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[–] Wrongdoer1@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

I think about St petersburg tbh..

[–] Noizth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Right now?. The Skinner meme of looking down and saying "Pathetic" to Trump's request for eggs.

I always pictured a town near a cristal clear lake. Houses with more vibrant beautiful colours than a clown orgy.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Universally loved people and good seltzer.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Its very cold in the frigid north 🥶 Yet Fins are doing fine … I guess

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

A challenging language

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 10 points 2 days ago

As an ignorant American I'm saddened to say, very little. One thing that comes to mind is Simo Häyhä.

I cant forget Linus Torvalds. The third most influential person in my life behind Thompson and Ritchie. Without these three I would never have found one of my greatest joys, coding.

I think of the pictures of snowy landscapes crowned with ethereal lights dancing in the night.

Stories from my dad about a Finish violin maker who used to hitchhike everywhere dad used to give frequent rides to.

[–] sprack@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago
[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It seems like a great place with a decent government and society. The few Finnish people I've met over the years have all been really cool and/or smart and/or hilarious.

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

Long place names like Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Birch barks white shimmer through the green leaves … that must have been taken last year or further back in history, since now it is still wintery in finalnd, and birch is empty.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is likely not from Finland

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Actually birch trees grow in the north/Scandinavia. So this image still might depict a Finland of the past

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 7 points 2 days ago

Sisu.

Finns be crazy.

[–] Alice@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 2 days ago
[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

Great public transit, safe bike infrastructure (so safe they bike in the snow!), and a happy chill country that tries to be great for all their citizens (unlike the US which only cares about the rich)

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

It's the country where I quite want to be. Eating breakfast or dinner, or just watching TV.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

Power metal, rallying, forests, snow, reindeer, personal space, a language with a very musical-sounding rhythm and grammar that I don't understand in the slightest, and that one video of a man swearing at a bear because it's in his garden

[–] ScotinDub@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

Aki Kaurismäki

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Monty Pythons "Finland" song. And a former coworker who was born there, but does not speak a word of Finnish (Finlandish?).

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Your mountains so lofty,

Your treetops so tall,

Finland, Finland, Finland,

Finland has it all

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The country where I quite want to be...

lilyhammer because I keep confusing norway and finland.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

Winter sports

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

Sopuli.xyz and saunas

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago
[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know much about Finland so forgive me:

-It's unique shape

-Mountains and snow

-Rural

-Winter war with Russia

-Heavily prepared to defend against Russia

-Joined Nato after the Ukraine invasion

-Nordic culture?

-The Tinymight 2 vape

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago
[–] fungalfelidae5@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

salty licorice

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

Finland is always number 1 in statistical charts, (happiness, least corruption…you name it) beating the Netherlands again and again.

Its not real

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago
[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That’s Ahti. A recurring character in Remedy games. I saw him first in Alan Wake 2 and just met him in Control. I’m not sure if he is just some kind of human anomaly or a god. But he is a fan favourite and a treasure ❤️

Edit: Also he has the heaviest finish accent I’ve ever heard. To the point his clues sound more like riddles to an English speaking person. Which comes from him trying to use Finish proverbs or even grammar while speaking English.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago
[–] groet@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Expanding on what rustyfish wrote: a lot of wired stuff happens in those games and Ahti never acknowledges any of it. He is the janitor and he is mopping the floor. He will ask you to fetch something mundane like a tool from the basement which by pure coincidence is the exact place and time you need to be to save the world. He appears in places he should never have been able to get to. You had to fight through many enemies to get there, Ahti is just there.

He is the janitor of the universe, making sure things are how they should be. And then he goes to sing songs at the community center.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Not yesterday's grouses's son, that's for sure.

[–] Twiglet@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Vodka, snipers and Nokia.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

"Not Finland!"

That and high quality of life.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

A bunch of Finns I know.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Guns, coffee, and hating Russia.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago