[DiogenesLamp]

Swedish society is founded on 'lagom'. Meaning not too much and not too little, it is a word that most other languages do not have. You are not allowed to be too rich or too poor, nor too flamboyant or too boring – you should be like everyone else and not stand out.

Japan has a proverb which is very similar.

"The nail that sticks out, gets hammered down."

[tumblindice]

[Right Brother]

[kearnyirish2]

I thought this problem was throughout Western Europe, where employess were basically all unionized (via government-mandated job protections) and had employment for life. This was described as the root of high unemployment and despair among younger people - few job openings as mediocre employees had to be kept on paired with reluctance by companies to make additional life-long employment commitments to young workers.

[max americana]

Unreal. Centuries ago they were navigating the Atlantic, pillaging and raiding the Euroweenies for silver and treasure.

[Lizavetta]

you should be like everyone else and not stand out.

They would not like me. At all.

[farming pharmer]

This post is useless without pictures of the ‘average’ Swedish bikini model...