NorwegianWoody
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The former prime minister hand over the office key card. That's it.
Jan 20, 2021 5:34 PM
NorwegianWoody
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The former prime minister hand over the office key card. That's it.
khazorath
UK its literally "You're in charge now, BYE!"
zanthryx
To be fair, the Norway Prime Minister doesn't have the same kind of impact on the world stage that the US President does.
AllDune
borocanuck
Then whitehouse locks were changed, just in case.
TheDogEnd
Americans do love their pomp and circumstance
TargetedAdBot
It's cultural thing mostly.
melmboundanddown
Yeah pay a tiny minium wage and spend billions on pomp and ceremony. US is becoming the Europe it left behind
Apeofdeath
America has a big reason to celebrate, orange man gone
Bonchoman
Indeed, congratulations brothers!
NorwegianWoody
Don't get me wrong, i'm cheering for y'all! I just wanted to show you how we do it.
J0NY5
How else would America perpetuate its ridiculous love of nationalism?
taitati
I prefer the norway, they prefer to spend money in important things, not in mediatic shows
travellis
Prime Minister is more akin to speaker of the house than the president.
SuperiorPebble
Americans love a show, the kind that Europeans consider to be over the top cringe.
doAngelsFart
I mean my first thought seeing the pictures is what huge waste of money this is every four years.
JustHereToSeeStuff
We are a simple folkeslag
flyingmonsters
I mean your kings coronation wasn’t
NorwegianWoody
dsmegst
We're waking up from a 4 year nightmare. Give us this one.
ElliotST
Oh yeah for sure, we're happy too haha :) Glad to have someone who's at least a decent human in charge! And I like Biden so far! :)
chestbroman
Norway needs more F-16 flyovers for their inauguration day
lwoshea
If Finland was a US State, it would be 23rd in population.
Tunisia
Presidents are different to Prime Ministers. Changing PM is basically an internal parliamentary manner. POTUS is head of state, and (1)
Tunisia
a directly elected position, and personally in charge of a branch of government, representing 330 million people, and impacting lives of (2)
Tunisia
many more given US' international position. (3)
LurkerOfDarkness
The US president isn't directly elected, did you seriously forget all about the electoral college?
usernamemustbe4characterslonng
We like to blow money on parties that are only symbolic.
DraconicRobot
Americans love their pageantry.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I was thinking about this yesterday, I'm Canadian and I don't remember any big ceremonies. They just go back to work.
SethCronyn
Way to go, Norway! What an amazing country. (Sounds sarcastic, but I’m serious, I swear)
NorwegianWoody
internetphd
The irony that America rebelled against the monarchy only to end up wanting one so badly.
NorwegianWoody
Imagine King Trump.
flyingmonsters
No one wants one
nopost
In other news, a position that requires direct election has more fanfare than one that changes hands whenever coalitions change slightly
Zittiz
Colopty
Though she's been prime minister since 2013, so apparently those coalitions are pretty stable.
UneventfulLover
You have a very valid point there.
LurkerOfDarkness
The norwegian PM is more directly elected than the US president.
tlamstrike
Apples and oranges. We're electing the leader a coalition of 50 sovereign states not just one.
LurkerOfDarkness
The US states aren't sovereign, you literally had a civil war about this.
tlamstrike
Within some restrictions they are. Unless it is a power (like treaties) delegated for the US it is reserved to the states or the people.
LurkerOfDarkness
Having sovereignty over some areas, doesn't equate to being sovereign, despite the word, those are 2 VERY different things.
RichardValentine
Cuz they don't have PATRIOTISM!!
NorwegianWoody
RichardValentine
NorwegianWoody
RichardValentine
JeffGodofBiscuits
Roughly 30 Norways can fit in the United States
ctriis87
This has 0% to do with size and 100% to do with symbolism and tradition.
Skumbo
If you fold up a United States 30 times it could fit inside Norway.
bassaro
What if you stand them on end?
BlackBiscuit
No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
1 1/1000 does.
DrKriegersClone
By area, or average BMI?
Bonchoman
75 million repubs also fit in the US
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I think I've seen that porn.
DorianBlack
And a prime minister is NOT same in scope of responsibility as an American president
technicalfool
Depends which president. You know, last four years and all.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
The PM is head of the legislature and the executive. So the scope is in fact larger
JeffGodofBiscuits
Probably closer to a Governor then, given that Norway has around 5.5 mil versus the US population of about 325 million
JeffGodofBiscuits
Maybe Mayor
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
And what, exactly, does population have to do with ridiculous ceremonies?
Investigate16808
Does size really matter ?
DomesticatedCombatWombat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f488uJAQgmw
miked854
Yeah guys, be nice. It's cold there.
JeffGodofBiscuits
NorwegianWoody
It's about 25 Norways, thankyouverymuch. We're bigger than Germany tho.
hipshopbutcanthap
Still that's like....20 key cards
uoeno
Dutch guy here. I was like "no way!" (no pun intended) but you're actually right. I would've never known.
SeriousYouCantBeShirley
Deutsch or Dutch?
uoeno
Dutch, like I said!
CatharsisContained
But also, the president is head of state. PM is head of govt. How's the king's coronation look?
ompansa
Doesnt happen that often since they are in it for life but yea its more than a keycard. I dont think we even trade keycards here in sweden:)
LurkerOfDarkness
In Denmark the ministers all get each other gag gifts when they leave or assume office. Including PM, as for the Quwen/King, there's no ½
LurkerOfDarkness
Coronation, just a brief proclamation by the PM, and a short speech by the new monarch, and then the crowd below the balcony cheers. 2/2
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
President wields actual power, the king doesn't. Canada doesn't have some silly ceremony when a new governor-general is appointed.
fightfightfightlosewinfight
The head of state of Canada is the Queen of England. They basically invented silly ceremonies.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
The governor general fulfills the role in theory, and in practice the PM does
disgruntledtruckdriver
Washington didn't want the pageantry of a king or emporer. They fought to leave a kindom, not to create another.
flyingmonsters
Shhhh don’t use logic against this Us bashing post
melmboundanddown
*US
flyingmonsters
*USA
ElliotST
It's a light hearted joke. The US has grand celebrations, in Norway we normally keep things small. Nothing wrong with either!
flyingmonsters
Yeah the coronation of your king wasn’t small. This is our head of state.
ElliotST
Did you miss the point of my comment? It's not wrong to have a big celebration, the post just compares Norway to the US
flyingmonsters
It’s a jab at the US
NorwegianWoody
They go to church and get a crown. Probably a key card too.
macthelost
yaboiskinnypeen
It's the future, here's your honorary key card to the city.
macthelost
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Colopty
Apparently at the last coronation they skipped the whole putting crown on head part. Might've been handed one to take home after though.
imakeeper
I bet that's a really fancy key card!
Levitator
Heck yea, we take much pride in our keycards
gvair
And also your lånyård? You can’t have a nice keycard without a lånyård to go with it
Bananaappleorange
WITH a lanyard.
liltortatree
Made of gold and gems up the ass
raisethejollyroger
Norway's inaugurations might not be much...but their flag is a big plus ??
NoxiousRed
wheredoisign
Actually, two pluses
NilsyDK
Actually it's a cross, and I'm sure it is quite heavy :)
Donotstareintovoidwhereprohibited
I wish I could add to that but it sums it up quite nicely.
PulpyOJ
Some people got bent out of shape after they mistook it for a Confederate flag recently
NorwegianWoody
CheekyDogLadyAlwaysUpvotesDeanWinchester
I just wanna know who elected Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen
copingcabana
I'd make puns about Norway, but I can't afjord to risk it.
001AwwVillain
UneventfulLover
As a Norwegian I am obligated to upvote your comment.
somethingawesomeandgreat
Norwegians always upvote norway posts
ThisMayBeMyLastPost
Upvote til deg også :D
UneventfulLover
Da må du også få en :)
ChicoSlim
I’m assuming you’re a dad? Because if so, the jokes on you.Hah! I kill me sometimes.
PeteThePerv
it's a fucking cross
Roombarover
A fucking cross? Sound kinky...
FrankLake
Someone sounds cross.
Roombarover
Why cross the road?...
TehVikingDude
Guess you could cross it of your list then
AlfredGaebeli
Isn't this the confederate flag? /s
GermtheWerm
BaklavaMatatas
I approve of this. Give this stupid joke to the Norwegians and leave us Swiss alone
mrputter
Barkinsons
We are the only ones with the square flag though. All these scandinavians have a lopsided plus
LazyJones1
We all have our crosses to bear.
imreallyjusthereforthecats
That adds up
Rolsun
I think he was counting on it
DHR000x
Please summarize
BaklavaMatatas
I hate you all
SaveitforQueenDoppelpoppolus
if you were getting rid of donald trump, you'd throw a fucking party too
Colopty
Indeed we would. Heck, we're not even the ones getting rid of him but we're still celebrating here.
Bonchoman
We are
WTFprotocolNr7
Say what you want about Americans. But you really really....really like entertainment.
DonaldFuck
Meh, heard there more people there 4 years ago.
SomeGuyWhoJustDoesntGetIt
Ok but it’s like this every year so....
LAMovieDesign
It's actually NOT like this every 4 years. I'm not sure what rock you've been living under, but I'd go research inaugurations of the past.
SomeGuyWhoJustDoesntGetIt
Aside from the flag for covid victims, our inauguration is always a big event
LAMovieDesign
You’re swapping out the flags for hundreds of thousands of people? No, give me a break.
SomeGuyWhoJustDoesntGetIt
???
admiralawesome4213
hey, we like parties. just look at our whole system of government
SgtHartman013
Heh.. username.
vystral
Every 4 years
SomeGuyWhoJustDoesntGetIt
Good correction thank you
Exyr
The county of LA in the state of California has twice the population of Norway.
BlackBiscuit
You can't lick your own elbow.
Bonchoman
SirDoItALot
Mumbai(Bombay) has more population than that county
sambaah05
I'm sure it's a big deal when they get a new leader.
nothingpt
And Norway has a better living, so?
GratuaCuun
NorwegianWoody
MelodiousDissonance
Ya proportions are a funny thing, My state of Georgia,is about as big as the United Kingdom (pre Brexit) with about the same population size
BillHubbard
Did the size of UK change with brexit? Wow
HasteTheFool
NI and Scotland are as good as gone, perhaps?
BillHubbard
Give it a few years, yes. But right now?
AnAliyAiden
You mean I could've been sworn in with a copy of Harry Potter???
ABoxOfToast
I think LA county has a higher population than a lot of european countries, 14 mil aint nothing to shake a stick at
TotallySaneScientist
What if it's like... a really big and good walking stick?
Butterupmybuttcheeks
But.. what about the big stick Ive been carrying while walking softly?
dudedude09
Miss Lippys car...is green.
LeroyShabazAli
THANK YOU MS LIPPY!!
dudedude09
UneventfulLover
Yes but does the LA county have its own keycard?
BillHubbard
Still, Norway more millionairs per capita.
alwaysthecheesegrater
Both places have a similar average house price.
BillHubbard
But Norway has better scenery. And more skiing.
alwaysthecheesegrater
Norway is almost 300 times bigger. You can go skiiing near Los Angeles though. Plus a thousand other things.
BillHubbard
Trump is gone for a day, and the Americans are back to their usual arrogance?
baconmeplease
I just learned LA isn’t a country today.
Beefmonger
I accidentally clicked on your name and saw your profile. Dear Lord those pictures.
baconmeplease
You are welcome?
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Oh God they look revolting
CheapReusableProduce
Sweet Christmas...
CheapReusableProduce
Lithuania will not stand for this slander
baconmeplease
Lithuania is LT. Laos apparently is LA.
DonaldFuck
Laos will not stand for this slander
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
That doesn't make the gross waste of public funds acceptable.
Exyr
I think it does. The pagentry actually lets people know that its real.
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
I don't disagree that there shouldn't be a ceremony. But playing it up like some huge magnificent thing is part of the reason people damn
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
Ear worshipped DJT. The presidency is important, but they're just men, doing a job they were elected to do. They're not magical, they're
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
Public servants. It also reinforces american exceptionalism, which is also a problem.
Criscartersfallguys
Idk why you’re getting negative comments. You’re right. A better comparison would be the mayoral transfer for LA. Which probably looks /1
Criscartersfallguys
Similar to the Norwegian inauguration. Comparing a country with 5 million people against a country with 330 million people is nuts.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
The mayor of LA doesn't hold anywhere near as much power nor importance
Criscartersfallguys
Ok I’ll try this another way. Norway GDP - 400B. USA GDP - 21T. It’s like comparing the work parties at a small IT firm vs Amazon.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
It's really not. Why are you so invested in making this seems like a healthy, normal, and desirable thing?
Criscartersfallguys
Because life is too short to not celebrate the important things. If my favorite sports team wins a championship, there’s a parade in the /1
macthelost
You’re right, the gross product of LA is probably ten times that of Norway, and if money is power the two aren’t even close. LA wins handily
Blech7890
Keep in mind that you are comparing the head of state of a country to essentially a regional manager. It doesn't fit in any way but pop
sambaah05
Meh. The mayor's of a city like LA deal with international issues and foreign dignitaries plenty.
sambaah05
https://www.lamayor.org/mayors-office-international-affairs
Criscartersfallguys
You’re also comparing the transfer of a 5 million person country with the transfer of a 330 million person country. That’s like wondering /1
Criscartersfallguys
Why the manager at a local department store doesn’t get the same benefits as the owner of a Walmart.
ochermes28
But in general, Norway has better looking women.
TheobromineAddict
LA County didn't send out Vikings to kidnap beautiful women from all over the world.
HasteTheFool
Is it really kidnapping when the women and men jump into the boats with the muscular, clean, perfumed sailors to escape smelly uncultured 1/
TheobromineAddict
LOL, yes, I heard that was part of the kidnapping strategy!
Exyr
Theres more Norwegian decendants in the US than there are in all of Norway.
ochermes28
The great looking ones in Hollywood. The rest that live in LA County have a chance of playing the fat women in the Ride of the Valkyries.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Pfft, you need to be a skilled opera signer for that role. That rather swiftly disqualifies them.
ochermes28
Maybe they could just lip sync and make use of their double chins.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
I suppose they were sired by all the fuck ugly Norwegians
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
So?
Exyr
When was the last time you saw the mayor of LA on TV taking over the new job?
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
A mayor isn't really comparable, period
Exyr
Its the PM of Norway...sure it is.
superbest
Los Angeles County has a higher population than most states
greygoosery
It’s ten New Hampshire’s! Or all the NE states combined! (Except for Connecticut, we consider that part of NY anyways.)
alwaysthecheesegrater
As a native long islander, we'd happily trade upstate NY for Connecticut.
greygoosery
Can’t you just keep both? And maybe take Rhode Island too?
HorseMcFucker
A...And?
rotzverpopelt
Probably implying that you can build more than one Norways from one LA.
CayCatty
Yah, you could build 2!
geraint616
Youd have enough people, but none of the culture.
geraint616
Youd have enough people, but none of the culture.
JAFIOI
The human head weighs eight pounds.
Brucecori2
Fat head! (My boyfriend and I frequently reference this Bill Nye skit from our childhood)
hadtochangemyusernamecauseIgotdivorced
In Africa, every 60 seconds, a minute passes.
Laser2000
My spoon is too big
nothebees
I am a BANANA
speakdog
Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.
igetaroundroundroundround
It's not a tumah!!!!
FlissFloss86Gaming
I have a bellybutton
rkymtnthunder
I wipe my own ass
NorwegianWoody
Callmehank
I'm learnding!
electronicbovine
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
HeresYourSauce
I read that as the midichlorian is the powerhouse of the cell.
tigerspacecreator
People die if they are killed
ConsecutiveIntegers
Did you think I would die just because you killed me?
MrPotatoTheOneWithTheTaters
If you shake your penis for a minute or two it will throw up.
thegreatatuin
The terminal velocity of a cat is insufficient to kill it
Butterupmybuttcheeks
Please let this be real.
Butterupmybuttcheeks
Holy shit it is real, thank you for that knowledge!