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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Forskellen på størrelsen af generationerne er ikke så stor igen. Det er ikke sådan at boomerne er dobbelt så mange og at alle problemer forsvinder når de dør.

    Boomerne er fortsat den største generation i Danmark, og derfor har de samlet set (uhensigtsmæssig) stor politisk magt, men det er altså kun nogle få tusinder personer til forskel. Millennials er snart den største generation, og udfordringerne på velfærdsområder følger altså med videre.

    Det egentlige problem er ikke hvor mange der har brug for velfærd, men mere hvor mange der bidrager til det. Uligheden vokser, de rigeste bliver rigere, og det er de penge som mangleri samfundet nu, enten i skatter eller i aflønning til andre skatteydere.



  • It’s a reference to a previous speech in which he attempted to create an imaginary dilemma of having to choose between being electrocuted or eaten by a shark. That’s the “clever question”, because the boat salesman had never heard anyone ask that question.

    The boat salesman was probably just being polite, because it’s a stupid question. It’s not a dilemma or even a contradiction. He’s just making a sort of false equivalence and hoping that people are afraid of sharks so he can sell them his opinion on electric boats. In the same speech he also spent considerable time talking about how people ought to be afraid of sharks.

    The addition of a snake and the credibility of his late uncle is a wonderful development of the story. He’s probably going to add more stuff to it until he touches some topic that people actually care about…






  • It’s an interesting place in history, but the origin of the name is undetermined. It has nothing to do with jam or raspberry.

    In Danish the Island is known as “Sild” meaning herring and in German it’s known as “Sylt” which again used to be an old Danish word for low land salty marsh, which it very much is (or at least used to be). The herring is part of the coat of arms of the island, so it’s likely that Sild and Sylt are the same word.

    The viking invasion of England set out from this island around year 450. With the Nordic population moving to the British isles the island was left uninhabited for hundreds of years, until the Frisians moved there around year 800, naming it “Söl”. Again, this is prior to written definitions, so it’s likely that Söl is the same word as Sild and Sylt…

    In 1362 the entire area was flooded in The Great Drowning of Men, changing the landscape to it’s current island form.

    Denmark lost the island to Germany in 1864 and despite the island having its own Frisian dialect it took the official German name “Sylt”.









  • You make a good point. I don’t think governments have a secret plan to avoid freedom of movement, but it is happening.

    The Nordic countries have free movement. It began in the 60s or so. Any citizen from a Nordic country is allowed to settle, work, get married, get universal healthcare, get social benefits, etc. in any of the other Nordic countries. That’s beautiful, but it’s not as easy as it used to be…

    Legally we still have the right, but technology has made it much more difficult, because every country has their own individual system used for online identification, and with every official form being required to be signed electronically it has become difficult. The thing is that you can’t (easily) get the online signature without registering as a citizen in the specific country.

    I remember doing my accounting job just ten years ago. I used to sign off on VAT and tax returns worldwide on paper. Didn’t matter if it was UK, Norway, Germany or Australia. A signature on paper was enough. These days I can’t even file my own personal income report if it occurred in Sweden, because I’m not a Swedish citizen.

    It’s getting better though. More services in different countries accept the digital signatures from other countries, but it’s still a shit show of random chances.

    Now this isn’t about African immigrants, but the solution is. I wish that EU and the Schengen Area would get the shit together and sort out an electronic worldwide identification system. This would solve a lot, because many of the African countries are still connected to their former colonies in this official way, just as the Commonwealth is. Having the Schengen Area work together on this would basically solve a lot of the obstacles in the way of freedom of movement.


  • What you say is also a key point to understanding where the borderline is for sexual harassment or other types of unwanted behaviours in the workplace.

    This is often confusing for some people who often ask: “Why can’t I say this and what’s up with everyone being offended over compliments?”, etc.

    Simply put: It’s perfectly fine to say “nice jeans”, but it is not okay to say “your butt looks great in those jeans”.

    It might be fine for other private occasions, but in a professional working environment we shouldn’t judge each other by personal appearance or sexuality.