This is being deliberately excluded from anything on recent history by the way. When an old guy first told me while waiting on a hair cut 8ish years ago, I went and looked up more info. Back then, there was just a quora page on this, and one forum page.
Once that goes down, nobody will remember. This was news to me - my own parents never told me this, I actually had to learn it from some old stranger in a waiting room.
[ - ] 3Whuurs 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 01:10:11 ago (+1/-0)
I get the point but I don’t believe the leave your kid on the street thing. Even if your entire community is angels, babies choke to death on shit all the time. So they’d be retarded to just leave them unattended like that.
It’s not just Iceland, all the Nordic countries do that. Not sure why but it seems to be a kind of cultural thing up those parts. There was a story many years of a Danish (I think) mother being arrested for child endangerment for doing it in the US.
I’m assuming this isn’t for long periods of time and the baby is already sleeping. I’m sure they don’t leave anything in the stroller that a baby can possibly choke on.
Because Icelanders have a dopamine tolerance. They've created heaven on earth with no real problems or struggles so their brains have become inured to the happiness chemical. Or it might just be free healthcare and the high rate of psychiatrists per capita that do what they do when anyone comes to them with a problem, i.e. hand out pills like candy.
havent been to iceland but have lived in the UK, you get about 6 weeks of proper sunshine in the 'summer' then its gray for the rest of the year. grey is fine when snowing or decent rain when its kind of worth it but grey dry and cold for months on end fucks with your head, didnt realise just how much until i got back to AU and mostly sunshine.
[ + ] ToNigIsToNog
[ - ] ToNigIsToNog 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 11:00:02 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Cunt
[ - ] Cunt 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 08:06:53 ago (+0/-0)
Also airing babies in cold air is normal in cold climates, supposedly good for their health but probably just building cold tolerance.
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[ - ] aleleopathic 3 points 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 08:35:41 ago (+3/-0)*
Today, there is just the quora page: https://www.quora.com/Did-people-really-leave-their-doors-unlocked-in-the-1950s
Once that goes down, nobody will remember. This was news to me - my own parents never told me this, I actually had to learn it from some old stranger in a waiting room.
[ + ] HeavyBrain
[ - ] HeavyBrain 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 23, 2022 14:33:53 ago (+0/-0)
Some reporter went there and confirmed, seeing a car with doors open and key inserted standing there for 8 hours and nothing happened.
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[ + ] 3Whuurs
[ - ] 3Whuurs 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 01:10:11 ago (+1/-0)
Even if your entire community is angels, babies choke to death on shit all the time.
So they’d be retarded to just leave them unattended like that.
[ + ] Irelandlost
[ - ] Irelandlost 3 points 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 02:36:32 ago (+3/-0)
Edit: found the story, she was Danish. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-17-mn-59633-story.html
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[ - ] EGGOD 2 points 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 06:34:28 ago (+2/-0)
They've created heaven on earth with no real problems or struggles so their brains have become inured to the happiness chemical.
Or it might just be free healthcare and the high rate of psychiatrists per capita that do what they do when anyone comes to them with a problem, i.e. hand out pills like candy.
[ + ] i_scream_trucks
[ - ] i_scream_trucks 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 19, 2022 07:20:55 ago (+1/-0)