Post: #1

A great deal of what has been touched-on by writers in this forum about Sweden is confirmed in a profile on the country by the Guardian.

Here is a short quote:

"Ask the Finns and they will tell you that Swedish ultra-feminism has emasculated their men, but they will struggle to drown their sorrows. Their state-run alcohol monopoly stores, the dreaded Systembolaget, were described by Susan Sontag as "part funeral parlour, part back-room abortionist"."

Article link:

http://t.co/dTw34jjBvx

Post: #2

In my experience Swedish people travelling people overseas talk like they've been liberated.

Stockholm sounds like one of the most cliquish image-obsessed cities in the world. Too many times I've heard them say "I feel like I can't be like myself until I get out of Sweden". I've had some great times with Swedish chicks in Thailand but I would think they wouldn't be the same back home in Sverige.

Quote:The Swedes are, he says, "highly adept at insulating themselves from each other". They will do anything to avoid sharing a lift with a stranger, as I found out during a day-long experiment behaving as un-Swedishly as possible in Stockholm.

Has anyone here been and experienced this? Does it impact day game?

Post: #3

(01-29-2014 03:46 PM)draguer Wrote:  In my experience Swedish people travelling people overseas talk like they've been liberated.

Stockholm sounds like one of the most cliquish image-obsessed cities in the world. Too many times I've heard them say "I feel like I can't be like myself until I get out of Sweden". I've had some great times with Swedish chicks in Thailand but I would think they wouldn't be the same back home in Sverige.

Quote:The Swedes are, he says, "highly adept at insulating themselves from each other". They will do anything to avoid sharing a lift with a stranger, as I found out during a day-long experiment behaving as un-Swedishly as possible in Stockholm.

Has anyone here been and experienced this? Does it impact day game?

Boston has a similar culture. I live with a, "unless it is explicitly said, there is no problem."

I had some chick rubbing my arm this morning on the subway. Apparently I was invading her personal space. I didn't move.

Post: #4

The Almost Nearly Perfect People – The Truth About the Nordic Miracle (Jonathan Cape), by Michael Booth, is published on 6 February. It will be BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week from 10 February.

I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites. The few claims he actually does provide sources to are uncontroversial.

Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.

Post: #5

Yes Sweden is terrible, don't go there!

Insert - sarcastic laugh

Post: #6

(01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:  The Almost Nearly Perfect People – The Truth About the Nordic Miracle (Jonathan Cape), by Michael Booth, is published on 6 February. It will be BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week from 10 February.

I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites. The few claims he actually does provide sources to are uncontroversial.

Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.

Oh no, an article critical of Sweden!

Post: #7

(01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:  Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.

This is true. Anytime I've asked a Swede about Norway or vice versa, they hate on the other country.

Post: #8

(01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:  I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites.

To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.

Quote:Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.

Yes, if you want a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country you should ask a Finn.

Post: #9

I'd love to live in Sweden someday. It might be fucked up in some regards (poor Assange... ), but the economic prosperity is well worth it. And you can always import a woman, but you can't import the money.

Post: #10

Quote:Yes, if you want a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country you should ask a Finn.

Thanks for proving my point.

Quote:To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.

What are you talking about?

Post: #11

(01-30-2014 02:11 AM)jaakkeli Wrote:  To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.

The Social democrats won a majority of the elections in the last century. That does not equal Sweden being a one party state. Although it's debatable how different the eight parties in the Riksdag are from each other, especially nowadays.

Post: #12

This thread makes me wanna Fika