Scott_of_the_Arctic @ Scott_of_the_Arctic @lemmy.world

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Ok but where are you originally from. Because they have a very short list of good countries. And a good many of them will say things like "yeah but you're not one of those immigrants". I'm not saying everyone is like this but a large number are, especially after a few beers.

TBF, when I first heard of this I didn't realise dude was a tromsøværing. He probably isn't that way just young and dumb.

He also answered when asked about recreational drug use that he has tried weed a couple of times in places where it's legal and had a picture of a homemade pipe on his phone. Which Also shouldn't be a problem, but it wasn't necessarily the Vance pic that got him turned away.

Norwegians have this fanciful notion that all European and north American countries are essentially the same and that nothing is as bad as it's made out to be by those hysterical foreigners. This requires some degree of cognitive dissonance because they also feel like there is no country as good as Norway and everyone must really want to be Norwegian.

So he probably assumed it wasn't nearly as bad over there as people are saying and if he was to get into difficulty he could just say he's Norwegian and people would just let him off because everyone loves Norwegians. Also he's 21 so not terribly smart yet.

Not to mention that he's probably never been in a situation where a border control person takes your phone.

Well, in the case of Syria, decades of oppression under the Assad family combined with religious ideology.

There are occasions when it's useful.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_cultural_heritage_by_the_Islamic_State

I'm not saying it always is but there are a lot of very unstable places run by people who just don't care about this stuff. And at the time it was stolen it was either the British museum, someone's private collection, or the Vatican.

No reason you can't have both, you lucky girl 😉

All trumps most trusted advisors are jesters. They're just not funny jesters.

Bob, James, Ethan, Alice, Deborah, Gustav, Robert, Ingrid, Bridget, Anne Sofie, Cletus, Paul, Jane, Chris......

Sleep apnea makes you feel hungover. Get checked.

American democracy won't survive the next flu season. It's pretty fucking fragile.

Well I'm British so... fuuuck that!

The actual dress is blue and black and even when heavily backlit it just appears to be a lighter shade of blue, but not even close to white.

But it's not tinted blue. It's extremely vivid.

Just asked my kids (Not around for the first time). One says blue and black/gray and the other said purple and green/gray. I've never known anyone who actually saw it as white and gold. Only heard that people do.

Not if I film it.

when a country drops nukes. Ftfy

But there'd still be a difference between when first light hits and when the solar winds strip the atmosphere from the planet. So as long as it was night time you'd have time to drop a couple of dank memes.

I'm not saying it's legal. I'm saying if someone wearing a balaclava tries to force me into an unmarked van, they're getting stabbed.

Yes because the legal system was sooooo effective last time.

If someone wearing a balaclava and civilian clothes grabs you, I'm pretty sure it's reasonable to stab them.