wonderingwanderer

Dude, there’s not gonna be a peer-reviewed article on comment sentiments in lemmy comments. Just look at the fucking thread and see for yourself

Those are my favorite countries!

Yeah, I had to watch the nytårstale on youtube because it was region locked on DR.

I also wish I could stream Danish media, but the Scandinavian streaming services are also region locked

Oh fine, it’s just the maga crowd. But they’re an extremely loud minority.

Btw, I’m american, I just wish I could renounce that affiliation…

The US (trump, specifically) is acting like a petulant child.

The bully didn’t get invited to play frisbee. Wah

Thanks! I appreciate that and I’ll keep that in mind. I’m using Babbel, which has native speaker recordings, so I definitely understand the challenge of pronunciation but I think I’m slowly getting it.

It only goes up to A2 though, so if I ever make it to Denmark I’ll have to use Prøve i Dansk and maybe attend a language school.

I’ll DM you if I have a question I can’t find an answer to!

Ah, thank you. Honestly I’m already formulating an exit plan; if midterms aren’t administered fairly this year then all is lost.

Denmark is at the top of my list of places to try to live, but migrating permanently there seems like a challenge. I’m already studying Danish though, just in case.

Fair enough. I just meant cause I’m (unfortunately) american, but I’m not going to stop extolling democracy just because fascists are destroying it here

Imagine if americans started exporting their landfills to Europe, and Europe tried passing legislation to prevent this, and americans went “But it’s a free market, you shouldn’t make any laws restricting trade. If someone in Europe wants to buy american garbage, then they should have that option!”

That’s essentially the argument I’ve heard americans make about importing american chicken to the UK, and the same mentality is obvious here.

Ask them what that says about their tariffs and they’ll go “wtf are you talking about? that’s different!”

Really? I’ve seen it creeping into the collective conscience for at least a few years now.

I still value democracy, while recognizing that the US is a shitshow right now. The americans who support democracy are not in favor of what’s going on right now.

Throwing out democracy because it’s being destroyed by a fascist in america is akin to throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Democracy is the baby. It’s fragile and helpless on it’s own, and requires attention and active participation from adults in order to be nurtured and grow. Fascism is the pile of dog shit the baby got into when the adults left the room. The baby just needs a bath.