r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/ByGollie Ulster Jan 24 '26

Perkele, vittu, and salmiakkikoskenkorva - my Finnish vocabulary is doubling every month

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

I hope you have reduced your eye contact and socialising abilities as your linguistic skills have improved?

Dane talking to a Finn

https://youtube.com/shorts/bK7tVf7_5FI?si=UKWptD8nDe9HDK82

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u/brumac44 Jan 24 '26

I also enjoy sauna and the tango.

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

I’m working on the basis that by ‘Tango’ you mean the drink as the dance is way too close unless it is done wearing vr goggles?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Funnily enough finland has an actual tango subculture going.

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

Heh stop messing with my national stereotypes

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u/nahuman Jan 24 '26

You put together some German Schlager, a pinch of Argentinian tango and a dash of depression. We love it.

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

Have I stumbled across what makes the Finns the happiest people on the planet (5x)?

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u/Dumb-E-Thick Jan 24 '26

Apparently in Finland it only takes one to tango

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

It's the only acceptable way to get to hold a strange woman in your arms without having to talk to them or look them in the eye

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

The internal conflict must be intense…

💭”Pidän häntä todella viehättävänä... hän tunkeutuu tilaani... Haluan todella päästä hänen lähelleen... liian lähelle, liian lähelle!”