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Caesar Saladin
Aug 15, 2004

scandos are so overrated, i went to high schol with tons of them and they're all weird and standoffish with lovely senses of humor and tons of them are really racist and wear weird white power norse poo poo

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Randarkman
Jul 18, 2011

LordArgh posted:

finnish is some kind of crazy language that isn't like any other language except hungarian or whatever, so it makes sense that they'd have more trouble learning english than someone who speaks something closer to it

its actually alot closer to estonian and karelian, and is also somewhat close to the sami languages in northern scandinavia, it is in the same overall language family as hungarian (finno-ugric, of the larger uralic group of languages) but the two aren't really that close apart from that in the same way that two speakers of languages from separate groups within the indo-european family won't understand that much of what the other is saying.


Demonachizer posted:

Finns are pretty great people and fun as gently caress to drink with. Much better than Norwegians certainly.

norwegians can be fun to drink with, its just that most of us are boring and tedious as poo poo i guess, you just have to look in the right place. but, yeah, finns will drink until they are blind.

*swedish movie, its a family gathering of northern swedish people and their finnish family ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv6NLYTBx-o

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

generative grammer posted:

finland.jpg, a slice of life

images courtesy of Finland In Pictures thread in the punkinfinland.net forums

recommended background music: jean sibelius - finlandia, op. 26

















can loneliness kill you?
old ppl being found mummified in their apartments after being dead for months or even years






woman crashes her car into the bus her husband is on
after a heated argument, taking their children with her :smith:





















:nms:http://i.imgur.com/PZapcXs.jpg:nms:"I done hosed up"

unemployed's cafeteria closed due to shortage of employees


































:nws:http://i.imgur.com/wjdsJNk.jpg :nws:
:nws:http://i.imgur.com/ckTnVgw.jpg:nw:











http://i.imgur.com/03AHu2l.jpg[/img]
















no bouncing in the bouncy castle

no swimming, only fishing / no fishing / max. three trouts per day permitted with a fishing licence :psyduck:


Hetero Pride 2014









a ferry gets stuck in ice; this guy wasn't afraid at all but you shoulda seen the cowardly swedes

12 years without getting pussy!






"REAL BURGERS FOR REAL MEN"




lottery ticket worth 50 million
free bucket for first 100 customers
queue for marginally cheaper gas



plainclothes cops at an anarchist rally















(http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHDgH2ZmdNk)


















world championship of farting

:nws: http://i.imgur.com/InUpOwl.jpg :nws:




































kiitos

sturgeon
Sep 13, 2011
gently caress this gay continent.
I would move to Finland in a second. Let me be a missionary.
I like vodka and snow.
They even know English. Sort of.

where do I sign

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

sturgeon posted:

gently caress this gay continent.
I would move to Finland in a second. Let me be a missionary.
I like vodka and snow.
They even know English. Sort of.

where do I sign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mno0hMKlua4

sturgeon
Sep 13, 2011
I don't understand a word of that, but now I'm even more convinced that Finland is the place for me.

e: holy poo poo
"Tony Christian Halme[3][1][2] (January 6, 1963 – January 8, 2010) was a Finnish politician, athlete, author and actor. Halme was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007, representing the True Finns party as an independent politician. He was also known by the pseudonym Viikinki he used while appearing in Gladiaattorit, a Finnish version of the TV game show Gladiators, in the 1990s. He was also a professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Federation under the name Ludvig Borga, an MMA fighter and a professional boxer who held the Finnish Heavyweight Championship. He was also first fighter from Scandinavia to ever compete in Ultimate Fighting Championships"


finland owns

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

5

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

1 out of 4 finns lives their whole life without eyebrows

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Fonzarelli posted:

scandos are so overrated, i went to high schol with tons of them and they're all weird and standoffish with lovely senses of humor and tons of them are really racist and wear weird white power norse poo poo

not to mention don't bump uglies with their women unless you want you johnson to turn into a icicle.

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

sama

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
always was tought that Finland is eastern russia culturally

always thought whoever tought me this was an idiot bithc

autoaim.cfg
Aug 6, 2005
:qq: WHINY SHITHEAD :qq:
*drops mic*

Benito Hitlerstalin posted:

Here is a picture of a Swedish speaking Finn surrounded by a family of Finnish Finns.



Take special note of their knives. Where other languages have verbs and adjectives, the Finns rely on their knives. A a light flick of the blade, a quick stab to the gut – constituent, fundamental elements of Finnish syntax and grammar.

The beautiful, elfin Swedish speaking Finn, meanwhile, is responsible for every single thing of note in Finnish history ever. You're welcome Finland.

I am just going to quote this entire goddamned post, because it carries a fundamental truth.

Yeah, that's pretty much it!

Right above here!

Finland!

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
ive met swedish girls in sf

they were by far the weirdest bitches on the planet

sounded like they had meatballs in their mouths glossy eyes like they were looking through you


looked inbred

boggled my mind

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
beating out japan

my god

Absolute Lithops
Aug 28, 2011

After one long season
of waiting, after one
long season of wanting
http://youtu.be/oWuyrlXI7nA?t=6m45s
My, my coffee is taste dishwasher *drinks detergent*

The Walking Dad posted:

They are obsessed with coffee and saunas because if you could boil Finnish culture down to three things it would be alcohol, depression, and ammonia candy.

Absolute Lithops fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Nov 10, 2014

Desperado Bones
Aug 29, 2009

Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!


I actually want to learn to speak Finnish because it sounds so funny.

quakster
Jul 21, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Desperado Bones posted:

I actually want to learn to speak Finnish because it sounds so funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5QSjx99tOM

Desperado Bones
Aug 29, 2009

Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!



i don't know what the gently caress they are saying

the rolling R is worse than in Spanish lol

the night dad
Oct 23, 2006

by XyloJW
I heard Iceland loves American culture so they're cool.

Also they still use the eth.

Vesi
Jan 12, 2005

pikachu looking at?

Top City Homo posted:

ive met swedish girls in sf

they were by far the weirdest bitches on the planet

sounded like they had meatballs in their mouths glossy eyes like they were looking through you


looked inbred

boggled my mind

that's the southern swedish look/sound, it gets better further north

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax

the night dad posted:

I heard Iceland loves American culture so they're cool.

Also they still use the eth.

Icelanders were the bad guys in that mighty dicks movie so i wouldn't bother

the night dad
Oct 23, 2006

by XyloJW

Frostwerks posted:

Icelanders were the bad guys in that mighty dicks movie so i wouldn't bother

gently caress

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
finland has really good strawberries

or norway I don't remember

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Vesi posted:

that's the southern swedish look/sound, it gets better further north



holy poo poo thats the look always been told swedish women are supermodels

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

Why must you toy with me like this mods? Why?

Angela Lansburial
Feb 9, 2005
Nothing to see here.

What the heck is so awful about living in Lithuania?

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

BigwigML posted:

What the heck is so awful about living in Lithuania?

The company basically imploded a during the 2009 mega recession and decided that a IMF mandate austerity for bailout program would be the cure.

Basically went back to the middle ages like chopping wood for heat in the winter to save money and lots of government run programs like healthcare had to dramatically downsize.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/lukas-mikelionis/lithuania-road-between-misery-and-austerity

the night dad posted:

I heard Iceland loves American culture so they're cool.

Also they still use the eth.

Other downside of Iceland is the cute girl in the bar has a high change of being a distant cousin.

It's a side effect of how the country doesn't have much immigration and also was found by a small number of viking settlers.

etalian fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Nov 10, 2014

rohoku
Jul 9, 2014

Best/worst thing about finland is their Language. Can't understand a god damned word even when they're speaking english.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

rohoku posted:

Best/worst thing about finland is their Language. Can't understand a god damned word even when they're speaking english.

A language so bizarre it inspired Tolkien's make believe languages

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax

etalian posted:

Other downside of Iceland is the cute girl in the bar has a high change of being a distant cousin.

It's a side effect of how the country doesn't have much immigration and also was found by a small number of viking settlers.

yes, but as an american not very likely your distant cousin.

rohoku
Jul 9, 2014

etalian posted:

A language so bizarre it inspired Tolkien's make believe languages

Did it actually? Going to have to research that now

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Frostwerks posted:

yes, but as an american not very likely your distant cousin.

Awkward:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCb9Ef3LRrE

rohoku posted:

Did it actually? Going to have to research that now

Yup finnish inspired both the make believes languages and also some of the stories from the Silmarillion.

etalian fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Nov 10, 2014

rohoku
Jul 9, 2014

etalian posted:

Yup finnish inspired both all the make believes languages and also some of the stories from the Silmarillion.

interesting, thanks for the learning

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

Oh yeah and hockey. Finland is good at hockey I think.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
p sure finland bbq's. Saunas are like slow cookers

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

rohoku posted:

interesting, thanks for the learning

It's basically a bizarre moon language that doesn't match other well known european languages.

basques language is another good example of language that doesn't match the others.

Morzhovyye
Mar 2, 2013

BigwigML posted:

What the heck is so awful about living in Lithuania?

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

BigwigML posted:

What the heck is so awful about living in Lithuania?

People look at the flag and say, "oh is that some African country?"

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SBJ
Apr 10, 2009

Apple of My Eye

Laughter in the Sky
For all the goons who want to go to finland because they think they will automatically be more attractive, just realize that they have a really low obesity rate. When I went there i only saw 1 fat girl under 30 and it was my turkish cousin lol

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