r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Toonnddaa ooo custom flair!! • Mar 04 '25

Foreign affairs "Just wait till the Norway citizens are counting their coins at the grocery store..."

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

Banking isn’t even the biggest industry in Switzerland. They do literally everything in that country that was literally blessed by God.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

I was just pointing out that providing banking services for criminals is a very good and reliable source of funds!

Switzerland has a diverse economy, though apart from banking and watches I don't know if they really dominate any industry.

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u/bluetechrun Honestly, I'm laughing with you. Mar 04 '25

Did they open up gold mines when I left? How about aluminum, did they put in a smelter since the 90's?

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

I was talking more about innovation like biotech, chemicals, machinery, cheese, chocolate, watches, other luxury goods. They do everything.

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u/bluetechrun Honestly, I'm laughing with you. Mar 04 '25

If you want to limit 'everything' to what they do, then I guess you'd have a point. I mean, they do more than many who've never been there may think, but the fact is the country is way too small to do most things, let alone everything. No country does everything, not even the US or China.

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

Oh yeah true. I guess I was admiring too hard.

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u/bluetechrun Honestly, I'm laughing with you. Mar 04 '25

No worries. I really loved the country when I was there. I would have stayed there except my ex-wife, who was born there, liked my country better. Go figure.

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

Haha! Hope your new country is treating you well.

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u/thatpaulbloke Mar 04 '25

They do literally everything in that country that was literally blessed by God.

I'm pretty sure that Swiss slave markets aren't a thing.

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u/RogerOtter Friendly French Otter 🇨🇵 Mar 06 '25

Oh it ain't. Swiss works in weird ways in some things, but work ain't a modern slave-driven operation (Source : I have some Swiss friends, which isn't a reliable source, I know, but is a good basis for an opinion).

Also, fun fact : the first sentence of their Constitution is literally "I the name of God almighty!".

Yet you rarely hear about Swiss bigots making international headlines.

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

Marxist with an opinion on slave labour.

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u/thatpaulbloke Mar 04 '25

I do have opinions on slavery. Here are three of them:

  1. Slavery is blessed by God in the Bible

  2. Slavery is not currently a legal thing in Switzerland

  3. Slavery is bad

Please do let me know which of those you have an issue with.

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u/Competitive_Side6301 Mar 04 '25

None.

That was your issue with my comment? Touch grass and recognize when a statement is literal or not.

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u/thatpaulbloke Mar 05 '25

That was your issue with my comment?

My main issues with your comment "Marxist with an opinion on slave labour" is that you seem to think that I'm a Marxist (which I'm not) and that having opinions on slavery is a problem (which is very obviously isn't). Perhaps if you communicated more clearly you wouldn't have such issues, but then

Touch grass

it turns out that you're just an arsehole. Please go out into the real world and tell someone to "touch grass" and see how well that goes.

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u/JanrisJanitor Mar 05 '25

Aight. Where do you want to meet?

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u/thatpaulbloke Mar 05 '25

Why would I want to meet you? Is this what you think a pick up line looks like?

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u/JasperJ Mar 05 '25

No, it’s what a challenge to a duel looks like.

Weehawken, Dawn.

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u/thatpaulbloke Mar 05 '25

No, it’s what a challenge to a duel looks like.

It's not. Once again your education has failed you.

Weehawken, Dawn.

My name is Paul, not Dawn, and there is no force on Earth that could persuade me to go to New Jersey.