😂❤

Realyl? I would feel insulted for weeks and shout back: "My hat, hmmm? Because it helps hiding most of my ugly face, doesn't it?"😡😡 😅😅😅

My thoughts had been about whether she really meant that or if she was sarcastic. The weird thing is that I have no issues with my self esteem, it's just so deep into my mentality, it's a natural response. Suspicion. But not negatively, it only raises the question if nice words are to be trusted or not. On a neutral level. Of course my reaction is a second of hesitation before I reply, in any way it might be, which, of course, could be seen as either slow minded or hostile. Genetics? Or just the legacy of the Nordic brainwash; The Law of Jante. We all bow and thank the Danish author Aksel Sandemose's words, which somehow made an imprint on the Nordic mentality. Most peculiar.

Are you finnish?

​@@frednimzowi9852yes he is

​@@frednimzowi9852 Based on his username, yes

​@@frednimzowi9852look at that name. Very finish

Hilarious though to get a handshake

LMFAO!!!!! Oh my god, so true. 😄

What about power? When you translate it to Finnish, dictionary gives you like 16 different words...

I'm not a native english speaker, but isn't the differece pronounced a little bit like sùm (short & cut off) and sóme (longer)

Yes, we do that too here in Finland: Stay humble and don't be proud of yourself 😂

If someone is proud of themselves they are automatically a narcissistic piece of shit :D

the answer: begone, thot.

In Sweden: The only people complimenting you on your jacket is going to be some teenagers from MENA countries that is hoping to rob it from you.

Im good 😂😂😂

I'm not Finnish, but your neighbor to the west. I think he points out at least as much about the peculiar things about the American habits and the English language, as about the Finnish. As being Swedish I can recognize a lot from Finnish culture, we're not extremely different, and close enough to know about each other's stereotypes, which makes it very easy to understand his observations. He is hilarious!! Or, maybe when I think about it, he is spot on about the weird, crazy and hilarious things and incidents, and he expresses it in a very personal way, but also with the typical Finnish humor. When you either don't say it all, you leave out just so much so the listener can understand exactly what you mean, and in the perspective you present it, one cannot not respond, usually it's a humorous comment, and funny one, or it can also tell so much more, like friendly criticism or a "please chut up and leave me alone", without mentioning one single word about that*. Finnish humor is genius! *A Finnish friend and I were on vacation in Turkey. It was a small hotel, but it had a swimming pool. One morning we were alone at the pool, trying to get some tan, but not be grilled. We had been out the night before, and had a few glasses of wine. My friend had a slight hangover, but I was in the best mood, non-stop speaking. After a while Leena rose halfway to sit up, looked around, her eyes stopped searching when she spotted a big red ball in the pool. She turned to me: "Anna, go play with the ball." 😂😂😂😂😂 The ultimate Finnish humorous way to express something that easily could be offending, and also, with as few words as possible. I got the unspoken message, and quietly went swimming...😅

As a swede, I can't fully relate to this picture of finnish women. It sound much more like finnish men... these two species are VERY different!

When did sarcasm actually make anything better?

Me: They're crap.

@@tiki_trashme: you’re crap

Me: thanks I got them at Ross🎉

I like your shoes is a gay pick up line in the cities

@@SRDuly2010 oooooooh so that's why that woman followed me off the bus!!

Or that in Finland we tell people to ba good or so good when we give them something. In two languages.

But that's because the German for "How are you?" is "Wie gets?" ("How is it going?", or "How are things going?"). The question is not about 'you', it's about 'things' or 'life', and so is the answer...

​@@davidesterchele19432:04 that is not totally true. "Wie geht's" is short for "Wie geht es Dir", which is in meaning closer to "how are you" than "how are things going" like factoring everything in, your personal feelings your emotional situation, your relationship, your family, your job and financial situation, your philosophocal view on life and everything, your health (particularly asking us 50+ this, be prepared for an hour-long medical treatise and assessment of one's personal and other people's health issues - great smalltalk! ) really everything is comprised in this "Wie geht's"/"how are you". And it is not a fauxpas to answer it genuinely and not only with a generic phrase like "geht so", "could be better", "can't complain as much as i want to" "good" "doing well" otoh i'm not so very familiar with us-american "How are you": does this express genuine interest in the other persons wellbeing? Or is this rather a greeting phrase which really doesn't expect an answer other than a polite answer like "I'm ok" ('white lie')

And a Finn, in response to "how are you", will provide you with a detailed report on their current form.

What’s the matter with your shorts?

Maybe trousers are the shit.

Actually, you can pick almost ANY place outside the US. 😅

Finn here, I was over 30yo when I finally learned to take compliments, and also try to give them as much as I remember. Edit: bc I don't live there anymore lol

maybe it wouldnt be funny there?

So you look to buy a ticket for one of his shows in another country. 😸

This is 2023. You can get notifications when his tickets go on sale.....

It does sound slightly juvenile. Ok coming from a teen, not an adult.

He watched too much Knight rider when he was a kid.

Only about 6 million Finns in the world. If you want to know anything about the world you have to speak english because not enough people to translate the information. For example Finnish wikipedia is very very short.

​@@w4ris anything about the world 😂😂

@@w4ris english speaking ppl know anything... Wikipedia teached you this? Maybe you should go back to school.

Because he is living in the States?

I gather from Ismo that there is little sarcasm in Finland.

Yikes

In that case the smart thing to do is disingenuously act really appreciative of the disingenuous compliment. “Hey, thanks! That really means a lot to me! That was so thoughtful of you to say that. Nobody else noticed!. etc etc”. As in all things, two can play a game. Anyway, it’s a pretty harmless little game isn’t it.

Compliments Suck

This is great. Ismo is foreign perceptions of America and Americans. We compliment strangers. And then he takes it in a different direction that we never considered. 'I'm good' was totally unexpected.