Frostbeard

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[–] Frostbeard 11 points 4 weeks ago

Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are dead

[–] Frostbeard 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dont understand why you get downvoted, as I assume you mean that the generals wrwe not strategical and tactical terrible. Think most historians will agree that Hitlers direct involvement in the war was a growing issue in conducting the war. Also Hitler stayed in power by making sure that the levels below him were at each others throats and not able to challenge him directly. Nazi Germany was not technically on a war economy until Speer took over, and the amount of corruption was immens.

[–] Frostbeard 2 points 1 month ago

Also friday (Frigg, wife of Odin)

[–] Frostbeard 29 points 1 month ago

The bad hunter who misses all the shots and buys the fowl in the market

[–] Frostbeard 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's more nuanced than that. Wages are comparable high, and there are some tax regulations that makes owning less expensive. Renting is still not the norm in Norway. Second+++ apartments/houses are severely taxed in a recent new regulation (incidentally making renting more expensive as they were sold off)

Outside some "metropolitan" areas like Oslo you can find lex expensive homes. But you are correct that prices have started to be our of reach of many, and stability is key for starting a family.

And Norway is by no means a paradise, but it seems more agreeable than the US.

[–] Frostbeard 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Tbf. Norway has a fertility rate of 1,4 I think. And that is in a country with (compared to many other places) quite generous benefits like a year paid maternity/paternity leave. Relative cheap and abundant kindergartens and a less horrible work situation. Think everyone are feeling the zeitgeist

[–] Frostbeard 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Frostbeard 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Think modern missiles are so accurate that they can recognize silhouettes and hit the bridge dead on so it's better to be fast and "invisible" than though. When this is in your armament you really don't need to be close I guess. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Strike_Missile

And from the look of it it have some radar invisibility https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS_Helge_Ingstad_(F313)

[–] Frostbeard 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They slammed a frigate into an oil tanker in Norway. Oil tanker was being tugged and cant really manouver in a meaningful way, but the warship somehow didn't see it in the dark. Turns out modern frigates are more floating radar/weapon platforms and very very brittle

[–] Frostbeard 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How could it have been worse. A fucking basic appliance was hijacked. Ofc its not weaponized, that would have made it worse I guess

[–] Frostbeard 9 points 1 month ago

Pass it forward is a good English phrase we don't have in my language

[–] Frostbeard 6 points 1 month ago

Tbf. Not that many predators left in northern Sweden/Norway/Finland. And believe me that the Sami reindeer owners work their hardest to illegally hunt the remaining down.

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