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@skinnylatte In Copenhagen (as a Danish friend used to tell me) the whole hygge aesthetic (let's be cozy and not prickly and easy to get along with) gets weaponized against immigrants, who can be perceived as refusing or standing in the way of the rest of "us" having a comfortable time.
(One of the things I love about NYC is that no one feels entitled to be cozy here!)
@skinnylatte Yikes. My Turkish friend was in Reykjavik all summer for a research fellowship and reached a point where he just stopped leaving his apartment for anything. I cooked for him while he was visiting and ended up leaving him a bunch of frozen meals because he stopped trying going to restaurants. If I got us takeout by myself we could eat.
@skinnylatte White people in the US love talking about Scandinavian liberalism, but Iceland is the only place I have ever been denied service in multiple businesses because I walked in with a Turkish friend. It was shocking. If people talked to us at all it was to warn me not to bring my friend to the public swimming facilities with me.
Someone was really good at the doctor's office this morning and is just sure that means early supper tonight. #CatsOfMastodon
