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We don't think Americans are being persecuted; we're afraid of them.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Please note:
- I never said that Americans are persecuted minorities.
- I never even said that codewitch is part of a persecuted minority.
- I said that given the way many Canadians think of the US, making the claim might be of use.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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In my youth, I spend one year in a US family / High School.
During that year, one question was repeatedly raised: If you could, wouldn't you move to the US of A? What?? You would not?? But ... Why not? Can there be any viable reason for not wanting to become an American, if you could? You must be completely crazy, out of your mind!
When I returned home, I said (to a lot of people): I sure would like to se the US again, but let's give it ten years, to see how it develops! After ten years were gone, and USA had just been through reganism, I said: Well, let's give it another ten years, to see how it stabilizes! Right now I do not remember how USA looked after those ten years have passed, but going to the US was out of the question.
And later? Well ... I still have a slight urge to travel the country. As a tourist. Peeking at it from the outside. But after I left it in in my youth, I have never felt any urge to settle there. I do see some positive elements in US culture - unfortunately, the US has not been very good at exporting those. And it would be a lie to claim that those elements I appreciate have been strengthening their position in the years since my visit in my youth.
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"... positive elements in US culture ..."
May I please inquire to which you refer?
I see you are from Norway. Aren't the Scandanavian countries supposed to be among the happiest?
As for not wishing to live here in USA that seems easy to understand as USA is one of the most violent countries. Further I always believed Americans are stupid. Recent events do not prove me wrong. However I have little knowledge of other countries except to have observed in Canada people politely waited in line for public bus transport upon a visit there many years ago, something unheard of during my life growing up in Chicago, sadly now one of the most violent cities in USA, though a day did not pass I did not hear a gun shot in a former neighborhood of residence many years ago.
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I frequently point out that Americans manage to tolerate people who are undisputable different from themselves. My American host family mother (often) expressed it as "Oh, well, it takes all kinds to make a world ...". Norwegian 'tolerance' is not done by accepting that others do things differently, but themselves having expanded their activities, tastes or whatever. "We have tolerated garlic for years - we use it a lot!" - until we started using garlic in our cooking, Norwegians were bitching all the time about that terrible garlic smell of immigrants. Black Metal was just terrible noise until some Norwegian bands made great success. And so on. We are condemning anything that is different, until we start doing it ourselves. This is most certainly not to say that 'tolerance' is perfect in the US, but that element that says "It takes all kinds to make a world" I wish we would see more of here in Norway.
You can say that Norway (and many other European countries) have social structures that takes far better care of people who need support, whether being unemployed, pregnant, sick or old. That definitely holds true. But it has taken away a significant part of the empathy, the social responsibility and concern for neighbors, friends and relatives. If they run into problems, we hope that the authorities will come to help (and they will). But the very American idea of 'fundraising', while deeply rooted in the average American, really doesn't echo very well in Norwegians. You just don't go and knock on your neighbors door to check if he is OK. You don't share your surplus with your relatives. You are not responsible for others in that way. Of course Americans may be very selective in who they want to support, but strange as it may sound: Sharing, in some forms, is much more important in the US than in socialist Norway!
(Remark: My one year stay with an American family was in a small rural village, where half of the entire population knows who you are, whoever you are. Of course huge cities are different - but I often recognize the concern for your neighbors within your local district.)
You can say that it is very easy to make friends with Americans - but difficult to make deep friends, that everything is on the surface. Yet ... Making deep friends with Norwegians generally takes years. In comparison, we are very unwilling to trust almost anyone. OK, I will never fully trust anyone I met for the first time yesterday, but we definitely could learn a little from the typical American about getting out of our shells and open up at least a little bit!
I could add a few more points, but this post is big enough. I could also point out a lot of American ways I dislike, but in the spirit of "It takes all kinds to make a world", I guess I should accept it without complaining.
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I've never gotten a tattoo, because there wasn't anything I wanted to say that I thought I would never, ever change my mind about.
I have to admit that tattoo would definitely make a statement.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Sounding more and more like the hippies of my gen. That's cool.
Canada is somewhat like USA in that there are big delta's in weather and culture from west to east (not so much north and south).
We have spent a good deal of time in far west, mid west and Quebec area. All good.
Never been to the biggies, Toronto and Montreal, so my judgement is pretty provincial.
If own a car, be prepared for another delta.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I remember a time when I was in my 20's after Vietnam
I never embraced the hippy culture but always liked the idea we were all on this planet together
How about we treat each other as neighbors
After realizing the real world did not work that way I moved on
This last month I spent some time in the Hospital for medical not mental reasons and people kept testing
my cognitive function by asking me where I lived after 5 times of this mundane question
I decided on a new answer "EARTH"
So My Suggestion perhaps a tattoo of the Planet Earth with caption "Country of Origin EARTH"
Just a thought
I would like to add that CP embodies the idea we are all part of the EARTH YES I like it here
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To ask about a search (7)
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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 Nice one!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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My word but it's quiet today ... I'd better take it ...
To ask
about RE
a search QUEST REQUEST
Nice clue!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thank you.
Quote: My word but it's quiet today
Too right.
And; spot on, you are up on Monday. 
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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modified 1-Jul-22 6:31am.
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Monday will be even quieter, it's "All American Get Drunk And Shoot Up The Neighborhood* Day"
* Maybe bullets, maybe fireworks, probably both - depends on where in the US you are.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You just don't wait long enough for this side of the pond to get our coffee so we can think
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I assumed you'd all make it a long weekend with monday off - it was so quiet round here, you could hear a mozzie fart ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I didn't post as I've done one this week
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Fellini Félin - Fiore & I[^]
A bit of a unique SOTW this week... In that I don't even like it all that much myself 
It's a poppy song that's not hard to listen to, but the singer sounds a bit whiny for my tastes.
However, the second half is so catchy I just have to listen to it again... And again, and again, and again...
Humming and whistling along to it, I dare you not to 
I found it while Spotify was just playing random songs while working late one evening.
Can't find much about Fellini Félin.
I think it's just one guy from France.
So far he's released a couple of singles and EPs.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to listen to it again
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Didn't mind it, nice background music when having dinner with friends.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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This is great
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I thought initial startup took a while,but it's only because our solution here at work has.. ahem... 1500 projects...
But out of curiosity I opened my own home take over the world project solution (which has been on hold for quite a while..   ) anyway, even this small solution with only 30 projects took some time to initialize / load / startup.. Damn!
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I'm on the latest version but hadn't noticed any difference. It might well depend on what your solution contains. Mine is just C++, though I open it from a folder, after which VS2022 has to interpret the CMake files and do its Intellisense thing. But releasing something with a significant performance degradation is very naughty. Our customers used to scream murder if a release slowed down by more than 2%, and there were only 2 releases a year.
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