• HEXN3T
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    1165 months ago

    Did they remove ass from the screenshot lmao

      • @Holyhandgrenade
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        295 months ago

        It never made any sense to me that ass is a swear word. It means either a body part or a donkey, neither of which are particularly offensive unless the donkey is performing conservative stand-up comedy.

    • Lad
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      135 months ago

      Blink-182 said it best;

      “Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd and twat”

      Moving words to be sure

  • @paddirn
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    955 months ago

    The American mind cannot even comprehend a border between 3 countries being so open.

      • @nosey33
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        245 months ago

        Isn’t that between 4 states though? Rather than 4 countries lol still super cool though

        • @Zehzin
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          335 months ago

          Don’t worry I’m sure they’ll come up with tight immigration between states eventually

          • @einlander
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            125 months ago

            Just speed run getting a felony, grab a kid and run around 4 corners to get the kidnapping over state lines achievement.

        • @NewNewAccount
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          35 months ago

          Yeah, but relatively large states with a combined population of nearly 20m.

          • @Wild_Mastic
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            55 months ago

            It’s the Google map travel distance thing all over again

        • @grue
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          -45 months ago

          The relationship between states in the EU is not very different from the relationship between US States under the Articles of Confederation. It’s not a big a distinction as you think.

          • Turun
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            95 months ago

            Sure, but Norway is not in the EU ;)

              • Turun
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                45 months ago

                They will probably never join. Iirc there was a referendum once and they are quite happy with their arrangement.

                Norway is part of Schengen and the European economic area.

      • @SmoothLiquidation
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        115 months ago

        Which is on an indian reservation, and requires an entrance fee to go look at it.

        • synae[he/him]
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          Is that new? I definitely didn’t pay to go to it- a little over 10 years ago

          • @SmoothLiquidation
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            35 months ago

            I went through there last summer. It was a total tourist trap.

    • @Andonyx
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      15 months ago

      Yeah honestly. I know we (USA), do any number of things In a screwed up way, but it’s also what I’m used to. There’s NO border control anywhere around there? Seems weird to me.

      • @AquaTofana
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        165 months ago

        When I was in Germany in 2022, I traveled freely around Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Czechia. I only got asked for my Passport in Switzerland, and then at the airports. Otherwise, no, you’d just be driving or on a train and the signs would change to French suddenly.

        I loved it. I wish we fucking would relax our shit in the US. It was hella neat.

      • @[email protected]
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        95 months ago

        Do you have border control between states? It’s basically the same thing with schengen. No control between countries on the “inside”, but rigorous control to get in.

    • @Sir_Fridge
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      115 months ago

      The one with Belgium and the Netherlands has a park around it with a large maze, a watchtower and playgrounds.

    • WIZARD POPE💫
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      75 months ago

      I just noticed the map at the end is missing the tripoint Italy-Slovenia-Austria

  • @[email protected]
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    5 months ago

    three nations did not want to lose their soverign rights to equal thirds of this small lake. what is in the lake.

    • @[email protected]
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      145 months ago

      The lake is actually ~99% on Norwegian territory, it’s just a tiny edge on the end that’s given to Sweden and Finland. We once tried to give Finland a mountain peak though (for their 100th anniversary of independence from Russia), but the constitution states the kingdom is indivisible so the legal work was deemed too much. It would have been their highest peak if it went through.

    • Turun
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      Nothing is out there! All there is is a lake and birds and fish. … And a wooden walkway. … And a big ass cement block. But there’s nothing else there. It’s a complete void. The environment is perfectly safe!

      • @ladicius
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        And mosquitos, supposedly. A lot of mosquitos.

    • @[email protected]
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      105 months ago

      Just made for a good border-point, really.

      This is all imagined though as I refuse to recognize the sovereignty of Finland and Norway - long live the Great Swedish Empire

  • NickwithaC
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    215 months ago

    This is what is possible when humans put aside our differences and work together!

  • @[email protected]
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    95 months ago

    If you slip, fall and hit your head and loose conciousness during that, in a way such that you are lying exactly on the border between two or three nations, to which hospital will you be brought? And how are insurances going to deal with this?

    • my_hat_stinks
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      155 months ago

      Seems like a non-issue to me. You’ll go to whichever hospital is closest. If you’re resident in one of the countries you’ll be in EU/EEA and get the usual healthcare for residents of whichever country the hospital is in, if you’re non-EU it’ll depend on what travel insurance you have.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        eh it’s not like they’re going to change what care they give you just because you don’t have insurance, it’ll just affect what happens afterwards.

    • @[email protected]
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      125 months ago

      No worries, any of these three countries will take you without quibbling over who pays what.

  • Hjalmar
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    45 months ago

    Isn’t it supposed to be a pile of rocks there? (Treriksröset) Or is it this block that is that’s named Treriksröset? But a “röse” is supposed to be a like of rocks?

    • @chellomere
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      25 months ago

      Yes, this is how Treriksröset looks nowadays, someone decided to put a big-ass clump of concrete there.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    35 months ago

    It would be awesome if it was a big monument to peace and cooperation

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      pretty sure it’s co-owned, and it seems to be accessed from the finnish side because that’s where the solid ground is, though you have to pass through the swedish or norwegian border to get there.

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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    15 months ago

    Damnit. Wish I had known when I drove from Norway into Finland for lunch with a beer, then returned.