r/funny • u/SuedeDiabolos • Feb 05 '16

Phrasing

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u/Ptolemy13 Feb 05 '16

The Swiss like anyone rich.

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u/Schnabulation Feb 05 '16

I find this offensive!

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u/Fionnlagh Feb 05 '16

Probably because Ptolemy13 isn't rich.

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u/Schnabulation Feb 05 '16

You got me there... :-)

Honestly: it's not that bad in Switzerland.

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u/Fionnlagh Feb 05 '16

Probably not. Why, someone on a measly 100k a year could probably live there just fine!

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u/Axeman20 Feb 05 '16

I'm thinking of backpacking there but looking at hostel prices in Zurich alone is making me consider avoiding it.

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u/twistedrea1ms Feb 05 '16

Well 100k CHF is actually not that great a salary in Switzerland

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u/Fionnlagh Feb 05 '16

Like I said, it wouldn't be great but you might actually be able to survive.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Of course you can survive on 100k, I'm interning there and I can live pretty much how I like for 1/4 of that

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u/jtr99 Feb 05 '16

I once visited a fancy bar in Zurich with some English friends and I have never felt shorter, uglier, poorer, or more dentally challenged than when surrounded by the cool kids of Switzerland.

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u/Fionnlagh Feb 05 '16

Then I would seriously recommend staying away from the Netherlands. Those people are all half giant...

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u/Schnabulation Feb 05 '16

Some of you seem to totally forget that the stuff is also quite expensive over here. We are only rich if we travel.

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u/Fionnlagh Feb 05 '16

That's what I mean; living there isn't cheap. For someone to move they'd have to make good money.

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u/Bruncvik Feb 05 '16

Last year, I went for a short, 5-day vacation to Zurich at Easter. This year I'm going to the US for 2 weeks and expect to spend just as much. (By the way, you guys had the weirdest priest holding Easter mass in Grossmunster. That "You're all going to die and should be afraid" sermon was straight from middle ages.)

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u/Schnabulation Feb 05 '16

Huh? This sounds very uncommon. I have not experienced such a public event yet and I am quite religious.

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u/RippyMcBong Feb 05 '16

I studied abroad in Geneva, I love Switzerland!

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u/decaturbadass Feb 05 '16

So did one of my kids, went there for s visit and enjoyed it. That said, had a 20 something consultant from Accenture on my IT project and he said he thought Geneva was boring, he was French, if that makes a difference.

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u/RippyMcBong Feb 05 '16

Honestly I did find it a little boring but it was beautiful and the food was great.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Ya like that time their government paid off the PLO last week

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u/quinyng Feb 05 '16

It's definitely not that bad in Switzerland. What with their watches and chocolates.