#depressingfinland

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Oh dear god! Our psychology teacher has found tumblr... She's showing us a video from @depressingfinland and I can't...

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Picked these up from the net... HOW THE FINNS SAY IT.

1. The Finns aren’t “in a very bad mood”… they are like “a bear shot in the ass” (Kuin perseeseen ammuttu karhu). 2. The Finns aren’t “broke”… they are “open in the ass” (Persaukinen). 3. The Finns aren’t in a “great hurry”… they “run using a head as a third leg” (Juosta pää kolmantena jalkana). 4. The Finns don’t think someone is “crazy”… they doubt “if one has all the Moomins in the valley” (Olla kaikki muumit laaksossa). 5. The Finns don’t use a “computer”… they have a “knowledge machine” (Tietokone). 6. The Finns don’t “get big-headed”… they have “piss coming up to their head” (Nousta kusi päähän). 7. The Finnish children don’t wait for a Santa Claus on Christmas Eve… they wait for a ‘’Christmas buck” (Joulupukki). 8. The Finns don’t ask “how are you?”… they ask “what are you hearing?” (Mitä sinulle kuuluu?) 9. The Finns don’t call remote places “godforsaken”… they state that a place is “behind God’s back” (Jumalan selän takana). 10. The Finns don’t say women are curvy… they say that women “have something to get a hold on” (Olla jotain, josta pitää kiinni). 11. The Finns don’t say “fuck you”… they tell you to “sniff cunt” (Haista vittu). 12. The Finns don’t have fairytales about “dragons”… they tell stories about “salmon snakes” (Lohikäärme). 13. The Finns don’t say someone looks extremely happy… they say one “smiles like a sun in Naantali” (Hymyillä kuin Naantalin aurinko). 14. The Finns don’t say something “vanished into thin air”… they say it “disappeared like a fart in Sahara” (Kadota kuin pieru Saharaan). 15. The Finns don’t say that “as a result of a rush something was implemented poorly”… they say something was “pissed while running” (Juosten kustu). 16. Angry Finns don’t say they will “kill you” …they offer to “take you behind the sauna” (Viedä saunan taakse). 17. The Finns don’t encourage you (or themselves) to “drink more”… they just say that “a drop won’t kill and you can’t drown in a bucket” (Ei tippa tapa eikä ämpäriin huku). 18. The Finns don’t think something is “very heavy”… they think it “weights like a sin” (Painaa kuin synti). 19. The Finns don’t say that “it’s water under the bridge”… they say “it’s snow of the past winter” (Menneen talven lumia). 20. The Finns don’t “bite the dust”…they “kick the emptiness” (Potkaista tyhjää). 

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Insipred by depressingfinland's post, here are Slovakia's words for snow:

snow = SNEH

light, powdery snow = PRAŠAN

snow in clumps that falls very peacefully and silently = PÁPERIE

snow that melted and then froze again and created big granules = FIRN

snow ideal for sledging = SANICA

snow created by frozen humidity = SRIEŇ, OSUHEĽ

hoarfrost = INOVAŤ

frost = NÁMRAZA

muddy, very wet snow, usually on the roads = ČĽAPKANICA

snow falling = SNEŽENIE

falling of huge snow clumps = CHUMELICA

falling of snow with strong wind = METELICA, FUJAVICA

falling of snow with rain = PĽUŠŤ

very light snow cover = POCUKROVANÉ

snow cover = PERINA

dune of snow = ZÁVEJ

dune of snow in a shape of crescent or long line = JAZYK

a layer of frozen snow on top of the snow cover = KÔRKA

a layer of ice on the roads = POĽADOVICA

a layer of ice created by freezing rain = ĽADOVICA

freezing cold = MRÁZ

freezing without snow = HOLOMRÁZ

just above 0°C = ODMÄK

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Finnish small talk at its finest

At a bus stop in Finland when it’s raining so much you’d probably spot Noah’s ark if you kept looking long enough.

A girl with soaking wet clothes comes and asks; “Does number 4 stop here?”

Me: Yeah I think so.

A moment of silence.

Girl: It’s raining a bit. Me: Yeah. I don’t have an umbrella.

End of discussion.

It’s not like Finns don’t like small talk (oh well it is also that) we literally CAN’T. After the really awkward chat with the stranger I’ve been thinking about whether I looked retarded or not when waving my hand in silence as a sign of leaving.

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Köyhäongelmia.

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