Where would you rather live the US or Sweden

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  • Posts: 31,480
    Canada
    PJ_Soul said:
    I wasn't talking about you, or even thinking about you when I wrote that post. I was making a general point. Like I said, a "real" point. Not one related to you and your friends' constant bickering (which is making the AMT intolerable).
    Well you squeezed yourself in between an active discussion with a post regarding a topic connected to the matter discussed and PJPOWER trying to reshape what he had previously stated. So yeah. 

    You are free to put me on ignore if ”intolarable”. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Posts: 6,499
    edited July 2019
    U.S.A.
    mrussel1 said:
    To further the point.. I'm sitting in West Palm right now, heading to the DMB show in a bit with my son.  We started yesterday in Miami and spent the evening in Little Havana.  Miami is South America in so many ways.  WPB is a different world.  Tomorrow we head down to the Keys with the rest of the family for a week of snorkeling, boating, fishing, etc.  That area is basically the Caribbean.  So three completely different cultural experiences, in one state, and about 200 miles.  Pretty cool.  
    Awesome!  Sounds like a fun weekend ahead!  I may have to check the Keys out some day.  TX is roughly 800 miles from “top to bottom”:
    https://www.businessinsider.com/how-big-is-texas-2014-4

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  • New Jersey Posts: 29,125
    U.S.A.
    I d love to drive cross country across Canada. Is there anything to see in Nunavut? 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,686
    edited July 2019
    Canada
    Well you squeezed yourself in between an active discussion with a post regarding a topic connected to the matter discussed and PJPOWER trying to reshape what he had previously stated. So yeah. 

    You are free to put me on ignore if ”intolarable”. 
    I made a comment I wanted to make, and didn't reshape anything.
    I don't find YOU intolerable. Like I've told you already, I find the bickering going on between you and a few others intolerable (and I'm not placing you on top of a list - all of you are equally responsible for it IMO). It's why I'm around here way less than I used to be.
    Anyway, I just wanted to make a point about ingrained perceptions about travel and how they differ between Europeans and North Americans. It was a fair point I think.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Posts: 31,480
    Canada
    PJ_Soul said:
    I made a comment I wanted to make, and didn't reshape anything.
    I don't find YOU intolerable. Like I've told you already, I find the bickering going on between you and a few others intolerable (and I'm not placing you on top of a list - all of you are equally responsible for it IMO). It's why I'm around here way less than I used to be.
    I did not mean to imply you reshaping anything. 

    If you went and saw CRAWL please give your thoughts in the horror-thread :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,686
    Canada
    I did not mean to imply you reshaping anything. 

    If you went and saw CRAWL please give your thoughts in the horror-thread :)
    I see now what you meant about the reshape comment (no idea if he did or not!).
    ... I want to see Crawl! Looks fun!
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    We seem to travel the world more than you do - while not having an uniquely shitty health care system, but instead having one that all of the modern world has a variant off.

    Also look at your health care prices you ignorant little person:



    And look at you living  a bunch of years shorter:



    But being egoistic and selfish and not caring about other people I guess is the US most important trait. You are living the stereotype. 

    And yes, again - In sweden you can hunt, and own rifles - we have 70% forrest. 
    Well, with all due respect, that guess is wrong. You do not live in the USA so i don't think there is anyway you know about US people being selfish and not caring people. USA is usually one of, if not the most, giving Country in the world.
  • Posts: 31,480
    edited July 2019
    Canada
    cutz said:
    Well, with all due respect, that guess is wrong. You do not live in the USA so i don't think there is anyway you know about US people being selfish and not caring people. USA is usually one of, if not the most, giving Country in the world.
    The UN target is 0,7% per capita per Country. Once again Sweden (and a bunch of countries of the developed world) is far ahead of the "greatest experiment in the world" - so with all due respect, you are wrong:


    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • Posts: 49,597
    U.S.A.
    On that note, ASAP rockys trial starts on the 30th. Lets see If Trump sends in the navy seals for his new famous black friend. 



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  • Posts: 31,480
    edited July 2019
    Canada
    NO WAY! should she have the human right to health care living in a society that should be made for people to live in. NO WAY!



    For thinking the US is the greatest country in the world, or as good as e.g. the nordic countries, it sure is an outlier in really shitty things very often. *thinking emoji*

    Which says something about people keeping on defending the US instead of facing the music and just coming to terms with reality. 

    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Posts: 16,838
    U.S.A.
    Yes, I know this too well. Have a family member on dialysis now. Bill was crazy when sent to him. In reality though he’s insurance is paying almost everything and he is now on disability. Not a fun life, but hoping things will get better.

    I wish we would just grow some kidneys in a lab already 
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  • Posts: 31,480
    Canada

    I got jailed/banned for like a week doing what you just did, even though it is a common and obvious thing done on internet forums to make a point. 

    A "fixed that for you" edit to make a point got me jailed/banned with some "not allowed to falsify quotes" reason.

    Just a heads up, to you and everyone else on here.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • New Jersey Posts: 29,125
    edited July 2019
    U.S.A.
    Yes!!!!!! @Spiritual_Chaos I picked up a bottle in your honor!!

    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Posts: 44,481
    PJ_Soul said:
    There is real point here. I have noticed the Europeans really don't quite "get" what it's like for Canadians and Americans when it comes to travel. Like someone said already, it is SO cheap and easy for Europeans to travel from country to country. But here, especially in Canada, it is super expensive just to fly without our own massive countries, let alone to other countries. And just the time it takes... I remember my ex, who was from France, couldn't seem to adjust his thinking to match the enormity of Canada's landmass. He seemed to think it was odd that we didn't travel a lot to other parts of Canada. He once had to go to Toronto for a conference, and while he knew where it was on a map, he still thought that taking a quick train there was a viable option. When I told him that the train ride to get there would take 4 days or so, he seemed shocked. And he would suggest that we drive to places for a quick weekend road trip, and I'd be like, um, dude, that's like a 20 hour drive one way! He was just so used to easily being able to move from place to place in France/Europe - the idea of being so limited by your geography was almost like a foreign concept.
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    Anywhere other than planet earth
    We have had it very good travelwise that  may all be about to change but i have benefited from going  all over europe to see pj and i have seen things  i never would have .
    So many dont leave the  town or village here and it blows  My mind.  See it all,see the world!


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  • Posts: 16,838
    U.S.A.
    mcgruff10 said:
    Yes!!!!!! @Spiritual_Chaos I picked up a bottle in your honor!!

    Absolut America....imported 
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  • Posts: 12,248
    edited July 2019
    The UN target is 0,7% per capita per Country. Once again Sweden (and a bunch of countries of the developed world) is far ahead of the "greatest experiment in the world" - so with all due respect, you are wrong:


    Yeah, okay^^^^^
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  • Posts: 13,576
    Sweden
    cutz said:
    Well, with all due respect, that guess is wrong. You do not live in the USA so i don't think there is anyway you know about US people being selfish and not caring people. USA is usually one of, if not the most, giving Country in the world.
    Born and raised in the Heartland.
    Selfish, ignorant, idiotic, materialistic, shallow, stupid...yeah those stereotypes exist for a reason.
    For sure.
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