In your country, is the civil servant’s salary corrected automatically every year by some metric or does it work differently?
In my country, it is corrected by the mayor/governor/president, which always causes many troubles, I wonder if it…
Does your country have a conservative/reactionary political party who wants to “return” to an idealized glorious past? If so, when were the “good old days” they want to return to?
Obviously the current one that's on many people's minds is Trump and his "Make America Great Again," with…
What are some “unfortunate” names in your country/language?
I was recently with my grandmother when she received a phone call from a friend of hers and…
What is the craziest or most reckless thing a monarch or politician from your country has ever done?
What happened afterwards? What were the consequences of their actions?
Do you write a thank you email to an interviewer after a job interview?
I see this on job/ career/ interview subs all the time, they say it is extremely important and…
“Drunk as a coot” and other such expressions
In Swedish we say "dum som en gås" stupid as a goose "stolt som en tupp" proud as…
Daily Slow Chat
Hi there! Welcome to our daily scheduled post, the Daily Slow Chat. If you want to just chat…
Teachers of Europe, how are your students doing?
A lot of teachers in the U.S., from professors to grade school educators, are noticing that younger students…
Does have Pharmacare or publicly funded insurance program for medications?
I know it different than Universal Heathcare or publicly funded single-payer healthcare system, Canada is recently made a…
If someone said “I had bread with cheese yesterday” – what cheese would you assume they are?
In other words, what's the "default cheese" to you? I would expect Emmentaler or a mild Gouda. If…
Don’t those caps that stay attached to the bottle seem unsanitary to you?
Anything could have come into contact with that bottle cap on its voyage from the factory to you.…
Why Europeans prefer rehabilitation centers in South Africa over local one?
As I was looking for international rehabilitation options, it appeared to me that rehabilitation centrers in Cape Town,…