tiredofsametab

I have no idea what this means, but I picture two guys in Baroque-era clothing sternly, yet theatrically, pointing at things to determine who is the best pointer.

Under the law, PhD students and postdocs who do not speak Norwegian, Danish or Swedish must complete 15 study points of Norwegian language training — around 3 months of study — during the period covered by their contracts.

A 3 months of language course doesn’t sound like a huge hurdle (I did that on top of work before). It would be weird if there weren’t a provision to test out of that, though; the language in the linked article didn’t make it clear what speaking any of the 3 languages mentioned actually meant in real terms (unless after the paywall part).

I say this living in a country as a foreigner where some people steadfastly refuse to learn a lick of the language after years and years.

Hrm, I wish I had gone to Costco last weekend as planned.that said, give 'em hell.

Edit: for context, I live in a place where many things are imported and global instability increasing at all increases prices of a lot of foods and a lot of things indirectly because almost all fuel is imported.

I had no idea what a voice note was until I read this article, but I’m rare in that I quit most of the big social media years ago. I think if I wanted to talk to people, I’d meet them in person or schedule a call.

I’m a xennial (gen x if you take the '82 cut-off), and I definitely hate talking on the phone unless it’s something urgent. I do schedule Skype sessions with my family back home (I am from the US but have lived in Japan almost a decade now; amusingly, Japan almost always requires calls, faxes, and/or going in person to do a lot of things, particularly as a foreigner). It probably doesn’t help that I did tech support for years and was on call basically all the time for a number of years.