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Nice piece of fish posted:Alright, alright it's off the list. I guess I'd want you all to listen too if I said "don't go to Tønsberg". You wouldn't die though, it's just loving boring and the people are assholes. I there anywhere in Norway where the people (as opposed to moose or nature) will kill you?
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A nord like you? You'll be fine as long as you're not getting into the Christmas spirit
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nm posted:I there anywhere in Norway where the people (as opposed to moose or nature) will kill you? For serious? I mean if you go looking, there's... I was gonna say the police, but they actually won't even kill you if you are a psychotic armed black immigrant murderer on the run, so probably not. Oslo west garden parties? They won't kill you, you'll just wish you were dead. To be completely serious... maybe if you go to Finnmark and try and gently caress with one of the sami reindeer herds. Some poo poo happens out there they won't find you this decade, and they know it. Other than that I'm sorry, but it's really pretty damned safe. So long as you're over 18 and not on Utøya I guess, check with D-Vox. Kawasaki Nun posted:A nord like you? You'll be fine as long as you're not getting into the Christmas spirit What Christmas spirit? Akevitt? But you need that to sterilize the rakfisk in your mouth.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:36
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Jul 8, 2019 18:44
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Uhh I was thinking of a different tradition disregard.
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Lote posted:Epstein had discs labeled mycrimes.jpg this can't be real. tell me this is real.
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GrandmaParty posted:I usually take $100 to the El Cortez, take over a $5 or $10 table for blackjack with my friends and spend 3-4 hours drinking. This guy gets it.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Uhh I was thinking of a different tradition disregard. You thought I was loving dutch, didn't you. Didn't you. That's it, I'm coming over there and kicking your rear end... depending on how built you are.
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evilweasel posted:this can't be real. tell me this is real. sadly it is not but uh its not that far off https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1148263636151996417
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lol apparently in the second circuit a non-prosecution agreement entered into by a US attorney in one district doesn't bind another US attorney in another, unless you put the correct language in, which epstein's previous lawyers neglected to do when they drafted the agreement for acosta to rubber-stamp this may have been so acosta didn't need to get sign-off https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1148278467307302912 https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1148292365179686912 https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1148293354431475715
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evilweasel posted:this can't be real. tell me this is real. "in a locked safe ... compact discs with hand-written labels including the following: 'Young [name] + [name]'"
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Jul 8, 2019 19:20
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The best roast beef is a beef on weck in Buffalo. And it’s much safer than Baltimore.
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Nice piece of fish posted:You thought I was loving dutch, didn't you. Didn't you. That's it, I'm coming over there and kicking your rear end... depending on how built you are. Hé schat, vergeef me alsjeblief ook im massief 
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I grew up in Baltimore. There are great restaurants and crime issues are massively overinflated. You're at no risk unless you're poor and black or unimaginably stupid. Restaurant recs: The Telltale in the Marriott Delta downtown is incredible, even though it looks like an unassuming hotel bar restaurant. Somehow, the best crab soup I've had in the area. If you are going to Baltimore you must go to Tio Pepe's. Best spanish food on that entire coast. The restaurant is very 70s luxury aesthetic, and was actually set up to help people immigrate from Spain, which it still does. I can't tolerate Vegas because even if I'm not participating, witnessing the institutional suffering involved with the casino industry is too soul-crushing for me. I know enough social science and statistics and public health (and game design) to see some of the mechanisms in play, and it's horrific.
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Nice piece of fish posted:You thought I was loving dutch, didn't you. Didn't you. That's it, I'm coming over there and kicking your rear end... depending on how built you are. Yeah, you're western swedish.
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mastershakeman posted:Fly to Vegas and immediately get in a car and go see the Grand canyon then up into Utah and hit as many of the cool places as you have time for. Vegas itself sucks I basically keep my 3 yo kid in a life jacket whenever we are by the water.
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nm posted:Yeah, you're western swedish. Arctic Dutch.
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Discendo Vox posted:I grew up in Baltimore. There are great restaurants and crime issues are massively overinflated. Why would people possibly overinflate crime issues?? ask me about how many of my friends avoid the area around Drake College religiously 
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The idea of choosing to visit Baltimore in particular out of the entire United States is rocking me to the core. Even as the fifth, seventh, or twentieth stop on a long trip. Why not stop by Phoenix while you're at it? Maybe Cleveland, too?
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Everything I know about Baltimore I learned from that Homicide episode with robin williams.
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A guy I know was carjacked at gunpoint in front of his Baltimore house like three weeks ago but he wasn't murdered so
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Hoshi posted:Why would people possibly overinflate crime issues?? I was once told not to go to the Target in the "bad part" of Des Moines. As if such a place exists
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EwokEntourage posted:I was once told not to go to the Target in the "bad part" of Des Moines. As if such a place exists One time I followed Google maps through the South side and the three kids in my car wouldn't shut up about how scary it was I don't think they realize I come from the "bad part" of my hometown which is probably more dangerous than the bad part of Des Moines by virtue of its proximity to NYC
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GrandmaParty posted:Vegas is amazing, even if you don't like gambling or prostitution. poo poo, I neglect this thread for two days and I miss the only two topics I can contribute to. Quoting GrandmaParty because I agree with his post the most out of all the Vegas tourist takes. gently caress eating on the strip as a general rule, but Bacchanal (Caesars) is prob the best buffet, followed by Wicked Spoon (Cosmo). It's at most a $50 lyft round trip from the strip to pretty much any restaurant in the valley, and you'll easily make that up if you go to the right spots. gently caress drinking on the strip as a general rule, unless you're gambling and getting them for free (by which I mean $1, don't not tip). Absinthe is great, worth it to splurge for the VIP seats if you like being inch away from the acrobats and being the target of roast comedy. Prostitution is not legal in Clark County. While there are obviously plenty of sex workers around, the black market means that you're just as likely to get scammed or robbed as you are laid. If you're going to purchase marijuana at a dispensary, do some research and try to buy from one of the dispensaries that is not currently wasting its money on hopeless litigation against the state (and passing the anti-savings along to the customers). Edit: yes, also, come downtown...it's where the courts and the lawyers are!
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Unamuno posted:gently caress drinking on the strip as a general rule, unless you're gambling and getting them for free (by which I mean $1, don't not tip). uh drinking a hilariously oversized frozen drink walking around the strip is perhaps the best thing to do in vegas
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Hé schat, vergeef me alsjeblief I don't care how fat you are though. nm posted:Yeah, you're western swedish. Vox Nihili posted:Arctic Dutch. That does it. When you get to the cabin, I'm force feeding you smalahove. Unamuno posted:poo poo, I neglect this thread for two days and I miss the only two topics I can contribute to. I love how getting a chance to talk about the US is bringing you people out of the woodwork to yell about buffets and drink. Guess it's not just us norwegians that do that. I am by no means complaining though, it's actually loving great to get you people's perspective on what's actually cool to do in the US. It's basically the ultimate prep for travel, getting tips from locals has led to some of the best experiences of my life abroad.
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Vox Nihili posted:The idea of choosing to visit Baltimore in particular out of the entire United States is rocking me to the core. Even as the fifth, seventh, or twentieth stop on a long trip. Why not stop by Phoenix while you're at it? Maybe Cleveland, too? It’s this. It’s not that Baltimore is particularly dangerous, or that it doesn’t have any good restaurants or anything. It’s that... you’re flying overseas and BALTIMORE is an intentional destination?
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evilweasel posted:uh drinking a hilariously oversized frozen drink walking around the strip is perhaps the best thing to do in vegas Nice piece of fish posted:I love how getting a chance to talk about the US is bringing you people out of the woodwork to yell about buffets and drink. Guess it's not just us norwegians that do that. If my local perspective keeps just one of you from getting beaten and robbed by a pimp, it'll all be worthwhile.
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Kalman posted:It’s this. It’s not that Baltimore is particularly dangerous, or that it doesn’t have any good restaurants or anything. It’s that... you’re flying overseas and BALTIMORE is an intentional destination? Yeah that's understandable, tho I think there are specific kinds of artists that get a pass if my cousin is to be believed
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Look Sir Droids posted:Imagine wanting to go to Baltimore because of The Wire. No dumber than going to law school because of Law & Order. /shiftyeyes
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ActusRhesus posted:I am unfamiliar with this term. What’s it mean? Just chiming in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets in trouble every time I post in D&D
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Regarding Vegas: I don't drink; I don't gamble; I don't engage in prostitution (either side); and I don't enjoy "shows." In short: I'm like a religious fundamentalist without any religion. Bah humbug! Mini-golf sounds awesome though.
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The best advice of your life besides "don't go to law school" is "don't post in D&D".
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gvibes posted:I measured the depth of the lake at MY MICHIGAN LAKE HOUSE and it's still only 20 inches deep 75 feet from shore (yes I know kids can still drown in that shallow of water). Yeah I'm gonna stick the puddle jumper on him for the duration of the trip. Also bringing both my wife + my mom because even when they're fighting that means I can close my eyes for a nap without worrying since one of those two will be on the lookout It's one of those tiny deep lakes. end of the short dock is 5' deep, not much further it's 30 feet deep and elsewhere it hits 80 feet. It's only a 200 acre lake, too. I suck at fishing it but will try anyways The one annoying thing is since it's only 300 miles away I rarely go anywhere else in the midwest because it's so much harder to get anywhere cool (ranked in order: isle Royale, boundary Waters, apostle islands, pictured rocks). Even devil's lake is like 4 hrs although being next to the crane foundation is cool To all euros: ignore American food, go see our sweet national parks instead. Black hills/Badlands area, Rockies, Utah's crazy poo poo, grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, all of it is awesome and a lot of it is very close to Vegas if you're flying there Re: bad neighborhoods, a few years back a Canadian was asking if he should move to east St Louis and live in a cheap place figuring it couldn't be that rough, that was a fun thread mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Jul 8, 2019 |
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mastershakeman posted:To all euros: ignore American food, go see our sweet national parks instead. Black hills/Badlands area, Rockies, Utah's crazy poo poo, grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, all of it is awesome and a lot of it is very close to Vegas if you're flying there Of these, only the Grand Canyon, Utah's crazy poo poo (Bryce & Zion), and maybe Yosemite are reasonable drives from Vegas. Death Valley is also a reasonable drive from Vegas. If you plan on camping in Utah, avoid the national parks (especially if you have dogs) unless you enjoy waiting a dozen hours to camp within a few feet of several dozen other outdoorsy dipshits. Instead, hit up the Dixie National Forest, where there is generally no wait for spots, lots of room, and no rangers telling you and your dogs to gtfo.
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Fun fact, Norweigians are basically just socialist rich Americans. Of all the countries I've been to, Norweigians and Aussies were there most American non-American I know. The Aussies were even more racist than the Yanks.
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Roger_Mudd posted:Regarding Vegas: There’s the Pinball Hall of Fame. It’s a fun way to blow a bunch of quarters.
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nm posted:The Aussies were even more racist than the Yanks. I used to be in a WoW guild with a couple dozen Australians because I'm extremely cool and awesome and some of them were so racist I genuinely couldn't even figure out who they were being racist against
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Soothing Vapors posted:man Just assume everyone, starting with Aboriginal Australians, Indians, and Chinese in that order. If anyone is interested I can do a post somewhat explaining racism in Australia without minimising or justifying it, but I have no idea if that would be of interest. The tl;dr is some places and people suck worse than others, same as anywhere really.
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Soothing Vapors posted:I used to be in a WoW guild with a couple dozen Australians Roger_Mudd posted:I don't drink; The law thread isn't sending its best, folks.
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