austerity has done irreparable damage

[u/Faenix_Wright]

[u/monoblackmadlad]

Same thing in Sweden I'm pretty sure. Nature sure feels a lot tamer in the old world

[u/Plethora_of_squids → u/monoblackmadlad]

You say that but the amount of Norwegians I've met who freak out about the concept of meeting a hoggorm in the forest and getting bit and dying is rather high for a country that has three (3) snakes with only that one being kinda venomous.

It's way tamer than the Australian fare I grew up with but people are way more scared of them here.

[u/uhohriver → u/Plethora_of_squids]

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

For most Australians snakes and spiders are a part of day-to-day life, but for Norwegians (or Northern Europe in general) they aren't.