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It's about Norwegian climate: you don't work - you freeze to death in winter. In a dozen of generations an idea that everyone must work hard becomes an obvious
by AlexTWithBeard 7y ago
It's about Norwegian climate: you don't work - you freeze to death in winter. In a dozen of generations an idea that everyone must work hard becomes an obvious thing.
- achillesheels 7y agoI would expect similarly: if you are vocationally dishonest you will freeze to death.
- varjag 7y agoNorwegian climate in the most populated areas isn't particularly harsh.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoSnow and ice 5-7 months of the year in Oslo...
- varjag 7y agoIf by 5-7 you mean 3-4 in a good year, sure.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoNo I mean 5-7. The skiing is rubbish until January but the ground is frozen by the end of October and defrosts in late March/early April. Lots of places have colder winters than here but they do drag on.
- varjag 7y agoI can't really recall when there was snow in Oslo for half a year. Some years were nearly snowless. Officially, the winter period in Oslo is 119 days. And well north of the city/further from the sea you can feel proper winter better, sure. Even so close as Lillestrøm it's crisper. But again, nothing unusual by North/central European standards.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y ago2 winters ago... Last winter was very mild though.
- AlexTWithBeard 7y agoExactly. Norwegian climate is not so harsh that it makes life an perpetual fight for survival. But it's nasty enough to slap one's lazy nose every once in a while.
- varjag 7y agoIt's not so harsh in Norwegian West, East and South as to be remarkable in any respect. Poland has rougher climate. Northern parts and central-inland in the peninsula are cold, but relatively sparsely populated. Norway has its natural limitations though which made for a tougher life. Like insufficient options for agriculture, one thing that made feudal system here impossible and diets fairly lean.
- ckris 7y agoWorked out a bit differently for Russia.
- kristofferR 7y agoAs a Norwegian this is quite funny. At least the last few decades we've been super focused on not working too hard to such a degree that it's often characterized as national lazyness by the Norwegian press. If a Thursday is a national holiday it is VERY common to take Friday, and maybe Monday off too. We look down on many countries, like the US, because they tend to overwork and prioritize work over life. Our success, like the oil fund and high ratings, has much more to do with a series of smart efforts on building a mutually beneficial society where people trust each other, the media, businesses, the police, the government etc than just hard work. Many people from all around the work hard, but just hard work doesn't lead to good societies. In fact the mantra of "hard work" often leads to the opposite - survival of the fittest to the detriment of others.
- londons_explore 7y agoIf Norway didn't have such valuable natural resources, I suspect the "don't work so hard" approach would leave it with starving people...
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- earthboundkid 7y agoThis is the kind of asinine racism you can only espouse if you've never lived abroad. Let me assure you, foreigners are the same mix of lazy dumbasses and hard workers as your fellow countrymen.
- nyolfen 7y agoyes, no cultural differences at all between switzerland and mexico
- accountmagar43 7y agoYup. Well, it's quite sad that there are people who truly believe feel-good stuff like "all people are the same" and "all cultures are equally good" even though the reality tells us different story... All countries have their fair share of basterds but in some countries it's the accepted and standard way of behavior.
- earthboundkid 7y agoNo one said there aren't cultural differences. There are very huge differences! Being lazy or a dumbass is not a cultural difference. The implication that Mexicans are lazy and Swiss are not is racist.