Free room and board 19 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
I hear this all the time and it is simply not true. Not even remotely. Whenever people visit me in Norway they always say they expected all caucasian and blonde ppl, but it is actually very multi cultural. In particular in the big cities.
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Free room and board 19 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
As an expat living in Norway who has also lived in the US I can say that Norway's general standard of living is MUCH higher than that of the US.
A postal worker in Norway earns enough to buy a home, take holidays and send their kids off to college.
When you compare the state of a Norwegian prison to that of a US dorm room, you are not only comparing the treatment on criminals, you are mostly comparing standards of living.
I guarantee that most students in Norway live in more beautiful homes, with more spending money than full time minimum wage workers in the US.
Hell, I'd go as far as to say they live better than most ppl with a 2 or 3 yr college degree in the US.
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A postal worker in Norway earns enough to buy a home, take holidays and send their kids off to college.
When you compare the state of a Norwegian prison to that of a US dorm room, you are not only comparing the treatment on criminals, you are mostly comparing standards of living.
I guarantee that most students in Norway live in more beautiful homes, with more spending money than full time minimum wage workers in the US.
Hell, I'd go as far as to say they live better than most ppl with a 2 or 3 yr college degree in the US.
Away on a work trip and a PR girl came to lunch with my colleagues and I. It ended up 16 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
I'm sure there are business trips and business lunches where you can claim meals for other parties involved, but usually that involves parties you do business with or network with, not some randoms you've met. Or you would have to be rather high up in the chain.
I think it's more likely she was just going to get compensation for her own meals and it's a little strange that some randoms she met expected her to pay for their meals just because she gets compensation for business expenses.
I think it's more likely she was just going to get compensation for her own meals and it's a little strange that some randoms she met expected her to pay for their meals just because she gets compensation for business expenses.
Away on a work trip and a PR girl came to lunch with my colleagues and I. It ended up 16 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Exactly. There are rules for claiming business expenses and naturally one of them is that you can only claim your own meals, not the meals of every random person you end up meeting...
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Missing cat 14 comments
Missing cat 14 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Do you think I'm a bot?
*edit* Check my profile, I've literally had an account for 4 yrs...
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Edited 6 years ago
*edit* Check my profile, I've literally had an account for 4 yrs...
Stank love 11 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Sweat poo? On something you plan to stick in your mouth? For love??
Not my cuppa tea.
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Not my cuppa tea.
Thanks to the internet, millenials can't even inherit 22 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Definitely, but we don't have to be those arsewipes.
There's going to be some major tech breakthrough at some point, or perhaps it's just going to be standardizing use of tech in classrooms. I bet that at some point in the future kids will no longer use paper and pen in the classroom.
Then we'll sit there all pissy that we had to learn handwriting for years and scream that kids nowadays don't even know how to properly write by hand anymore.
Not that that will be something they need at that time, but we'll still be sour for our wasted time.
There's going to be some major tech breakthrough at some point, or perhaps it's just going to be standardizing use of tech in classrooms. I bet that at some point in the future kids will no longer use paper and pen in the classroom.
Then we'll sit there all pissy that we had to learn handwriting for years and scream that kids nowadays don't even know how to properly write by hand anymore.
Not that that will be something they need at that time, but we'll still be sour for our wasted time.
What the trust of a child looks like 5 comments
Thanks to the internet, millenials can't even inherit 22 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
I saw this old timey news article where people were complaining that kids nowadays don't even know how to wipe chalk off a chalkboard without getting it all over themselves...
The standards change continuously and will for all the generations after us. Let's vow not to be the same dickheads when those after us get a new curriculum.
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The standards change continuously and will for all the generations after us. Let's vow not to be the same dickheads when those after us get a new curriculum.
LOOK AT THIS PERFECT BEAN 5 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
It is soooo hard to stop at only one cat when you see kittens like this.... I think I have the crazy cat lady gene. Pray for me.
Goddamn right. 4 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
No joke, I knew a guy who got hurt by a beautiful arab girl in highschool and now he's a believer in the Aryan race....
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I refuse, Netflix! 5 comments
The true companions 3 comments
Did you know? #043 5 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Ik ben konijn van Holland - I am rabbit of Holland (another name for The Netherlands)
Ik ben Koning van Holland - I am the King of Holland
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Poor guy, it's an honest mistake...
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Ik ben Koning van Holland - I am the King of Holland
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Poor guy, it's an honest mistake...
Props to those who understand 13 comments
lihea
· 6 years ago
Thanks ash & superman, I did just want to finish the pun.
No worries cryo, you came around to see the light ;P
Also, I'm not a guy, lol!!
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No worries cryo, you came around to see the light ;P
Also, I'm not a guy, lol!!
