10 Things I Hate About Living in Sweden

  Рет қаралды 525,206

The Fish Slappee

The Fish Slappee

Күн бұрын

I mean I don't really hate living in Sweden, but sometimes recreational hatred is fun :D ~ Mjööööööö!
TFS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PATREON: patreon.com/thefishslappee
TWITCH: twitch.tv/thefishslappee
INSTAGRAM: thefishslappee
Camera - Canon EOS M50 / Google Pixel 3a
Microphone - Røde Micro
Tripod - Rebecka 2.0
0:00 Introduction
0:23 1 Sweden is Dark
0:59 2 Swedes are Refridgerators
1:42 3 Sweden is Small
2:44 4 No 24/7 Shops
3:18 5 Systembolaget
4:19 6 The Swedish Housing Market
5:14 7 Felix Herngren
5:21 8 The Swedish Language
5:54 9 Sweden Needs to Loosen Up
7:15 10 Jantelagen

Пікірлер: 3 400
@FishSlappee
@FishSlappee Жыл бұрын
Just a disclaimer, since many of you down here seem to think I am not Swedish. Hejhej, jag är svensk, och den här viden är från en svensk persons perspektiv. Tusen tack för alla kommentarer, ni är alla gullpluttar! ^^
@fatdoggo5964
@fatdoggo5964 Жыл бұрын
Götta
@tommothedog
@tommothedog Жыл бұрын
Man. sweden Highest gun crime in Europe driven by immigration and the disturbancw in the drug trade. Crazy. Any thoughts on how to solve this crisis?
@IndraKeEnam6
@IndraKeEnam6 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpmcYMJ1qpuxlYE.html 😁 I'm finally here ☺️
@ZANDER2.050
@ZANDER2.050 Жыл бұрын
Im from sweden
@robnikk744
@robnikk744 Жыл бұрын
Hej jag är svensk
@TransRightsOrIllStartFights
@TransRightsOrIllStartFights Жыл бұрын
I just spent 9 minutes watching a video on why Sweden is terrible and couldn’t stop thinking about how much I want to live in Sweden the entire time
@FishSlappee
@FishSlappee Жыл бұрын
now I'm interested what would happen if you watch the video about why I like living in Sweden ~ thanks for the comment!
@Momotaroiskindred
@Momotaroiskindred Жыл бұрын
Same lmao sounds like a dream compared to where i live c:
@Revlimiter295
@Revlimiter295 Жыл бұрын
RUSSIA CHINA
@user28sdfg8
@user28sdfg8 Жыл бұрын
@@FishSlappee Try Moscow. I mean seriously much more freedom than west, from low quality life commie blocks to beauty and posh lifestyle, complete randomness, really much more freedom, until u try to pretend liberal, even LGBT is okay, until you're not showing off.
@FrayJaeBen
@FrayJaeBen Жыл бұрын
@@FishSlappee Sweden 🇸🇪 Is Clean! Just Like The Netherlands 🇳🇱 -Excellent Education Systems. -Hardly Any Teen Moms. -Cleaner Air & Water. -Beautiful Affordable Homes. -Aspirational Mentality Through Out. -Great Culinary Delights + Fresh Ingredients. I Literally Could Go On! 😍
@piscespumpkin
@piscespumpkin Жыл бұрын
I love the dark, don't drink, don't mind winter and hate interactions with people. This place sounds perfect!
@saajeeb
@saajeeb Жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha
@shibatv9044
@shibatv9044 Жыл бұрын
same
@kikivondugong1306
@kikivondugong1306 Жыл бұрын
Don't be too fooled by the no alcohol and no interactions with people. Because alcohol is so limited here, the Swedes drink like crazy. I live in Prague and often travel between the two countries. The amount of piss drunk Swedes at 7 am in the plane is shocking. About the no interactions. Last weekend I went to a concert on the boat Patricia. It was so goddamn crowded! People pushed and shoved. It was impossible to be anywhere else than all the way in the back and thus not see much. The public transport in peak times is sometimes unbearable. I'm sure that when you live in the middle of nowhere somewhere in the north then yeah, it can be less crowded but then again, dunno how the job situation looks like there.
@piscespumpkin
@piscespumpkin Жыл бұрын
@kikivondugong1306 I actually live in one of the drunkest cities in America (in Wisconsin) so dealing with drunks isn't anything new to me. I also only leave the house if I have too. I try to avoid over crowded places as much as possible. I swear everyone looks at me funny when I say I love the darker months of winter like I'm some kind of freak. I would definitely love to live in the middle of nowhere away from the hustle and bustle and jave some peace and quiet. Maybe when I retire lol!
@yarikyaryi
@yarikyaryi Жыл бұрын
Beside fact that you can be easily robbed and beaten in the street by migrant and police just don't care about it.
@user-ut4zw6so6o
@user-ut4zw6so6o Жыл бұрын
I was visiting a friend and her family in Sweden and was taken on a tour by my friend’s mother who by Swedish standards was considered quite eccentric, which every Swede we encountered on our tour took pains to let me know. Namely she talked to strangers, was irreverent and I am sure other qualities I failed to notice because I am from New York and used to just about every form of eccentricity and it doesn’t ruffle a feather. It struck me that her life must have been very frustrating, having her wings clipped at every turn and being branded weird, when in fact she was quite brilliant and charmingly engaging, from my perspective.
@MotorcyclePhaedrus
@MotorcyclePhaedrus Жыл бұрын
And that is the most depressing thing about Scandinavian countries. The soul crushing conformity.
@MadofaA
@MadofaA Жыл бұрын
@@MotorcyclePhaedrus In this respect, it is just like Japan.
@AlineBooneMusic
@AlineBooneMusic Жыл бұрын
@@MotorcyclePhaedrus I feel like this is the case in many western European countries 🤷‍♀, I'm Belgian and honestly feel like Swedish society has a similar mentality (maybe Belgium is a bit looser in some aspects but not by that much I think), other countries like Germany, Switzerland, Austria... are quite rigid too.
@MotorcyclePhaedrus
@MotorcyclePhaedrus Жыл бұрын
@@AlineBooneMusic i have spoken to people from new Zealand who say its pretty much the same there. Sad it has to be that way.
@cosmic-fortytwo
@cosmic-fortytwo Жыл бұрын
The 'weird' Swedes just move to America, Ireland, or Australia where they can be normal.
@ericv7720
@ericv7720 Жыл бұрын
Sweden seems the exact opposite of where I live (Southwestern US). It's clean, with excellent public services, the people keep to themselves, and the sun isn't there to give you melanoma every time you walk outside to get the mail. I want to go there!
@worldmusictheory
@worldmusictheory Жыл бұрын
stfu, people like me who live in cold climates where we hardly see the sun suffer greatly because of it. lots of us are vitamind d deficient and suffer from seasonal affective disorder. you are incredibly lucky to be born somewhere with limitless access to the sun.
@Sam-od4xb
@Sam-od4xb Жыл бұрын
😂👍 greetings from Arizona
@MrMadalien
@MrMadalien Жыл бұрын
The sun does not give you melanoma. Greetings from Portugal.
@tpeterson9140
@tpeterson9140 Жыл бұрын
@@MrMadalien doesnt it literally do that?
@lavinder11
@lavinder11 Жыл бұрын
@@tpeterson9140 No, it does not.
@migmit
@migmit Жыл бұрын
I'm a sunlight-hating introvert who doesn't drink. Sounds like I should move to Sweden.
@debbiejohn5380
@debbiejohn5380 Жыл бұрын
Hello Mig nice pic
@mayanlogos92
@mayanlogos92 Жыл бұрын
Sun-light hating ? 😳 you lived in a cave?
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
Yes but you have like to drink though, its literally one of the most popular ways to pass the time.
@jadeh2699
@jadeh2699 Жыл бұрын
I hear you! The entire video I was wishing I could just pick up and move to Sweden!
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
@@jadeh2699 Ill swap with you. Where you at?
@derek790
@derek790 Жыл бұрын
"...You're surrounded by so many %$#& people, it's impossible to feel alienated or out of place because there's always going to be someone who's even weirder than you are." And this is why I love big cities.
@Jeffrey.Seelman
@Jeffrey.Seelman Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is true. I live in one.
@nicolasdegiosa287
@nicolasdegiosa287 Жыл бұрын
Yess I've lived my whole life in a small village 1 hour away from a big city, now I'm finally moving to Copenhagen and that's my main reason
@ruisinjams
@ruisinjams Жыл бұрын
That is the single best argument in favor of living in big cities I've ever heard hands down
@jamessanders145
@jamessanders145 Жыл бұрын
same
@jamalmalomalo.337
@jamalmalomalo.337 9 ай бұрын
Copenhagen is not big city
@matollsen2523
@matollsen2523 Жыл бұрын
Yes, one of the things I couldn't get used to is this lack of eye contact. I lived in a big city and still felled I did not exist. If I needed to have a small talk I had to go to a shop to buy something...I had a hard times there.
@alexmultimodalpackrafting915
@alexmultimodalpackrafting915 Жыл бұрын
🙂If you are into eye contact you should try staying in Germany, or to a lesser extend in Austria for while. Random strangers will give you the charming and warm "germanic stare", and if you do stare back at them, they don't look away as it is common pretty everywhere else, but continue as if you are curious object they are judging. Off course being respectful to strangers is important in every country, but the local definition of what being respectful means, can vary quite a bit. German speaking countries respect privacy and personal space (they all also have laws against loud noise/music after 10 pm e.g.), so being in public the logic there is to move around in your "privacy-bubble" that won't be disturbed by others, like addressing you or sending non-verbal signals/clues including looks. Therefore eye contact with strangers including staring, is n o t seen as a form of communication or making contact. Rather like watching someone on tv/yt or a street cam channel. And especially Germans, who haven't lived abroad are not aware how staring is considered to be very rude in most countries. check out: "Why Germans stare": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9VmmsRqrr6Rj6c.html Coming back to your comment about the lack of eye contact in Sweden: I found the resulting combination of social norms very interesting: also respecting personal space aka the "Swedish refrigerator" but then combined with the social norm of n o t making eye contact with or staring at strangers in contrast to Germany (in subtiler versions Austria and Switzerland). Could someone please elaborate the logic of the social norm behind that combo? Thanks.
@Titbitist
@Titbitist Жыл бұрын
if you small talk with people in sweden they will probably think you have bad intentions or have a disorder. why? culture
@GLamoRousCooKie
@GLamoRousCooKie Жыл бұрын
I've been to Stockholm, Uppsala and a few other places in Sweden and it's probably one of my favourite places ever. Stockholm is actually a big city with a population of almost 1 million people (big for European standards) but you're right, it doesn't feel that way. Probably because it's so spread out and there aren't that many people just hanging out on the streets. Swedes are busy bees and they keep to themselves but they're always kind and helpful. I felt safe at all times and everything runs smoothly, not to mention how clean the city is. The public transport is probably the best in the world, only Japan can compete with it. As a result most people in Stockholm don't even own cars, so there's way less car pollution.What I probably loved most is that it's essentially spread out over these little islands all connected with tiny bridges. There's water everywhere you turn. A beautiful place, truly. Swedes, be proud of your country.
@Titbitist
@Titbitist Жыл бұрын
they dont own cars because leftist government tax it so much. its about $2,5 per litre... Why? because they want everyone to move to the city and not live rural because cars "ruin" the environment. Also to get more tax money because they have to travel so far. This country man i swear its run like a business...
@t4k3chfre
@t4k3chfre 4 ай бұрын
Stockholm with its suburbs has 1.6 million inhabitants and Stockholm as a whole(suburbs and surrounding communes) has 2.4 million inhabitants. But yeah, the inner city has just shy of a million.
@jaska145
@jaska145 Жыл бұрын
Having lived 8 years in Japan and 9 years in the USA, I am ready to return to my home country, Finland. In the above video you could pretty much replace Swedish with Finnish, Sweden with Finland, Stockholm with Helsinki, and Systembolaget with Alko and everything would be true.
@RobertMJohnson
@RobertMJohnson Жыл бұрын
fail
@LoveBeliefTruth
@LoveBeliefTruth Жыл бұрын
Yes, it pretty much sounds like Finland, except that queuing system for appertmens in Stockholm. Not sure if got it right though, that have to queue for BUYING one? And systembolaget so much funnier than Alko, and we can get stronger alcohol (5,6%) in supermarkets
@Ratselmeister
@Ratselmeister Жыл бұрын
Rest of Europe is like sowjet union. in ireland i heard you are only allowed to buy beer after 16 oclock. the have it in the supermarket but the wont sell you before that time :D
@malinyamato2291
@malinyamato2291 Жыл бұрын
I have similar background as you, I am from east Finland, my family emigrated to Sweden, one year as an exchange student in the US and some years later I emigrated to Japan where I have lived for 18 years. Now I am back in Sweden to study more and everything sucks.
@nyb_ok
@nyb_ok Жыл бұрын
Really?? I always wanted to visit Finland..
@rauhavesola8819
@rauhavesola8819 Жыл бұрын
If you replace 'Sweden' with 'Finland' it's still 100% accurate as well
@annelijonsson5778
@annelijonsson5778 Жыл бұрын
Even more..
@holoholopainen1627
@holoholopainen1627 Жыл бұрын
If You know Swedish and English - You Are More open than Most of Europeans ! You May talk svenska to Swedes & and The rest of The World with English ! Många svenskar vet att i Finland - talar man svenska också !
@jonathanlindgren4962
@jonathanlindgren4962 Жыл бұрын
Crazy!
@holoholopainen1627
@holoholopainen1627 Жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlindgren4962 Helt Galen ! Svenskarna har Helt annat historia - efter andra välrdskriget ! Svenskarna spelade tennis - när de andra krigade och stupade !
@jonathanlindgren4962
@jonathanlindgren4962 Жыл бұрын
@@holoholopainen1627 Väldigt få finnar vet att Finland är både svensk och finsk språkigt!! Finnlandsvenskar blir fortfarande förtryckta av finska folke.. Man kan alltid kolla åt andra hållet men det existerar än idag... Vart hatet kommer ifrån förstår jag inte men att förneka att de existerar är o välja att vara blind!!
@skywalker7611
@skywalker7611 Жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to go to Sweden as I live in America and appreciate the beauty of that country... However, your video has given me some gratitude for what I have here... Thank you for having the courage to tell the truth...
@skywalker7611
@skywalker7611 Жыл бұрын
@Europe is better than Wow, how very sad... I'm a non-conformist as I have my own mind... I guess, I'll just appreciate it from afar.... America is turning into Babylon however thankfully, not in my neighborhood yet....
@claskarlberg6798
@claskarlberg6798 Жыл бұрын
DON’T listnings This snits
@odim7960
@odim7960 Жыл бұрын
@Europe is better than the US as someone living in Sweden, I agree 110%.
@jacktorrance9688
@jacktorrance9688 Жыл бұрын
@@odim7960 Me too brother
@jacktorrance9688
@jacktorrance9688 Жыл бұрын
This is the problem with americans that I often notice on the internet. You seem to take the advantages of living in your country for granted. I don't really understand why.
@adorable_alisa
@adorable_alisa Жыл бұрын
I’ve lived in Sweden for 7 months now and I totally agree with everything 😀 I would also add “lack of options” of everything. I miss cakes which aren’t “princess cake” 💔
@marwajassim4446
@marwajassim4446 Жыл бұрын
Ohhh yes, very boring. I'm very depressed here
@IntuitiveLivingg
@IntuitiveLivingg Жыл бұрын
@@marwajassim4446 me too😢
@Titbitist
@Titbitist Жыл бұрын
come back in 10 years and we'll see. the alienation of foreigners in this country is very sad to see. PRO TIP: learn swedish ASAP to be accepted and welcomed.
@icegladiator7936
@icegladiator7936 Жыл бұрын
​@First prove a god exists 🤨
@ukrajina2022
@ukrajina2022 Жыл бұрын
YEEES
@fifi3649
@fifi3649 Жыл бұрын
Something I really hate about Sweden is that during holidays you can't find any open businesses (cafes, restaurants etc.). I understand people's right to rest and spend time with their loved ones, but if you are on your own (for example, because you've just moved there) it really sucks to not even be able to treat yourself to a cup of coffee. In my experience, this is particularly true during Christmas time: everyone is expected to stay home with their family, but if you can't do that you're in for some shitty days! The fact that this happens in the middle of the depressing Swedish winter, when you may already be emotionally tired, doesn't help.
@karl-erikmumler9820
@karl-erikmumler9820 Жыл бұрын
If someone invaded us on christmas during donald duck we probably wouldn't notice until we'd sobered up next morning.
@shlomofayvish6452
@shlomofayvish6452 Жыл бұрын
same story in israel😭 every friday afternoon until Sunday morning. plus we have way too many fu¢king holidays...
@Pamela-dt4vs
@Pamela-dt4vs Жыл бұрын
Fuck I miss chilling in late night coffee shops. I asked my co-workers, where can I sit and have a coffee at, like, 22:00, if I want to get out of the house? "The gas station?" wtfffffff....
@alexanderfretheim5720
@alexanderfretheim5720 Жыл бұрын
My advice: if you're in Scandinavia alone at Christmas time, just take a trip somewhere.
@fifi3649
@fifi3649 Жыл бұрын
@@alexanderfretheim5720 that'd be great, if only I had the money 😅 last year I also had a course paper deadline right after the holidays, so I was mostly spending my days studying. This year I know what to expect, so I arranged to visit my home country in advance
@mannydcbianco
@mannydcbianco Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. As a Swede (albeit one who doesn't live in Sweden) I find it refreshing to see videos where people talk about the very real downsides of Sweden. Everyone praises the usual stuff, and rightly so, but a lot of people seem afraid to talk about the bad stuff. And there is bad stuff. Which I guess is natural, some people will get offended if you say anything bad at all about their country or about what they like, so content creators sometimes avoid this kind of video just to not have to deal with the backlash from an angry minority.
@canesugar911
@canesugar911 Жыл бұрын
People are allowed to feel angry
@chuckmayper7549
@chuckmayper7549 Жыл бұрын
Another dream crushed! 😁
@dewilew2137
@dewilew2137 Жыл бұрын
None of the stuff in this video actually seemed bad, at least not to me. Many of these same things exist in America.
@kes4349
@kes4349 Жыл бұрын
Lots of people here say that this “bad stufff” sounds very good to them
@Zelielz1
@Zelielz1 Жыл бұрын
@@canesugar911 Not in Sweden. If you complain about the country you will be labeled as ungrateful.
@johnnybacklund153
@johnnybacklund153 Жыл бұрын
I am a swede, the last few years my work has given me the chance to spend 1-3 months in every country in Europe, and in Japan and the US. I like that Swedes think Stockholm or Göteborg are big cities even though they are pretty tiny compared to most other cities. Especially when people say "it is so hard to drive in Stockholm 😞" and they havent driven in Paris, Portugal, Greece, Rome or Naples, or the US for that matter, I find that a bit funny. Having said that, out of all the places I have been to, I would still pick Sweden as a place to live full time because it feels cleaner and like it just "works better" than most other places, but ofc I would say this, I was born and raised there 😅 And maybe Japan, if I didnt have to work like the japanese do haha, the most similar yet different place I've been so far
@bugsygoo
@bugsygoo Жыл бұрын
I've lived in many countries, including 6 years in Japan. I spent three years in Copenhagen (the Danes have their own shitty driving habits). But I always thought that the best thing about Copenhagen was that Sweden is only a 20 minute drive away.
@Dr.Naira.Renault
@Dr.Naira.Renault 7 ай бұрын
He speaks from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
@aelfswyth
@aelfswyth Жыл бұрын
Hej hej, another Swedish person here. Short background: I've lived in France for two years and one year in England. I have several good friends from other countries and also spent a lot of time with international students and researchers here in Sweden, so I know quite a lot about many foreign cultures. Regarding "#2 Swedes are like refrigerators", I couldn't agree more! There are TONS of rules for how Swedish people should interract with other Swedish people in Sweden, in our everyday life. One thing I have come to observe is that most Swedes don't seem to realise how incredibly complicated our culture really is when it comes to socializing. They don't know how to help foreigners make Swedish friends because they barely know themselves how they do it. I'm a bit autistic, so I spent my whole life observing human interaction and how to behave "properly", and according to the Swedish social rules, so I can tell you; it's VERY complicated. I should probably write a book about it.
@Dr.Naira.Renault
@Dr.Naira.Renault 7 ай бұрын
He is speaking from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
@MistireMie
@MistireMie Жыл бұрын
As a Swede, my take on "JanteLagen" is "Remember, there always someone better than you...." Be proud, be humble, becuse your record will be broken....
@Random-cl3le
@Random-cl3le Жыл бұрын
we have the same in Norway called "Janteloven" it was mostly used to tell immigrants that they were not better than the ethnic norwegian
@space_dus7
@space_dus7 Жыл бұрын
Jante law is literally the stupidest, soul-sucking, dehumanizing idea I’ve ever heard.
@someguy2744
@someguy2744 Жыл бұрын
Maybe modify it to: "Never think that you are better than anyone - we are all equal, different, but equal." - arrogance isn't good for anybody.
Жыл бұрын
@@space_dus7 I read a theory about it stemming from when hunter-gatherers lived there, and resources were very scarce: you need a group that doesn't waste energy on competing or arguing then. Just everybody pitching in, nobody better than the rest. Makes some sense.
@RattusSwedicus
@RattusSwedicus Жыл бұрын
Yep . . It´s something like that . But you have similar "unwritten laws" in all countries all over the world , that goes for UK and Japan as well . There´s no place around the world they do like people who do brag and do "wave their banner too high" all the time & all over the place . So Jantelagen is , more or less , "universal" . And when comparing Sweden v.s Japan , as an example . then Japan , in general , is far more conservative the Sweden . Of course you do have some loop holes in Japan where you can let off some steam but when it comes down to it you have to fit in to the Japanese society and at work . Japanese people who do stray "too far" away from those rules are , many times seen as oddballs . And act too Swedish or demand things the Swedish way while working in the US or Japan , for example , will not fly there either . And I don´t think it will work in the UK , or elsewhere , either by the way . You have to adapt no matter where you choose to settle down , and "take the good with the bad things" . And yes . . I´m a native Swede and I love my country even if it´s not perfect , but then again . . there are no perfect places . And Sweden is the only place I can call my home and where I´m not the foreigner who has to adapt to other cultures rules & customs . And as a Swede I will never adapt to rules & customs imported by people who has moved in / immigrated here by free choice , because in Sweden we´re doing it the Swedish way and if you don´t like it you´r free to move . That´s the way it works all over the world . . Peace & Out Folks . . . :O)
Жыл бұрын
I'm Swedish. This video is 100% accurate. Thank you! Ok, one thing is not correct. We're not that cold... During summer! Winter time though, nobody wants to stand in that cold and be nice to the neighbour, or actually even acknowledge that they exist! Come back May and I might start engaging. Might.
@RM-ep2dc
@RM-ep2dc Жыл бұрын
So an introverts dream? Where can i sign?
@IndraKeEnam6
@IndraKeEnam6 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpmcYMJ1qpuxlYE.html 😁 I'm finally here ❤️❤️
@andyharpist2938
@andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын
Yes you are. It amazed me how you have babies. Perhaps drunkeness is the way.
@gavins9846
@gavins9846 Жыл бұрын
Jesus I'd wilt in there
@andyharpist2938
@andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын
@@gavins9846 a friend said he had to leave Sweden before they asphyxiated him.
@nongthip
@nongthip Жыл бұрын
Funny honest strait-talk video, so cheers for that. I had a similar love/hate time as an American living in Germany (I had a German girlfriend who I met on holiday in Australia). Germans tend to be more loose and free and extrovert and open-minded when they are out of their country, but fall in love with one of them and follow them back to their homeland and they suddenly become boring and less interesting, go figure. Also it's almost forbidden to make casual talk with strangers, even in a pub, as in you need to be introduced by a mutual friend first. On public transport they all stare at the floor and refuse to make eye contact or smile at each other. During my time in Germany I went to India for three months and returned fully tanned and wearing bright colors and feeling very joyful and extroverted, but no, upon returning to Germany my attitude was shunned and I had to go back to wearing black and grey clothes and shut the f*ck up, stop being so happy dammit. Also the language, for example on a nice evening I would hear the sound of crickets (grasshoppers) and say how lovely it was, but in German, "das ist eine Heuschrecke!" like you just violated some severe rule of law by mentioning it. Ok to be fair there were things I loved in Germany, like Christmas which is done with some great traditions and minimal materialism, and they have great bicycle paths so you can go everywhere under your own two-wheeled power, and ironically despite the uptight social attitudes in Summer you can take off all your clothes to sunbathe and swim in a lake with hundreds of other naked people with no sense of shame whatsoever. And you can drive on the Autobahn at ridiculous high speed as long as your car is up to the task. I could go on and on about the loves and the hates of living in Germany, but now I live in a rice field in northern Thailand which has a very different list of loves and non-loves, but at least I don't hate it, except for maybe the death wish they have on the roads driving like idiots. ;-)
@miketybring4700
@miketybring4700 Жыл бұрын
wow must be interesting living in far flung places l wish a had the travel bug when l was young.
@indrinita
@indrinita Жыл бұрын
As a well travelled Canadian who's lived in several countries and now lives in Germany, I so relate to everything you said!
@annaak7849
@annaak7849 Жыл бұрын
Great post - made me laugh!
@GLamoRousCooKie
@GLamoRousCooKie Жыл бұрын
See this is why Berlin is the only place in Germany I'd want to live in. But then Berlin, to me, is one of the best places ever in general. Hopefully I can live there for at least a year in the future. Fingers crossed.
@GLamoRousCooKie
@GLamoRousCooKie Жыл бұрын
​@@miketybring4700 It's never too late dear Mike, truly. Hope you get to travel somewhere soon.
@Dani-lh1cg
@Dani-lh1cg Жыл бұрын
i lived in denmark 2 years , it was boring to death , cold , dark and depressing, and people avoided me like the plague. then i came to london , its crazy but i love it ♥
@TurdBoi-tf5lf
@TurdBoi-tf5lf 9 ай бұрын
denmark solos middon
@zainulabdin1720
@zainulabdin1720 9 ай бұрын
@jackhammer5683
@jackhammer5683 7 ай бұрын
Try Russia. Way more better
@Dani-lh1cg
@Dani-lh1cg 7 ай бұрын
i kind of tried it , grew up in Bulgaria in the 70's 😀 @@jackhammer5683
@Ghostrider-ul7xn
@Ghostrider-ul7xn 6 ай бұрын
i live in America and i often felt it isolating. Then again, my roots are from non-western countries where its easy to make long lasting relationships within minutes, so my tolerance level on this matter are the lowest. If you actually want to know what its like to live life, go to Asian or Latin American countries. You'll never feel bored.
@Riververchi
@Riververchi Жыл бұрын
I am from Russia, and to me Swedes are the best people on Earth. I lived in Denmark before and Swedes are just better. I like that Swedes while respect your personal space a lot, would always engange in some small chatter throwing a joke or two. I think they are very smart, kind and lovely people. I am legit in love with the entire nation lol. I just hope they would stop swooping in people that does not like to learn the language, work and rather go around chain-yanking....
@Roin_robin87
@Roin_robin87 Жыл бұрын
ikr, and if we say anything about it, we are "RaCisT"
@Vidis88
@Vidis88 Жыл бұрын
Think a lot of us in the northern hemisphere understand this social distance and just small chatter, and that it takes time to know someone.
@amdimilker5773
@amdimilker5773 Жыл бұрын
Disagree. Denmark is much better
@nope4416
@nope4416 Жыл бұрын
​@@amdimilker5773 ok your opinion
@k3n972
@k3n972 Жыл бұрын
They dont even feed their kid's friends
@DemiCape
@DemiCape Жыл бұрын
The not talking to strangers thing is mostly because people in sweden dont want to bother other people and they themselves want to just mind what they are doing. But if something does happen or a stranger does come, there is many swedes that do help out and maybe talk.
@magnuslundstedt2659
@magnuslundstedt2659 Жыл бұрын
The not talking with strangers only apply to bigger cities and some regions. Where I live I talk with strangers allnthe time.
@hotrodjones74
@hotrodjones74 Жыл бұрын
It's not that different in Russia as well. Big northern cities are like this. However, we travel long distances here so sometimes you make travel friends for the ride. There's even a special word for that: попучики (papuuchiki).
@1337fraggzb00N
@1337fraggzb00N Жыл бұрын
Here in Mayfair, London, we also do not talk to strangers. It is because we are better.
@vertitis
@vertitis Жыл бұрын
Only apply to city snobs. Stockholmians are a breed of their own. No one likes them.
@johnsmith21123
@johnsmith21123 Жыл бұрын
@@hotrodjones74 попутчики*
@mijalic1
@mijalic1 Жыл бұрын
Great thinking. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.
@Elyseon
@Elyseon 6 ай бұрын
I'm used to isolation, but pretentiousness, two-faced people, superiority complexes and fame politeness are deal breakers. Especially when xenophobia is thrown into the mix.
@aaauto705
@aaauto705 Жыл бұрын
I like how you said Swedish cities are small and then mentioned Tokyo, literally the largest city in the world 😂 Interesting video though, I've never been to Sweden and this offers a bit different perspective than I usually hear
@LillieVibes
@LillieVibes 2 жыл бұрын
I had to subscribe. You made me laugh in this video 😂 Your sense of humor it’s something else
@Dr.Naira.Renault
@Dr.Naira.Renault 7 ай бұрын
You are speaking from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
@skye1580
@skye1580 Жыл бұрын
I am an American with Swedish heritage and watching this makes all my conditioning make sense. 😂 Also, I’m low key smitten with you and your sense of humor. 😇
@barbararipani1331
@barbararipani1331 Жыл бұрын
I spend lots of time there. You are totally cool to see these things. One time I bought vegetables from a stand. The next day I was walking with my sister in law and I said hi to the vegetable guy. My sister in law was shocked. Do you know him. Well, I do now because I met him yesterday. But you don’t know him. Well, fuck yea I do, I met him when I was buying vegetables. Jesus Christ. You are the next generation Swede. It makes me so happy
@NightinGal89
@NightinGal89 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@aishajallow1
@aishajallow1 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely hilarious. I'm swedish born and bread and honestly this is so true hence why I moved to the UK and have been here for 16 and married a brit
@lorenzob206
@lorenzob206 9 ай бұрын
😂
@Adrian_Marmy
@Adrian_Marmy Жыл бұрын
Scandinavian folks just are the kings and queens of sarcasm and dark humor. I had to laugh quite some times watching this. Love it.
@ZEE-es3jk
@ZEE-es3jk Жыл бұрын
That was obviously English sarcasm and humour, not Swedish!
@Adrian_Marmy
@Adrian_Marmy Жыл бұрын
@@ZEE-es3jk my impression is that scandinavian humor is rather dark as well. And he is swedish... :) So I reckon it's hard to tell whether it's british or scandinavian... you're right though... british goes that direction too. I'm not sure yet how the both distinguish. However, I have heard Scandinavians saying that scandinavian humor is actually not funny at all. I wouldn't know since I'm not Scandinavian but I have seen plenty of scandinavian movies and shows and always found them hilarious. The dark kind of hilarious. But maybe they don't actually reflect the scandinavian people. 🤷‍♂
@ZEE-es3jk
@ZEE-es3jk Жыл бұрын
@@Adrian_Marmy his English accent and the way he talks is much closer to how English people talk (and think) than Swedish people. Probably his mother or father is English, or he has had a significant English influence in his life.
@Adrian_Marmy
@Adrian_Marmy Жыл бұрын
@@ZEE-es3jk I don't think that makes any sense. Yes it's true that he hasn't got a Swedish accent when he speaks English. That doesn't make him any less of a Swede though, does it? He surely is able to talk swedish without an accent as well . :-) but besides that humor and language are not the same. Can't a person have the humor of one culture yet speak another language perfectly well?
@beorlingo
@beorlingo Жыл бұрын
@@Adrian_Marmy as a Swede I find this fellow very Swedish somehow even if not typically Swedish. Felix Herngren is maybe more (stereo)typically Swedish, but not more Swedish.
@Amonieux
@Amonieux Жыл бұрын
The best thing about Sweden is that no matter where you go, no matter how remote, everyone speaks English really well. I think that's very pleasant, especially for native English speakers. In Germany, for example, it's much harder, and the supermarkets are also open on Sundays, which is not a matter of course.
@stephaniefogelvik4756
@stephaniefogelvik4756 Жыл бұрын
There are plenty of people here who barely speak any English, actually.
@braddavid902
@braddavid902 26 күн бұрын
Aldi is open Sundays here in the US. You would think they would close being a German company.
@Hadas705
@Hadas705 Жыл бұрын
In my country, we all talk with strangers and smile to each other and no one thinks you're crazy. I can't imagine how many good people swedish people miss :) But, It's a warm country, so...
@kerrynight3271
@kerrynight3271 Жыл бұрын
In Denver, Colorado, strangers tend to at least make eye contact, smile, and say hello. When someone doesn't, I just assume they're unhappy for some reason. Contact with strangers and turning some of them into friendly acquaintances is important for your mental health.
@niallsburrito
@niallsburrito Жыл бұрын
@@kerrynight3271 it’s nice but not needed
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce 2 жыл бұрын
I do not find Swedes too bad. More reserved but, I find once you make a Swedish friend you have them for life. One, I started talking to again after years of not a lot of contact with each other but it is like, we picked up where we left off.
@CGplay186
@CGplay186 2 жыл бұрын
MDobri2378 nonsense all my friends betrayed me, you don't get them for life at all, is not much different than other countries just go out to bars and whatever i want to meet new friends I unfortunately cant do it in the same way any more as sick with spinal cord injure and FK refuse help me so don't have afford with the costs to not need to live isolated
@SatanenPerkele
@SatanenPerkele 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a Swede, and despite me trying to re-connect with my childhood friend I get the cold shoulder back. Swedes don't want social contact.
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce 2 жыл бұрын
@@SatanenPerkele In my experience this is just with 95% of people in general as time goes on Swede or not. And vice-versa. Some of my friends growing up and in college it just felt weird of we did not have the same interests anymore or at way different stages of our lives. To me, it was like trying to talk to strangers and I felt the effort was not worth it. I guess, I got lucky though with the two Swedes, I meet although, I am trying to tone it down a bit. They probably think, "That's great you are learning Swedish, we get it." Lol.
@isaclatonville6578
@isaclatonville6578 2 жыл бұрын
It's about your personal taste. I'd die if I lived in a country like that but there are people who enjoy darkness,loneliness and cold weather. Nothing wrong. I spent 3 months in Sweden and 12 in England for an erasmus but...no,it's a lifestyle that I'll never understand I prefer Spain and Buenos Aires without any doubt. There are some people who think living in Sweden is like living in heaven but when these people discover (very soon) they have no contacts there and that the weather is not warm enough for outdoor activities (from october to middle April),they go back on their steps. If you're not from there it's very difficult to apreciate that country.
@bengillen1287
@bengillen1287 2 жыл бұрын
"Hard to get to know, but friends for life" is nonsense that swedes themselves like to repeat. But since we are generalizing here maybe you are from USA, where everyone says "love yooouu" when they don't?
@susanbeckham7236
@susanbeckham7236 Жыл бұрын
I am first generation American on my mother's side. She cam to the states with her family as a child. I grew up eating lots of Swedish food. I can say my mom was very reserved and didn't strike up conversations with people. She was tough as nails as was her entire family. She was not a hugger . She loved her country . I suffer from depression and couldn't deal with all the dark days.
@pbohearn
@pbohearn Жыл бұрын
Mama sounds like the definition of “battle ax.“
@susanbeckham7236
@susanbeckham7236 Жыл бұрын
Do you mean a person with a PhD doesn't know how to spell axe? Lol.. All I can say to you is " yo mamma".
@kerrynight3271
@kerrynight3271 Жыл бұрын
Which "her country" did your mother love, Sweden or the U.S.? Also, having a mother who wasn't a hugger encourages depression in the kids.
@susanbeckham7236
@susanbeckham7236 Жыл бұрын
@@kerrynight3271 Now we have a psychologist on board? Wow! Lots of brilliant minds here!
@kerrynight3271
@kerrynight3271 Жыл бұрын
@@susanbeckham7236 No, I was a child who wasn't hugged by her mother.
@internetjunkie5241
@internetjunkie5241 7 ай бұрын
I’m black when I was studying there people avoided me like I was the terminator.
@cesarolivas2085
@cesarolivas2085 2 ай бұрын
Really? I’m Latin and now I’m thinking twice to vistit Sweeden 😮
@Cat-bt9sh
@Cat-bt9sh 9 күн бұрын
@@cesarolivas2085 I wouldn't recommend it, the culture is very insular and racist.
@jarrettreckseidler
@jarrettreckseidler Жыл бұрын
Ball-crushingly witty, hilarious, and bang on…bravo 😂
@thedarkworldcreater
@thedarkworldcreater Жыл бұрын
I just want to say your channel is so awesome. But also, the rabbit hole that found me here was literally as random as typing Sweden into the search bar and you showed up 🥺 amazing. I love language, and I found out Sweden made it second on the English proficiency index for countries with English as a second language. I ran across a Swedish pilot watched like all of his videos and couldn't figure out his accent. So of course I found out he was from the cold cold Sweden when I was frustrated cuz his accent sounded "germanic" to my dumb American ears then learned the truth. After all of that I found your adorable video about what you hate about Sweden, and man, you may actually have a worse housing market than America. By may I mean 1000% you do. 😆 loved your video though the random rabbit hole that lead me here was the happiest thing imaginable. 💖
@fautam
@fautam Жыл бұрын
I know exactly wich pilot you're talking about - Mentour Pilot. I love his stuff! This video was too funny. Ha ha.
@burgerkang3249
@burgerkang3249 Жыл бұрын
Sweden is #8 actually on the English proficiency index
@WiseGuyFTW
@WiseGuyFTW Жыл бұрын
I thought the best thing about sweden is that you have a right to walk almost everywhere, even if you own a piece of land you cannot forbid it to general public. This may seem strange or unfair at surface but it prevents filthy rich to buy a piece of land in the middle of a beautiful hiking track and block it for everyone else. I also love that nature is really accessible here even in Stockholm. You don''t to go on a vacation if you want to be in a forest, you just take a 10 to minute walk to the woods.
@sebastienholmes548
@sebastienholmes548 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure that won't be abused.
@Alex-ro5of
@Alex-ro5of Жыл бұрын
@@sebastienholmes548 as an European, I assure it’s not abused, open private property is respected, just that it’s use may be considered a common good
@misssh5596
@misssh5596 Жыл бұрын
Unless its your property then it sucks
@mannydcbianco
@mannydcbianco Жыл бұрын
It bears mentioning that the right to roam in Sweden doesn't apply to private gardens or lawns or any other built up or cultivated area. You can't even go _near_ a dwelling when roaming. In general my family always said that if you're out for a roam in the woods and between the trees far away you see a dwelling, then you're too close and need to change your course. Instead what it applies to is untouched or uncultivated land, like untouched forests, fields, marshlands and lakes. And there is a lot of that stuff in Sweden, two thirds of Sweden is covered by untouched forests and only 3% is populated, and no matter who happens to own these forests and lands you are legally allowed to roam freely in and on them there as long as you don't disturb the nature, destroy anything, take anything except wild berries and mushrooms for personal use, or go near any dwellings or get on cultivated land.
@sebastienholmes548
@sebastienholmes548 Жыл бұрын
@@Alex-ro5of it would definitely be abuse in the us.
@FatiFleur-jn7ky
@FatiFleur-jn7ky Жыл бұрын
Jantelagen is similar to the Dutch expression "Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg". Roughly translates to Just act normal, that's already crazy enough. So what behaviour is not desired by the Dutch: - bragging - showing off or acting pretentious - discussing money (or how much you have or make) - showing a little too much personality - showing overt public displays of emotion - not following the ever-important unwritten rules and regulations of the Lowlands - acting or being perceived as too “weird”, “different”, “disobedient” or “foreign”
@Tamara-iv9lj
@Tamara-iv9lj Жыл бұрын
I'm visiting 🇸🇪 with a friend in a couple of weeks, pretty excited to discover the culture , monuments , the food and the metal scene . We come from Belgium! London is definitely on the list though! Thank you for sharing the negative parts of the country, it's always interesting to see what a local person thinks.
@marioskomnos4661
@marioskomnos4661 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Greece and I want to live in Sweden. I don't know how I could adapt from 250 days a year of pure sun to a darker-colder place but I love cold as well. I adore Sweden, I like the culture, I haven't met Swedes so it would also be a challenge because in Greece we are very open with strangers and everyone. I like Greece for its beauty, places, food (alcohol access everywhere🤭) but everything else, I don't even want to think about it. Living in Greece is more a survival task then anything. I 'm learning swedish, I listen to swedish music, definitely I will move to Sweden.
@damnawsomrt4357
@damnawsomrt4357 Жыл бұрын
Εδώ θα κάτσεις
@spartan.falbion2761
@spartan.falbion2761 Жыл бұрын
He is generalising because Stockholm is quite far north. I lived in most Southerly and central/Western Sweden, and there was no 24 hour darkness. It gets dark an hour or so earlier in the winter than other places in Europe perhaps. After 15 years, I got tired of poor job oppportunities and people being terrified of eachother. I now live in the UK. In hindsight, I wish I had moved somewhere else or simply stayed. Sweden is boring, but people are interesting and life was peaceful.
@josealmeida76
@josealmeida76 Жыл бұрын
OMG, I want to live in Greece!
@gulanhem9495
@gulanhem9495 Жыл бұрын
lol you are insane if you move from Greece to Sweden. The only difference is that the economy and your salary will be better, and there's more order when you want to have things fixed. I would never trade Greek weather, nature, archeology and history for Swedish money and order.
@marioskomnos4661
@marioskomnos4661 Жыл бұрын
​@@gulanhem9495 I understand what you say. As it is usual, most of the people want to live in a different place from that they live or are born, that's why we change cities and countries. But, if we neglect the fact that I personally like Sweden from every aspect, economy, order, people, nature, cities, every beauty that Sweden has, living in Greece is more a survival task than actually living. Foreigners look at Greece as a heaven on earth, natural beauty, heritage, food, history, everything, but living here is a total different thing. Disorder and unemployment.
@kallegran7225
@kallegran7225 Жыл бұрын
Another complete shit thing is "The principle of openness" which mean anyone can get anyones social sercurity number, see their earnings, houses, cars etc.
@lauradewhurst2860
@lauradewhurst2860 Жыл бұрын
Haha. Very funny commentary! I was there in the summer, with Swedes who DO have a sense of humor like you do. I loved my visit.
@sharmaayush310
@sharmaayush310 Жыл бұрын
I have been in sweden for 5 months... Helsingborg 😍 Have to say whatever was said in first half i felt for first month..but country grows on you..its a brilliant sorted country .. lovely people once you get to know them ..small but beautiful cities..there is no Second thought on moving there..i would love it. ❤️
@AB-sr3yv
@AB-sr3yv Жыл бұрын
It will never happend. Study and go to another country bc Crappy weather and racist society, highest taxes in the world and you get nothing back this money goes to the rich
@SlecnaLiska
@SlecnaLiska Жыл бұрын
Thanks for preparing me what's awaiting me in this amazing country for the upcoming two years 😍
@cresiopereira8576
@cresiopereira8576 Жыл бұрын
Oh, little Darling, would you like to exchange your place in Sweden for a Brazilian life?
@fannyalexander5906
@fannyalexander5906 Жыл бұрын
Swedish here. Missing my homeland so much. I miss those gloomy days because I now live in a tropical country 😅
@testtestsson4927
@testtestsson4927 Жыл бұрын
Why do you miss them? Have you gotten used to the tropical climate now that it doesn¨t feel special anymore seeing blue skies, nice warm sunny weather with palm trees? Swedes usually complain about the cold and dark in winter and rather live in a tropical climate but I Guess you get used to it and it isn¨t that special and great anymore?
@peterjacobsson3505
@peterjacobsson3505 Жыл бұрын
@@testtestsson4927 i think its depends also on which tropical country she lives in, ofc it can be nice at least for a short time but like forever no beacuse we swedes or nordic peoples arnt really build for that weather/climate that most tropical countries has to offer. It is possible to change that but i think its depends on the next generation. For example my family know some 1 who moved to Australia and she isnt a huge fan for the autum/winter over there so when its that time of the year then she prefers to go back to sweden while her kids are more used to that sort of climate beacuse they grew up there.
@10uszenzen
@10uszenzen Жыл бұрын
Hahah very funny
@dennercassio
@dennercassio Жыл бұрын
I'm from Brazil*, maybe the most tropical country out there and I hateeeeeee sun and hot weather. I lovvvvveeee cold weather. I went to sweden in a summer time and in the night and sometimes during the day it felt so cozy and cool outside. But you might say "You would change your mind during the winter", I'd reply "When I went to Finland by cruise, the best part of the cruise for me was on the deck in the middle of the early hours. Sooo coldddd, freezing but I just loved. In the northeast of Brazil where I live we have just two seasons, summer and hell. * Brazil is huge, there are places where it's really cold in the winter but I live in the northeast where it's just hot the whole year
@tpeterson9140
@tpeterson9140 Жыл бұрын
@@dennercassio i didnt know south america had places that gets really cold in the winter
@MildredStain
@MildredStain Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. It was interesting to see and hear some honest perspective on your country and culture. I'm going to find the positive one now, for balance.
@cainabel615
@cainabel615 Жыл бұрын
Home is where the heart is. I have travelled all over and have lived all over the world. There are some things done better in other countries than my own. (US) But I still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else permanently. I never begrudge anyone that feels the same about their own native country. I still want to visit Sweden however. It does sound fantastic as I do like the night.
@pigedehekkan
@pigedehekkan Жыл бұрын
The trick to Systembolaget is what I do. We have the same silliness here in Norway with Vinmonopolet closing early, and closed on some days, so I have made sure that I'm prepared for whatever occasion might possibly occur. I have several liters of a lot of all sorts of liquor, wine, beer, cider, whiskey, vodka etc just in case I might wan't something sometime. The backside is I end up drinking a lot more than I would if I could just buy it when I actually need it. 😋
@samhynninen
@samhynninen Жыл бұрын
Finland and Sweden are incredibly similar in many ways. The ice cold exterior, seasonal depression, restrictions on selling alcohol, not to mention all the social security system and high quality (and cost) of living etc. etc. That's why I find it so strange that Sweden has no 24/7 grocery stores/corner shops. In Helsinki they're now basically everywhere, although they're much rarer in smaller cities.
@Melk__
@Melk__ Жыл бұрын
They are not very rare tbh. There are atleast one in every city with 10k+ ppl. And oh yeah Finland is better than Sweden rn thanks to all of the immigration we've had. Please Finland don't do the same mistake...
@Spetnaz-wc1fz
@Spetnaz-wc1fz 8 ай бұрын
They have many 24h shops in malmö
@Oystein3700
@Oystein3700 9 ай бұрын
Kinda like living in Norway, a heaven for introverts.
@debbieanne7962
@debbieanne7962 Жыл бұрын
Hi, from Melbourne, Australia. My best friend here is Swedish her name is Gunilla. Her father Arne moved back to Stockholm a decade ago. When Gunilla first arrived in Australia she fainted in 30 degree heat. Still doesn't like hot weather!
@buckstraw925
@buckstraw925 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Sweden in "tiny" in terms of population but it is far larger in area than both Japan and the UK.
@leob4403
@leob4403 Жыл бұрын
Sweden is 447 425 km² while Japan is 377 975 km². Far larger? Im not sure you could say that. China or Russia would be far larger than Japan
@leob4403
@leob4403 Жыл бұрын
@I Love Memes thats not correct, Sweden is 450 000 km²
@beorlingo
@beorlingo Жыл бұрын
@@leob4403 the Vatican is 0,5 km².
@ZipTrunk
@ZipTrunk Жыл бұрын
@@leob4403 its still around 20% larger
@Edgar1972
@Edgar1972 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making and sharing the video. Living in the Netherlands, I would say that only the winter would be a bit of a disadvantage. But the other points you mentioned, well I would rather qualify them as credits to Sweden. I absolutely love the country and its people! Best regards from the Netherlands
@slavianalbanovich9025
@slavianalbanovich9025 Жыл бұрын
maybe the Dutch people living in Bonaire, Saba or Sint Eustatius might see it differently from you.😬😬
@Edgar1972
@Edgar1972 Жыл бұрын
@@slavianalbanovich9025 It is just a matter of personal taste, I guess many Dutch people living in the NL wouldn’t think about living abroad. The sunshine and atmosphere on the Antilles is great (mostly been on Curacao and Bonaire many years ago) for sure. But personally would prefer Sweden if I would ever emigrate. Best wishes.
@vancevillaflor
@vancevillaflor Жыл бұрын
Hej! First time commenting on a YT video in over 10 years (not exaggerating!). Binge-watched a few of your vids and you are hilarious, man! 😂 Love the Sweden-related videos coz I just moved here a couple of months ago and don’t really have actual friends yet. Keep up the good work! (and of course the dirty jokes) 🤣
@dankadesign7462
@dankadesign7462 Жыл бұрын
Is it just dirty jokes?!!:)How common is there to have sex or close relationship withing family?Is any regulations by law?
@dougolsen
@dougolsen Жыл бұрын
Number 3 (rollerskating banana) resonates. One of my funniest incidents is a newly arrived Swedish student "inneboende" in 2010-ish (from Gothenburg) came back from the local Supermarket stunned there was a girl walking around with green hair and nobody said a word!! Also I worked in Sweden for a while on secondment from the UK for a well-known Telecomms Company along with a bunch of fellow 20-something year old Brit. We loved everything about the experience except "System Bollocks". I naively asked a member of staff for a wine recommendation and got back an icy stare, as if I'd just implied she was an alcoholic.
@adrianaslund8605
@adrianaslund8605 Жыл бұрын
I saw a Nigerian exchange student here in Sweden. He looked quite sad and out of place. He probably had a hard time relating to people here. Because if there is one flaw we have its how closed of and exclusive we are. How coldly we treat people out of respect. Yeah we might take care of the poor and give them communal housing. But having all your economic and safety needs met but left to a living death with nothing to look forward to. No social life. No future. No prospects, No confidence. Because we imagine people as happy when left alone and independent. In a more southernly culture like Nigeria. Im guessing communities and friends and family look out for one another and don't keep you boxed in and alienated with tax money as if its doing you a favour.
@fingore1213
@fingore1213 Жыл бұрын
damn that sucks,
@holdenparker179
@holdenparker179 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to Nigeria? Imagine you are Sweden blond guy walking somewhere in Nigeria alone. How would you be treated? Probably robbed and killed?
@adrianaslund8605
@adrianaslund8605 Жыл бұрын
@@holdenparker179 Yeah maybe true to some degree. But that's not really relevant.
@adrianaslund8605
@adrianaslund8605 Жыл бұрын
@@holdenparker179 There's good and bad in every culture. And the lack of safety in Nigeria is not really relevant. I heard a story about a taxi driver being kidnapped by organ harvesters and his taxi driver friends formed a posse to get him back because police did nothing. Because of the lack of safety they had to chip in and have eachothers backs. And even though its unsafe and violent they dont seem to suffer as much from depression and alienation down in sub saharan africa. Because they have more of a sense of community to them. Maybe its a trade off. But I think you should have both.
@holdenparker179
@holdenparker179 Жыл бұрын
@@adrianaslund8605 Your propaganda is irrelevant. Go find a job finally and stop wasting our planet’s resources on irrelevant shit. Did you help us become multiplanetrary civilization? No. Did you help us invent AI? No. Then what are you doing? Eating, shitting and saying that someone from Nigeria feels lonely. Just because of such pathetic propaganda we are still literally zero 0 civilization with good chances to be destroyed before we manage to become multiplanetrary. You’d better grow up finally and find a hobby that helps at least somehow to humanity in its mission. But so far you are writing useless pulp fiction that holds us back for decades already. Humanity has 99 problems, pathetic activist has none.
@vidananoruega
@vidananoruega Жыл бұрын
Norway its exactly like that, but smaller and more expensive
@pinnaclet230
@pinnaclet230 Жыл бұрын
yoo nice work mane, this video went viral. How was your experience in Tokyo?
@casualgamer3689
@casualgamer3689 11 ай бұрын
There are however gas stations open 24/7 where you can buy mostly the same stuff as in corner shops?
@mrpat6349
@mrpat6349 Жыл бұрын
I am an American visiting Stockholm. I have been here for a month and a half. The other day i was in coop grocery store waiting to use a recycling machine, and a older Swedish lady that was a stranger said to me " to have a nice day". IT MADE ME SO HAPPY. I was so surprised.
@TobbeStorm
@TobbeStorm Жыл бұрын
That’s surprising! Maybe she wanted to try out her English. Most times people wants to address you is when telling you off for doing something wrong./ From a Swede living in America
@mrpat6349
@mrpat6349 Жыл бұрын
@@TobbeStorm When she said have a nice day, she said in Swedish. Then I told her I only speak English. Then she translated what she said. I thought swedes aren't confrontational???
@TobbeStorm
@TobbeStorm Жыл бұрын
@@mrpat6349 Well uncommon doesn’t mean never. Not confrontational as in argumentative, but pointing out what the rules are, like your shoes can’t go on the seat etc, doesn’t invite to much of a discussion since one is just wrong. You might get a normal chat if you instigate it- which sometimes people actually enjoy, but very few would take that first step. Btw if you’re in Sweden you’d be well advised to look up Tjörn for a weekend trip or so!
@dylanhamilton1441
@dylanhamilton1441 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Glasgow in Scotland gets less sunlight than Stockholm despite being further south due to an aggressive amount of cloud and rain, that sunlight can't actually get through during the 6 hours a day that there actually is daylight
@averyj5446
@averyj5446 Жыл бұрын
but the Scots are hilarious and you feel like you can talk and interact with them, Swedes you just cannot.
@user-ks3ol3lw3b
@user-ks3ol3lw3b 7 ай бұрын
I visited my Swedish cousins in 1988, after some of them had visited us in the United States. Two men my mother's age were surprisingly frisky - always joking. Their children near my age seemed mostly open and friendly. I was there during the summer, and had a terrible time getting to sleep at night with the light coming in the window all night, but that's unavoidable. Trollhattan and Skovde.
@woodanemone9758
@woodanemone9758 Жыл бұрын
I just want to clarify as a Swedish person that our country DOES have sun light between like 8 am to like 3-5 pm during these dark months. I just don't want flat earthers using this video as some kind of proof. Tacohej!
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce 2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, I am Canadian and had to learn English and some French growing up. However, I do not like speaking French because, I think, I sound horrible! I am doing a Swedish lesson after this video is done!
@apefu
@apefu 2 жыл бұрын
As a Swede who has lived abroad for a short while I second this video wholeheartedly. I'm conflicted about the Jante thing. I really like it except when I, admittedly rarely, need to say "I am better at this, move over". Every time you need to weigh the social impact.
@thegroovee
@thegroovee Жыл бұрын
Dude, you are such a funny guy! Your channel is gold! Cheers from Texas!
@lenajk2004
@lenajk2004 7 ай бұрын
i’m from the midwestern US and everything i see and hear about sweden sounds like heaven to me. i love winter, i am extremely introverted and i can’t help but love the idea of having any form of healthcare for less than the price of my kidney every month.
@marfa.h3526
@marfa.h3526 Жыл бұрын
In my city in Finland there is usually this store called "Prisma" being opem 24/7 except on holidays of course. Prisma isnt next to me but its not too far away, cheap and has anything I need. But I don't really need to go to the store at 2 am
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce 2 жыл бұрын
I heard of Systembolaget. I am not sure, how things are in other parts of Canada, but in Ontario if you wanted alcohol you would have to go to a special store LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) in the 90's and early to mid 2000's. However, this has changed in the past 7 years because now, grocery stores are allowed to carry alcohol.
@opticalfred4
@opticalfred4 2 жыл бұрын
Same thing in Québec
@abbe9760
@abbe9760 Жыл бұрын
Lucky you but i still have to haul my ass to systembolaget just so i can have a sippy and get on with the forgetty
@jeremieborgia5411
@jeremieborgia5411 Жыл бұрын
@@opticalfred4 Hum no, it's not the same. In Québec convenience and groecy stores sell beer and cheap wine, and you get stronger alcool at the SAQ. He said you can't buy anything stronger than 3,5% alcool in Sweden's convenience or grocery stores. You can buy a beer with 10% alcool or a bottle of cheap wine with 14% alcool outside the SAQ in Québec, it is not restricted in that way. It's about the type of products sold, not the alcool content. It's easier to buy alcool in Québec than it is in Sweden.
@kumarvie
@kumarvie Жыл бұрын
Systembolagat even asks Id for liquor purchase 😅
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce Жыл бұрын
@@kumarvie LCBO does her too. However, my sister says, "That's good though, it is when they don't need to you know you are looking your age."
@zdzislawmeglicki2262
@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Жыл бұрын
1. If you live in southernmost Sweden, perhaps winters are not so bad there. Also, the seas around keep the area relatively warm. 2. Sweden is a large country by European standards. Of course, not as large as Australia or Canada, but large enough. Also, as a Schengen and EU Citizen you can travel, live, and work everywhere within the EU. 3. Great cities are fun to visit and even live there for a while, but they are terribly expensive, commuting is a nightmare, and competition for limited resources is fierce. This, of course, translates into the cost of living and stress. In my experience, well run mid-size cities are the best. Try, e.g., Brisbane, QLD, Australia (my favourite), or Vancouver, BC, Canada.
@sarcasmo57
@sarcasmo57 Жыл бұрын
The grass is always greener, my dude.
@jano3289
@jano3289 Жыл бұрын
As a Swede: 1. Couldn't agree more. 2. Absolutely true although once a Swede becomes your fried it shifts totally. Also Stockholm is the coldest and unfriendliest city in Sweden. Gothenburg is by far the most European like. 2nd I would say Malmö where I live. 3. Yes, however if you live in Malmö you have very easy access to Copenhagen for culture etc. Also Copenhagen has the best airport in Scandinavia if you want to go somewhere else. Stockholm is isolated and remote. 4. Whatever :p 5.Absolutely hate it. I buy most of my alcohol online nowadays. 6. Yeah getting a rental apartment especially in Stockholm is a nightmare. 7. Whatever. 8. Same as 7. 9. I can absolutely agree when it comes to bureaucracy. For every day life and general order I enjoy it. I explode sometimes when I go to "developed" countries and everything is an organizational disaster. 10. Yes, my god. Hate it.
@Monkeh516
@Monkeh516 Жыл бұрын
F*ck Stockholm -from a guy that lives in the northern hellhole
@ansar714
@ansar714 Жыл бұрын
I just subscribed you sick freak.Great narration style 😎
@jortie58
@jortie58 Жыл бұрын
I have been living in Sweden for about 8 months now. Although there are a lot of pros (e.g. free education, clean) there are also some cons for sure. I am living in Gothenburg and in the last months the weather was pretty bad. It can get very gloomy and greyish. At the same time, although people are very considerate of personal space, i sometimes feel like there are a lot of rules in Sweden and people can be overly protective. If you go out in a club there are usually security guards watching every one. Although it is fairly safe in general. Over all its comfortable but also a bit overhyped sometimes haha
@reginafisher9919
@reginafisher9919 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad everyone is posting videos about the authenticity of everything and being so real and honest I really appreciate it, I think everyone is done with the sugar coating let's just be real thanks for being real.
@voiceinthechaos
@voiceinthechaos Жыл бұрын
That was hilarious and informative at the same time. 😄 Greetings from Germany.
@s.c.9878
@s.c.9878 Жыл бұрын
Loved your video! I have Swedish relatives and my aunt is a bit of a fridge. My cousins, fortunately, are pretty normal. I think the Vikings must have thought that they had found paradise when they found Britain, all those years ago. I can see why many did not want to return to Scandinavia.
@Luboman411
@Luboman411 Жыл бұрын
You can grow crops in Britain--there's a relatively long growing season! No more salted fish, venison and wild berries all the damn time. Or a growing season of 2 months where you can grow only the crappiest kind of wheat so that you at least had some beer for the winter. You can eat good wheat and oats and barley in Britain! You can even import wine from France! Huzzah! (I think these are the real reasons the Vikings stayed in Britain and never went back. LOL.)
@NightinGal89
@NightinGal89 Жыл бұрын
A * tropical * paradise 🤣
@annainbudapest1261
@annainbudapest1261 Жыл бұрын
I am canadian and liquor must be bought in the state store which is very expensive as well. Now I live in budapest where its extremely convenient here and very cheap to live love it here. I bought 4 flats in budapest for the price of one in the most expensive part of Canada. Love it here! I have wanted to visit Stockholm but am fearful re the migrant situation there. I like safe places.
@LeonardoGrigio
@LeonardoGrigio Жыл бұрын
Great video. Right touch of humor I want to visit now too! 😅
@jakehaubschueh1872
@jakehaubschueh1872 Жыл бұрын
2:42 Living in Switzerland, I gotta say Swedish grocery stores have some pretty decent opening hours compared to Switzerland. Most of the Swedish chains are even opened on Sundays and only close at like 10:00 in the evening throughout the week while Swiss supermarkets usually close at 19:00 and ain't opened on Sundays.
@Kay-jg6tf
@Kay-jg6tf Жыл бұрын
So it's Norway without a coastline?
@testtestsson4927
@testtestsson4927 Жыл бұрын
@@Kay-jg6tf Are stores closed on Sundays in Norway? In Switzerland it is because of religious reasons I believe but Norway does not strike me as a religious country so it shoulnd¨t be for religious reasons.
@andrewwarren8474
@andrewwarren8474 Жыл бұрын
Switzerland is an infuriatingly frustrating place to live for reasons like this
@joannavanderwaals1567
@joannavanderwaals1567 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I live in Toronto
@andyharpist2938
@andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын
The bus driver suddenly stopped, and opened his window, and started chatting to two pedestrians. He seemed to suddenly come alive! Smiling and laughing with them. Street vibe! I went up to talk to him as we got into town. What an unusual Norwegian person. I should have known. He was Kurdish and his friends were Iranian,
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
1) you could not tell by looking at him? 2) it would be more believable if you said he was arguing with them.
@andyharpist2938
@andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын
@@theladiesman.8537 Not all Kurds look like Gengis Khan, Mr Man. Many Kurds live in Iran , as they do in Turkey,,identifying as both.
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
@@andyharpist2938 They all have flat occipitals though right? Surely thats a giveaway that they are not Norwegians.
@andyharpist2938
@andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын
@@theladiesman.8537 You may be right with your occipitals Mr Man. I will have to ascertain enlarged occipitals before judging, in future. But I have largely given up on discussion with Norwegians . A lady wrote recently that she was no longer responding to me on Facebook as "we have not been introduced." But that's not unusual. I think I got an E-mail reply from one chap, once, but maybe I'm wrong. One woman wrote to me, teminating our friendship, saying "You should not be learning Norwegian!" Though I have studied it for nearly a decade.
@lorenzob206
@lorenzob206 9 ай бұрын
@@andyharpist2938😂
@brunanski1626
@brunanski1626 Жыл бұрын
I think all the things you mentioned are the things i like the most about Sweden... It makes me think how we're all different and everything we feel is valid
@mikeanderson2730
@mikeanderson2730 3 ай бұрын
About no:4. If you live in fjollträsk, there are not many option for shopping during the night. But if you live in a normal part of sweden, most smaller communitys have 24/7 shops. Unmanned shops you open with your bank-id and shop whatever you want, whenever you want. Convinient.
@mortenandersen4294
@mortenandersen4294 Жыл бұрын
I am danish and I love Sweden and that say’s a lot 😉 I love Stockholm and the people! I always have fun in Stockholm and Swedes are funny when they want to be. Sweden has the most beautifull Nature with so much diversity. Sweden is my second home and I will always come back.
@LillaVargR
@LillaVargR Жыл бұрын
We are now enemies cause gothenburg is better. For legal reasons thats a joke.
@Xzass646
@Xzass646 Жыл бұрын
Copenhagen is beautiful and other places on denmark❤
@davidmckeown6849
@davidmckeown6849 Жыл бұрын
A Dane having fun in Sweden….😂. Talk about a double negative…😂
@dankadesign7462
@dankadesign7462 Жыл бұрын
Is that mean Danish and Swedish are very simmular?What in generally and in brief most diference between Finish Dane Sweedish and Norwegian ppl.For rest of world all these nationalities are very simular or even the same.!!..
@tpeterson9140
@tpeterson9140 Жыл бұрын
@Europe is better than Because we're all the same in Scandinavia? Obviously we can all relate to eachother. We are cold and boring together.
@witzend5996
@witzend5996 2 жыл бұрын
I waited 3 years before someone said thanks for holding a door open for them. And at the same time no one would hold the door open for another person.
@ramonaoberg6641
@ramonaoberg6641 Жыл бұрын
Skitsnack… varenda svensk säger ju tack för ofta nästan. Vi tackar t.om. om vi får plats att köra förbi med en bil när de trafik kaos och någon släpper fram en annan bil.
@beorlingo
@beorlingo Жыл бұрын
@@ramonaoberg6641 she prob heard "tuck smicket" and figured they critiziced her way of showing off under garments.
@ramonaoberg6641
@ramonaoberg6641 Жыл бұрын
@@beorlingo Very funny. ...Ever tried to eat a clock? It's time-consuming!
@johanlindh
@johanlindh Жыл бұрын
Tack för ett gott skratt :D Det är ungefär av samma anledningar jag flyttade från Sverige för ca 24 år sedan, bortsett från punkt 8 även om även det fick mig att spotta kaffet på skärmen :D
@NightinGal89
@NightinGal89 Жыл бұрын
My sister did her phd in Sweden and she couldn't adapt there, not just the darkness, but the daytime starting at 3 am.
@MDobri-sy1ce
@MDobri-sy1ce 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, in my part of Canada, it gets dark and cold quick. I do like winter but, I have been surrounded by snow for 6 months!
@sm3675
@sm3675 Жыл бұрын
For us from Ontario, Sweden can get very dark.
@user-qy6tu9ip9v
@user-qy6tu9ip9v Жыл бұрын
@Marcus come to Calgary Alberta. It snowed in may.
@gavins9846
@gavins9846 Жыл бұрын
Good thing in Canada, people tend to acknowledge strangers that they exist. Country people especially.
@lindaberg1695
@lindaberg1695 Жыл бұрын
As a person of Swedish descent living in Canada, (Vancouver BC), dark gloomy winters are common here as well....The reluctance of Swedes to interact with people they don't know appeals to me...I rarely speak to people I don't know unless I can't avoid it....I don't see a lot of difference in Canadian/Swedish cultures....I'm one to abide by the book and am not happy with those who don't....Perhaps my dominate Swedish DNA is responsible for this. As for affordable housing, waiting lists etc, I'm sure Vancouver and Stockholm are on an even playing field....As to the rest, I'd probably fit in better in Sweden....Your opinion that Sweden is a horrible place to live is completely opposite to my opinion of the country but to each his own.
@FishSlappee
@FishSlappee Жыл бұрын
I have always thought I'd like to live in Canada one day, it seems like a great country filled with lovely people ^^ If you want a bit more of a positive take on Sweden, you can have a look at my reasons why I like living in Sweden video. Thanks for the comment!
@11th_defender51
@11th_defender51 Жыл бұрын
@@FishSlappee as a Canadian I can assure you that Sweden is a better country lol
@beorlingo
@beorlingo Жыл бұрын
Before complaining about dark winters in Vancouver, you should know that Sthlm/Swe is one degree north of Churchill/MB. Just saying...
@lindaberg1695
@lindaberg1695 Жыл бұрын
@@beorlingo I wasn't complaining, I was making a comparison... I have family who live in the Svappavara/Kiruna area, up inside the Arctic Circle....I know the differences believe me, but Stockholm and Vancouver are very similar in winter weather, Stockholm being a bit colder overall. I have relatives there as well...
@beorlingo
@beorlingo Жыл бұрын
@@lindaberg1695 the "before complaining" part was tongue in cheek -ish. I'm sure winters in Vanc can be as grim, my point being definitely not as dark! I hear you appreciate the geographical circumstances of Sweden well though. No further objections on my part! Får tillönska dig en trevlig kväll (när den infinner sig)!
@tkenokthenok9416
@tkenokthenok9416 5 ай бұрын
Even if you think you are introverted and would fit it in, there is a big difference between isolation by choice and isolation by others. I have been living in Sweden 7 years. This place indeed "sucks the anus"
@naveedhasan6738
@naveedhasan6738 Жыл бұрын
what gold mine did i just strike im trying to be all serious researching and this just broke the ice. Love the humour
@leeroden7900
@leeroden7900 Жыл бұрын
From a Scot who became Swedish (outside perspective): i think the cold people thing is overdone - you get out what you put in. I met so many great, friendly people through my interests (music, football) and have so many nice interactions now I live in söderort rather than central Stockholm. It isn't the absolute warmest friendliest place in Europe but it isn't as bad as people make out either
@Nick-AngelpeodSeaxisc
@Nick-AngelpeodSeaxisc Жыл бұрын
The friendliness is skin deep, it is as bad as people make out.
@jacktorrance9688
@jacktorrance9688 Жыл бұрын
Are you a good looking, attractive person? I'm asking because swedes tend to be very judgemental and much friendlier to people with nice looks than more "unattractive" ones.
@leeroden7900
@leeroden7900 Жыл бұрын
@@jacktorrance9688 I am objectively the most handsome man in the world
@Cat-bt9sh
@Cat-bt9sh 9 күн бұрын
The human interactions there aren't as deep, people rarely share their emotions in Nordic countries and there is zero hospitality and a lot of racism. Perhaps you have an easier time because of your background, they are curious because you're Scottish. If someone is from non-EU, they avoid them like plague, regardless of how interesting, educated the person is.
@croissantlover1
@croissantlover1 Жыл бұрын
1:24 This is in Denmark too. I can confirm last 30 years, this is a thing. Interactions with strangers that is. It's like 75% of every day is no interactions from anybody, and if it is, its narcissists trying to get your attention through vocal harassment, which is very ironic, because if you ignore them, they go ape shit, either overtly or internally from being 'rejected'. You have to go out of your way to get interactions really. Making friends is near impossible, because danes already have childhood friends, so they dont want more friends, or they just see it as a momentarily 'friendship' transaction. Being ghosted or never hearing from others is a common ground thing. Because of this too, danes are easily rude, because why not? You're not going to meet that person again, so offloading your internal toxicity onto others is a coping strategy among the danish masses. Have a problem with it? "Freedom of speech!" And Jante law is here too, but its more discreet.
@gulanhem9495
@gulanhem9495 Жыл бұрын
It's like this is in most Western countries, especially in big cities people don't care about strangers at all. This is true for Athens, Barcelona, London, Paris, Prague, Berlin etc. Excactly the same as Stockholmolo.
@slavianalbanovich9025
@slavianalbanovich9025 Жыл бұрын
@@gulanhem9495 where are you from??
@Windwond
@Windwond Жыл бұрын
I was in Odense last week and the lady that ran the hostel we stayed in was very friendly…..but she wasn’t at all kind or nice. Just friendly.
@NightinGal89
@NightinGal89 Жыл бұрын
It's getting like that everywhere(narcissism). I live in Romania, and it's not much different, social-interactions-wise.
@croissantlover1
@croissantlover1 Жыл бұрын
@@NightinGal89 i agree narcissism has had a serious increase worldwide
@gud3742
@gud3742 Жыл бұрын
Actually hate is a form of love. It's just a very dense and crude form of love. Think of it as an ice cube which starts at a solid then it melts and it can evaporate and turn into a gas. It's all love. Solid - Hate Liquid - Conventional Love Gas - Divine Infinite Unconditional Love This idea is based on the belief that all emotions, including hate, come from a deep-seated desire for connection and love. The idea is that hate is a manifestation of love that has become distorted, and that with awareness and understanding, it can be transformed into a more elevated and pure form of love. This perspective can be a helpful way to view and understand difficult emotions, but it's important to acknowledge that hate can cause harm and should not be excused or justified.
@KenzieKilllz
@KenzieKilllz Жыл бұрын
I was listening to this video and just never realized that you literally sound like a character from Oblivion.😅 I don’t know which one, maybe just one of the merchants?? It feels almost nostalgic to listen to you. Anyways, just found you, love your sense of humor!!
@FishSlappee
@FishSlappee Жыл бұрын
hahaha this is the strangest compliment ever, thank you! ^^
@everratic
@everratic 2 жыл бұрын
This was funny and entertaining :D Why is it that Swedes feel the need to be more reserved only around other Swedes?
@FishSlappee
@FishSlappee 2 жыл бұрын
perhaps we feel a need to be less reserved around foreigners? Anyway, thank youuuu ~
@cmlkhf
@cmlkhf 2 жыл бұрын
My theory is that Nordic people in general are all culturally reserved and introverted so that's their default mode but they know foreigners are usually more open and extroverted and they want us to feel welcomed/they don't want us to think that they're weird or rude so they kinda force themselves out of their own comfort zone when interacting with us.
@holoholopainen1627
@holoholopainen1627 Жыл бұрын
If You Dont know The Language - You cant take part of everyday life ! In Sweden things happen in Swedish - and London in English ! If You Are in sales - learn The Language - and let The Locals decide If Your produkt IS any GOOD !
@infantiltinferno
@infantiltinferno Жыл бұрын
@@cmlkhf you’re exactly right. We just don’t do small talk, there’s no real middle ground between public and private. Talking to foreigners is like reinventing the wheel, but in a pleasant way. We just won’t initiate the interaction unless prompted.
@magicalnona5391
@magicalnona5391 Жыл бұрын
@@holoholopainen1627 exactly every country has its own language and we have to respect them. If people dont like the country just move to another country where you feel yourself comfort and happy thats all .
@musicfromthebest1
@musicfromthebest1 Жыл бұрын
This dude don’t know how lucky it is but you know what they say you never miss something till you lose it
@romeoredlyn1455
@romeoredlyn1455 Жыл бұрын
Sorry … is sad to live here
@fcking_lany
@fcking_lany Жыл бұрын
Second time one of your videos is useful for me as an expat in Sweden. First one was how to get a job in Sweden. Keep popping on my suggestions and you'll have another follower soon 😉😄
10 Things I Like About Living in Sweden
7:50
The Fish Slappee
Рет қаралды 50 М.
TOP 5 THINGS SWEDISH PEOPLE HATE ABOUT THE USA
15:49
Kimberly Sorce
Рет қаралды 25 М.
格斗裁判暴力执法!#fighting #shorts
00:15
武林之巅
Рет қаралды 13 МЛН
蜘蛛侠这操作也太坏了吧#蜘蛛侠#超人#超凡蜘蛛
00:47
超凡蜘蛛
Рет қаралды 48 МЛН
Swedes Don’t Want You to Know THIS About Sweden
11:16
Just a Brit Abroad
Рет қаралды 45 М.
MORE Things I HATE About SWEDEN
13:28
Three Star Vagabond
Рет қаралды 4,1 М.
My TOP 2 most LOVED things about living in Sweden!
10:34
Asa Nilsson @ More Moss to the People
Рет қаралды 3,5 М.
Swedish Stereotypes | Are All Swedes Sexy?!
7:28
The Fish Slappee
Рет қаралды 38 М.
Study Abroad in Sweden - Things You Should Know Before Your Exchange
12:19
5 Thing That Shocked Me About Moving To Sweden... 6 Years Later
10:54
This is the Loneliest Country in the World
23:51
Dating Beyond Borders
Рет қаралды 289 М.
Avoid These SCAMS When Traveling to Stockholm, Sweden
11:54
Three Star Vagabond
Рет қаралды 93 М.
5 Things You Should NOT Do Around Swedish People
8:35
Stefan Thyron
Рет қаралды 167 М.
5 Things Swedish People Do Not Like
13:52
Stefan Thyron
Рет қаралды 276 М.
格斗裁判暴力执法!#fighting #shorts
00:15
武林之巅
Рет қаралды 13 МЛН