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New Zealand's culture gave birth to people as inspiring as Jacinda Ardern and people as vile as whoever owned the now permanently deleted Executioner Brand account. One of the bigger discrepancies in the world.

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Sweden has more than 220,000 islands. Indonesia's not even close.

If you're counting inhabited islands, that's a different question.

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@kewpie said
Sweden has more than 220,000 islands. Indonesia's not even close.

If you're counting inhabited islands, that's a different question.
Sweden is ALWAYS my blind spot.

Like when I'm fulminating about the arms trade, I always forget to rail against Sweden.

And I ALWAYS forget to talk about Sweden and the 3rd September 1967 when I run out of things to chat to a stranger about. Blind spot.


@kewpie said
Sweden has more than 220,000 islands. Indonesia's not even close.

If you're counting inhabited islands, that's a different question.
My source is telling me "nearly 270,000".

And as for inhabitedness:

Sweden 8,000 v Indonesia 6,000.

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@fmf said
My source is telling me "nearly 270,000".

And as for inhabitedness:

Sweden 8,000 v Indonesia 6,000.
My source (Statista) 2018 stats says, Sweden: 221,800. Finland: 188,000. Norway: 55,000. Canada: 52455. Indonesia:17,508.🤔


@fmf said
New Zealand's culture gave birth to people as inspiring as Jacinda Ardern and people as vile as whoever owned the now permanently deleted Executioner Brand account. One of the bigger discrepancies in the world.
fmf,
One of the few times I must agree with you. He was getting way too carried away in his postings.

-VR

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To stir the pot:

Germany has the best beer in the world.


@ponderable said
To stir the pot:

Germany has the best beer in the world.
Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014 was just the best ever.

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@ponderable said
To stir the pot:

Germany has the best beer in the world.
Pfff... Czechia, England, and above all Belgium would like to disagree.


I was going to say Belgium but, not knowing how Ponderable would react, I baulked.


@shallow-blue said
Pfff... Czechia, England, and above all Belgium would like to disagree.
I comnpletely agree.

probably even people from USA and Australia would object...