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[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 39 points 1 month ago

Surely that info is freely available on the passport they are using to go through the airport.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Probably, but they figured out they could save time by just hiring Björn here.

[-] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago
[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

Björgúlfur or something, surely.

Also, is Iceland falling so far behind in racial stereotyping that they’d bring in a German to do it for them?

[-] anton 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a german inside joke, explained in this video (in german).

There is a far right politician named Björn and who was mistakenly called Bernd by a local newspaper and got angry. To annoy him, a satire show calls him Bernd all the time. This caused enough confusion, that a public broadcaster messing up.
Edit: spelling

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

How'd it get burned!?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

All they need to do it check all of the passports to make sure his selections are accurate!

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Passports are checked by some government authority, they don't give you access to the data, so the professional racist is there for statistics used by whomever.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Surely they can extract just that data. Though it might depend on that country's specific regulation.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Iceland's in the Schengen area so there's a lot of flights coming where they don't even ask for your passport. That's how it was done when I was there in 2019 or so, anyway.

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