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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 05:38 PM Post #1 |
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I am honestly annoyed with foreigners constantly assuming there is some sort of liberal attitude towards nudity in Sweden. In fact, I also rage over a lot of silly Americans believing we have polar bears. Or that we live in an exceptionally cold country. Inspired by all these "Ask him-or-her-or-it" topics recently, I now make this thread in which I'd love to answer anything you wonder about Sweden, that weird place that looks real inappropriate if viewed from a satellite. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 05:45 PM Post #2 |
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My first question is, unfortunately, not directly related to your topic, but I feel compelled to ask it anyway: exactly which "silly Americans" are you referring to? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 05:48 PM Post #3 |
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Tourists. People online. There's surprisingly often a source for the stereotypes. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 05:51 PM Post #4 |
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And I'm sure you realize that these "sources" of stereotypes are not just limited to Americans. ![]() Topic: what is an example of an indigenous animal that is native to Sweden? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 05:54 PM Post #5 |
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The moose, and the wolf. Unfortunately, the original Scandinavian wolves are extinct, but Russian wolves have replaced them. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 05:58 PM Post #6 |
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When I was in the U.S. Navy I often heard stories told by enlisted men about the various women in different countries they encountered, while on shore leave. One recurring thing I heard was that Swedish women are, generally, very attractive. Do you concur with this? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 06:03 PM Post #7 |
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I've heard this a lot from foreigners of any kind. I'm actually going to have to agree with this. Swedish women are in general very attractive. That does not say we have no unattractive women or that other countries have no women as attractive as Swedish women, but yes. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 06:09 PM Post #8 |
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Is the winter in your home country usually very snowy? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 06:14 PM Post #9 |
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Used to bé pretty snowy, but these last few years almost not at all. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 06:20 PM Post #10 |
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![]() My first thought is global warming might have something to do with this. I've read that the average temps for summers here in the U.S. are creeping upwards. Topic: do you have access to American cable channels in your home country? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 06:22 PM Post #11 |
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Yes. Our old package allowed several American channels. I haven't really explored our new channel package yet. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 06:28 PM Post #12 |
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Is your home country largely suburbanized now or are there still large areas that have not been touched by real estate developers? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 06:38 PM Post #13 |
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A surprisingly low amount of land has actually been touched in Sweden. Most of the land is covered in forests, and everyone's just squeezed into a few concentrated spots. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 06:45 PM Post #14 |
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What are urban legends native to your home country, if any? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 06:53 PM Post #15 |
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None I can think of, really. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 07:10 PM Post #16 |
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Unless, that is, you include yourself. ![]() Topic: have you ever had any uncomfortably close encounters with a moose or a wolf in your home country? |
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| KexMex | Jul 17 2008, 07:12 PM Post #17 |
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Uncomfortable? Not really. A moose stared at me for a while (Though I haven't actually seen that many since I spend little time out in the forests) and though I found that odd, I consider them far too ugly to take them seriously. |
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| packmule | Jul 17 2008, 07:15 PM Post #18 |
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What is the most popular TV show in Sweden nowadays? |
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| KexMex | Jul 18 2008, 05:38 AM Post #19 |
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It shifts pretty quickly between different reality shows. Currently, I think it's a show about guys in the colder north of Sweden trying to get girls from the south of Sweden. Before that it was farmers looking for wives. Before that it was a Survivor-like show on a farm. |
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| packmule | Jul 18 2008, 05:49 AM Post #20 |
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Is there any kind of national day for celebration in Sweden?
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| KexMex | Jul 18 2008, 06:43 AM Post #21 |
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Yes, we have a National Day. It's the sixth of June. However, some people more or less ignore this day, mostly because the election of king Gustav Vasa it was chosen for was so long ago the day doesn't feel special anymore. Not to mention patriotism in general is not present to that high of an extent in Sweden. |
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| packmule | Jul 18 2008, 03:23 PM Post #22 |
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Why, in your opinion, do you think that is? |
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| KexMex | Jul 18 2008, 05:05 PM Post #23 |
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I really don't know this. |
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| Jack da King | Jul 18 2008, 05:21 PM Post #24 |
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Is Sweden particularly mountainous? |
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Who needs Toho Kingdom anyway? I'm a member at Monsterland Forums! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD. Blaine's a pain. Blaine the train's a pain. Blaine the pain's a train. The train named Blaine's a pain. The pain named Blane's a train. The train's a pain, and his name is Blaine. The pain's a train, and his name is Blaine. The train's a pain, the pain's a train. Blaine, Blaine. What a pain. | |
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| packmule | Jul 18 2008, 05:34 PM Post #25 |
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What sport, besides ice hockey, is popular in Sweden?
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| KexMex | Jul 18 2008, 06:37 PM Post #26 |
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Ice hockey is not THAT popular in Sweden. Soccer is. |
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| packmule | Jul 18 2008, 06:54 PM Post #27 |
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Do you post in your native language with others on the internet? |
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| KexMex | Jul 19 2008, 03:52 AM Post #28 |
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On the internet? Well, when I talk to Swedish people, which I rarely do. |
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| packmule | Jul 19 2008, 06:56 AM Post #29 |
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What is considered Sweden's most famous national landmark? |
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| KexMex | Jul 19 2008, 07:24 AM Post #30 |
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We really don't have any. Some things can be described as landmarks (Including the Picasso sculpture in Kristinehamn and a beautiful building called Turning Torso in Öresund), but we really don't have any big famous ones. (In my own town, Karlstad, the only noticeable object is the statue of peace in the central square, nicknamed "Hag in the square", famous for being voted Sweden's ugliest statue) Pictures: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kristinehamn_Picasso_statue_06.jpg/450px-Kristinehamn_Picasso_statue_06.jpg http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/TurningTorso11.jpg http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Barva/karringen_pa_torget.jpg |
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