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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 4:26:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 4:30:18 GMT
Lots of people would say Canada's status of most "personal freedom" is BS, because we're an overregulated nanny state whose citizens pay too much tax.
French whiskey drinkers? K2, bjd, and chexbres, care to weigh in?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 4:52:49 GMT
Yes, that information is true about France, whereas the highest per capita cognac consumption is in Hong Kong.
It can be pointed out that the other #1 for France on the complete list was nuclear energy, but I guess it was not "fun" enough.
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Post by bjd on Jan 4, 2017 6:36:12 GMT
I'm not competent for most of these but they seem rather bizarre. French whiskey drinkers? Really? When we are invited to someone's place for a meal, I can't think of anyone I know who offers whiskey. But maybe that's just me.
And as for Lizzy's "personal freedom" and paying too much tax... My sister constantly complains about being taxed too much but comparative tables always show the various European countries as being taxed much more heavily. And the scientists who had to get permission from the Harper government to give talks on the environment at international conferences might have something to say about personal freedom in Canada.
Is Italy best at kiwis? I buy local ones and the name makes me think of New Zealand, whose specialty chinook salmon is a name from the Canadian west coast.
So just another amusing map of fun facts that have little to do with reality.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 7:01:57 GMT
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Post by bjd on Jan 4, 2017 11:47:10 GMT
I can't access the info in your link without registering, but I'll take your word for it. Shouldn't it be the Scots though?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 11:58:45 GMT
I didn't register. However, now the graph is indeed hidden, but the first line is still there: This statistic compares the average whiskey per capita consumption worldwide in 2014, ranked by country. In that year, France topped the list with an annual per capita consumption of 2.15 liters on average. Ah, here is a different link: qz.com/166242/the-worlds-taste-for-whiskey-visualized/ |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 12:20:51 GMT
They certainly got the US wrong.
It should read "Electing Buffoons"
(Costa Rica and Ecuador are looking more and more appealing)
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Post by lagatta on Jan 4, 2017 15:04:51 GMT
The US is head and head with the Philippines.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 4, 2017 15:24:40 GMT
The Vatican comes first for wine consumption (and no, not just sacramental wine...) www.statista.com/chart/6402/which-countries-drink-the-most-wine/ Guess there aren't many pregnant women or minors abstaining there. K2's second graph (I couldn't access the first one) shows Uruguay as second in whisky consumption. Bizarre - Argentina, with virtually the same culture, comes far behind. The whisky must derive from the British influence (meat traders) but that was also true in Argentina, also in Southern Brazil, but Brazil is so huge that the habits of its "gaucho" far south would have less of an overall impact |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 15:34:11 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Jan 4, 2017 16:17:42 GMT
Cashless in Belgium ... I thought they have acknowledged the largest size of our sex ?
Somalia as the country with the most genital mutilations .... Scary thought.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 4, 2017 16:54:04 GMT
By cashless they mean debit, credit etc?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 18:11:22 GMT
Actually, Sweden is considering eliminating all cash transactions in the near future, perhaps by 2030.
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Post by rikita on Jan 9, 2017 8:14:19 GMT
that list left out a lot of countries ...
don't really see what is best of our passports ...
and some things (like that france has the most whiskey consumption and other measurable things) are interesting, but some things seem a bit too arbitrary - also kind of mean to chose good things for some and bad things for other countries, since i suppose most would have more than one thing that could be listed ...
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Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2017 9:24:58 GMT
I find the Canada article far too glowing, like a puff piece written by the Trudeau government. Yes, I know, in contrast not only to Trump but to some of the characters we've seen in the UK and continental Europe... One thing that has been done here that is positive is eliminating visas for Mexicans. That will have zero impact on low-skilled labour migration, but it does affirm equality among the NAFTA countries. There are now direct flights between Montréal (and I'd assume Toronto) and CDMX. While I understand the advantages of a cashless society, in fighting fraud and some forms of tax evasion or avoidance (usually the petty ones among poorer people) and in the waste of resources involved in minting coins and printing notes, it can be very harmful for poor people and those who are still involved in "casual" employment. Even in wealthier societies, an "informal sector" remains. www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/09/rise-cashless-city-contactless-payments-exclusion-cashfree-societyThere have been serious problems in India, and women have been disproportionally harmed. |
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