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Snooj
In America there's one pig for every OP. His mom.
CodingMagic
Time to relocate.
jonasbm
If you choose Odense come have a beer with me
Cerinna
Brb packing my stuff.
IntelligentHippo
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF WAR WE NEED! I MEAN, WHO WONT WANT MESSAGES AND ALCOHOL!!! comeon rest of the world, learn from Denmark!
McGill1433
Well yeah, but it works best in a scenario where the two combatants are Canada and Denmark...
Sprytish
and Canada
vidiv
I feel that Hans Island should be a new chapter in relations and shit. Make it neutral ground, co-owned between our nations. (DK & CA)
DavidBrooker
Palestine goes to whoever can be the most jovial and kind to the other.
AngryDane
Der er et yndigt land.
IsolemnlyswearIamuptonogoodstartedmakintroubleinmyneighbourhood
I'm gonna go out on a whim here and assume this means something like 'There where the land ends'? (too lazy for google translate)
EssenSlug
there's a beautiful country
Rodvitner
As a Swede "Vill du runke min taske foer en krone?" is bloody hilarious.
IsolemnlyswearIamuptonogoodstartedmakintroubleinmyneighbourhood
"There, where the land ends". Something like that? If so, Dutch and Danish have a lot in common
AngryDane
More like 'There is a pretty/lovely country/land'. Dutch is like an absurd mix of Danish, English and German :D
IsolemnlyswearIamuptonogoodstartedmakintroubleinmyneighbourhood
To be fair, it's pretty much an absurd mix of the language of everyone who ever owned the land (basically everyone did, at some point)
hotnuk
ja gu fanden er der så
FlowersandStuff
Det står med brede bøge
1AMTHEBATMAN
DU HAST.
Labial
Nær salten østerstrand,
Karstein
NÆR SALTEN ØØØØØØØØØSTERRRRRR STRAAAAAAAAND
TheRobinHoodChamp
Det bugter sig i bakkeDAL
Chrisba92
Det bugter sig i bakkedal!
PeterNorse
Det hedder gamle Danmark!
StonesOnTheHill
To be fair, before the fat regulation, Danish babies were raised on a steady diet of bacon, cream and Tuborg beer.
HipHoppotamus
good times.
woozzaa
As a swede, I'm glad you learn to drive on slippery roads and surfaces, even though I don't believe you have winter down there.
zorock
It's not about the winter season. It's about wet roads that makes your car skid and slide out of control, which is also caused by snow + ice
copingcabana
I visited a small town in Denmark once. It was a nice little hamlet.
BerwynBrewyn
How was the bacon?
USD1
That last one. Man the vikings are STILL knocking up every woman they find! I've seen the Danish, them's good genes!
KasperLeif
We stole all the good genes from all over europe back in the viking days.
IWishIWasBlank
I want to Denmark so badly... for so long.
themadprofessor
"Congratulations, it's a Viking." - Best company slogan ever.
isitsupposedtodothat
Dane here! Actually there wasn't that big a risk helping the jews, and mostly a lot of sailors made big money on it.
sausageseeker
Can I swap you some of my 7 sheep per person in NZ for some of your bacon, err pigs?
isitsupposedtodothat
You'd have to talk to Britain about that one, they get all the good stuff!
imrobosexual
Dane from a Jewish family here. My grandfather and and family fled to Sweden. They had to pay around 1400 usd per person which was a lot 1/2
imrobosexual
2/2 the fishermen risked execution and deportation and did it anyway, but there were definitely some if not a lot that saw an opportunity
Whitz
to be fair, deportation isn't that bad after you have already been executed
imrobosexual
Commas.
YouWillNotLikeThis
The fishermen, and civilians who helped hiding them, didn't know how great/small a risk it was. For them it was risking their life
somethingprofound
I, strangely enough, wrote a paper about this in my undergrad.
beffeer
It would only be strange if your course was engineering
AllegedlyUncleTonton
Or if you were a tree.
JamesBDalton
Stop ruining the propaganda machine on Imgur that there is a perfect utopia out there.
notasexyrobot
its fucking pricey as well up there
WhatsAJib
My history teacher told us German guards were well aware, they just chose to go for long patrols in the opposite direction when they noticed
krauraurgg
From what I remember, they did try to stop it, but the Swedish coast guard intervened, claiming the Germans were in Swedish waters (1/2).
krauraurgg
Both sides knew it was a lie, but the Germans troops were hardly going to start another war over some refugee boats and withdrew (2/2).
superseriouscomments
Apparently the SS-guy in command of Denmark told the Danes the date of the planned deportation of the Jews beforehand and someone gave 1/2
superseriouscomments
orders to the German navy to stop patrolling for a few days near the Danish border (might have been a coincidence) 2/2
dakjelle
Dane here.. no, there is more to it.
wolfgangundgeorg
German history buff here: The German governor warned the Danish Head of Government, who then warned the rabbies. It was still a great feat.
MissSpaceFace
The town I grew up in, Gilleleje (a fairly short boat ride from Sweden) were one of the places from where most jews were sailed to Sweden1/?
MissSpaceFace
On October 5th, 1943, 80 jews were hiding in attic of the church, waiting for the fisihing boats to sail them across. During the night 2/?
MissSpaceFace
they were taken by the Gestapo, because someone from the town ratted them out for money. They were all transported to camps, except for 3/4
MissSpaceFace
a young boy, who was hiding in the bell tower. His whole family was deported and only he made to Sweden. 4/4
TheRealSirGregorCleganeTheMountain
Another Dane here. The German governer of the occupation of Denmark was given orders just to make sure jews disappeared. This made it happen
MortyB
Yeah but are you guys most happiest?
isitsupposedtodothat
Nah, we're more happier.
HappyNoodleBoy23
Im Dane, I was born in Texas.
somethingprofound
I believe Denmark saved the most Jews per capita of any European country, and if I remember correctly, Italy was surprisingly #2, saving 80%
Taalen
I imagine Finland did pretty well as well, considering they only gave Germans 8 jews, none of them Finnish. Still, that's 8 too many.
jules333
Surprisingly because Italy was fascist but had a long history with Jews being in society so they tried to save them.
somethingprofound
Yeah it also had a lot to do with Italians being "stubborn" and resenting Nazi occupation after Mussolini got axed. They dragged their heels
CONFESSlONBEAR
Italian inefficiency saves the day...
themisfit
thanks for the info! How did they make money off of it though?
Shittyperson
Smuggling jews for money?
RawSuger
got 500 rolls of silk, rare spices and 50 caskets of prime jew tucked away beneath the boards
AngryDane
"Give me your silverware or you ain't coming.". Something like that, probably.
sellek9000
..really? it isn't obvious? not hating just wondering.
themisfit
I'm guessing the Jews paid them? Just wanted to make sure though. there had to be some Jews in denmark that were poor, right?
FloridaMansSideKick
Hm... I don't wanna sound racist or prejudiced...
sellek9000
ofc they would be, but that really has nothing to do with the actual problem at hand. I'm guessing money was loaned within the community.
themisfit
yeah this makes the most sense. I'm assuming that those that got left behind didn't want to leave then
geriatricsanatore
Yes. Which is why not everyone was smuggled out.
katelikesrectangles
The plug socket for Danish hospitals is even more adorable! http://cfnewsads.thomasnet.com/images/large/027/27606.jpg
Gorthac
A lot of these apply to all the nordic countries btw
retron
To a lot of European countries too. I think there isn't a single European country that has different driving license tests
oSunde
Denmarks language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk
DapperClicker
I love this video so, so much xD
FutureDelayed
"Because of bacon" is the answer to a surprising number of questions.
1AMTHEBATMAN
Why am I Batman? BECAUSE BACON
DavidBrooker
Why do we eat one of the most intelligent and emotionally sophisticated animals on this Earth? Because of bacon.
DavidBrooker
(Pigs are the only animal to have passed the mirror test to be commonly consumed as food)
HipHoppotamus
Why do I stay single and smell like broken dreams ?
notasexyrobot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fXEs9IjTbk
BeyondRekt
As a Swedish person Danes are a natural enemy. Like Danes and other Danes, damned Danes ruined Denmark.
MundaneMurdoch
Danskjävlar...
casiodk
Sweden is actually a part of Denmark for anybody interested...so
DevilishlyHandsome
Hahahaha i'm a dane and i'm laughing so fucking hard hahah
Dalaik
As a filthy southerner I just want to be adopted by Scandinavians.
Imnotmrlebowskiimthedude
Simpsons!!!
GrateLordCheesus
As a Norwegian, you're both ok i guess..
Apphase
Scandinavians; Danes, Swedes and Norwegians always are "enemys" but deep down they are all brothers.
SwedishPrincess
ehh they're not that bad
JeppeIsMe
Til krig mod Svensken
KasperLeif
Hvis du ser en svensker GÅ over øresund, så SKAL du slå ham ihjel. Det siger loven. Lævn fra en krig i vintertid
JeppeIsMe
Så vidt jeg er orienteret så er det kun lovligt at tæske ham med kæppe, men jeg er ikke sikker
KasperLeif
Either way, hyggelig lov :0) Siger en del om vores naboskab
JeppeIsMe
Præcis,
CptnPoop
I think you mean Scotland, my good sir.
jonnyboy1090
Matt groening would be proud
RitaPita
After living in Sweden for a year, I noticed how bitter Swedes still are about not owning Denmark and Norway anymore.
MalikKaastrup
Sweden never owned Denmark. Denmark, however, has owned Sweden.
RitaPita
I stand corrected. Regardless, they seem to dislike all their neighbours for some reason.
MalikKaastrup
True. Historically, they have been enemies with pretty much all of Scandinavia. Oppressing Finland, warring Denmark-Norway.
TraitorousTrump3
Dane Cook?
vidiv
I'm tempted to downvote you for that. Dane Cook is the least funny comedian. He shames the name of Dane.
TraitorousTrump3
That was the point of the comment I was responding to.
GnomeDeGuerre
Skåne, Halland og Blekinge. Please do return.
BeyondRekt
Varför?
paronfesken
Lugnt, närmare till billig alkohol :-)
TMWMarijke
Sure! You guys can just dig 'em free and take em with you.
togetheragain
1658 never forget!
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KasperLeif
I understand norwegian when its written. Sweedish makes NO sence to me. And sweedes are always here to get drunk. And fill up Christiania
Bennybones
Danes are the common enemy! It's the only thing all the other Scandinavian countries agree on.
vidiv
YOUR enemy, maybe, we Danes love Norwegians! (I might be biased being 37.5% Norwegian)
Kinkyfuck
dude, danes and norwegians were fucking best buds, when our king was out, the norwegian one took the throne momentarily, it was all cool
vidiv
I know, right?! (also, according to satw.com, we all kinda dislike Sweden.)
Kinkyfuck
well we did have the most wars on record sooo
smurfdaddy
Theres two things i hate in this world one man not respecting another mans culture. And the dutch.
catsruleeverthingaroundme
American here, I down voted you because I love the Dutch.
ShmoopyDoo
I got that reference!
smurfdaddy
thank you I needed that
ExoticMatter
What have the Dutch got to do with anything?
MrThomsi
Just because we owned 4/5 of Skandinavia once...
flickerdart
Kalmar union best union
Montablac
only 4/5ths? up your game Denmark!
MrThomsi
Well, It was really like 4.33/5 parts of it, we owned part of sweden aswell
GhoulsGW
skåne is not sweden
MrThomsi
The Border between Denmark and Sweden says otherwise
vidiv
SKÅNE, HALLAND and BLEKINGE WILL BE OURS AGAIN!
ISuckMoreThanYouCanImagine
We'll gladly give you Skåne
NotBotButMan
No worries you can take em...
yestotoast
i'm not enemy, im friend
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
yay you made FP again! You're a much nicer Dane than @JayInTheNorth. As a punishment I shall drink all his lousy Danish beer.
JayInTheNorth
We're all nice here in DK. Didn't you read the post here at all? Come to DK I'll buy you a beer instead of you drinking my beer by yourself
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
I got to Copenhagen once every two months, do you live in the area?
JayInTheNorth
I spend 1/3 of my time in Aalborg, 1/3 in Esbjerg and 1/3 in CPH, so yeah! 20th of February I'm in CPH and have time for beer?
JayInTheNorth
Better yet @TheGingerBeardedBiologist you come to DK and we'll have a beer with @yestotoast. I spend 1/3 of my time in Aalborg - win!
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
That's a bit farther away, although the carnival does sound appealing.
ISeeStoopedPeople
yestotoast
ISeeStoopedPeople
yestotoast
trunks55
Denmark, we don't like Sweden remmeber? We joke about them all the time, I still love u doe xox, your bro, Norway
TywinStannister
Norrbagge1
yestotoast
well jeg er halv norsk og halv svensk og bor i danmark
trunks55
you sound like combined purebred viking power. Kinda scary tbh. And badass.
yestotoast
i hope i have some viking power
Left4Henke
I see that reference. I like it. But I don't like you, because you're swedish. I'm conflicted. I'm having a beer.
Hugomanen
Skål!
Keru
Vi kan iallafall hålla med om att ni göra förbannat god akvavit. Jubileums Akvavit <3
Left4Henke
I don't like the fact that I understood everything you just said. Oh god. What have I become?!
Keru
DÄR. DANMARK, UTSKITET I ATLANTEN. HÄR, SVERIGE. HUGGET I GRANIT!
Left4Henke
Guys. He's insulting my country. Please don't. You wouldn't like men when I'm angry. I'll send my racist drunks after you.
Nessimon
HER, NORGE, ØLET ER FOR DYRT!
impastabowl
as an american living in denmark, it's pretty great.
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impastabowl
HEJ
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impastabowl
I've been here 2.5 years. what are you doing here? studying?
thetof91
Hvordan går det?* :)
Birkew
It's "Hvordan går det?", gør means do =)
CaramelElephant
Can we get one of those "day in the life" posts? Im a curious American
DevilishlyHandsome
http://whenyouliveindenmark.tumblr.com/
MartinDDD
I will do one!
SrirachaSaucey
Comparing America to Denmark, what are the downsides of living there?
maltbrew
The wonderfully weird food you can get in America.
perceptualmotion
working retail you'd make ~€2500/month a DR makes ~4000 not 50000 like in US. but EVERYONE gets education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc.
impastabowl
the weather. the exchange rate. that's about it.
perceptualmotion
imo: you wont get rich of your salary in scandinavia but you dont need to be rich to have a similar lifestyle as someone rich in america.
MizMariah
interesting point made...
InvisibleGirlThatWatchesYouPee
Does it differ considerably from your home country?
impastabowl
in some ways yes, but not as different as you'd expect.
bwatne97
can I ask how you ended up there?
impastabowl
I came here to do my masters
Baaconfish
Ey, a fellow DTU student I take it
bwatne97
that's awesome, good luck!
BerwynBrewyn
Now it makes sense. I can't imagine an American working a job and paying taxes there to love it.
DenimBeard
How could other Americans live in Denmark?
impastabowl
what do you mean?
jrau18
CAN WE COME TOO
cluu7
I wanna go!
impastabowl
I came to do a master's degree, but you can also apply for a job-seeking green card.
Ishdakitty
Do you have to speak Danish to get in? I've heard you do, just curious if that's true or not.
MeridaIsMySpiritAnimal
Was it difficult to get into grad school there and move? I'm starting to look into grad programs & would really like to save money
chri
In which city do you live? :)
impastabowl
basically cph
chri
What's your postal code?
impastabowl
2800...i'm in lyngby
chri
Ah, okay. Not exactly Copenhagen, but in American terms, I get what you're saying.
creepwood
So Malmö! :P
krauraurgg
Malmö's westernmost suburb.
yestotoast
was hoping Aalborg
bongdk
Høj fem for Nordens Paris :)
yestotoast
bor du også i Aalborg?
LeatherDaddyFishMan
vær sød at lade være med at sige "høj fem"
LazySatan
any down-sides to living in Denmark?
impastabowl
the weather. the exchange rate.
MrReynholm
Gas is 2$+ per liter.
impastabowl
biking ftw
imightsayhello
A price seen in Denmark yesterday: 9,23 DKK = 1,44 UDS pr. liter. It's 5,45 UDS per gallon.
MadsBen
It's expensive. There are a tax of 180% on cars. VAT is 25%.
MizMariah
180%?????? serious?? What about food, expensive? healthcare? clothes? how cold does it get?
imightsayhello
Healthcare is free to anyone living i Denmark even not a Danish citizen. Food is expensive but the wages are high.
MadsBen
1/2. Health care is included, the tax on income is rather high (roughly 45-48%). In general, prices are higher than rest of Europe.
imightsayhello
It rarely gets below -10C (14F) in the winter, but usualy it's around 0C (32F). Summer temp. is around 20C (68F), warm days are 30C (86F).
MadsBen
2/2. But salaries are higher too, the minimum wage is $18 an hour and you have 5 weeks of holiday. Normal work week is 37 hours.
superseriouscomments
As a German: How do you pronounce rödgröd med flöde? I need to know for ... reasons.
Arufunsu
Three's a crowd, don't you think?
geonerd
You can also screen Danes out by asking them to say, "The squirrel is in the refrigerator."
LoopStricken
In what language? I assume they can't pronounce something correctly...
Slotti
As dane: you need to gag when you say it.... like a lot !!! sorry.
shoes11
I've been eating the stuff all my life, but my Canadian dad and I just call it "red stuff" and let my mom handle the real pronunciation.
halladall
Actually this one s easy... Just stick out your tongue and make a deep sound with your throught everytime you come across a "d".
KyleShankland
Iseewhatyoudidthere.gif
halladall
I'm serious... that is how you make a D sound in danish... f*ck even our language is dirty.
cinnewyn
http://satwcomic.com/language-lesson
theotheleo
Make Google Translage read it out loud. It's actually the right way to pronounce it
NinjaPandaaa
road grode red flode? something like that
Nessimon
[ʁœðˀ g̊ʁœðˀ mɛ 'fløːðə pʰɔ] or along those lines. Danish is hard to transcribe.
Totallybadassusername
Rødgrød med fløde
YUNONOmyname
simple....rödgröd med flöde
ElmsiGreen
It's actually not hard at all to pronounce. Just get drunk and shove a potato into your throat. You will be fluent in no time.
TheTerrorThatFlapsInTheNight
As a Norwegian, I would fail this hard!
FaultyStarsNoConstellations
Dane here: a drunk brit once made me teach him how to pronounce it.. Because the sounds are so 'throaty' he ended up vommiting...
TheFairyGodmothe
You made me huff. Scrolled on, thought of your comment, then huffed a second time.
downofathistle
As a Scot, challenge accepted
FaultyStarsNoConstellations
Very well then *go to get the beer*
sixfoothobbit
drunk brit here who had to be taught for about 30 minutes how to pronounce "tid". My other nordic friends tell me to speak danish you (1)
sixfoothobbit
have to pretend that you have a potato in your mouth... after words like "tid" and "brød" it's easy to see why
CorrieWallace
I need to for raisins
Kitastrophe
like it's spelled, obviously.
SphereOfNoForm
to germans it kinf of sounds like röllgröll mell flöll. if a german pronounces it that way, it will sound wrong to danes, though
THEsquatch
http://www.forvo.com/word/r%C3%B8dgr%C3%B8d_med_fl%C3%B8de/
TheDyslexicGrammarNazi
Try this: Døde røde rødøjede røgede ørreder med fløde. It means: Dead red red-eyed smoked trouts with cream
superseriouscomments
I don't think that's possible
Beepity
It's pronounced rödgröd med flöde.
superseriouscomments
wow, sounds just like the real thing!
CondescendingCunt
As a Swede, put a burning hot baked potato in your mouth and say "oink oink oink". Simple.
Karstein
If you wanna know, give me a call. I can help ya
PmMeAllYourPersonalProblems
glock glock mah flu
TomorrowsProcrastinator
I just put it into google translate and made it say it. I think it's having a stroke.
HanyouChris
used http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal and set it to "whisper" sounds like he's speaking tongues
carrickbender5150
No, that would be in a Scottish brogue.
sixfoothobbit
Look up the Danish words for "time" and "bread" I have never been able to pronounce them and danes laugh at my attemps...
theotheleo
Are you learning Danish or just got talked into trying some pronounciation by friends?
theotheleo
it's actually how you say it. Weird, I know
IfistedTux
Nope, tjata just danish. :)
align
I shit you not, its impossible to pronounce if you're not danish
ElmsiGreen
I am Icelandic and I can pronounce it perfectly.
Smugfish27
There are dozens of you. Dozens!
ElmsiGreen
I actually lived in Denmark from the ages of 3 to 7. Even my Danish teacher cant pronounce that.
jimbohammy
As an American trying to learn Danish. You are so right! I can hear it my head, but I can't say it out loud. It's really frustrating.
drew9000
I have taken a few German classes and use duolingo to keep up on it. One day decided to try Danish... was not ready for what I heard
DefinitelyNotAShark
I'm German, living in Norway, can't understand a fuck of what our Danish cook at work is saying, but I CAN pronounce it.
Mongoliath
Their throaty way of speaking is the same reason danes have an extremely hard time speaking faroese/icelandic, because those two use (1/2)
Mongoliath
The front of the mouth a lot. A lot of tongue rolling and stuff like that. Especially the R's are a bitch for them to pronounce (2/2)
Mongoliath
If that's any consolation
ChloePrice
I'm pretty sure I just said it correctly. At least it sounds like what Google and some danish Teens on Youtube say it like.
superseriouscomments
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0uCa1r5oG8M Am I doing it right?
holgerdk
Thats actually very good.
superseriouscomments
yay!
RedPorridgeNCream
close, but you need the gagging "d" in the last word.
TetraNordeh
Koi koi mefleuuu?
Ragnogroth
Beware these clips are older than mirrors, but they all say it right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VziyktyS0
DylanKodner
"I've got the flu."
iwrestledarockonce
Somebody needs to get the squirrel out of the damn refrigerator.
Sasstiel
That's pretty much exactly how I expected it to sound.
TheUserCommonlyKnownAsJackFrost
Same
wotemer
So, exactly as I imagined. I could've but wouldn't have spied for my country back then. Though I could've fled that way. Yay. xD
gorgosaurusrex
How old are mirrors?
arealapple
Pretty fuckin' old dude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Like 6
MapleCurry
Older than our eyes
wotemer
But how can mirror be older, if our eyes are not?
Snowchill
Genuinely curious, does the free uni thing apply to foreign students as well?
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116thsonnet
In Norway it does! (For now)
impastabowl
I was offered a tuition waiver which was basically a scholarship, so it's possible.
eroso
In Finland it's still free for all.
ohdog123
Not...
Baaconfish
Nope
eggmuffin
Not quite, but there are still allowances you can apply for. It'll keep you from needing two jobs while studying.
perceptualmotion
It used to be in sweden but no more. I think still is in Finland. But they're not very happy. Being next to russia and all.
yourawkwardfantasy
And their bacon is back bacon, which is the best bacon. Fuck you streaky bacon.
Hugomanen
Thats the sad part, we export back bacon, more or less only streaks are found in stores. Danes are very cheap when buying food.
yourawkwardfantasy
No, No, No! I'm so sorry. As a Brit I was happy in the knowledge you kept the best stuff for yourself :(
actuallyMikeTyson
so ham?
yourawkwardfantasy
big difference between back bacon strips and ham
actuallyMikeTyson
please explain please
Harmonex
As someone that likes tasty things, yes. Please explain.
yourawkwardfantasy
google back bacon and you will see the glorious difference.
Harmonex
What? Do research? Myself? *sigh* Fine...
lookwhoitis
Wooooow en post om Danmark på Imgurs frontpage?! Vildt!
Encourage
Knæ høj kase!
KasperLeif
Bred ymer!
KillThisProfile
Jeg kan ikke tro det!
Lamaman
Ja det er helt vildt!!!
TheWoodenLegOfAPirate
Vi bliver kendte nu!
Civikjm
:o I want a baby viking!
halladall
Be prepared to run a lot of icewater baths
Duraxis
Even now, the vikings are putting babies in our women
Dasbuffbot
So, how you wna do this ?
Sauroctonus
They're Bjorn with beards.
ilikegummylifesavers
I'd rather get my Danish sperm directly from the source.
SVCLIII
hej, kommer du tit her?..
Karstein
Tell me when and where bby
DapperClicker
That can be arranged.
JamesWTate
They also have like 50% income tax. That's how their higher education is free.
bazookasoup
also higher minimum wages that counters the taxes.
snarkybat
Also retirement!
MrThomsi
+ Free health care, Dental is free untill 18 years old, retirement, paid maturnaty leave for both parents... so yea, Denmark RULES
QueenMeveofLyria
Don't care, If it means better educated people and less morons, raise my taxes. Right now. Seriously.
KasperLeif
Hear hear.
Sakkura
Income tax is much lower than that, but we have 25% VAT and taxes on electricity, fuel, cars etc. vary from high to extremely high.
MissyNeko
what is VAT? What is minimum wage like over there?
Sakkura
VAT is an improved version of sales tax. There is no minimum wage, but eg. flipping burgers at McDonalds pays more than $20 per hour.
MissyNeko
damnnnn, maybe i should move over there
eggmuffin
Yeah. You pay for your education and healthcare up front, so that when you need it, there's less fuss. This makes me quite happy.
KasperLeif
Ever heard of solidarity? Plus, its a social-economic investment for sociaty. PLUS no prifits involved in education
eggmuffin
Yes. What are you telling me for?
KasperLeif
You wanner pay for that up front. What about people who cant afford it?
eggmuffin
That's not how it works. It's subtracted automatically from your wages.
grimol
Americans have a high tax rate and we pay through the nose for healthcare and higher education. Give me slightly higher taxes any day.
spaizkadett
Which in turn means we're not surrounded by stupid people because everybody can afford an education
impastabowl
more like 40%, but nobody cries about it. Health insurance, good unemployment benefits, good infrastructure, and free higher education.
Styxwash
nobody is complaining? lol
snarkybat
You forget the 20% taxes on stuff we buy in stores (moms), but yeah, I'd chose 50% in taxes everyday.
ChristofferTJ
isn't it 25%?
snarkybat
Yes it is! I just remebered it as 20% because of all the sales mentioning it.
perceptualmotion
VAT isn't income tax though but yeah VAT is high.
vildgut
With all taxes the tax pressure is around 80 %... Nothing is really free
vanella
Until you've lived a place where you're not sure you can afford the treatment you need from the doctor, please don't whine about 80% taxes!
vildgut
However I do agree.... That for those who can't afford private insurance... The public health care is a good idea. It just doesn't (1/2)
vildgut
Justify a tax pressure of 80 %.... Too much money goes to politicians and obscure costs in the public sector instead of to those in need.
vildgut
Even though we have Public treatment... A lot of ppl have private insurances...
vanella
You still pay a lot out of pocket in USA even with insurance, trust me, I just paid 8x$80 for 45 mins of PT, the company paid 8x$200....
vanella
PT is physical therapy, I damaged some nerves in my neck...
MrThomsi
Its more like 36%, the more you earn the more you pay in tax, its only fair
SaintMaceToTheFace
No. Fair is everyone contributing the same percentage. By definition
jayjaykes
Well... it's not fair. Unless you mean that 36% of 10000 is more than %36 of 50000. Then i aggree....
MrThomsi
Thats how it works :)
jayjaykes
Well not in Denmark... we have progressive tax. There more you earn the higher tax percentage you pay.
MrThomsi
Thats also what i said buddy
Fullmetal89
How is that fair? You are basically removing the incentive for people to want to make more money.
MrThomsi
#Welfare We take care of the weak, we do not leave them to die like other "Liberal" Countrys
Fullmetal89
It just amazes me that people think this is okay. You know what else it's called, theft.
MrThomsi
hahahaha, fuck off american retard. I'll enjoy watch the US crumble in the next comming years when China wants their money back
HipHoppotamus
High standard of living ? everyone has equal opportunity ? how in the world would you compare that to theft ?
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE IT AS FAIR, SINCE IT IS A PERCENTAGE AND ALL, BUT I DO THINK IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
Harmonex
In terms of absolute percentages, the top wealthiest actually pay less than middle class because Capital Gains have a different (lower) rate
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
I WASN'T SPEAKING ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK IN CERTAIN PLACES RIGHT NOW, I WAS JUST MEANING IN GENERAL PERFECT WORLD KINDA THING.
impastabowl
evenly distributed wealth is apparently the key to happiness.
MrThomsi
Well if you earn more than 60% of the nation, you shouldn't get off easiere than the rest of us, 60% of 200.000$ is still (1/2)
MrThomsi
more money than 36% of 70.000$
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
RIGHT, AND I AGREE THEY SHOULD PAY HIGHER TAXES. IT'S JUST NOT "FAIR" TO ME. BUT BEING FAIR ISN'T SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE WORRIED
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
ABOUT HERE. TRYING TO MAKE THINGS FAIR WOULD BE A DISASTER.
MrThomsi
Yes it is, If we as a country aim to revole around Welfare for all, this is exactly what is fair, the rich help the poor or sick
yourbassist
Try reminding Americans of that. It doesn't work when I say it.
MrThomsi
It's because their congress is corrupt as fuck
FedEXguy
Yes, it is. It's very frustrating.
Melanisia
Same, I said that the other day and got downvoted to hell. If your American it makes you a "Damned Commie".
BerwynBrewyn
Well, a progressive income tax IS one of the planks of the Communist Manifesto.
FedEXguy
I'm American and I agree. We're not *all* stupid.
Melanisia
Damned Leftie Liberal Commie!! *shakes fists*
jpparkenbone
My income is $54,000 a year and I pay a 25% tax rate with no deductions and no dependents.
Harmonex
After doing some math, you should only be at about 17.5% before deductions for a single person with no dependents.
Harmonex
$892.50 for the first $8925 (10%), $4098.75 on the next $27325 (15%), and $4437.50 on the last $17750 (25%). $9428.75 total.
Harmonex
I'll admit I used 2013's tax bracket information for that calculation. Using 2014's drops the total by about $72.
torhs
As a Norwegian: Hallo!
RickMoreAnus
As an American: Hello!
1AMTHEBATMAN
Isn't it "ouu uuuu" and then you try to sell me overpriced goods from your winter dept. where supply and demand have a real problem?
Nessimon
Yoo hoo! Big summer blow-out!
TheRealDwightSchrute
Flag war - History's most polite war.
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RedPorridgeNCream
who won? and Please don't say USA.
pictureofthatoneguywhenpeoplegetupsetatsarcasticcomments
The British don't exactly retain territory in the US today. So we won. The flag is huge. TBH the British went home because of underfunding.
reflectedsoundofundergroundspirits
"...and they took it with the cunning use of flags."
Ravenwing14
Sign me up for this war please
TeeePo
Keep your Hans off my island...
PiTeuR
http://freehansisland.com/ NO! ... and here is maple syrup.
RedPorridgeNCream
people really did that?!? Sometimes the other Danes embarras me with their American media behaviour...
PiTeuR
C'mon... It has to be a joke! Read it... Nazis reference... Be proud!
EsUnChooChoo
people on Has Island: you cant claim us we live here! Canada and Denmark: but do you have a flag?
Sailboatt
Sorry we took your flag down... Here have some locally brewed beer
liimlsan2
http://satwcomic.com/epic-battle It's the cutest war ever fought...
CanadEh
As a canadian. I'm Sorry for being at war with them. I think you guys should have it
VillainsCommaLikeBlondesCommaHaveMoreFun
Or at least have some booze.
HappyEngineer
jRam90
If only all wars were like flag war... this world would be better
cantfindagoodnameforthisaccount
http://33.media.tumblr.com/4296b03757f0ebe85a7e4a8ee370d233/tumblr_nfg7ksRVgk1r34jyyo1_250.gif
rowanmc
I think every country should have a flag war just as a lesson in diplomacy...
TehAccountant
canadas gifts all say sorry about this have some maple syrup flavored rum...
JonSnowForKing
Canadian war, drop beers, american war, drop bombs
carrickbender5150
"Sorry!!!! We only left black velvet....sorry!!!"-Canada.
PointlessMemes
"You're the best." -exchange vodka- "No, You're the best."
Kajitheninja
i thought the war consisted of trying to build a bigger flag pole than the other country. was disappointed :(
Jazzepi
I'm sorry
CallMeInV
As a Canadian that makes me smile. Good hearted fun between like minded nations.
Dysseus
except that they annexed it. all this time it has happily been Canadian, now there is oil nearbye, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DANISH!
iouoneusername
Serving my country in the war is now on my bucket list. It'll let me cross off drinking maple leaf vodka as well (I hope).
CallMeInV
Maple whiskey I understand but vodka?.... Eugh.
PictureUnrelated
Both 40 Creek and Crown Royal make Canadian maple whiskey. Amazing stuff. 357 is also great but has a sharper taste.
CallMeInV
I love 40 Creek. One of my favourite Canadian whiskey's.
swimbikerunrepeatswimbikerunrepeatswimbiwhatwasidoing
"Dammit they left their flag again! Wait! Wait! They left booze too!" http://imgur.com/t/community/IK77lXs
Gornsympathizer
Hey you shifty Canu*hic*Canucks- why'd you ta*hic*take down our... our...wait...(stumble)...what? (Canadians hi-five each other)
NuclearWinterIsComing
"And a note saying sorry."
pertan
The bastards!
noscarletcoat
Relevant: http://satwcomic.com/epic-battle
LaBotte
oh my god ... that flag battle ... hahahaha
andraste
Always, always upvote SATW
donmcc
As a Canadian, what did you expect.
PointlessMemes
Probably left a apology card: "Sorry for the National Tension. Here's some alcohol! Enjoy! :)"
PoopholeAintALoophole
As an American, be glad oil isn't involved.
outlawsoul
actually Scandinavia (Norway especially) has quite a bit of oil. FOR MOTHER LAND.
GnomeDeGuerre
As a dane, sorry about the flags, was the akvavit adequately cooled?
ArandomDane
Enter player 3!. Russia. Not on that island, but the sea bed.
itsprobablysarcastic
Sorey
Tambre14
As an American, just be glad we didn't get involved. No one out alcohol's us. Fucking red solo cups everywhere.
TheFinalDoctor
As an American, we've got nothing on the Irish
thisisntagoodusernameatall
Canadian here, you don't even stand a chance. You can always tell yanks apart from the rest of us at bars. Loud rude and total lightweights
ergis81391
How much alcohol is an American sailor allowed to have on board? What about Canadians?
melodramaticbat
'No one out alcohol's us' coming from a country where you can't drink until 21? You merely adopted alcohol. WE WERE BORN IN IT. /// England
twigbreaker
Usa have tried claiming Hans Ø aswell i believe, not sure though.
Kamica
I think every European Nation out-trumps the U.S. in terms of alcohol use...
jamjam42
Ireland.
yestotoast
Well Denmark ave the record of drinking the most
DisregardFemalesAcquireCurrency
I love that you even type in a Danish accent
yestotoast
hahahaha yeah i know xD
SirNyeTheScienceKnight
As an American, guns... Guns everywhere
Tambre14
Hello fellow American Citizen.
acertainjenesaisquoi
Pfft please, just wait until the UK gets involved, the USA wouldn't stand a chance.
FreakedFack
Highest youth alcohol consumption award goes tooo - DENMARK.
acertainjenesaisquoi
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++8
acertainjenesaisquoi
Really? Huh, I thought we were in with a chance there. Perhaps binge drinking...
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blackwidowsideboob
As a Canadian, me neither. After looking it up, I think that is because it is literally a big rock. No vegetation or anything.
PiTeuR
http://freehansisland.com/ TIL that I'm at war with Denmark!
Wolokos
At first I thought this was serious, then I read kept reading. Made me chuckle
LaBotte
fucking nazi flag at the bottom ...
PiTeuR
I know! It's the icing on the cake!
DRinkWis
Lol!
Notforhire
Please tell me thats a joke site...
MajArc0
Can you read?
PiTeuR
It has to be a joke. The facts are oozing of irony :)
TheLivingJesus
Yeah danish humor is like that. It's filled with irony and things other culturs wouldn't joke about as lightly (the Canda = Nazi Germany)
Himser
Smack dab in the middle between Baffin Island and Greenland. I figure we should just split it down the middle so we can be neighbours.
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iouoneusername
Hans island, translated from Danish to English would be "His iceland" so I guess we already acknowledged it as someone else's.
Ruhig
It's short for Hansada.
LiterallyCanada
But it's much closer to Canada, give it to us!
Vrexor
1 3rd to Canda and 2 3rds to denmark. <3
itsamazing
that argument didn't work for Argentina
perceptualmotion
As a Swede, Denmark is one of few countries I actually am considering moving to. Copenhagen is awesome.
KasperLeif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIEKgSnJ5o
grimol
I know one word in Swedish.....giggle...."Utfart"......giggle. Loved "The Bridge" by the way.
halladall
Be prepared for expensive stuff.
perceptualmotion
? I'm swedish. Won't be a huge factor.
SweetBambiJesus
Dane here. Sweden, Norway, Canada and Holland are the only other countries I would consider moving to. :)
spaizkadett
Iceland too (for me)
perceptualmotion
I am moving to Amsterdam for the spring and after summer and graduation I am looking at exactly those options. :)
DjKogle
i would greed you with open arms!
perceptualmotion
not sure if opportunistic hustler or just friendly dane. either way, thank you! and likewise if it seems greener on this side of the bridge
DjKogle
friendly dane, like all danes!
perceptualmotion
glad to hear. and ill second the second part. you're like scandinavian irish! and i love irish people!
DjKogle
hahaha only heard that we are the Canadians of EU never Irish! But arent Irish people allways pissed off?
Amasor
I'm proud to be a Dane
Sauroctonus
I'm proud to probably have at least a tiny amount of Danish heritage. ('Cause Vikings)
Amasor
Vikings!
Gaeren
Me too. It might not be perfect, but imo its the best place on earth. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Amasor
Well see the thing is I'm Danish, but I was born and raised in the States. So I have family that lives there. But, I plan to move there soon
Gaeren
So tell me, can you say "Rød grød med fløde"?
Amasor
No=( I'm a disgrace
Gaeren
GUYS I FOUND A POSER! HAN ER IKKE ÆGTE HAM HER. Nah, its okay, just behave yourself and try not to act to american ;)
eroso
Remember to cherish it by opposing TTIP. If US gets it trough, u can likely say goodbye to those trans-fat regulations etc.
gammaraycharles
Ugh. "Most happiest."
Arufunsu
They are THAT happy. What's your point?
theconcreteslab
"...one of the most happiest country..."
Coltsfoot
That entire first paragraph is gramatically fucked. OP must not be Danish, I'm assuming all that education would lead to better English.
Imhereforthebeer
When happiest just doesn't cut it.
andthebeatgoesonforgood
As an English teacher, your correct grammar use is make me most happiest, too.
calyxium
NEARLY 100% literate. He said nearly.
FloridaMansSideKick
Also, its.
YoureAWolfBoy
I thought the same thing. What made it worse was following it with a claim that near 100% of the population is literate
Ninethousandeighthundredandtwo
Never said litterate in english or by "'murican" standards...
YoureAWolfBoy
Never said it was written by a Dane or a non-English speaker... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
thelml
Saying "most happiest" doesn't make you illiterate.
impastabowl
*in danish*
YoureAWolfBoy
Haha that's just crazy! Everyone knows that English is the only language. THE ONLY LANGUAGE.
Chimponaut
Ugh yeah, it's almost like English isn't their first language or something.
Charmandler
get out of here with your logic and reason
grovermatic
Hasn't America told you yet? You can't do that for students! Your economy is in peril... It'll collapse at any second now!
theotheleo
It's an investment. Future, highly educated generations will pay they education back many times. It works for us :-)
geriatricsanatore
Except when those highly educated people think that working trade jobs is beneath them or they aren't trained for it. That's a problem now.
OBrotherWhoamI
Just because something works in a small European country doesn't necessarily mean that the outcome will be duplicated in the United States.
warick
Especially a country with a much more... diverse population.
SimonGoldeman
Oh it is going to, don't you worry... The socialists are trying very, very hard
PublicClassMiloImplementsPerson
Aside from perhaps Enhedslisten we don't have any socialist parties with any form of influence. Socialists =/= social democrats.
MadsPedersenUp
I think it is going pretty well with our SU, as it is called.
gondring
Hydrocarbon economy, FTW!
MnemonicMonkeys
As an American mechanical engineering student, I can be expected to make around $2.5 M over the course of my life. How much do you think 1/2
MnemonicMonkeys
will go to taxes? Probably a lot more than the $60k than my public university costs. We should do this too.
halladall
Well it works great.
badapparu
Their economy consists of eleven people and a rabbit. Little easier to pay for college.
thegreatgatsB
As an American who received a "free" Danish education, I am in the highest paying tax bracket and have repaid my education in tax many times
Shittyperson
Poor you, tell us how bad you have it with your high end job.
thegreatgatsB
who's bitching? I am cool with it. I was a carpenter for 15 years before I received a chance at an education.
thegreatgatsB
and do not mind one bit. I also have "free" health care coming out of that tax and have used it many times. Taxes used wisely are fine.
Nimmer
Also giving the less fortunate a chance to break the social heritage.
impastabowl
higher education is far from the only thing covered by your tax.
catsruleeverthingaroundme
How many hours a week do the Danish work on avg?
thegreatgatsB
37.5
grovermatic
That is a perspective I wasn't aware of. Thank you.
perceptualmotion
isn't it free or it wasn't free for you? expat or you just went to school there?
thegreatgatsB
I WAS married and now I have a daughter. I slipped through on a technicality. I was lucky, it was during the dark days of the DFP.
perceptualmotion
Good for you! I am really sorry sweden changed it's laws on that, we used to have free tuition for foreigners which made our schools better.
TheRealSkyenet
Norway still does (for now, bloody conservatives). Suck it and go steal a minimum wage job from a student in Oslo.
happohippo
I have to add: Not everyone can get in the universities, there are matriculation exams & entrance exams to most places(at least in Finland)
ChristofferTJ
And not everyone can get into the colleges they want, they need a certain average.
happohippo
Yea, they have certain amounts they can let in, and the limits are higher for the places with most applicants.
PublicClassMiloImplementsPerson
Completely true but a vast majority of don't require a very high average GPA. In fact many science studies don't require it at all.
happohippo
At least in Finland it is all up to how many applicants there are, but most Unis do have threshold GPA and entrance exam numbers.
PublicClassMiloImplementsPerson
Yes it's the same here but we make sure to expand the courses that are needed and condense those not needed based off studies about 1/2
PublicClassMiloImplementsPerson
which types of jobs will be needed in the future. So we're basically regulating to decrease the future unemployment rate 2/2
stanleyspadowski
Exactly, if it worked for a country of 5 million, why wouldn't it work for a country of 322 million?
Name0
I'm assuming that is sarcasm. The population of the nation doesn't matter, the proportion of taxpayers to students is what would matter.
bane83
All of Western Europe provides virtually free 3rd level education. Pop approx 250 million.
HiveinMind
*combined. Much more to look at besides numbers here.
needtodoworkrightnowohwell
I read an article by a historian who theorised that social democracy worked so well in Scandinavia due to lack of racial/ethnic diversity.
needtodoworkrightnowohwell
2/2 not saying i agree, but it was an interesting perspective.
ChristofferTJ
Are you being sarcastic?
stanleyspadowski
No, I'm not being sarcastic at ALL.
HypoMix
If only a country with more people in it also had more tax payers!
squip
This is an utterly irrelevant point, and is actually contrary to reality.
stanleyspadowski
Oh really? Please explain.
squip
Having a large population doesn't prevent a social program from working. What prevents that is how it's run/managed. Population alone (1)
squip
would be a cultural/political problem.
squip
has nothing to do with it. There are many more variables. Sure, it may not work in the US, but not due to population. More likely, it (2)
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ChristofferTJ
No one is dumb enough to not be accepted into a college education, but you do need a certain average to get into some colleges.
MMPRMastodon
*whooosh*
MrThomsi
Lel, either you're stupid or not danish at all.
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perceptualmotion
I'm at one of the best unis in Swe (KTH) and it was very easy to get in, way easier than top 10%, more like top 50% at my program.
PublicClassMiloImplementsPerson
N.. No... it does the exact opposite.
MrBananaBeak
Almost anyone can maintain a 2.0 gpa.
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CaptainBlockedPunt
According to the bell curve idea, maintaining a 2.0 GPA should be the top 50% of your class. In reality it's probably closer to 70-80%.
EdgarAllanPokemon
It's a C average. Between 70-79% of total points possible.
Macewindow54
*depending on the professer
Anth0ny229
It's grade point average. D = 1, C = 2, B = 3, A = 4. The higher the better. So if you have a C for every class you'll have a 2.0 GPA.
ChristofferTJ
How is the ABC scale compared to the -3 to 12 scale?