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I spotted this at Prisma: the perfect metaphor for Finland (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] MrJameGumb 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.