Even considering all the problems and quirks of living in Denmark, I would still recommend it, compared to many places in the world, US included. But if you have a way to get paid “US money” in Denmark, it would be even better :)
Getting hired is still a problem, but it’s more of a global problem now, and it depends on what you do.
As a non-EU person in Denmark, I can confirn, that the “everyone is equal” club is not available for everyone
“[do something illegal], disappear to Tirana” can be really lucrative, so I wouldn’t care about my plane ticket spending. Wait until it joins EU, and it will be much easier to do whatever you want (otherwise it will be hard to explain, why you keep leaving the country, never crossing back
Well, my kids are 8/11, so I’m just about to ride into the “you don’t understand me” age. But yes, keep showing you’re open, and I hope you guys will be alright
From myself: I have two kids, and I’ve said harsh things to them a few times (I am sometimes too emotional and impulsive - I can scream something I will regret later in a middle of an argument). Talking helps, it really does, as I feel that me and my kids - “we’re good”.
I think it’s important to do a full analysis of what happened, with them:
Have you said it to him? That this was a mistake? You should, and there’s nothing that can be bad about this - either he knows this were just words, or you will make it clear that it was said when you didn’t think you can do thinks right (including raising kids)
“He started with Thousand Candle Punch, and then Evoked Gabriel. This was super effective”
In this exact case you will be washed away with a wave of homophoby. Because in Russia, many people with otherwise sane and non-destructive views are still homophobic. To compare with some other country, I would say it’s something like in Turkey.
So if I was trying to improve Russian society through “good kind of propaganda”(not sure it’s a thing), I would start from something else, and not from this problematic topic. Otherwise if will be generally harder to find wide support.
And when I’m thinking of that, homophobia in Russia is just a result of people “worrying too much about other people’s shit” - everyone knows how you should or shouldn’t live, and ready to tell you about it. So if you work on that in general, that would help.
You say that USSR was “caring” about anyone’s comfort, I say you don’t know what you are talking about
Oh, yes, also cold black tea (no ice, no lemon, just nice slightly bitter taste. Also nice because the taste is not really fighting with the taste of whatever you eat
Rye kvass, Kombucha
I watched Weeds, and there’d a sceen where an adult man advices a teenager to fuck a banana peel. What I can say, sometimes grown-ups are so right!
But he is not a poser!
For some reason, learning through music is really hard for me. I have zero issues talking and listening to English speakers for years now, but I still have to actively listen if I want to get 100% of some song.
I’m Russian, I started learning (school doesn’t count) chatting playing pool at Yahoo.games in the beginning of 2000s.
Then I stopped getting translated versions of games (when I got Morrowind, my head literally hurt due to the amount of “foreign” texts I had to read). So, Internet and games taught me in the beginning.
Then, I was asked to translate at business meetings in my (quite small) company, I did some contract translations as well.
Then I got into IT (like 2012 or so), where you use English in many situations. In 2019, I got into an international company, where I spoke English as a main language for three years. Along the way I moved to Denmark, so now, in addition to my kinda broken English, I have a really shitty Danish.
It’s not Putin who banned something, guns were historically harder to own in Russia, and USSR before.
And gun ownership doesn’t really help in the US right now. People sit with their guns being quiet.
Even in Russia, people are not being shot on the streets: detained, beaten up, etc - yes (I’m not saying this is good of course), but not shot. The US quickly took the lead in some of the dystopian stuff.
See you in the Jacuzzi
Mmm, a condom with lint and without lubrication!
Yes, Danes look the most “normal”, compared to other Scandinavians. Don’t expect smalltalk to work, and don’t expect to be accepted in groups of long-term friends (so, most of them), but otherwise Danes are more social and “European”.