Faroese and Icelandic are mutually intelligible so you can cross one off. :)

Speak Finnish and then slowly devolve into Estonian

Speak Icelandic

It sounds like she was concerned about the Uber driver and didn’t feel like you didn’t make her feel safe. I think it’s an overreaction on her part but it’s still real feelings.

You can’t win those arguments, you just have to stay calm and say that you’re sorry for not coming down as she was arriving. Then maybe ask if the driver made her feel uncomfortable or whatever.

She doesn’t want answers, just empathy and a feeling that you care about her safety.

Having a good relationship with coworkers is in general great in my opinion and talking about personal life, politics and religion can be avoided with for example:

• “I’m not that into politics”
• “sorry, I don’t like talking about religion”
• “Sorry, that’s a part I like to keep private” Also always steer conversations towards work topics and problems.

Then there are ways to differently stop conversations like

• “Sorry, I’m feeling tired today” < all nurses should relate
• “Sorry, I’m not in the mood for talking right now”

Then there’s the general fact that often you don’t really don’t have to say anything as long as you listen and ask exploratory questions. I’m autistic and can barely keep a conversation going but this goes pretty well for me without a lot of effort. Just say stuff like:

• “So you’re saying that [literally rephrasing their point]”
• “So does that mean that…”
• “That must have been tricky”
• “That sounds hard/tricky/difficult”
• “Did you manage?”
• “So what did you do/end up doing?”
• “That sucks”

And if they somehow end up being sad and almost crying which happens more often than I’d like to admit you can just say “That sucks” put a hand on their shoulder and wait.

Another option would be to invite them to silence like:

• “I’m spent, do you want to sit over there, relax and eat in silence?”

People are sometimes uncomfortable with silence but not as much when it’s on purpose.

It’s just conversation lubricant. If you feel like the conversation is interesting then “Have you thought about doing X?”.

I can’t stress enough how much people will like you by just actively listening.

But always, be like the British monarchy, never take sides. Instead propose neutral hypotheticals like “Maybe they were having a bad day”. I’ve been in my fair share of gossip but acting as Switzerland manages to just avoid most of it. When people say “Why are you hanging out with X” then responding with “They never did anything to me”. If really pressed for opinion then say “I don’t know all the details so I can’t really give an honest opinion”. If they still press you after that you have my condolences since that’s toxic.

Iceland, where I’m from, has had it for ages in pretty much every house.

If you’re suggesting using Nuclear as a peaker plant or to turn it off and on whenever wind/solar is not up for it then I’m sorry to say that it’s not viable. Nuclear generators don’t handle well being turned off and on.

Yeah, back in 2010 and before nuclear was the way to go but with the incredible advancements in solar and wind it’s no longer the best option.

Still shame on Germany for decommissioning nuclear reactors and deciding to build Nordstream 2 and burn coal as a replacement.

There are downsides to nuclear these days. Incredibly high cost with a massive delay before they’re functioning. Solar + wind + pumped hydro + district heating is where it’s at in 2024.

What kind of bubble do you live in? If you take 2 million people, close their airspace, ports and land borders they’re not going to be happy.

On top of that Israel does the following:

• imprison kids for throwing rocks at soldiers wearing armor
• take people’s houses, most recently in Sheikh Jarrah
• Ban farmers from using water, promise water from other sources and don’t deliver.
• Close West Bank Airport
• Settle lands in he West Bank.
• Make Palestinians go to Military court with 99% conviction rate instead of a civil court.
• Administrative detetention without giving any reason. (Because classified)
• Withold evidence from courts that’s used to convict them. (Because classified)
• Settlements are both within the 1948 borders and even within the Olso accord Green line.
• Beat people up and throw tear gas that go play at Al-Aqsa mosque.
• Don’t convict any settlers of violence.
• Fondle women at check points when they open the trunk of their cars.
• Limit imports to single item per pallet.
• Limit work visas.
• Limit family reunification as a way to immigrate across the border.
• Random checkpoints that destroy tourism such as in Jericho.
• Open policy of disproportial response to every reaction the Palestinians have.
• Raid refugee camps and destroy their roads like in Jenin.
• Kill journalists that cover the story such as Shireen Abu Akleh
• Don’t even convict the murdered because he was a soldier.
• Oh and kill/wound 5% of Gaza, half of which are children, for good measure.

When people are suffocating because someone has their foot on their throat they react. Nobody should be surprised that Oct 7 happened. Especially after Israel was warned many times that they would do something if they continue raiding one of the holiest sites in Islam.

Sorry, I meant to reply to a comment

Sorry, meant to reply to a Zionist comment justifying the Genocide. My sincere apologies.

To actually answer the question:

The war with Hezbollah is in my opinion likely. It has popular support among the Israelis and Netenyahu has been doing whatever to stave off an election. It’ll still be an enormously costly war which will fill people with regret a couple of months after starting it.

There’s another angle where he’ll say “If you vote for me I’ll get rid of Hezbollah once and for all like I did with Hamas” and then delay until he can say “Circumstances have changed” which I think is a better move.

PLEASE ASSUME EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS OUT OF CONTEXT AND MEANT AS A RESPONSE TO A GENOCIDAL ZIONIST BECAUSE I’M AN IDIOT

What kind of bubble do you live in? If you take 2 million people, close their airspace, ports and land borders they’re not going to be happy.

On top of that Israel does the following:

• imprison kids for throwing rocks at soldiers wearing armor
• take people’s houses, most recently in Sheikh Jarrah
• Ban farmers from using water, promise water from other sources and don’t deliver.
• Close West Bank Airport
• Settle lands in he West Bank.
• Make Palestinians go to Military court with 99% conviction rate instead of a civil court.
• Administrative detetention without giving any reason. (Because classified)
• Withold evidence from courts that’s used to convict them. (Because classified)
• Settlements are both within the 1948 borders and even within the Olso accord Green line.
• Beat people up and throw tear gas that go play at Al-Aqsa mosque.
• Don’t convict any settlers of violence.
• Fondle women at check points when they open the trunk of their cars.
• Limit imports to single item per pallet.
• Limit work visas.
• Limit family reunification as a way to immigrate across the border.
• Random checkpoints that destroy tourism such as in Jericho.
• Open policy of disproportial response to every reaction the Palestinians have.
• Raid refugee camps and destroy their roads like in Jenin.
• Kill journalists that cover the story such as Shireen Abu Akleh
• Don’t even convict the murdered because he was a soldier.
• Oh and kill/wound 5% of Gaza, half of which are children, for good measure.

When people are suffocating because someone has their foot on their throat they react. Nobody should be surprised that Oct 7 happened. Especially after Israel was warned many times that they would do something if they continue raiding one of the holiest sites in Islam.

I remember that one miracle closely resembles CPR. He put his hands on a body and brought it back to life.

Praise be Sol Invictus, the real OG Jesus

Sure, it’s encrypted, but there might be a way for them to decrypt it.

FF is doing great. All the have to do now is the Steam strategy. Do nothing and wait for the competition to fuck themselves over.