It’s attractive, it looks friendly, it’s genuinely good, yet for no good reason, it tries to convince you it’s not really that great 🙂

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    5 months ago

    Are people in Finland super self deprecating? I wouldn’t have guessed that, but I’ve also never been to Finland so I don’t have a great point of reference lol

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      5 months ago

      Kind of. I’ve been here a few years and it’s a bit of a national pastime.

      • “What a great country” - “Yeah it’s okay now, but it used to be really poor.”

      • “Look it’s summer! What a glorious sunny day!” - “Enjoy it while it lasts. Summers last about 2 hours here.”

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        “How are you?”

        • “Not that great, but okay I guess”

        “You seem to have a great and fair political climate!”

        • “Yeah but every government is shit”

        “How come Finland is the happiest country in the world?”

        • “Because all the sad people kill themselves”

        Best regards, a Finn.

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        5 months ago

        ”Summer is the best day of the year, and last time it was on a Thursday.”

        But seriously though, It’s been very nice and warm for a few weeks now. As long as I can sleep well, I don’t have any complaints.

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    5 months ago

    I’m mostly dour about finland’s state because i see the writing on the wall. People are taking the good in this country for granted. Not everyone were happy when things started getting better for regular people here, which is evident in how certain parties do things when they get power.