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[–] grue 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

FYI: that joke might be a little more racist than you intended, since the circled region is populated by a historically oppressed ethnic minority rather than the typical Scandinavians you were probably thinking of.

(Not trying to criticize since I doubt you did it on purpose; just taking the opportunity to make my Wiki-walking pay off for once.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Sami were the inspiration for elves in a lot of Norse folktales. That's all I was getting at.

[–] grue 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so you not only really did mean that, there was a good reason for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Well now I don't know who to be mad at