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> No offense, but honestly your lunch sounds depressing as hell. I don't know about the preferences of the parent you're replying to, however the description i
by adventured 7y ago
> No offense, but honestly your lunch sounds depressing as hell.
I don't know about the preferences of the parent you're replying to, however the description in this article - and what others here have said - sounds depressing as hell.
You're being strongly downvoted because you're not allowed to say anything negative about Scandinavian culture.
If this food story were about the US, it would be held up as an example of how Americans are tortured in their food choices (read any popular thread on HN about American food); and in your example, in their work habits (sit there and eat your sad little sandwich, worker robot). Since it's Norway, it's an extraordinary shared cultural culinary experience in its wisely barren, enlightened simplicity of nothingness. As the article comically exclaims: it's unexpectedly genius.
No, it's perfectly fair to call it out for what it actually is: depressing, a sad tradition of mediocre sandwich lunches.
- wingerlang 7y agoWhat it is is subjective. People love their sandwiches and if you don’t - pack what you like.. no one is forcing you to eat like this.
- j7ake 7y agoIt's subjective but the bias is that you're allowed to criticize the American lifestyle but not the lifestyle of Scandinavians without being severely downvoted.
- wickedsickeune 7y agoIs it like that though? If you are the only one in your office who doesn't follow the mindset of simple lunches, won't that impact you socially?
- kwhitefoot 7y agoNo. No one here cares what you eat. My colleagues only care that I turn up for the meeting scheduled for 12:00 when the lunch break started at 11:30. If you can fit a three course meal in that time then no one will care.
- drstewart 7y agoYou're completely correct. Hilariously, in this thread you have people arguing that Americans eat bland flavorless food while also arguing that Americans "obsess" over food that tastes good, both from a negative perspective.
- thendrill 7y agoSo correct.. I guess now Scandinavians are also a "protected" "race"- list...