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Two takes on gap year (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Fun fact, IKEA funded the brutally repressive Romanian secret police.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

To be fair, those churches had a lot of loot, and priests give great XP.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Italian restaurant is there because no-one could stop the Normans before they reached Sicily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They just simply conquered until they found good food, then stopped.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I was in Copenhagen earlier this year and the most striking thing about visiting was how many people there were with young kids pushing prams around. ~~Would need to examine the statistics to see if this is actually true but I wonder if the fertility rate is higher due to a better social policies / financial support for families.~~

Edit: Have just looked at the rates on the wikipedia demography page for each country. It's higher in the UK 1.61 vs 1.55. Maybe the visible difference is due the amount of maternity/paternity leave being offered by employers.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Strollers used to be these cheap little things. Now they’re like SUVs. Where are you located where they don’t use strollers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

They are common among parents of most if not all classes in Sweden.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

They’re the default in the US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Prams can be quite expensive, like £1000 for some models in the UK. I think cheaper models can be 10-15% of that price though and they are pretty essential for having young kids.

Presumably the social security in a Scandinavian country would be enough to let any parent buy one. Probably the same in the UK although our benefits system is much more stringent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Usually those are sold used once they're not needed anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How would you move your baby around without it? Do people just carry them around?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Nobody expects the ~~Spanish~~ Scandinavian inquisition!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The other time Scandinavia visited:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Ahhh, Lindisfarne, good times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah!!!