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I'm flying back to Iceland on Monday after having been home in Denmark for classes, it feels weird. I really like the place and I'm lucky enough to have some great colleagues where I apprentice but since I'm also an antisocial goon it's also a bit isolating. Hopefully living in Keflavik instead of Grindavik (I like Grindavik but it's really tiny) will help on that front. I have to decide if I want to sign on for another year so here's hoping everything works out great 
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10 Beers posted:Please come to Kentucky and bring cool stuff and drink copious amounts of bourbon. Would be amusing also to take pics from where the Colonel was born or some such thing; KFC is huge in Iceland, probably because it was the first fried chicken joint here and has maintained a standard of quality that hasn't really been matched by any other outfit here. Alas, I won't be able to travel for a while due to finances. Demiurge4 posted:I'm flying back to Iceland on Monday after having been home in Denmark for classes, it feels weird. I really like the place and I'm lucky enough to have some great colleagues where I apprentice but since I'm also an antisocial goon it's also a bit isolating. Hopefully living in Keflavik instead of Grindavik (I like Grindavik but it's really tiny) will help on that front. I have to decide if I want to sign on for another year so here's hoping everything works out great
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Mar 24, 2016 04:50
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Demiurge4 posted:Hopefully living in Keflavik instead of Grindavik (I like Grindavik but it's really tiny) Grindavík is orders of magnitude better than Keflavík. Not biased at all
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Mar 24, 2016 10:28
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Keflavík has it's nice sides, I have some family that lives there and lived there for about a year. But it's a very corrupt and badly run town. I really didn't like living there.
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At times I really wonder if we have enough people far a Iceland LAN thread, but then again, I don't know what we'd talk about that we don't already on Facebook. "Hey guys, grey skies again. It's snowing now! Went to the only good Mexican place in Iceland, but they don't serve quesadillas for some reason."
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Mar 24, 2016 16:16
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"There really should be a KFC in Akureyri"
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Deceitful Penguin posted:I would love doing that. Though I've always been more of a vodka man, I definitely dig some of the, I suppose you'd call them "gimmicky" bourbons, like the honey and cherry ones. Ha, I actually live in Louisville, where their corporate headquarters is. There's Colonel stuff everywhere.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:At times I really wonder if we have enough people far a Iceland LAN thread, but then again, I don't know what we'd talk about that we don't already on Facebook. I highly doubt that iceland has a good mexican place.
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KFC is trash but since we're on the subject of food, is there a good place to get spices in decent amounts in Keflavik? Any ethnic shops besides the Polish ones? (they do have good sausages)
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nm posted:I highly doubt that iceland has a good mexican place. There used to be a place called Santa Karamba downtown which was pretty good and I think operated and owned by actual Mexicans. They either moved or went of business because they aren't there anymore. Culiacan is alright but it's more of a health restaurant with Tex-Mex dishes than a full on Mexican place. There is a place called Taqueria which I think is supposed to be pretty good but I haven't tried it. Finding good Thai restaurants on the other hand is pretty easy since they are all over the place, Krua Thai in particular is very good. Same for Middle Eastern places especially fast food kebab joints like Habibi. Oddly enough there aren't many Polish restaurants despite Poles being the biggest immigrant group.
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FreudianSlippers posted:There used to be a place called Santa Karamba downtown which was pretty good and I think operated and owned by actual Mexicans. They either moved or went of business because they aren't there anymore. Culiacan is alright but it's more of a health restaurant with Tex-Mex dishes than a full on Mexican place. There is a place called Taqueria which I think is supposed to be pretty good but I haven't tried it. I will vouch for the surprisingly decent Thai restaurants, but Mexican food, I'm skeptical of.
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10 Beers posted:Ha, I actually live in Louisville, where their corporate headquarters is. There's Colonel stuff everywhere. FreudianSlippers posted:There used to be a place called Santa Karamba downtown which was pretty good and I think operated and owned by actual Mexicans. They either moved or went of business because they aren't there anymore. Culiacan is alright but it's more of a health restaurant with Tex-Mex dishes than a full on Mexican place. There is a place called Taqueria which I think is supposed to be pretty good but I haven't tried it. Your assessment of Culican is far too kind. It is bad. It is poo poo. We are talking people that do not realize that a quesadilla should not be a loving soggy mess with barely any cheese or fire. nm posted:I will vouch for the surprisingly decent Thai restaurants, but Mexican food, I'm skeptical of. No, but seriously, it's full of actually mexican people (down to the servers at times :P ) and therefore not the absolute horror that is the normal Icelandic-Mexican experience. Jesus christ, the second best Mexican place after that is Taco Bell and it is leagues better than the absolute shitshow most of the others are. How the hell that place near Hlöllabátar stays in business is beyond me.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Well next time, my judgmental Californian rear end might go. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but maybe it will be like the Thai food. I still can't believe that you can get decent avocados because I couldn't get edible avocados when I lived in Minnesota and London.
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nm posted:Well next time, my judgmental Californian rear end might go. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but maybe it will be like the Thai food. That's the quality of cookery ya got going there. 
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Mar 25, 2016 06:21
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Is there any ramen places in Iceland? I like to get all snooty and judgy about ramen.
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ookuwagata posted:Is there any ramen places in Iceland? I like to get all snooty and judgy about ramen. https://www.facebook.com/Ramen-Momo-1460913434142822/?hc_location=ufi
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Mar 26, 2016 13:40
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American from California here! I was curious if you knew any American expats, and what their experience transitioning to Iceland was like. Is emigrating hard? Any idea what kind of skills the government would prefer a person with a visa to have?
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My spouse and I absolutely love OMAM, they have been our favorite band for a couple of years now. Sadly, we couldn't see them in concert when they came to Texas last year due to a scheduling conflict. It is on our bucket list to see them live in Iceland, seriously. They are just such a great group, we love that the band is so big and has so many instruments going at any given time, and the imagery from all of this Nordic mythology is really cool. TL;DR: OMAM fangirl on the internet thinks they're just great.
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Apeshit Sixfingers posted:American from California here! I was curious if you knew any American expats, and what their experience transitioning to Iceland was like. Is emigrating hard? Any idea what kind of skills the government would prefer a person with a visa to have? Americans are classified as non-European immigrants and so y'all are allowed in here if you're married to an Icelander, tourists or get "high level" work. This means that you can't be sourced either in Iceland or the EU, which is uhh, not simple. I honestly have no idea what specific skills are hot these days. The usual? (Healthcare, high level programming/finance?) dreadspork posted:My spouse and I absolutely love OMAM, they have been our favorite band for a couple of years now. Sadly, we couldn't see them in concert when they came to Texas last year due to a scheduling conflict. It is on our bucket list to see them live in Iceland, seriously. They are just such a great group, we love that the band is so big and has so many instruments going at any given time, and the imagery from all of this Nordic mythology is really cool. The rest I don't really know or am not on friendly terms with; Arnar for instance was dating one of my lazy, lovely bosses at a time that was related to Kristján, so whaevs.
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Hey, I was directed here from the Scandinavian thread in SAL. I've written a fictional novel that's very close to ready to being sent to agents and publishers. One of the primary settings in the story takes place in the Faroe Islands and the story uses a handful of Faroese sentences, and I was wondering if you or anyone that speaks the language could help me out. It's very difficult to find information on it! For obvious reasons and purposes, the story is written in English, so there aren't many Faroese words. 22 words spread across a whopping 4 sentences. I recall reading that Icelandic is structurally similar to Faroese, but they're hardly 1:1. If you or anyone could help me out, hit me up in PMs, or I could just post more details here. And if not, thanks for your time anyway.
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Maple Leaf posted:Hey, I was directed here from the Scandinavian thread in SAL. I've written a fictional novel that's very close to ready to being sent to agents and publishers. One of the primary settings in the story takes place in the Faroe Islands and the story uses a handful of Faroese sentences, and I was wondering if you or anyone that speaks the language could help me out. It's very difficult to find information on it! Maybe one of the other guys can handle it?
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Hahaha, ohhh boyyyy I wonder if the questions are gonna start rolling in now
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That interview video  edit: http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/apr/03/icelands-prime-minister-walks-out-of-interview-over-tax-haven-question-video
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In the Icelandic news follow-up to the expose, the anchorwoman asks historian and author Guðni Th. Jóhannesson to share his opinion and analysis of the revelations. I made a gif of the moment where he, without any words, perfectly encapsulates how I, and probably a lot of other Icelanders, feel about the situation[She's asking him "What do you think stands out from what was revealed in the expose?"]: 
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nm posted:I don't know much (aka anything) about Icelandic politics, but is the more of "I knew he'd do that poo poo" or "I can't believe he [specifically] would do that"?
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What's a good brand of maple syrup sold in Iceland? I picked up a bottle of Canada's Best 100% (over a 30% version on the same shelf) and it's watered down piss.
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I have no capacity to even try and guess. Its not an Icelandic staple and when I got it in the US it was probably rubbish then too. I've had more maple alcohol than syrup, alas. Have you checked out Kostur?
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Deceitful Penguin posted:he doesn't even know where to start That doesn't explain a lot. I mean, I know Iceland is not some sort of socialist paradise, but judging from what you hear I kind of thought that sort of large-scale economical fraud and selfishness was unthinkable in Iceland 
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Last time I went there was no guac because none of the avocados that they got were up to standard. poo poo that green chili was good though. I can confirm that the food at La Taqueria is at least decent if somewhat expensive. Then again, what restaurant isn't expensive around here? Source: Mexican living in Iceland
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Tias posted:That doesn't explain a lot. I mean, I know Iceland is not some sort of socialist paradise, but judging from what you hear I kind of thought that sort of large-scale economical fraud and selfishness was unthinkable in Iceland Theese people were the ones who enabled the big banks and subsequent 2008-crash in the first place. They only recently got elected again after being ousted post-crash by a leftist coalition by promising free money and relying on a large portion of the populace with a pathological inability to vote for any party but the Independence party(think "independents" who vote straight ticket Republican).
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Tias posted:That doesn't explain a lot. I mean, I know Iceland is not some sort of socialist paradise, but judging from what you hear I kind of thought that sort of large-scale economical fraud and selfishness was unthinkable in Iceland Here's a lovely article about the current issue btw: http://grapevine.is/news/2016/04/04/conflict-of-interest-what-did-the-prime-minister-of-iceland-do/ Noctis Horrendae posted:How are the protests looking? Do you think they'll get violent? There was some throwing of stuff, Bananas especially (because we're a "banana republic" you see, though not the kind that votes with machetes.)
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Deceitful Penguin posted:On the contrary! It is exactly because we have such selfish pieces of poo poo to strive against we have been able to fight so well for our rights. We have had violent, bloody struggles against the right here, ever since independence. What were they chanting? Did I hear "enginn"?
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Noctis Horrendae posted:What were they chanting? Did I hear "enginn"? And now the former PM has resigned in favour of one of his toad-morph buddies. Not good enough, according to most of the country still, but protests of 22K+ compared to 1K+ now means it might work.
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Demiurge4 posted:Any chance elections will get called? I imagine the right wants to avoid it because they'll get slaughtered? Bjarni being the head of their party means that the arguably "better" option of just leaving Framsókn to dry and loving them over isn't as attractive, as Bjarni has just finished strengthening his position again within the party. The left wing parties, well. Samfylkingin in still unprepared; they haven't had the new chairman vote and Árni is still a albatross around their neck, with a lot of propaganda still working against them. VG is as it ever was, while Katrín is popular, she isn't going to appeal to any voters they didn't have earlier. So Bjarni has to wonder if now might not be the time to strike, while they and the centre parties are being kept out. Björt Framtíð is a non-entity at this point, only drawing the votes of Samfylkingar people that don't wanna associate with the toxic brand and the right-wingers that don't want to associate with Framsókn or Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn. Framsóknarflokkurinn still have their countryside support, they would likely lose almost all their non-racist city support. Considering the pirates are roughly split between the original left-leaning founding core and the libertarians that have been growing in prominence (as well as a few rebel types), it's very possible they could form government with Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn. The Pirates as individuals might care about various issues, but a bunch of the prominent positions are filled with people practically out of the Sjálfstæðisflokks youth league. I think it would be utterly hilarious if they ever actually won government, seeing as they don't have actually well thought out positions on foreign affairs, taxes, welfare aside from "possibly a universal income?" and education. They have a lot of the protest vote in polls, but there's no way to see if it would extend into actual votes. I wanna say they're the Trump vote, basically, vote if you´re ignorant as hell, super right wing or just wanna watch the country burn, but that's too unkind, as they do still have their now parliamentary veterans and some of their issues are non-loathsome.
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Tias posted:So, they're like most other Pirate parties Birgitta, especially, has stopped the party from being a joke, which is why she makes so many lolberts in the party mad. Those people are honestly little different to the young republicans or any other right-wing youth league; lots rich, white, privileged people that think "Freedom" is the most important thing in the world. Noctis Horrendae posted:So he reneged on his resignation? Hahahaha, yep! You can't make this poo poo up!!
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