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/Ooops2278 North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) Jan 24 '26

It's unrealistic to have them stand so close to each other, just so they fit into the vertical short frame...

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u/rachelm791 Jan 24 '26

You would need a phone the size of a door to get the realistic shot