of spreading racist propaganda.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#36

Post by michaelchisari » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

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.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#37

Post by cm3 » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

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

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#38

Post by yincrash » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:45 PM UTC

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).

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#39

Post by nxzero » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:45 PM UTC

dceddia wrote: post #20

balls187 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Is your refrigerator running?"

Well yeah, why?

"Is your refrigerator running?"

"Yes."

"Well, you’d better go catch it!"

(Click.)

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

#40

Post by distances » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:45 PM UTC

draugadrotten wrote: post #17

Zikes wrote: post #3

Similarly, the @Sweden Twitter account is given to a different random Swede every week.

The abuse of the @Sweden Twitter account is obvious -- just look at the lebanese immigrant Elias Kreidy who wrote “I’m the immigrant f king your daughter while you’re trying to sleep ignoring her moans calling me ‘daddy'”. Now imagine this guy answering a phone line as an ambassador for the country! NSFW article about the tweet: http://www.infowars.com/im-the-immigrant-fking-your-daughter...

This site seems to be run by a conspiracy theorist [1]. Next time a more reasonable source would probably be in order.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones_%28radio_host%29