What socially unacceptable things are you OK with?

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u/lobotumi Jul 13 '15

You woud love it in here. In finland there is no akward silence . We say something if we have to say. if not we dont. Its a social norm here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

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u/lobotumi Jul 13 '15

pretty much

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

Brilliant. Officially moving to Finland. Won't even have to learn Finnish as I have nothing to say.

Edit: spelling

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u/Lord_Iggy Jul 14 '15

I hear that 'perkele' can be used in most situations.

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u/zoraluigi Jul 14 '15

I'm too lazy to look that up, so I'll just assume it's something vulgar.

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u/thisguy883 Jul 14 '15

Underated comment.

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u/toresbe Jul 13 '15

Two Finnish friends from childhood meet for the first time in over a decade. They decide to go out to catch up, and order two vodkas.

After a few minutes, one guy says "so... how have you been?" - the other looks at him and asks "did you come here to drink or did you come here to talk?"

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u/lobotumi Jul 14 '15

haha sounds familiar

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15

Damn, I must be Finnish as fuck. If I don't have anything to say, I just watch what's going on around me. It throws people off all the time. Like "Sorry I don't want to fill the air with conversation neither of us wants to have".

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u/fairlyrandom Jul 13 '15

Norwegian/Finnish hybrid here, apparently I've inherited this trait from the Finnish side.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

Appalachian American here, no fogging clue where I got it.

You know what, it was supposed to be "fucking," but "fogging" has a nice ring to it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

Honestly I would have just assumed it was an Appalachian thing.

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u/fairlyrandom Jul 13 '15

Eh, adds some charm.

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u/Dzhocef Jul 14 '15

It's from pre-hermit sexual encounters.

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u/toresbe Jul 13 '15

We Norwegians do that too.

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u/TheTroglodite Jul 13 '15

How come you guys are so loud on counter strike? Does it just come out online?

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u/xelested Jul 13 '15

Finland has mastered the art of shitposting on the internet.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

Yep. Anyone who goes on Twitch knows "Suomi perkele torilla tavataan"

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

You mean like how swedes are all super progressive and polite in real life, and then online, they're the biggest troll douchebags around? I've lost count of how many swedish e-sports teams/players have been banned for bad behavior.

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u/order65 Jul 13 '15

I don't know, Allu seems calm as fuck as long he can drink the Red Bulls.

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u/2capp Jul 14 '15

Whenever someone mentions companionable silence I think about the Top Gear episode (s12e03) where James May goes to Finland. They made it humorous to watch him sitting there with someone's grandma or something just hanging out in their living room not speaking but the idea that you don't have to fill a room with talk always appealed to me at a base level.

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u/tittysprinkle9000 Jul 13 '15

That sounds so amazing I'm actually upset

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u/thebochman Jul 14 '15

I get crucified for that here in the US. If I don't have anything meaningful to say then I won't say anything.

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u/lobotumi Jul 14 '15

i always wondered why is that? why try to say something when you dont have anything to say. i can drive with my buddies in the car and listen to the radio and we dont say a thing unless someone remebers something or has something to say.

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u/pragmatistish Jul 14 '15

Do you know if it is common in other Nordic countries?

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u/Riiuuyoaie Jul 14 '15

Swedes are considered "the Americans" of Nordic with the constant irritating small talk, but I'd guess Norwegians, Danes and Iceland-ians (?) are almost as silent as us.

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u/YeOldeKnockingShoppe Jul 14 '15

Icelanders*

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u/lobotumi Jul 14 '15

mostly finns i guess

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u/hydrogensonata224 Jul 14 '15

My husband is Finnish! I absolutely love the fact that neither of us feel the need to fill the silence.