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I've heard about this before. And I'm puzzled. Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? When people are given good socia

by 2143 4y ago

I've heard about this before. And I'm puzzled. Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Update: I don't mean any offense to Scandinavians or anybody else. Update 2: I'm not American, so please don't use the comment section to crap on Americans with the assumption that I'll be offended (and also think about what that reveals about you). This is hilarious. Update 3: I now realise it's just one person who's doing all the aforementioned crapping (at the time of this update). Maybe that person is having a bad day.

Sharlin 4y ago
Train dashcam videos are an absolutely awesome way to chill and relax, it's almost meditative. Great way to spend a break at work, for example, and probably much better for one's mental health than almost all the crap that's on normal TV.
arghwhat 4y ago
This has nothing to do with Scandinavians, it's just a form of entertainment you apparently do not seem to enjoy. There's plenty of this stuff. Go on Twitch and you'll find people playing very uneventful video games for hours, and people will hang around to watch it. There has even been sessions of watching grass grow or paint dry, and people watched it.
linguistics__ 4y ago
That's an odd take. A lot of people just like having the TV or radio on in the background and this is a cheap and relaxing kind of content to fill that niche.
- 2143 4y ago
  Hmm. I see. Actually, I never put on TV in the background. Either there's something I want to watch or there isn't, in which case I turn off the TV. I sometimes keep music on in the background. But this is only if I actually feel like listening to music. For instance, I can drive for hours with no music on (and no, my car exhaust note isn't very exciting).
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    So you jumped to that its because our society is too good? Dont all americans have like 5 TVs on showing Fox News 24/7?
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  - Sharlin 4y ago
    I don't put on TV in the background either, but the other typical use case of slow TV, watching for 15 or 30 minutes or even an hour to relax and decompress very much resonates with me. Just like I could spend an hour in front of a fireplace, just watching the flames. Nothing "boring" about that.
Majestic121 4y ago
I think you're puzzled because you imagine people watching this actively for hours. I think it's more of a nice background, that you keep on while doing something else (working, cooking, living in general), and sometimes check. Same as a cozy fireplace, or a beautiful view from your window, or even a TV / radio left on whether someone listens to it or not
rejectfinite 4y ago
- 2143 4y ago
  > Peak American take. I'm not American. I'm not even Western. Infact I'm pretty far away from USA. > Don't you have an 80h+ workweek to go back to? 40. > And then maybe you can take 3 days off a year. 1 month. Which is probably less than what Europeans get, but I'm happy. I live in a place where everyday can be surprising. It's a bit chaotic (thankfully no wars or anything), but I've learnt to enjoy it :)
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    https://youtu.be/kPpuEgAZ2rQ https://youtu.be/kPpuEgAZ2rQ
    - mardifoufs 4y ago
      This is just trash honestly. Getting offended by what you perceived to be criticism by "the american boogeyman out to put down glorious europe" is not a reason for this mildly racist reply
  - dspearson 4y ago
    European Union legislation mandates that all 27 member states must by law grant all employees a minimum of 4 weeks of paid vacation. (but yes, in practice, many offer more. one of the benefits of the EU, and of welfare states, is that there is a floor through which nobody should fall. the EU Working Time Directive is another thing for which I am grateful.)
  - the-smug-one 4y ago
    Sorry for the rude people on here :-).
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    Woah, the reaction you are getting is a bit insane. Some people cannot take any criticism of europe, even if your comment wasn't even actually critical at all. It's ironically starting to remind me of the super defensive americanism that was common a decade ago.
rejectfinite 4y ago
> When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Given?? We work 40h a week and pay taxes. Social security is not to live on forever, its temporary until you find a job. If you are too sick, then yes you CAN get it forever. Food? You think we are given food? We have supermarkets. Yes it is good quality as we have GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT, unlike the USA where corporations are free to put raw pesticides in your Mcdonalds borgir. Healthcare? - Yes paid for by taxes. Not given to us. Education - Yes paid for by taxes. So that we can work, and pay taxes to fund it. We BUILT this society. You had your chance and choose to build a hellhole made of roads, cars and 70h workweeks. "oooh but we do so much inovation!!!" Sweden does too SAAB, Ericsson, Spotify, Minecraft. A nation of 10mil and we built our own jets and subs. Suck it.
- bl0rg 4y ago
  Agreed but chill dude, no one needs to suck anything.
- 2143 4y ago
  If you don't like America don't go there. Nobody's forcing you to move to that — to quote your own words — "hellhole", are they? In your culture do people typically crap on others and spread hate like you're doing here? Or is it just you? I mean, seriously, what are you, 12?
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    I'm tired of people online like you calling us lazy for building a humane society. Nice strawman argument, and ageism.
    - 2143 4y ago
      Did I call you lazy? If you felt that I said your lot is lazy, that was a misunderstanding. A miscommunication. For the record, I'll state it explicitly: I do not think people of Sweden (and the Scandinavians in general) are lazy. There. I said it. I have been as explicit as I possibly could, even though there's no reason for me to explain myself to a random rude person on the internet. In my native language there's a saying that roughly translates to: don't climb up a ladder to get in the way of a bullet going across the sky. I've committed this mistake. Let's end this discussion.
unicornporn 4y ago
> Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? Or so at peace with life (knowing that we can get free healthcare and education if or when we need it) that we can find beauty in simple things, like moose migrating. ;-)
- alophawen 4y ago
  Fellow swede here. I enjoy picking mushrooms and bow making.
  - unicornporn 4y ago
    You must be bored. ;-)
karencarits 4y ago
You may want to test it yourself; * Along the coast: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt * Train: https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009 https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009 * Hiking: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt * Driving: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt * Singing: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt * The opera: https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318 https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318 * Moving reindeers: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt
- karencarits 4y ago
  A sidenote: NRK has made many of these series available as torrents [1]; for example, you can find various resolutions or the same train route filmed at each season. It attracted some attention at the time: https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tracker-090308/ https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tr... [1] https://nrkbeta.no/bittorrent/ https://nrkbeta.no/bittorrent/
rejectfinite 4y ago
- 2143 4y ago
  > Nah buddy I didn't even post when you did update 1 don't even try fam 1. I didn't mention your name anywhere, yet you got offended. 2. That's a lie. I made the update after you posted. 3. Look at all the comments around. You're the only one spreading hate here. The few other posts partly disagreeing with me are still civil and polite. So the point of my comment still stands.
invalidusernam3 4y ago
Here in Czech Republic some of the most popular YouTube videos are tram dashcam compilations. Featuring exciting moments like "car is parked too far into the road and obstructs the tram, owner has to move it" and "tram rings bell at tourist unknowingly standing on the track". Looking at the state of the world, I'm happy that that's often as much excitement as we need here.

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Sharlin 4y ago

Train dashcam videos are an absolutely awesome way to chill and relax, it's almost meditative. Great way to spend a break at work, for example, and probably much better for one's mental health than almost all the crap that's on normal TV.

arghwhat 4y ago

This has nothing to do with Scandinavians, it's just a form of entertainment you apparently do not seem to enjoy. There's plenty of this stuff. Go on Twitch and you'll find people playing very uneventful video games for hours, and people will hang around to watch it. There has even been sessions of watching grass grow or paint dry, and people watched it.

linguistics__ 4y ago

That's an odd take. A lot of people just like having the TV or radio on in the background and this is a cheap and relaxing kind of content to fill that niche.

2143 4y ago
Hmm. I see. Actually, I never put on TV in the background. Either there's something I want to watch or there isn't, in which case I turn off the TV. I sometimes keep music on in the background. But this is only if I actually feel like listening to music. For instance, I can drive for hours with no music on (and no, my car exhaust note isn't very exciting).
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  So you jumped to that its because our society is too good? Dont all americans have like 5 TVs on showing Fox News 24/7?
  - deleted 4y ago
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- Sharlin 4y ago
  I don't put on TV in the background either, but the other typical use case of slow TV, watching for 15 or 30 minutes or even an hour to relax and decompress very much resonates with me. Just like I could spend an hour in front of a fireplace, just watching the flames. Nothing "boring" about that.

Majestic121 4y ago

I think you're puzzled because you imagine people watching this actively for hours. I think it's more of a nice background, that you keep on while doing something else (working, cooking, living in general), and sometimes check. Same as a cozy fireplace, or a beautiful view from your window, or even a TV / radio left on whether someone listens to it or not

rejectfinite 4y ago

2143 4y ago
> Peak American take. I'm not American. I'm not even Western. Infact I'm pretty far away from USA. > Don't you have an 80h+ workweek to go back to? 40. > And then maybe you can take 3 days off a year. 1 month. Which is probably less than what Europeans get, but I'm happy. I live in a place where everyday can be surprising. It's a bit chaotic (thankfully no wars or anything), but I've learnt to enjoy it :)
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/kPpuEgAZ2rQ https://youtu.be/kPpuEgAZ2rQ
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    This is just trash honestly. Getting offended by what you perceived to be criticism by "the american boogeyman out to put down glorious europe" is not a reason for this mildly racist reply
- dspearson 4y ago
  European Union legislation mandates that all 27 member states must by law grant all employees a minimum of 4 weeks of paid vacation. (but yes, in practice, many offer more. one of the benefits of the EU, and of welfare states, is that there is a floor through which nobody should fall. the EU Working Time Directive is another thing for which I am grateful.)
- the-smug-one 4y ago
  Sorry for the rude people on here :-).
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  Woah, the reaction you are getting is a bit insane. Some people cannot take any criticism of europe, even if your comment wasn't even actually critical at all. It's ironically starting to remind me of the super defensive americanism that was common a decade ago.

rejectfinite 4y ago

> When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring? Given?? We work 40h a week and pay taxes. Social security is not to live on forever, its temporary until you find a job. If you are too sick, then yes you CAN get it forever. Food? You think we are given food? We have supermarkets. Yes it is good quality as we have GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT, unlike the USA where corporations are free to put raw pesticides in your Mcdonalds borgir. Healthcare? - Yes paid for by taxes. Not given to us. Education - Yes paid for by taxes. So that we can work, and pay taxes to fund it. We BUILT this society. You had your chance and choose to build a hellhole made of roads, cars and 70h workweeks. "oooh but we do so much inovation!!!" Sweden does too SAAB, Ericsson, Spotify, Minecraft. A nation of 10mil and we built our own jets and subs. Suck it.

bl0rg 4y ago
Agreed but chill dude, no one needs to suck anything.
2143 4y ago
If you don't like America don't go there. Nobody's forcing you to move to that — to quote your own words — "hellhole", are they? In your culture do people typically crap on others and spread hate like you're doing here? Or is it just you? I mean, seriously, what are you, 12?
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  I'm tired of people online like you calling us lazy for building a humane society. Nice strawman argument, and ageism.
  - 2143 4y ago
    Did I call you lazy? If you felt that I said your lot is lazy, that was a misunderstanding. A miscommunication. For the record, I'll state it explicitly: I do not think people of Sweden (and the Scandinavians in general) are lazy. There. I said it. I have been as explicit as I possibly could, even though there's no reason for me to explain myself to a random rude person on the internet. In my native language there's a saying that roughly translates to: don't climb up a ladder to get in the way of a bullet going across the sky. I've committed this mistake. Let's end this discussion.

unicornporn 4y ago

> Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing? Or so at peace with life (knowing that we can get free healthcare and education if or when we need it) that we can find beauty in simple things, like moose migrating. ;-)

alophawen 4y ago
Fellow swede here. I enjoy picking mushrooms and bow making.
- unicornporn 4y ago
  You must be bored. ;-)

karencarits 4y ago

You may want to test it yourself; * Along the coast: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt * Train: https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009 https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009 * Hiking: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt * Driving: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt * Singing: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt * The opera: https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318 https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318 * Moving reindeers: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt

karencarits 4y ago
A sidenote: NRK has made many of these series available as torrents [1]; for example, you can find various resolutions or the same train route filmed at each season. It attracted some attention at the time: https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tracker-090308/ https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tr... [1] https://nrkbeta.no/bittorrent/ https://nrkbeta.no/bittorrent/

rejectfinite 4y ago

2143 4y ago
> Nah buddy I didn't even post when you did update 1 don't even try fam 1. I didn't mention your name anywhere, yet you got offended. 2. That's a lie. I made the update after you posted. 3. Look at all the comments around. You're the only one spreading hate here. The few other posts partly disagreeing with me are still civil and polite. So the point of my comment still stands.

invalidusernam3 4y ago

Here in Czech Republic some of the most popular YouTube videos are tram dashcam compilations. Featuring exciting moments like "car is parked too far into the road and obstructs the tram, owner has to move it" and "tram rings bell at tourist unknowingly standing on the track". Looking at the state of the world, I'm happy that that's often as much excitement as we need here.