Hi, I made a post about how I have a chance to study for a semester in Budapest, Hungary and it sounds really cool, but there is one other option and thought I’d ask just so I don’t dismiss it immediately: Reykjavík, Iceland. I also know next to nothing about Iceland, whether it’s safe for students, if it’s welcoming, if it’s a good place for an American to study at, so might as well ask about it as well. It also sounds fascinating admittedly

  • TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
    7·
    2 days ago

    Nope, no joke. It was one of those dreams I never realized. Iceland has a lot of geothermal power plants and volcanic activity. I always wanted to live there and work at one. Also it’s geologically very similar to the place I was born.

    The industry thing is sad though. They’re kind of economically deadlocked but had a pretty solid plan to get in to tech development. Back in 2008. Right when the Dotcom bubble crashed Nordic Tiger period ended.

    • Logi@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      The industry thing is sad though. They’re kind of economically deadlocked

      I have no idea where you’re getting this from. Iceland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Per capita, obviously.

      And I think you’re getting your bubbles mixed up.

        • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          Dumb as a box of rocks. Just making shit up and getting called out everywhere you go. Typical liberal.

                • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  11·
                  10 hours ago

                  I can literally only imagine the type of sexual partners some misogynistic cretin with disgusting fantasies and the social skills of an opossum living with his roommates as a grown man has had the joy of experiencing.

                  Lmao.

                  • TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
                    1·
                    10 hours ago

                    It’s not hard if you have a mirror. I tend to always attract this rabid cock-slut types with no father. They like being hit and called slurs but don’t know how to just ask for it like a normal person.

      • TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
        1·
        2 days ago

        Perhaps. This was Wikipedia stuff I read in like 2018. It said they had put money into a video game studio and internet companies. I can’t claim to know how they’ve faired since.

        What else would they have been doing? Their economy is mostly tourism otherwise, right?

        • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          It is somehow not surprising that you use Wikipedia articles from 8 years ago as your sourcing.