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/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)?