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[–]Anonymous_Bosch 413 points414 points ago

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I spent two weeks in Finland last July and that sums up Finland pretty well. I swam naked under the midnight sun with half a dozen Finns. The rest were up cooking us pancakes by the river. I chopped wood with an axe for the sauna. We fished and drank beer and smoked cigarettes at 1am, at 4pm, at 8pm. Up there in Northern Finland I began to lose track of time a little bit, where the most important decisions seemed to centre around whether to use the sauna now or later, whether to drink beer or cider, whether to eat reindeer or salmon. Magical.

[–]SuperSoggyCereal 334 points335 points ago

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I believe this is called "vacation", and not "real life".

[–]fojizzle 93 points94 points ago

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I wanna live in vacation. can't find it on the finland map though.

[–]sugarhoneybadger 47 points48 points ago

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In Finland, it's traditional for people to take a vacation for a few weeks every year starting at midsummer. They actually shut down the newspapers and other businesses so people can go to their lakeside cabins and hit each other which birch branches in the sauna. Finland is fucking awesome.

[–]griffdn 8 points9 points ago

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Exactly: if you lived in Finland, the former would be a legally required subset of the latter.

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    [–]TheGoodDrStrawngarm 20 points21 points ago

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    Finally, a place for me.

    [–]RetroPRO 71 points72 points ago

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    Midnight sun? Finland is magical.

    [–][deleted] 61 points62 points ago

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    it all balances out in the end. any place that gets midnight sun in july gets 24hr darkness in january.

    [–][deleted] 54 points55 points ago

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    24hr darkness in january.

    Because fuck you, Screen Glare.

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      [–]orbat 22 points23 points ago

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      "Midnight sun" sounds magical until you have to sleep.

      Christ I hate summer. I prefer the ETERNAL NIGHT of winter.

      [–]funkbitch 6 points7 points ago

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      I've seen 30 Days of Night... I know what really happens up there.

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            [–]mc_finnishstereotype 88 points89 points ago

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            I'm Finnish and I approve this post.

            This would be more relevant picture at this time of year.

            [–]marcospolos 7 points8 points ago

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            Man, this was the top post when I first joined Reddit. Old memories...

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              [–]donnyt 532 points533 points ago*

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              TIL when people in Finland look in the Mirror of Erised, they only see themselves exactly as they are.
              *edit - spelling

              [–]hogofwar 217 points218 points ago

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              Oh. My.

              eriseD | Desire

              It all makes sense now!

              [–]elsoothsayer 53 points54 points ago

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              But at least you noticed that Nocturn Alley and Diagon Alley are nocturnally and diagonally, right?

              [–]funkbitch 20 points21 points ago

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              I feel like I missed half the nuances of those books. Well! Looks like I have to read them a fourth time..

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                [–]RegisPhilbinsGhost 91 points92 points ago

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                I never realised that!

                [–]The2012Erection 59 points60 points ago*

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                Whelp, so long as we're blowing minds...

                [spoiler alert] Voldemort means vol de mort, 'flight from death' in French.

                [–]agibli 15 points16 points ago

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                In case your mind isn't fully blown yet.

                [–]ParanoidWesterner 22 points23 points ago

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                Flight of death is a better translation.

                [–]The2012Erection 11 points12 points ago

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                Flight of death is the literal translation, yes. But, given the Dark Lord's modus operandi, flight from death makes more sense.

                Consider the phrase, 'un vol de Paris à New York'. It is more correctly translated, 'a flight from Paris to New York' and not 'a flight of Paris to New York.'

                Hope that helps.

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                    [–]paledragon64 38 points39 points ago

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                    You just realized that? ಠ_ಠ

                    Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi | Ishow no t yourfac ebu tyo urhe arts desire = "I show not your face but your hearts desire"

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                        [–]StarcraftAlaska 308 points309 points ago*

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                        Did you know Finland borrows more books per citizen than any other country in the world, and they have produced more world rally champions than any other nation per capita I wonder wonder why that is...

                        EDIT: Top gear taught me most of what I know

                        [–]HughManatee 163 points164 points ago

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                        Little known fact: Finland has the highest number of Finns per capita than any other country in the entire world.

                        [–]alkane_alien 85 points86 points ago

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                        I don't quite know about the first of your wonderments but I believe the latter is due to the test requirements of learner drivers:

                        In order to safely handle a vehicle in winter weather, drivers must be able to assess road conditions, predict how the vehicle will react in different situations and conditions, and know what actions to take to keep it under control.

                        Source

                        [–]mackpack 79 points80 points ago

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                        And they learn all that stuff from the books they borrow, right?

                        [–][deleted] 97 points98 points ago

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                        How do you think they get to those libraries? They have to drive in shitty road conditions.

                        [–]feureau 18 points19 points ago

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                        I dread the day the Finnish discover e-libraries... on second thought, they'd probably would rather rally-drive to the libraries so they could check out ebooks.

                        Libraries are pretty. I love to hang out in them just to stand around a lot of books.

                        [–]i_practice_santeria 8 points9 points ago

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                        Chicken and egg, meet Finnish library and road conditions.

                        [–]Kasuli 27 points28 points ago

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                        Every learning driver is taken to a circuit which is either wet ice (if it's winter) or oiled (if it's summer). The lesson usually consists of these basic parts:

                        1. A demonstration where a car's braking distance is shown under different conditions, after which the students start driving themselves
                        2. Slalom on some sort of oiled metal in different speeds (the metal slate was about 50 meters long in the circuit I visited and we did this in 30, 40 and 50kph iirc)
                        3. Hands-on to braking on different surfaces with ABS on and off, as well as with the handbrake
                        4. Cornering on the same oiled sheet metal, again with all three braking systems
                        5. Before we left our task was basically to try and maintain a steady drift on an oiled semi-circle of the same sheet metal.

                        And yes, this is mandatory for a license.

                        [–]MacMonkey 7 points8 points ago

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                        Damned socialists! In America, you have a GOD-GIVEN* right to drive, and the damn government can't take that away from you!

                        • Christ, the Saviour, not those stupid fake gods that some people worship.

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                          [–]Big_Baby_Jesus 64 points65 points ago*

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                          Being a good, safe, winter conditions drivers doesn't really make you a good rally car driver. Finland produces a lot of pro rally drivers because a ton of Finns participate in rally races. On Top Gear, they talk to Mika Hakkinen about the culture of rally racing in Finland. They have this awesome class system where a race has a set monetary value. You can spend as much on your car as you want, but after the race anyone can buy your car for that predetermined price. That puts a huge premium on driver talent, not financial resources.

                          EDIT- Grandparent post added that Top Gear clip. If you haven't watched it, do so. It's great. The part I'm talking about starts at 6:00.

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                          [–]teequ 22 points23 points ago

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                          Another Finnish F1 driver, Kimi Räikkönen, had even better responses http://www.f1zone.net/news/the-words-and-wisdom-of-kimi/10648/

                          [–]HoHoRaS 62 points63 points ago

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                          This part cracked me up:

                          What kind of a relationship do you have with Peter Sauber?

                          He is my boss.

                          Is he a father figure or a god father?

                          He is my boss.

                          The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you?

                          It protects my head.

                          Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have?

                          I wipe it so that I can see better.

                          [–]jb2lk 21 points22 points ago

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                          Really outgoing for a Finn..

                          [–]grte 13 points14 points ago

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                          I liked this one:

                          Interviewer: The most exciting moment during the race weekend?

                          Kimi: I think so it’s the race start, always.

                          Interviewer: The most boring?

                          Kimi: Now.

                          [–]bhindblueyes430 7 points8 points ago

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                          hahaha I cannot wait for next year, he's coming back

                          [–]yk9000 5 points6 points ago

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                          This guy. This fucking guy.

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                            [–]rotzooi 12 points13 points ago

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                            That system is absolutely brilliant!

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                              [–]edgegripsubz 32 points33 points ago

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                              Plus Finland is number one in education compare to the rest of the world.

                              [–][deleted] 225 points226 points ago*

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                              And number one in low self esteem.

                              Every time there is post about Finland, Finns gather to the thread to tell nice things about themselves. Eventually it all ends with Finns discussing about the Winter War and Simo Häyhä. Everyone else has left long time ago.

                              relevant joke:

                              "A German, A Frenchman, a Russian, and a Finn took part in a writing competition on elephants. The German came up with "A Short Introduction to the Physiology of the Elephant, 1,500 pages, plus appendices". The French entry was "The Love Life of the Elephant". The Russian wrote "Elephants in Russia", and the Finn wrote "What do Elephants Think of Finland?"

                              ps. I'm a Finn.

                              pps. Just noticed that Winter War and Simo Häyhä are already mentioned. Fucking LOL :)

                              [–]ominousproportions 22 points23 points ago

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                              So fucking true. It feels embarrassing when every time Finland gets mentioned 'we' go nuts and go posting irrelevant boasting about ourselves.

                              [–]finanseer 12 points13 points ago

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                              pps. Just noticed that Winter War and Simo Häyhä are already mentioned. Fucking LOL :)

                              LOL are you kidding? Too funny, will be on the lookout for future threads with Finns

                              [–]Thjoth 24 points25 points ago

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                              To be fair, Simo Häyhä is pretty exceptional. He killed what, around 700 people over the course of 90 days using small arms? And then survived taking an explosive bullet to the jaw? When you have a guy nicknamed the White Death as one of your national heroes, I don't blame you for showing him off.

                              [–]shibblywibbly 21 points22 points ago

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                              That probably sounds better in Finnish.

                              Thank you for pulla.

                              [–]akuseri 6 points7 points ago

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                              I'm also from Finland and I have to agree with Urkki. That's the whole reason I came to see the comments tho, as often hilarity will ensue when the picture on top is posted, which happens every f*cking time :)

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                              [–]soulman90 13 points14 points ago

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                              Finns must've lost their shit when their leader was highlighted on Conan.

                              [–]Larein 22 points23 points ago

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                              to be fair...they sigh we did. Btu it happened earlier, when Conan had that Sweden Sucks sign. XD

                              [–]Jonate20 6 points7 points ago

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                              Those are also the things American redditors usually bring up on Finland-related submission.

                              [–]fixeditforya 7 points8 points ago

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                              I am a Finn, and this is how I would fix this: Fixed

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                                    [–]PasswordLost 18 points19 points ago

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                                    That picture and all these pro-Finland comments make me a bit sad. Right now Finland is dark and cold, perkele.

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                                      [–]Cruth99 287 points288 points ago

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                                      Sometimes during your life you have these moments. These moments when you are content. Not just content that you are home, done with work or finished a good meal. You are sitting somewhere, outside maybe, you look at the sun setting or the full moon lighting the darkness and you just feel content. I love those moments. Those are the moments I know I want to keep on going. The moments where you go "This is why I do it all. To support my family, to help the people around me. I feel happy."

                                      [–]BigBrasky 91 points92 points ago

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                                      I had this last night. I had a particularly bad day at work. Afterwards I went home, put on some nice music, and I just sat there. And I listened. And that's all I did. I was 100% content with life and with what I was doing. It was very peaceful. I love moments like that.

                                      [–]TrueAmerican1776 31 points32 points ago

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                                      I think your comment just changed my life.

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                                        [–]nospr 11 points12 points ago

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                                        I wish I could be content with the direction I'm taking. I've made far too many mistakes to be content right now.

                                        [–]gratefuldementia 4 points5 points ago

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                                        it's never too late, brah

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                                          [–]chrs_1979 288 points289 points ago

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                                          American Version

                                          [–]xcforlife 76 points77 points ago

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                                          I guess Americans aren't content with their current couch

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                                            [–]Farkingbrain 150 points151 points ago

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                                            Finland, Finland, Finland, a country where I quite want to be.

                                            [–][deleted] 54 points55 points ago

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                                            Pony trekking or camping, Or just watching TV.

                                            [–]AlwaysAppropriate 44 points45 points ago

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                                            Finland, Finland, Finland, it's the country for me.

                                            [–]drchaos2000 27 points28 points ago

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                                            you are so close to russia

                                            [–]Garren191 28 points29 points ago

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                                            So far from Japan

                                            [–]flostre 24 points25 points ago

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                                            Quite a long way from Cairo.

                                            [–]Tchocky 22 points23 points ago

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                                            Lots of miles from Vietnam

                                            [–]captainAwesomePants 19 points20 points ago

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                                            Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be,

                                            [–]Grueling 15 points16 points ago

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                                            Eating breakfast or dinner,

                                            [–]g_e_r_b 16 points17 points ago

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                                            or snack lunch in the hall,

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                                                    [–]leftwinglock 23 points24 points ago

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                                                    Is someone content?

                                                    [–]Frost_ 74 points75 points ago

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                                                    It's the sauna. It tends to get you into the right kind of state of mind. A disproportionately large portion of the moments I've felt really content have to do with this exact moment - sitting outside wearing only a towel, skin glowing with the remaning heat, sweat slowly evaporating, muscles relaxed, a cold beer in hand, listening to the silence and watching either the evening light when the sun is low in the sky, the sunset or the stars (depending on the time of year). It's really quite nice. (It's funny how incredibly accurate the cartoon is - that's the "happy" moment for most Finns I know - the one you look forward to when things get sucky)

                                                    [–]dumbkid 39 points40 points ago

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                                                    Goddamn I want to move to Finland. In London a happy moment is not getting splashed with puddle water by a bus driver

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                                                      [–]thmz 92 points93 points ago

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                                                      As a person who lives in Finland I can say that this is fake! The picture is missing around 8 million mosquitoes.

                                                      [–]MikeBruski 5 points6 points ago

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                                                      this is the artist's original piece before the Finnish Tourism ministry censored it

                                                      [–]ayeweapon 4 points5 points ago

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                                                      What's this hell on earth you speak of?

                                                      [–]hitmonval 13 points14 points ago

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                                                      Really? Even though it's cold as fuck up there?

                                                      [–]roarmoreomnomnom 16 points17 points ago

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                                                      In the summer the highest temperatures range 32°C to 35°C, that's about 90°F to 95°F.

                                                      [–]I_say_actually_alot 7 points8 points ago

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                                                      Mean temperature of june in Helsinki (south) is 14.8 degrees and 11.6 up north. The last few summers have been the record hottest. Average highest temperature in July in Helsinki is 20.9 degrees and average rainfall is 6.2cm so shit isn't too nice really.

                                                      [–]Salwiak 5 points6 points ago

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                                                      Summer in Finland is actually fairly warm. It just so happens that it's only about 2 months long.

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                                                          [–]ogenbite 21 points22 points ago

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                                                          Visited a friend in Finland once. This is exactly what it was like.

                                                          [–]standoff 38 points39 points ago

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                                                          Because Finnish hate seagulls.

                                                          [–]bestbeforeMar91 8 points9 points ago

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                                                          Malcontents.

                                                          [–]Lilyanch 38 points39 points ago

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                                                          Minä rakastan sauna ja Suomi. :D

                                                          [–]orbat 11 points12 points ago

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                                                          Quick correction: "rakastan saunaa ja Suomea" (i.e. partitive case since both "sauna" and "Suomi" are objects of "rakastaa").

                                                          [–]Lilyanch 11 points12 points ago

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                                                          Perkele, olen vaihto-oppilas, ja opiskelen paljon mutta partitiivi tapaus on vitun vaikea. En tieda kun minulla täytyy käyttää se.

                                                          I forgot in this case that I should add it to the subject/subjects of the sentence to make it the direct object. Oho

                                                          Kiitos!

                                                          [–]orbat 12 points13 points ago

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                                                          Perkele [...] vitun vaikea

                                                          Are you sure you're not Finnish?

                                                          [–]Lilyanch 7 points8 points ago

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                                                          Just one eighth :D

                                                          But Five months in this beautiful country really has rubbed off on me. : )

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                                                                [–]wy1d0 76 points77 points ago

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                                                                am i the only one who was looking closely for differences?

                                                                [–]ehhhhhhhm 93 points94 points ago

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                                                                I found one, there is no bubble in the bubble!

                                                                [–]fresh_herbal_extract 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                Birds!

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                                                                    [–]BarcodeNinja 48 points49 points ago

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                                                                    I have been to Finland. It is as good as you think. A secular, largely socialist country where cooperation and critical thinking are cherished by the population.

                                                                    And they love their saunas. Even in summer.

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                                                                    Finland is the best kept secret.

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                                                                      [–]iorgfeflkd 740 points741 points ago*

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                                                                      Be afraid

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                                                                      [–]Takasheen 657 points658 points ago

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                                                                      the invading soviets liked finland so much, they decided to stay.

                                                                      [–]aurora_lynx 357 points358 points ago

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                                                                      Funny thing is... They did stay, as my great grandfather had told me...

                                                                      [–]pencilandpaper 456 points457 points ago

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                                                                      COMRADE! It's less cold here!

                                                                      [–]Jamcram 173 points174 points ago

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                                                                      Slightly!

                                                                      [–]shady8x 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                      My grandpa built a house in a region that finland lost to Russia in that war. The amount of snow that fell in that region was 10 to 20 more than what we would get in St Petersburg...

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                                                                        [–]naughtyjeanne 30 points31 points ago

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                                                                        i would choose a finnish wife over stalin's army any day.

                                                                        [–]hitlersshit 222 points223 points ago

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                                                                        Actually nowhere near to 400,000 went missing. Go to the real Wikipedia page:

                                                                        126,875 dead or missing

                                                                        Someone edited the Wikipedia page with false information, took the screenshot and now it's been spread across the internet.

                                                                        [–]ParanoidWesterner 97 points98 points ago

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                                                                        Even if that's a true number, they still did pretty damned well considering.

                                                                        [–]Solomaxwell6 39 points40 points ago

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                                                                        Yeah, it turns out that if you kill all of your generals, you're not going to do very well in your next few wars.

                                                                        [–]tenlow 63 points64 points ago

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                                                                        Nice try, Soviet Union.

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                                                                            [–]onelovelegend 38 points39 points ago

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                                                                            You can't blame the guy for not reporting all of his kills.

                                                                            [–]Volsunga 74 points75 points ago

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                                                                            Trolls, man. Fucking trolls.

                                                                            [–]AsaTJ 87 points88 points ago

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                                                                            Yeah, they list the 250,000 Finnish men. No mention of the countless Machine-Gun-toting, Tank-eating Finnish lake trolls.

                                                                            [–]TheSarcasticMinority 38 points39 points ago

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                                                                            Or, as we call them, women.

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                                                                              [–]isny 36 points37 points ago

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                                                                              Finntroll.

                                                                              [–]Lilyanch 47 points48 points ago

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                                                                              Muumi!!!!

                                                                              [–]fckingmiracles 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                              Fucking Mumins!

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                                                                                  [–]DougSTL 23 points24 points ago

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                                                                                  Probably blown into tiny chunks if you want a literal answer.

                                                                                  [–]SoManyNinjas 86 points87 points ago

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                                                                                  I don't know!

                                                                                  [–]3DPipes 51 points52 points ago

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                                                                                  Oh, I think you do.

                                                                                  [–]New-Dude 24 points25 points ago

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                                                                                  They just went to Lappland to visit Joulupukki

                                                                                  [–]wonglik 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                  I check that place in March and haven't seen any russians there.

                                                                                  [–]E_pubicus_unum 46 points47 points ago

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                                                                                  The same place your other sock went. It's a dimension of lost combatants and single socks.

                                                                                  [–]antiphillidor 23 points24 points ago

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                                                                                  And ballpoint pens. There are probably lots of ballpoint pens in that dimension too.

                                                                                  [–]E_pubicus_unum 35 points36 points ago

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                                                                                  Just the caps.

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                                                                                      [–]omplatt 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                                      INTO THE SAUNAS!!!

                                                                                      [–]Great_Gig_In_The_Sky 41 points42 points ago

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                                                                                      Sovengarde.

                                                                                      [–]axtolip 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                      Sex slaves.

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                                                                                      Buried alive by blizzards, perhaps?

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                                                                                        [–]AdrianBrony 273 points274 points ago

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                                                                                        About 700 of those deaths were from just one sniper.

                                                                                        [–]InconsiderateBastard 109 points110 points ago

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                                                                                        Simo Häyhä spent his last years in Ruokolahti, a small village located in southeastern Finland, near the Russian border.

                                                                                        Just in case...

                                                                                        [–]GoldStar4RobotBoy 63 points64 points ago

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                                                                                        That page said it did it all with ironsights as well as killing an additional 200 men with an SMG. Holy. Shit.

                                                                                        [–]AdrianBrony 92 points93 points ago

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                                                                                        he specifically avoided using scopes because when he had counter-snipers after him, he was only able to spot them by looking for the glare given off by their scopes. they were probably assuming he had a scope as well and were probably looking for that glare.

                                                                                        [–]Kalamestari 110 points111 points ago

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                                                                                        He also kept snow in his mouth, so that the vapor of his breath would not give him away.

                                                                                        Serious, fucking, badassery.

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                                                                                        Keeping snow in his mouth so that the vapor of his breath would not give him away.

                                                                                        Probably the most badass thing I'll read in 2012

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                                                                                            [–]Delfishie 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                                            To those who also don't know, this is what an iron sight looks like:

                                                                                            http://images.wikia.com/guns/images/f/fe/M1Asights.jpg

                                                                                            [–]ZaaK433 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                                            Probably looked more like this http://www.gunpics.net/ironsights/m1891.JPG

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                                                                                              [–]yodamaster103 52 points53 points ago

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                                                                                              that was in less than 100 days too

                                                                                              [–]bosyooper 74 points75 points ago

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                                                                                              In high latitude, short sunlight days at -40C to -20C with iron sights. Mans a legend.

                                                                                              [–]omg1337haxor 176 points177 points ago

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                                                                                              Tragically, he was then banned from the server for hacking :(

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                                                                                                [–]doihavetoregister 143 points144 points ago

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                                                                                                That's a hell of a kill to death ratio.

                                                                                                [–]deltopia 202 points203 points ago

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                                                                                                Something like 700:0, isn't it?

                                                                                                [–]432 66 points67 points ago

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                                                                                                meh, technically i have the same ratio value, infinite

                                                                                                [–]Setekh 124 points125 points ago

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                                                                                                Yours is indeterminate.

                                                                                                [–]captainAwesomePants 106 points107 points ago

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                                                                                                Not if you keep pestering him, it won't be.

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                                                                                                  [–]Drinniol 48 points49 points ago

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                                                                                                  0:0 isn't necessarily an infinite ratio...

                                                                                                  Wait...

                                                                                                  ಠ_ಠ

                                                                                                  [–]MuggyFuzzball 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                                  That guy would destroy me in Counter-Strike.

                                                                                                  [–]wowoc 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                                                  I bet he's a camper.

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                                                                                                    [–]AdrianBrony 80 points81 points ago

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                                                                                                    he was eventually shot in the face by an exploding round. he survived though. woke up not long after the war ended. half his jaw was destroyed, but he otherwise lived to be like 96, with his death in 2002.

                                                                                                    [–]aaarggh 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                                                    he woke up the day the war ended

                                                                                                    [–]Train22nowhere 71 points72 points ago

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                                                                                                    The war ended the day he woke up.

                                                                                                    [–]idefix24 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                                                    The Soviets surrendered so they wouldn't have to face him again

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                                                                                                      [–]Swampf0x 47 points48 points ago

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                                                                                                      That's fucking astonishing. A movie needs to be made about this guy (yeah yeah, another sniper movie, BUT THIS ONE IS FINNISH, MAN).

                                                                                                      [–]Vartib 158 points159 points ago

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                                                                                                      You might say it's a sniper movie to Finnish them all.

                                                                                                      [–]arowan 39 points40 points ago

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                                                                                                      Denmark my words, there will never be another one like it.

                                                                                                      [–]herenseti 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                                                      there's norway they could get anything more out of that dead genre.

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                                                                                                            [–]Fhajad 20 points21 points ago

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                                                                                                            And the best part is he didn't die due to the battle either.

                                                                                                            ULTIMATE MAN

                                                                                                            [–]Kalamestari 79 points80 points ago

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                                                                                                            THEY FUCKING SHOT HIM IN TO THE FACE WITH AN EXPLODING ROUND AND HE DIDN'T EVEN DIE.

                                                                                                            [–]HughManatee 32 points33 points ago

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                                                                                                            FINNISH HIM!

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                                                                                                                  [–]SolarGoat 31 points32 points ago

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                                                                                                                  Badass of the week? More like badass of the century.

                                                                                                                  [–]jeffster888 56 points57 points ago

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                                                                                                                  HIS NICKNAME IS "WHITE DEATH" HOLY FUCK THAT IS THE COOLEST NICKNAME

                                                                                                                  [–]wonglik 15 points16 points ago

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                                                                                                                  The Soviets tried several ploys to get rid of him, including (...) artillery strikes.

                                                                                                                  [–]AdrianBrony 22 points23 points ago

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                                                                                                                  The soviets actually nicknamed him "the white death" and avoiding sending troop movements through his area just because of him. most of the operations in his area were specifically done to get rid of him.

                                                                                                                  [–]Edqvist 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                                                                  A song about White Death of the swedish band Sabaton

                                                                                                                  [–]Trip5ter 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                                                  "He preferred to use iron sights" LIKE A BOSS!

                                                                                                                  [–]flyingbuttressman 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                                                                  Fucking camper

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                                                                                                                    [–]thomin 24 points25 points ago

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                                                                                                                    Finnish machine gunners suffered psychological damage from killing so many Russians.

                                                                                                                    [–]Wasaur 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                                    I dont know if upvoting this is a good thing..

                                                                                                                    [–]terqui 59 points60 points ago

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                                                                                                                    Check your facts

                                                                                                                    [–]Malcx 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                                                    I've just spent 2 weeks in the wilderness of Finland, when we got there we were introduced to our guide, everyone did a slight "huh?" when it was this petite Finnish girl...

                                                                                                                    She was one of the toughest bastards I've ever met - I can easily beleive those stats.

                                                                                                                    [–]Areat 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                                                    And it was one of the reasons Hitler underestimated so much the USSR.

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                                                                                                                    404 - Not found.

                                                                                                                    [–]DELINQ 231 points232 points ago

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                                                                                                                    No, brah, more like 404,000 not found.

                                                                                                                    [–]Gitarham 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                                    Shit man, you made my day.

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                                                                                                                      [–]Aye-Fry-Q-I 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                                                      Holy shit sticks, that's seriously effective piece of groundwork.

                                                                                                                      [–]CaisLaochach 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                                                      Ironically, the fight benefited the Soviets in the long term.

                                                                                                                      It really demonstarted the importance of fighting effectively in winter environments.

                                                                                                                      Moreover, it served to encourage the Nazis to believe the Soviet Union was weak.

                                                                                                                      With the Soviets learning from their mistakes, the Germans eventually fell into the trap the Russians themselves had fallen into against Finland.

                                                                                                                      [–]rcinsf 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                                                      Yeah as long as everyone's using WWII technology.

                                                                                                                      I'm pretty sure I'd bet on Russia today.

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                                                                                                                        [–]Chakks 15 points16 points ago

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                                                                                                                        No pants -- those Finns know what's up.

                                                                                                                        [–]Beeristheanswer 67 points68 points ago

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                                                                                                                        As a Finn, I have to tell you this picture does not accurately represent the real world.

                                                                                                                        IRL there would be no towel.

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                                                                                                                        As a Finn I have to tell you there would be a towel. I would be sitting on it. Those log benches are full of splinters.

                                                                                                                        [–]leviathenr 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Im a Canadian who lived in Finland for 5 months. It was quite the culture shock to see how differently nudity is handled. I have to say, I miss the Finnish way of life.

                                                                                                                        [–]orbat 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                                                        As a Finn I've never understood how hysterical some people can be about nudity. Over here it's pretty much normal to see your family and friends nude in the sauna or while swimming in a lake, so it's not really a big deal

                                                                                                                        [–]Mustkunstn1k 10 points11 points ago

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                                                                                                                        You don't go to sauna with pants.

                                                                                                                        [–]Tommix11 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                                                                        This picture is missing about one hundred thousand mosquitoes.

                                                                                                                        Anyway, this picture is very correct, the feeling you get from stepping out of a oozing hot sauna with a cold beer in hand, looking at the midnight sun is priceless, you do not want to be anywhere else in the world.

                                                                                                                        [–]Teekoo 56 points57 points ago

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                                                                                                                        I can't be the only Finnish person who gets excited when our country is mentioned on reddit.

                                                                                                                        [–]Jonate20 21 points22 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Finland in title or submission? upvote

                                                                                                                        [–]Salwiak 18 points19 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Funny thing is, it doesn't even need to be anything positive about Finland. We just crave any attention we can get.

                                                                                                                        [–]Eeko 28 points29 points ago

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                                                                                                                        The only thing what matters is that Sweden didn't get into the front page.

                                                                                                                        [–]AceVenturas 90 points91 points ago

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                                                                                                                        What is he going to do when he Finishes his beer?

                                                                                                                        [–]790 138 points139 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Get another one!

                                                                                                                        [–]docious 31 points32 points ago

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                                                                                                                        It's the secret to life.. .really.

                                                                                                                        [–]Tuberman 115 points116 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Pun thread fail, yay!

                                                                                                                        [–]Sim-Sala-Bim 26 points27 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Someone post a screenshot of this. This is an extremely rare occurrence.

                                                                                                                        [–]bosyooper 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                                                                        Go back in the sauna.

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                                                                                                                          [–]kvk1 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                                                          Fagerstrom!

                                                                                                                          [–]DeathCampForCuties 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                                                                          Ah yes... A world without birds.

                                                                                                                          A man can dream.

                                                                                                                          [–]HMPoweredMan 18 points19 points ago

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                                                                                                                          Finland has the best metal too!

                                                                                                                          [–]Lucullus76 118 points119 points ago

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                                                                                                                          Finception

                                                                                                                          [–]mapoftasmania 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                                          Summer in Finland. If this picture reflected reality, the man would be sitting in a cloud of mosquitoes and dreaming of a world without them.

                                                                                                                          [–]awertz23 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                                                                          As happy as that man is, his chest is pretty sad.

                                                                                                                          [–]Dianiecies 30 points31 points ago

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                                                                                                                          This picture is simple yet profound because this man is living completely in the present. His past has no relevance and his future has no certainty. This man is contempt with where he is and what he is doing right now, and compared to North Americans who are always dreaming about some goal or success that will come in the future, or endlessly reliving troubles or triumphs of the past, he appears to be quite enlightened.

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                                                                                                                          I rarely do this, but contempt and content are two wildly different words.

                                                                                                                          [–]DZ302 53 points54 points ago

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                                                                                                                          K

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