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    That TV Topic

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    La casa de papel (Money Heist)

     

    Very entertaining, if a bit far fetched Netflix-series that revolves around a very well planned robbery on the Royal Mint in Spain. I just found out that season 2 is coming in a couple of days, so I'm quite happy with my timing.

    You did WHAT Today

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    Yeah so sick of the snow at the moment. We usually have pretty warm winters in Bergen (edit: considering its in Norway that is), but there has been snow here for like two months now. I need my spring!

     

    (Going sledding with the kids every day at work is pretty fun though, have to admit).

    Politics Princess' Sweet Sixteen

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    "270 Million gun owners"

     

    kids and babies own guns too?

     

    Well...kind of?

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/18/toddlers-kill-brady-campaign-video-us-gun-control

     

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/29/american-toddlers-are-still-shooting-people-on-a-weekly-basis-this-year/?utm_term=.3cb5756b63dd

     

    http://www.newsweek.com/guns-kids-third-leading-cause-death-627209

     

    I still think the best thing ever on the gun culture in the US was a South park episode, where a "Gun show" was presented as if it was a dog pageant show, with people walking around with their guns in leashes.

    The Political Quinceañera Thread

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    Kids are awesome. Kids want nothing more than to have fun, explore, play, and learn about the world. That's my experience as a kindergarten teacher.

     

     

    hogwash.  w/o constant parental supervision and correction, your kindergarten is  lord o' the flies meets hieronymus bosch painting by the second missed nap time. is a Fact that kids brain develop in stages, albeit some reach stages quicker than others. little kids is not all sunshine and smiles.  got it reversed. adults tend to project goodness onto children, and they do indeed have the potential for goodness, but particular for little crumb snatchers, even the capacity for ethical decision making doesn't develop until teens and even tweenties.

     

    we will agree many parents don't know how to parent, but a large part o' that is 'cause the current generation o' parents were themselves raised so fundamental different.  kids ain't born with parenting skills, and the last couple generations has been learning increasing less 'bout parenting for reasons we already identified.  tv and internet is increasing raising kids more than is working moms and absentee dads. 

     

    HA! Good Fun!

     

    ps edit:  were unfair o' us to claim "most" parents don't know how to parent.  were indulging in the kinda hyperbole we frequent chastise others.  corrected. 

     

    ? It goes without saying that kids can be hellraisers if the grownups don't do their job. The toddlers need their sleep, structure, lots of love, and limits on their behaviour... My point was that kids are awesome if you give them the chance to be, by being a responsible adult.

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    The Political Quinceañera Thread

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    Kids are awesome. Kids want nothing more than to have fun, explore, play, and learn about the world. That's my experience as a kindergarten teacher.

     

    It's the grownups who are the problem. Far too many parents don't know anything about parenting, even though many of them mean well. Modern kindergarten pedagogy makes sense, but most people seem to not be able to set positive boundaries for their kids. Too many refuse to acknowledge any sort of negative feeling the child has, it's no wonder they grow up to be so stressed as youths. Worst of all are the ones who just give them an iPad at the first sign of trouble...

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    The Movie Thread Returns

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    Watched three films at the cinema recently:

     

    I, Tonya  

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    The Florida Project

     

    The first was rather forgettable (am I the only one who's tired of biopics? Definitely gonna skip Darkest Hour), the other two were both brilliant in their own way. The Florida Project is as good as any film made in recent times, very strange not to see it nominated for best picture at the Oscars.

    The drinking thread

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    I arranged a wine (blind) tasting for some friends. Bought a cheap wine for fun, just to see if they could detect it - interestingly everyone, even the wine newbies, agreed that the cheap one was by far the worst one.

     

    Winners of the night were both classic french wines, a Pinot from Burgundy (from Dennis Bachelet) and a Syrah from Northern-Rhone (Combier).

     

    The wines we tasted:

    2015 Luís Seabra Vinhos Douro Indie Xisto

    2014 Gérard Boulay Sancerre Rouge Cuvée Oriane

    2015 Terroir Al Limit Soc. Lda. Priorat Torroja Vi de Vila

    2011 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia (decanted 2 hours)

    2015 Domaine Laurent Combier Crozes-Hermitage Clos des Grives (decanted 2 hours)

    2014 Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes (decanted 2 hours)

    2016 M. Chapoutier Marius Rouge (the cheap one)

    Vacation suggestions

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    visiting europe would be nice... if not for all the europeans.

     

    sub-saharan africa and much of eastern europe (not all) is suffering less ack jassery than western europeans when dealing with Americans. am admitted having little experience with south americans in their native countries, so got little input save for to note how we genuine need make a south american trip eventual.  asians is weird split. vietnamese and chinese were great on our visits-- warm welcomes.  south koreans and japanese were... polite, but... 

     

    also gonna observe how as a dark-skinned man, recent years has seen us receiving increasing chilly reception from locals in much o' europe.  for all the talk o' american racism, europeans as a whole is having a hard time with their recent refugee crisis and as an obvious minority o' enigmatic origin, we draw more than a little additional attention than we is accustomed to. not many lakota on the streets o' berlin, eh?  

     

    HA! Good Fun!

    Surprised that you as a dark skinned man got a better reception in Eastern Europe, than in Western Europe. I'm betting my pride on that you didn't go to Scandinavia? If you got a frosty reception there it's probably more that we're socially awkward, than any form of racism!

     

    From what I've seen and read, Eastern Europe is far worse than Western Europe when it comes to racism - with more hate crimes and murders. Gonna be interesting to see how the world cup in football is gonna play out in Russia this summer, with Russian fans' tendency to do monkey-chants and alike.

    What are you playing now

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    Got a gift card from work, and decided to use it on a Switch. First console I've bought since the Xbox 360 (which I barely used). Bought Mario Odyssey and a pro controller, man what a slick and cool console this is. Surprisingly small, and I love the pro controller. Game seems good so far, controls are very similar to Super Mario 64 and Sunshine.

     

    Gonna have to pick up Mario Kart and Zelda too after a while, but other than those three I don't really see myself buying any games.

    Vacation suggestions

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    Hey all, I'm trying to start planning my vacations for 2018 and am looking for some suggestions that I might not come up with on my own. Only real requirements are that it is safe and there is something interesting to see and/or do there. My wife likes the water but nice beaches would just be a plus and not a requirement.

     

    Thanks in advance!

     

    Suggestion; Sweden.

     

    Things to see; Swedes.

     

    Things to do; Swedes.

     

    Why go to Sweden when you can go to Norway though? Pretty much the same country, except with more beautiful nature.

     

    Best regards,

    a Norwegian

     

    In seriousness though, I love Sweden. Stockholm over Oslo any day.

     

    As for my own city, Bergen, I definitely reckon it to be among the best tourist destinations in Scandinavia. It's got cool up-and-coming "neo-fjordic" restaurants, great hiking possibilities just minutes from the city centre, an interesting history as a former Hansa city (fun museums) and the fjords nearby. Too bad it rains all the time though. I used to live right beneath where those two people are standing, waking up to a great view every day.

     

    Floyen-Bergen-Norway(2).jpg

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    Vacation suggestions

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    I think Portugal is a pretty great vacation destination. Great weather, interesting history, underrated wine, castles, amazing pastries, and perhaps most importantly - everything is pretty cheap compared to the rest of Western-Europe. I've only been in Lisbon for a week when I solo travelled, but want to go back - perhaps to Porto next time.

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    Movies You've Seen (or would like to see) Recently

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    I wanna do this too (with my imdb ratings)

     

    ESB 10/10

    New Hope 9/10

    Phantom Menace 7/10 (Nostalgia wins here, it was the first SW film I saw and it's easier for me to ignore its many faults)

    Return of the Jedi 7/10

    Revenge of the Sith 6/10

    The Last Jedi 5/10

    Attack of the Clones 4/10

     

    Rogue One was for me forgettable. Very pretty to look at, but forgettable. Not gonna rate it alongside the saga as it really feels like a spinoff film (which it is of course).

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