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pansypoo53219

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4. as someone who saw danish 'socialism' up close. democratic socialism is awesome.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:31 AM

Dec 26

my danish e-pal visited usa for a month. he caught a bug on the plane(asthma). his 1st week in nyc was cut short by a short hospital visit. after dc + week in chicago, he spent his last week in milwaukee. he had to call home about the hospital, but then we did a bunch of stuff.
he got refunded for his days lost. we got money for the phone calls. sadly he thought our restaurant workers were paid like his + didn't understand tipping.
after he was home, he got pneumonia + sent a month in the hospital. he wasn't bankrupted. since he didn't have a car, they sent him home in a taxi.

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I'm done arguing with bigots and fools. LuvLoogie Dec 26 #3

as someone who saw danish 'socialism' up close. democratic socialism is awesome. pansypoo53219 Dec 26 #4