General Chat Thread (days, world, America, most)

[nei]

Originally Posted by Adi from the Brunswicks

I'm thinking it's slow due to lots of aged people and lack of a family environment where people are more compelled to have kids due to external pressures.

East Asia [not including China due to their child per family regulations] I think have more traditional families than western Europe or North America. But they have very low children per woman. Scandinavia in some ways is the least tradiational in terms of family / gender norms in western Europe. But it's on the higher end of children per woman.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

Originally Posted by snj90

It seems like Russia is doing what needs to be done in Syria. Unlike that moron John McCain, Donald Trump wants to cooperate with Russia.

They take no ****. I like that attitude .

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If Russia disappeared, the world would be better off.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

Originally Posted by snj90

We have a reputation for physical strength.

But you don't slam 8 45's and cause an earthshaking boom which puts other occupants out of sync.

[nei]

Originally Posted by snj90

It seems like Russia is doing what needs to be done in Syria.

Except they're not attacking ISIS. They're attacking the rebels that aren't ISIS. They're not focusing on terrorists. And Putin made speeches on how countries should join anti-ISIS coalition with Russian leadership. He's a liar.

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Originally Posted by snj90

We have a reputation for physical strength.

Really? Gosh, I didn't realise you were born in Eastern Europe!!

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Originally Posted by Sickandtiredofthis

Really? Gosh, I didn't realise you were born in Eastern Europe!!

He wasn't. He's as American as they get - hence his wacko political views and perverse admiration of Donald Trump.

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Eating dinner at 9!

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by nei

Oh, whoops. Still lost a lot. How does Finland's population change?

20-25k growth a year, so basically stagnant. But the fertility rate is 1.75, so not desperate.

Originally Posted by Sickandtiredofthis

Not to be rude, but you don't seem to go abroad either.

I don't, as I'm scraping to get by, and my parents doesn't pay for my holidays. But still, I have been to 19 countries in my lifetime.

[snj90]

Originally Posted by nei

Except they're not attacking ISIS. They're attacking the rebels that aren't ISIS. They're not focusing on terrorists. And Putin made speeches on how countries should join anti-ISIS coalition with Russian leadership. He's a liar.

Putin supports Assad. The US, at the behest of Israel, has a foreign policy focused on destabilizing the Middle East. Assad provides the stable leadership that is needed there.