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[Oliolli]

Oh, hey! Guys, apparently people are running for the borders in Sweden, Germany, France, the U.K., AND CANADA!

Who'da thunk it.

Spoiler: BY THE WAY (click to show/hide)

Socialism =/= Communism. Get it right.

I have no patience for this bullshit, someone else can handle the rest.

CANADA? FUCK CANADA.

LETS NUKE THE SYRUP-CONSUMING MOOSE-MONGERS.

Canada is like France. Surprisingly badass.

No. No its not.

Okay. You're an idiot.

Canada:
-Canadian troops in WW2 were far more feared than Americans or anyone else, by the Germans.
-Canadians also composed one of the smallest groups in the war.
-This means that half as many Canadians made a impression twice as good.

France:
-Fucking. Napoleon.
-Hundred years war.
-WW2, French Resistance.
-They're badass. Very badass. Just they like cheese. And wine.

Any love for Finland?
-Went to war with the Third Reich and the USSR -- TWICE. Still remained independent.
-Only country that has paid all the war reparations from WWII.
-This stuff.
-Simo Häyhä

By the way - also a social democracy.

[scriver]

No. They're socialist. Everyone thinks of them as socialist. Sweden especially is considered socialist. Universal healthcare, disability welfare, redistributed wealth, higher taxes on the richer fellows, the whole nine yards. The most you could say that they aren't socialist is because not everyone gets a cheque from the government. But I'd consider that the only thing. And even that's not a requirement for socialism.

A quick google search could probably clarify your confusion over what socialism is or if it applies to any of these states, even Sweden. They might have a 'socialist party' in their parliament, but that doesn't make the state a socialist state with socialist public policy.

If your definition of socialism does not include the European systems, you should probably rethink that definition. Because that's just ridiculous.

Socialism would be making such workplace democracy mandatory for every firm or something

Oh wait. This is the problem. You can't think of socialism as anything else than in black and white terms, where it is the extremest of the extreme. I guess the USA isn't capitalist either, then, by that line of reasoning.

...You are dead to me. Or, rather, French to me, which is arguably far worse.

Dude, I know you're not serious, but there are Frenchmen on this forum too so take it down a notch.

Any love for Finland?
-Went to war with the Third Reich and the USSR -- TWICE. Still remained independent.
-Only country that has paid all the war reparations from WWII.
-http://This stuff.
-Simo Häyhä

-Allied with Hitler.

FAIL

[Montague]

If your definition of socialism does not include the European systems, you should probably rethink that definition. Because that's just ridiculous.

Oh wait. This is the problem. You can't think of socialism as anything else than in black and white terms, where it is the extremest of the extreme. I guess the USA isn't capitalist either, then, by that line of reasoning.

Still not Socialist. Nobody seriously calls Canada or Sweden "Socialist". They have mixed-system economies, like the US does, or welfare states.

Actually, it doesn't matter, I forget there is an international audience here and political terminology isn't universal.

[Johnfalcon99977]

"Communism is a Form of Government", closely followed by: "Spying on your citizens is exclusive to communism."

Also, from my mother:
"If you laugh at Stupid people on the internet, you're just like a white supremacist!"

[Hanslanda]

France:
-Fucking. Napoleon.
-Hundred years war.
-WW2, French Resistance.
-They're badass. Very badass. Just they like cheese. And wine.

 

...You are dead to me. Or, rather, French to me, which is arguably far worse.

And now I have to explain my mind-boggling hypocrisy. Just because I think France is badass doesn't mean I like them. See, there are really only two races of people in the whole world I could be considered racist toward, and that would be France, and Japan. I don't really hate the French or Japanese, I just don't trust them at all. Japan because like fifty percent of their social conventions are basically, "Lie to your face!" and France because they're French.

But that doesn't mean I won't admit France is incredibly badass, despite Misko's need to be right on this for some reason.

[Oliolli]

Any love for Finland?
-Went to war with the Third Reich and the USSR -- TWICE. Still remained independent.
-Only country that has paid all the war reparations from WWII.
-http://This stuff.
-Simo Häyhä

-Allied with Hitler.

FAIL

And the only ones to do that and not get conquered.

Seriously though, there is a lot of debate among Finnish historians on wether or not Finland allied with Germany or if they just were at war with a common foe. For the record, I think that yes, Finland did ally with Germany.

[RedKing]

The thing with Finland is I'm not sure if it's the Finns that I'd afraid of, or Finland itself.

When *this* is just another day of training...

Spoiler: Ooh, let's have a polar bear picnic! (click to show/hide)

then I'm kinda terrified all around. One, that everything is covered in a thick wall of white, frozen hell. Two, that Finns enjoy living there.

Also, this guy:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(There is nothing more terrifying in the world than seeing a Finn....SMILING.) 

[miauw62]

France:
-Fucking. Napoleon.
-Hundred years war.
-WW2, French Resistance.
-They're badass. Very badass. Just they like cheese. And wine.

 

...You are dead to me. Or, rather, French to me, which is arguably far worse.

And now I have to explain my mind-boggling hypocrisy. Just because I think France is badass doesn't mean I like them. See, there are really only two races of people in the whole world I could be considered racist toward, and that would be France, and Japan. I don't really hate the French or Japanese, I just don't trust them at all. Japan because like fifty percent of their social conventions are basically, "Lie to your face!" and France because they're French.

But that doesn't mean I won't admit France is incredibly badass, despite Misko's need to be right on this for some reason.

Fun fact: the French treat potatoes like vegetables.

[Darvi]

Carrots are vegetables too, so I don't see the issue there. Except maybe for the fact that carrots don't have creeping tentacles of doom.

[miauw62]

Carrots are vegetables too, so I don't see the issue there. Except maybe for the fact that carrots don't have creeping tentacles of doom.

Would you consider something that has creeping tentacles of doom a vegetable?

[GoombaGeek]

I would go to that training camp.

One of my favorite winter hobbies is climbing to the top of a big ol' snow mound (clearing parking lots in national parks can get a mound ~11 feet high the entire width of the lot), jumping off and sliding down. You can do it with your jeans until they get waterlogged. (FAKEDIT: Ha ha, that sentence was innuendo. I hate everyone.)

[The Darkling Wolf]

I totally consider potatoes vegetables.

[MonkeyHead]

So do I. But thats only because they actually are vegetables.

[penguinofhonor]

Nutrition-wise, they're starches. Cooking-wise, they're vegetables. Biology-wise, they're... roots, maybe? I've forgotten.

Those are the three ways you can categorize edible plants.

[scriver]

I consider potatoes root fruit. I'm pretty certain the English term is "root vegetable".

-Allied with Hitler.

FAIL

And the only ones to do that and not get conquered.

Seriously though, there is a lot of debate among Finnish historians on wether or not Finland allied with Germany or if they just were at war with a common foe. For the record, I think that yes, Finland did ally with Germany.

Well, there's also Sweden. Although they weren't 100% allied either, just really, really good friends