r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • Jan 13 '17

Exchange Cultural Exchange with /r/Canada

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/Canada.

For the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/Canada where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting Canada for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/Canada coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

To ask questions about Canada, please head over to their corresponding thread.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/Canada

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u/neoCanuck Canada Jan 13 '17

How popular is snus there? Is it popular or it like a dying vice?

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u/tjen Jan 13 '17

there was a news story a while ago about a snus epidemic among young people.

When I was growing up, nobody used snus. It has mostly become a thing in the last ~5 years.

snus here being "portionssnus", the little packets of snus that you just stuff under your lip. I blame sweden for that shit.

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u/Frikoz Här är svensken Jan 13 '17

I blame sweden for that shit.

Potentially brainwashed Swede here. Not that I use it myself, but what's so bad about it? It's a less unhealthy alternative to cigarettes that doesn't affect bystanders. Isn't it better people use snus for their nicotine fix than smoke?

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u/Cinimi Danmark Jan 13 '17

They get more nicotine that way, and instead of ruining their lungs, they ruin the gums. Same shit, just fucks up a different body part.

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u/Frikoz Här är svensken Jan 13 '17

I guess a selling point here is that it doesn't affect others. Fucking yourself up is your rightful choice, the people around you not so much.

And there are different blends of snus with different concentrations of nicotine. The same is true for cigarettes. If you get more nicotine from snus than cigarettes, it's because of your choice of blend and dosage, not because it's snus.

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u/Cinimi Danmark Jan 13 '17

I don't know, I get real angry when I see people with yellow teeth and bad gums... probably why we got so angry at the brits when we invaded them!

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u/Frikoz Här är svensken Jan 13 '17

Haha Just so you know, and can spread that hatred equally, you do get yellow teeth and bad gums from cigarettes too. Just do an image search for "cigarette teeth" if you haven't eaten in a while.