metal_xxx wrote:
Oh come on, I was joking. And besides i'm not an average norwegian. I'm a poor poor student. There is alot of families in Norway which is suffering from sky-high gas-prices, higher taxes on everything and so on right now. If you were from Norway you would be complaining to.
If you're a student, I'm pretty sure you're not studying economics. Students are poorer everywhere, but Norwegian students, as an average, are less poor than most other students from other countries. In fact, they can be richer than many fulltime employees from poorer countries. Why? Because the money your parents give you/spend on you (unless they are the cheapest bastards in Norway) are more than the salary of an average employee in some European countries (I'm not even talking about Africa or Asia). Even if you do have higher prices, the higher income gurantees better life standard than everywhere else, and that's what matters. Check out:

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The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is claimed as a standard means of measuring human development, a concept that, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) refers to the process of widening the options of persons, giving them greater opportunities for education, health care, income, employment, etc.
Top HDI (2007)
1. Iceland 0.969 (▲ 1)
2. Norway 0.968 (▼ 1)
3. Australia 0.962 (▬)
4. Canada 0.961 (▲ 2)
5. Ireland 0.959 (▼ 1)
6. Sweden 0.956 (▼ 1)
7. Switzerland 0.955 (▲ 2)
8. Japan 0.953 (▲ 1)
9. Netherlands 0.953 (▲ 1)
10. France 0.952 (▲ 6)
I don't mean to sound uptight, but I really think you guys should not complain, not even as a joke. It's inconsiderate towards people that are truly living in hard conditions, and it's also a sign that you're not able to fully appreciate what you've got, which is a dumb thing to do.