> hellhole made of roads, cars and 70h workweeks

We're (so far) free of the 70h workweeks, at least, but if you're trying to portray Sweden as somehow a car-free haven of environmentally-friendly cycling and walking along the lines of Denmark or The Netherlands, then you're really taking the blind nationalism too far...

> Sweden does too SAAB, Ericsson, Spotify, Minecraft. A nation of 10mil and we built our own jets and subs. Suck it.

...and here was me thinking this was a mild discussion about 'slow TV'...

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?

I'm tired of people online like you calling us lazy for building a humane society.

Nice strawman argument, and ageism.

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.

On a technicality, if you start calling people 12, bored and possibly even lazy you shouldn't be asking to 'end the discussion' as if you suddenly have been granted the moral high ground.

GPs comment has plenty wrong with it but yours (multiple) does too.

> 70h workweeks.

Which country? "The average American works 34.4 hours per week, as of May 2019. For people between 25-54, the national average work week comes in at 40.5 hours."

Agreed but chill dude, no one needs to suck anything.

> 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.

> 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 :)

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.

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.)

Sorry for the rude people on here :-).

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