poly but i'm not thinking bi

it's more in the direction that she doesn't have to be my exclusive property just because i love her, and vice versa

which i think is a fairly reasonable idea, logically speaking

i was so caught up in getting to know people that i forgot to approve new accounts for berserker.town

i just learned even MORE things about myself

nostr:npub1ulntzghcwqnzdqdz4vsqhsshlulzsjsetwgzm76xcpss6nzjy9xs0yzdch i remember being into stuff with the same vibe. older stuff, but same mood.

it is slightly fucked up that i'm relying to online friends to patch my broken self together.

but i think that's why a lot of us are here. the outside world isn't being very helpful.

Snapchat is not an app i've been using much, since the stories feature seems to be the main one you use there and people are always sending videos instead of texting me. last time i heard, Instagram killed Snapchat by adding the same feature, but that might just be journalists exaggerating...

nostr:npub1uhyp2jpp5gwjqh7w52tlapdwssmycmxglw2dzavy3mas3sfr83rsv6y4d5 it's the nerd network. and i have a couple of male friends in Norway who are also native to it. might also be called the Introvert Club.

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e the net wage differences in Scandinavia are smaller than elsewhere. you pay quite a lot of taxes. but the differences have been growing slowly over time so there is more inequality now. another arrow that's not pointing in the right direction.

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e to be honest with you, there is a lot about the Norwegian model that appears to be undergoing a slow collapse at the moment, where things aren't quite what they seem. the doctors running away to private healthcare. a housing market in Oslo that is not functioning anymore. a gradually decreasing trust in politicians. and politicians have been unable to protect us from the effects of global inflation. a recent poll says 1 in 5 households don't have enough money to pay the bills.

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e the mindset here is heavily egalitarian. if the rich can have it, so should the poor. in practice, we can't afford that. we would simply have to ban private healthcare. it doesn't look like that's what's happening though. the sector is growing. doctors are running away from public healthcare to these private clinics and hospitals because they pay better and are less hard work. and there is already a shortage of doctors. one of the easiest ways to migrate to Norway is to get a job as a doctor here.

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e here i would say they operate more like a supplement to hospitals and doctor's offices that are covered through government health insurance, and there's outrage in the news when politicians are caught using private healthcare services, because the official story is that public is just as good as private, lol

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e the way it works here, hospitals only handle the advanced stuff. the private practices are usually for GP visits only. they are funded via a health insurance scheme with a copay for the patients, while hospitals and other inpatient treatment is completely free.

nostr:npub1whnum8nhxdrrny6jnc3etx7n46m6wnt77ee7h2has2zsfjyyqdhshctwsa nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e these clinics weren't always allowed to operate, and they're still controversial, but now the genie is out of the bottle. it would be hard for the government to go back on this since it would destroy multiple private hospitals that only exist because the government gave the green light in the first place.

nostr:npub1hrhk3gc88khz579q9cw4jggp80lmeq422qulw7m0ws69ztxxthns689ck2 it was a sex joke for nerds

nostr:npub1hrhk3gc88khz579q9cw4jggp80lmeq422qulw7m0ws69ztxxthns689ck2 this was mainly meant as a joke

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e i think you can generally assume that everywhere that isn't America is "normal"

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e *cheat by simply refusing to perform

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e yeah, because you're paying your way out of triage. the private hospitals have fewer patients per doctor. i've used private medical services here and there and the service there was always excellent compared to public healthcare. and then politicians will go talk about how such a difference shouldn't exist in Norway. that public healthcare should be just as good as private. with that said, the private hospitals can also "cheat" by simply performing difficult or expensive treatments, so those are left to public healthcare.

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e *gaps in knowledge

nostr:npub16qct6ge6zdr72yxrw2cc0rsqyp9j9qrjs9pkz3gkydc839jrtk5sj8al6e my main experience is with Norwegian GPs and psychiatrists (who are MDs with a specialisation as it works here in Norway) and there can be some surprising gaps. i don't think they always have the time to check. you've got 20-30 mins in there and then it's the next patient's turn. works fine if it's something simple, but tbh, with certain lifelong conditions, a bit more planning and long-term followup is needed.