According to Google translate:
Perkele - Evil spirit or a version of "god damn"
Mene kusemaan muuntajaan - Go pee on the transformer
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Also, the tradition is the exact opposite as I understand.
In Finland they like to be alone and be left alone, so you don't just intrude on someone if they are in self-isolation.
Yeah that's the joke.
Or did I miss some sort of elaborate joke-joke?
The worst case scenario in scandinavia when boarding a bus is that it is exactly half full, which obligatory means every double seat is occupied by exectly 1 person, and you must choose which one to annoy (including annoying yourself, if you're Scandinavian because you too want to sit alone). Standing works, but you must feel shame all the time.
TIL the Finns are my people
As an autist, Finnish culture sounds perfect.
Nah, because if you're silent the wrong way (and no one will ever tell you what that way is or how to be silent correctly) you'll be ostracized since pre-school and end up socially withdraw whether you want it or not. Or at least that is my experience growing up here as an autist, as well as every other autistic person I know.
Stop romanticizing this place and its laughable excuse for a culture. Most people hate it here, and would much rather live somewhere else were it not for the fact that everywhere else seems to be even fucking worse.
A Finn once described the ... intensity of 'perkele' when used as an insult/curse to me, as: 'it is worse than 'horseshit', it is worse than 'god damn!', it is like you or it are worse and worth less and more despicable than flaming diarrhea from Satan himself'.
I guess this only applies to lonely Finns.
I have heard enough stories of Indians who get the cold shoulder and are treated unfriendly. It doesn’t matter if someone is fresh off the boat or has been there for over a decade, earned their citizenship, and truly assimilated. Finns just don’t seem interested in connecting with Indians.
I am not blaming the Finns, nor am I trying to criticise the idea of “perkele,” just offering some context.
Finns aren’t interested to connect with anyone once they have left college. They already have their own friend group they know for years or even decades by then. And aren’t interested in making new friends. This isn’t unique to the Finns though this attitude is quite common across Europe. Like I live in the Netherlands and often hear from expats how hard it is to make friends outside the expat community. And then some blame it on racism. But I also hear stories of Dutch people working abroad in Europe in those countries where the expats I know come from and it’s literally the same over there. It’s just that people don’t have the time to invest in new friendships once they enter the workforce and by then they aren’t interested in shallow friendships.
How do you recognize an introvert Finn?
While chatting he is looking at his shoes.
How do you recognize an extrovert Finn?
While chatting he is looking at YOUR shoes.
The Finns were relieved when the covid rules ended. They finally could go back to 6 meters distance instead of 1.5.