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[–] arken@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago
[–] arken@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, of course...but why the car? Because there's a car bomb, IRA-style?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

I'd love to understand this joke, could someone explain?

[–] arken@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't know about that -- a kind-hearted and gentle idiot would have a hard time, I think

[–] arken@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

As I said in a different thread recently, the only issue is that the name "vaccine" has been tainted in the minds of idiots. Rebrand it as "natural immune system therapy" or something, and market it as something the establishment is firmly against, and they'd be lining up to get it.

None of these people understand what vaccines actually do.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The benefit is that we can attract more people to come, live and work in Sweden.

This is a job that Swedish Girls Abroad™ is already excelling at. The amount of sob stories from british, australian and american expats lured here by some blond vixen one has had to sit through...

(Come to think of it, we should probably discourage people from coming here instead, it rarely ends well. Be advised: Sweden is cold, dark and no one past 25 wants to make new friends. Education and culture is regarded with suspicion. When swedes hear music, they clap on beats 1 and 3. The younger generations even pissed away their social safety net to a large extent, which basically was their only USP as a country. It's a culture of bean counting engineers with emotional lives irrevocably damaged by protestantism; don't come here, if you value your sanity.)

While I have myself hired people and told them they don't need to learn Swedish to live in our society, they've come back and said that actually they felt they needed to when they had settled and had kids.

Great, so let's make all Swedish speakers feel this way instead of your inconvenienced employees (because you gave them bad advice). Most swedes aren't as fluent as they believe themselves to be and prefer to speak swedish in day to day situations. When you have kids, you can't live in your own little bubble anymore.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm aware. I'm saying we should step it up and probably start earlier.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago
  • Coven
  • Girlschool
  • Early Bolt Thrower
  • Boris
  • Corrupted had an incredible female singer some years ago

Just off the top of my head, probably forgot a lot of great bands.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Thankfully this is a minority opinion and also mostly redundant, since most swedish people of working age speak and write English well enough for business purposes. There would be no benefit and a huge cultural heritage would be lost. Young swedish people need no extra motivation to learn english - they pick it up naturally from globalized media anyway, a lot faster than we can teach them.

The way the world is heading, it would be better to make German, French and Spanish mandatory in school instead.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Worst thing is, that second picture is as close to a genuine smile that I've ever seen from him.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is based on a survey, not Facebook group numbers. 70% of people questioned had either boycotted or considered boycotting US products during the past month.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm convinced the best solution to this problem would be to rename vaccines to something completely different and brand it as a natural remedy that the establishment is fiercely against. "A natural therapy that strengthens and heals your immune system. Ancient asian medicine rediscovered. Witches were burned at the stake in mediaeval Europe for treating people with it."

 

A city freeze Get on your knees Pray for warmth and green paper. A city drought You're down and out See your trousers don't taper. Saddle up Kick your feet Ride the range of a London street Travel to a local plane Turn around and come back again.

And at the chime of the city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown. For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down.

Stay indoors Beneath the floors Talk with neighbours only. The games you play Make people say You're either weird or lonely. A city star Won't shine too far On account of the way you are And the beads Around your face Make you sure to fit back in place.

And at the beat of the city drum See how your friends come in twos; Or threes or more. For the sound of a busy place Is fine for a pretty face Who knows what a face is for.

The city clown Will soon fall down Without a face to hide in. And he will lose If he won't choose The one he may confide in. Sonny boy With smokes for sale Went to ground with a face so pale And never heard About the change Showed his hand and fell out of range.

In the light of a city square Find out the face that's fair Keep it by your side. When the light of the city falls You fly to the city walls Take off with your bride.

But at the chime of a city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown. For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down.

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