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Made me think of this

" Rogue River Blue is made from organic milk, cave-aged nine to 11 months and hand-wrapped in Syrah grape leaves that have soaked in pear liqueur. It’s known to exhibit flavors of blackberry, vanilla, hazelnut and bacon – all of which would probably pair nicely. " That sounds amazing. Oregon has wonderful wines, so I'm not surprised that they also make great cheese over there. There's so much fantastic cheese being made all over the world now, the Frenchies shouldn't be surprised. Last year's winner is made in my neighbourhood, and is ridiculously tasty & expensive. I can imagine this cheese is (or will be) as well.

You should move to Norway. Mass transit here is awesome since we're all too socially awkward to talk to each other.

Bad air quality is another environmental issue that should get more attention. Millions of people die to it yearly, and millions more get asthma or underdeveloped lungs due to it. I was pretty happy when my city decided to do something about it (partly by reducing the amount of cars and cruiseships near congested areas). https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/29/air-pollution-worlds-children-breathing-toxic-air-who-study-finds It's weird that it isn't used more as an argument in Climate Change debates. "OK so you don't believe that man can affect climate change - but you still want clean air right? The solutions are the same."

He nailed the voice as far as I'm concerned. Looks like it'll be fun, if not as good as the books/games.

Happy they discarded the "Long Night" HBO series. Seemed very uninteresting, and didn't really have much basis in anything GRRM has written. The new show, "House of the Dragon", apparently based on the Dance of Dragons sequence in Fire & Blood, could potentially be good. The recipe is there, they just gotta adapt it properly, and keep David & Dan far away from it. Edit: When I think about it, their cooking was fine when they followed the recipe. -- Mandalorian also looking good. I could listen to Werner Herzog for hours.

All those boring but brilliant scientists do need their champion. I think Greta is far more impressive, and reasonable than most make her out to be, and I like how she's dealt with her fame (mostly). Her overall message of "don't listen to me, listen to the scientists" is a good one.

There is a saying in my country, "Amerikanske tilstander" which can be loosely translated as "American conditions", which only partly captures the meaning. It's generally used when you want to warn about traditional social democratic values being at risk. However in the last years "Svenske tilstander", or "Swedish conditions", has been far more referred to. It's basically the easiest go-to argument of right-wing politicians here. It's crazy that two so similar countries in many ways have become so different when it comes to crime: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/10/bomb-attacks-are-now-a-normal-part-of-swedish-life/?fbclid=IwAR1enB1nBfKOWOic48XkX27qAzd4jlPk1Os7lCtjFGKzcT6ThTk1g7J3MaE ps. We also have a saying which is even more popular than both of those, and used by pretty much everyone. "Texas!" or "That was completely Texas", meaning "that was wild/chaotic/crazy".

Episode 8's biggest problem for me was that everything that wasn't about Luke/Rey/Kylo just felt so uninteresting in comparison. The pilot's "rebellion" against the pink hair lady, and the Casino planet subplot should both have been reworked a lot to make it more appealing. The lesson the pilot had to learn was...blind trust in his leaders? The Casino planet plot could've been a lot more fun if maybe a big name or two from the First Order were there, maybe even Snoke, since it was supposed to be a planet for the "ultra rich". I didn't mind Luke's story too much, but I was dissapointed that the writers weren't bold enough to have Rey and Kylo partner up as leaders of the First Order. It could've been easily explained by both Rey's attraction to Kylo, as well as her using the opportunity to steer him and the First Order towards good. Then of course you could have her fall to the Dark Side later if they wanted. Things always came easy for Rey, so the frustrations from not managing to bring "peace" to the galaxy could steer her towards the dark side.

I think a bachelor's degree should be mandatory for one to become a policeman. I guess you have very different practises depending on which state/city we're talking about. There's probably a more pressing need for police in Baltimore than in Portland. Then again, you could also say there's more pressing need for educated police in Baltimore.

Wanted to make traditional greek Gyros, but ended up making something quite different. Seasoned lamb strips with pepper, salt, paprika, thyme and oregano. Instead of tzatziki, I used rømme ("Norwegian" sour cream), and mixed in scallion, salt, pepper, and the juice of half a lemon. Slices of tomato and red onion. All packed into brioche hot dog buns, with feta cheese on top. No space for fries sadly! Was quite good, but next time I'll add some chili pepper, and maybe have the red onions pickled as well. Or just make the traditional Gyros I wanted in the first place.

My English teacher absolutely loved Steinbeck. We spent so much time on Of Mice and Men, I feel like I still remember every page of the book. As far as classics go, I don't know how famous Knut Hamsun is outside of Norway anymore, but he's my "go to". Growth of the Soil, Hunger, Pan...all great. Fantastic author, terrible guy. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/sep/10/knut.hamsun.nazi

The self isn't disconnected from others. Pointing to blacks isn't necessarily a good example. There's always been a "black community", "black culture". A sense of belonging that transpeople didn't have.

Was "headhunted" for a job, with promises of really nice pay (better than my profession usually gives). They made it really clear that I was the only candidate. After the interview, they said they didn't even want to interview anyone else. Then the offer came, and it was much much lower than they originally said. Didn't even get an apology from them when I brought it up. Thanks for wasting my time, ****.

I agree. I could've rather said something like "aspire to look like something society think is normal for a boy or a girl." The point was just that most transpeople look "normal". Your sentence about "feeling like you don't belong" matches what I said. Why do you think they feel they don't belong? Could it possibly be because society rejects what they are? But yeah, identity problems/gender dysphoria is a big part of it too. Probably more than how society percieves you. But I think it's somewhat related.

I think there's a difference between how someone wants to be labeled, and objective definitions. Transpeople are usually very aware of their biological sex. It's not like they deny being born a man/woman, but they want to identify as the other gender. From what I've seen they usually aspire to look like the gender they identify as too - so you don't really get too many bearded brutes in the ladies room. If I met a transguy who was born as a girl - obviously the "technical truth" would be that the person is a female. The said person is very likely to be aware of that as well. Even so I think it's common courtesy to refer to the person as "male" because that's what he identifies as. Most of them just genuinly want to live as the opposite gender, and I don't really see a big problem with that. To me it's a "you're not wrong, you're just an a**hole" situation. I'll wager a lot of suicides and sad fates could've been prevented if people were more open minded on these sort of things.

Blood pancakes is a traditional dish in Scandinavia (wouldn't surprise me if it came from the Sami people up North). I don't think many people make them anymore, but supposedly it tastes very good.

"What not to wear when you're a muscular guy"-gallery https://imgur.com/a/5YQeKAl

Just thought it was a bit weird since the French are pretty proud of their culinary traditions. Would think that they used a french cheese. But then again, Switzerland used to be a part of France (kind of) and is their neighbour as you say. And Gruyere can be so good. The chef show on Netflix had an episode on how to make an onion soup. The chef there said it was all about how you cooked the onions to get that perfect caramelized taste. Never made it myself, maybe I should give it a try!

Well, not necessarily, because this was a very absurd happening - but I don't think intent should always save you when you commit a terrible mistake. Driving while drunk for example is a very, very moronic thing to do - which becomes particularily clear every time there's an accident because of is. Should the drunk driver go free because he didn't "intend" to hit anyone with his car? Or another situation I read about recently - Some guys having fun managed to make a huge rock fall off a cliff, and could face charges because it could've led to the death of fellow hikers below. Stupid mistake, or stupid crime? I lean more towards "no", because of the absurdity of the situation. But I can't help but feel that the enormity of the shooter's mistake should have some consequences.

Is that really a thing? Gruyere being Swiss and all

Thanks for elaborating. You're saying that Florida has unique state laws, and that by law he did nothing wrong. I guess I just expected there to be some precedence for his extreme negligence to at least be investigated? ---- https://www.businessinsider.com/pro-trump-group-behind-aoc-protester-calling-to-eat-babies-2019-10?r=US&IR=T A crazed protester at an AOC town hall, shouting things like "we have to eat babies" and "bomb russia" to fight climate change, gave the Trump fanboys a lot of ammo the other day, with Trump calling AOC a wackjob for having such followers. "She didn't even rule out eating babies" Turns out the protester was a member of a cultlike anti-CO2 reduction group, trying to satirise those who...listen to scientists.

I've actually been to Florida, so that's one Norwegian who survived at least. It's definitely the weirdest of the states I've visited, so I don't disagree.

Haha, I don't think "Norway" is critizising the US, more like some Norwegian lawyers commented on it, and found it a bit strange that they did no investigation. Killing someone (whether an accident or not) is pretty serious stuff. And since it was a Norwegian citizen that died, it gets extra attention over here You get criticized for locking up a crazy amount of people for minor crimes, as far as I know. If you're found guilty of manslaughter, that's hardly comparable!

Notable as in "gets a lot of attention" more than "remarkable" in this case. Anyway, to quote diractly from the Norwegian article (with terrible google translation): Attorney Brynjar Meling responds strongly that the case was dismissed so quickly. - This is just proof that wild west conditions still exist in the United States. In Norway and European legal tradition it is quite clear that this would be investigated and not immediately concluded in the way the sheriff does. Based on the information available in the media, it took a lot for this not to be considered murder, and in any case it must be clearly negligent to act like that with a weapon. The course of events earlier in the day does not exactly strengthen the case of the father-in-law, he tells NRK.