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[–] viking 12 points 11 months ago (12 children)

That looks useless on a catastrophic scale.

[–] viking 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's also quite awkward requiring others to spell the country with letters that don't exist in most alphabets, and therefore not on commonly used keyboards.

Sure you can make use of ü and others with some international layouts, but for laypeople it's rather cumbersome.

Imagine China would suddenly require everyone spelling it as 中国, nobody would even be able pronounce it, let alone write.

[–] viking 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Post it on reddit, and that will end up as a google AI recommendation next week.

[–] viking 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why does everything sound like AI SEO slob nowadays.

[–] viking 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mullvad are Swedish and the most privacy respecting out there, so that's an excellent choice.

[–] viking 1 points 11 months ago

Why are cucumbers in plastic? Strange practice.

[–] viking 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How is it a good thing to spray shit on an apple? They last plenty long without that garbage.

[–] viking 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The vegan alternative tastes terrible.

And the meatballs are a blend of beef and pork in most countries. In Muslim places it's beef with chicken, in Sweden you sometimes get moose variants for special occasions.

Horse is not typically used for meatballs since the meat is too lean, you need fat as a binding agent and to prevent it from drying out.

[–] viking 1 points 1 year ago

There is no c in Frikadelle.

[–] viking 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep. For the same reason I wouldn't visit Russia, Turkey, and the likes.

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago

I wish that was true. But as someone manufacturing medical devices in China for the American market, I can tell you that some components can only be obtained from the US. Usually it's some very specific sensors that are patented by US companies, so even if knowhow to replicate them exists, I couldn't use those parts in devices I'm selling back to the States.

What that means is that I now have to buy several components at twice their normal going rate, which brings the total price of the machine up by around 20%, and then I sell the finished product back to the US with another 84% on top, making the product more than twice as expensive for the hospitals buying them. And knowing hospital practices in the US, they'll tack on their standard margin, so patients pay at least triple for the treatment.

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Shetlands and Orkneys are also missing entirely. So there's a few more for sure.

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