AMA Sure why not?

[Neil Peart]

I've been here for a while, but I do much more reading than discussing. A few people who have been mainstays in Off Topic may remember me, but I doubt it. I always enjoyed the political discussions, even if they got me warned several times.

So... AMA.

 

[Nah]

How's Finland been? Still good?

 

[Neil Peart]

How's Finland been? Still good?

It's... okay. I still haven't made any friends, and I've found that to be due to a combination of my introversion + the Finnish culture of being very closed off and cold towards foreigners, by and large. Still not used to the endless winter nights, but the endless summer days are better to tolerate. Despite my grievances, I still like this country, and despite the unrelenting loneliness, I have been better off here than I was in the US. People here respect nature a lot more, and they go out of their way to protect it. There have been some really tough days, though; days where I was so close to going back to the states. Not a place to move to if you can't stand not having a social life, for sure.

 

[Starlight]

Do you have any person favourite quotes?

 

[Fairy]

How often would you say you sit back and enjoy the little things in life?

 

[Neil Peart]

How often would you say you sit back and enjoy the little things in life?

I try to as often as I can, but the current state of the world has really disillusioned me. It was disillusioning enough before COVID struck and humans began to show their truly ugly sides in turn. But, I can't say that I'm not happy to be alive, and I'm a very lucky man in general.

Do you have any person favourite quotes?

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan, my muse

 

[Zeostar]

Where is your avatar picture from?

It reminds me of this:

Spoiler:

 

[Neil Peart]

Where is your avatar picture from?

It reminds me of this:

Spoiler:

It's the main character from a show called "Check it Out with Dr. Steve Brule." It ran on Adult Swim for a few years; utterly irreverent and hilarious.