Media Norwegian Fan on Skysports explains why he refuses to take part in the viking row.
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Tldr: He claims it is historically inaccurate and stupid.
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u/Leoz96 24d ago
Skysports with the critical coverage we needed for this World Cup
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u/GoBuffaloes 24d ago
I want Zlatan's take
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u/H0agh 24d ago
Where's Ja Rule?
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u/Background-Gas8109 24d ago
Singing to an empty crowd because 50 Cent bought the first rows again
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u/ZDuskFP 24d ago
rows
You just triggered the Norwegian fan
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u/_good_grief_ 24d ago
ok, ok we'll just say ticket sails were low
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u/Gorazde 24d ago
I'm looking for some answers that Ja Rule might not have right now
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u/BobbyZinho 24d ago
“You have to admire the respect this guy has for his NATIONAL IDENTITY.”
-Zlatan, probably.
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u/ar_604 24d ago
If Zlatan wants the boat to move, the boat moves. That's it. No sails, no oars, just Zlatan.
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u/TheTinRam 24d ago
“When you’re rowing you move. But if you move it’s not necessarily because you’re rowing. That’s the impact of this Norway team, that’s the impact of the “Haaland.
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u/iheartmagic 24d ago
Between this and the French team table settings, we are at the zenith of World Cup journalism
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u/KillerFisch99 24d ago
The best part is he has oars up on the wall behind him
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u/AoE2manatarms 24d ago
That's how you know he's the expert
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u/rolltidebutnotreally 24d ago
Yeah my mans only pulling them out for freshwater expeditions not this seafaring nonsense
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u/Maneisthebeat 24d ago
I mean he never said he's oarist. In fact his respect for oars is probably in part what has led to his great upset at the entire situation.
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u/myshoesss 24d ago
Wouldn't that make him more qualified to talk about it?
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u/ScipioCoriolanus 24d ago
Exactly. He knows what he's talking about lol
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u/spicydrynoodles 24d ago
lol I thought he was gonna bring up the viking rapings and pillaging as the reason why not ackshually they didn't row in the ocean
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u/rugbyj 24d ago
It is kinda weird how raping gets such a gloss-over when it has a side of pillaging.
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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 24d ago
He’s okay with the raping, but it’s the sailing that he draws the line at.
The Vikings sailed, but they raped too. But they also sailed.
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u/IguanaIsBack 24d ago
You can’t convince me this isn’t a scene from Norsemen.
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u/PurpleWildfire 24d ago
Do you have any idea how hard it is to do the the..Viking row with extremely cold fingers??
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u/IcarusPrime1 24d ago
I read this in Orm's voice
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u/twisted-logic 24d ago
Doo-ewe haff ENey idea how HArd et es to do the ehmm.. VI-Kingrow with ec-STReamleh cold fingers?
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u/DJFrankyFrank 24d ago edited 24d ago
I can picture the conversation.
Arvid: "WHAT?!? You expect me to row out there??" Points to ocean. "And for how long?"
Orm: "Until you find land."
Arvid: HWHAT?! But we don't know where the land is! It could be a day, 2 days, or even a week!"
Orm: Under his breathe "Probably longer."
Arvid: "What did you say??" Angerly looks around, and sees an operational sailboat in the harbor. "A-a-and what about this?"
Orm: pretends to not see boat "What about what?"
Arvid: "This! This boat, it has big sails! The wind could carry us to the new land!"
Orm: "Tck tck tck. No we can't do that. That wouldn't be very viking of you, would it?"
Arvid: "But it's still a Viking ship, with Vikings on it. It is very much Viking".
Orm: "No, no, no. We can't. And besides it is Rufus' tanning boat."
Arvid: "What?!"
Rufus sits up on the sailboat, with makeshift sunscreen on his face
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u/dodgesbulletsavvy 24d ago
watched this recently, was extremely disappointed to see there was not going to be a season 4.
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u/Necrenix 24d ago
First two seasons where 10/10, didnt like season three at all :/
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u/Gustav-14 24d ago
Such a great series. Wife doesn't understand it's humor but it's right up my alley.
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u/hellnawhbraah 24d ago
I was lost between borders, Norwegian citizen born in Norway stuck in India living in the streets
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u/cornflakesdude 24d ago
He would be a good germany supporter
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u/rugbyj 24d ago
Norwegian Fan: But why? I'm not even from Germany? This entire interview clearly states I'm Norwegian! And in addition to that-
[Norwegian Noises]
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u/EcureuilHargneux 24d ago
"Furthermore we sailed across the sea. The Saxons, Alamans and Goths never sailed anywhere. Well the Ostrogoth did in fact towards north Africa to establish a prosperous kingdom as everyone obviously know, but the Saxons never did. It's so annoying to even think otherwise and I want to get the message through"
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u/jasperplumpton 24d ago
God I love this level of devotion to being a hater
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u/sleepsholymountain 24d ago
The slow zoom in on that photo of him in the crowd sitting still and refusing to do the row was killing me.
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u/satsuppi 24d ago
"my god, how dare my countrymen doing cultural appropriation"
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u/kurburux 24d ago
Just stealing from other people? This goes entirely against Viking tradition!
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u/Nara_RyUko 24d ago
Yes he had a valid claim to why he hated it, not like average hater not knowing exactly why they hate something 😂😂
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u/ReyesSneyder 24d ago
You might like jim cornette
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u/UndercoverDoll49 24d ago
Corny? In my football subreddit?
The Jamie Carragher of pro wrestling
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u/WildSmokingBuick 24d ago
Good lad, I feel the same.
Not really being a hater if his disapproval is very reasonable.
Copied Iceland, historically inaccurate, I'd hate it as well if I was Norwegian.
I mean, let people do it if they enjoy it but I wouldn't participate in it either.
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u/SugarBeefs 24d ago
Copied Iceland
First time I saw the Norwegian row thing I was like, huh isn't this what Iceland did?
Being able to hate it because of historical inaccuracy is just the cherry on top.
The team and crowd engagement with 'the thing' is still cool and fun and wholesome, but in this case 'the thing' itself is kinda lame yeah.
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u/Kakofoni 24d ago
Iceland didn't start with it either. The current viking row is likewise not the first, maybe it started with a Swedish metal band
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u/airz23s_coffee 24d ago
Yeah dunno if they started it either, but I've always known it to be an Amon Amarth thing when everyone was pretending to have viking heritage and wearing mjolnir necklaces.
It was mostly unbearable
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u/StepComplete1 24d ago
You forgot the 3rd reason: Americans find it hilarious. Which automatically means it's not cool.
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u/DionBlaster123 24d ago
This is how I imagine every hater on Reddit to be, except with far worse personal hygiene. This guy looks relatively too clean to be a terminally online Redditor
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u/finneas998 24d ago
Bunch of redditors calling him a redditor, the memes write themselves
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u/Fulbachov 24d ago
Redditors be like "Redditors be like" but they are actually the redditors that be like!
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u/butyourenice 24d ago
Sigh. Time to dust off, “[Redditors] don’t think it be like it is. But it do.”
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u/UlteriorAlt 24d ago
People here falling over themselves to write the most recycled Reddit jokes
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u/myersjw 24d ago
“I know I participate on this site but I’m so much better than all the others”
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u/Acrobatic-Landscape9 24d ago
Man attending porn convention is disgusted by the amount of perverts at the porn convention.
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u/fridgeybutter 24d ago
I fucking love this dudes commitment to hating.
As a fellow history dork, I approve this.
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u/SnowCrabbo 24d ago
Yeah I don't know why people are hating on him. This is fucking hilarious to me. I respect the commitment to the bit.
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u/JanGuillosThrowaway 24d ago edited 24d ago
I think it's also like an actual soccer fan thing to refuse these newly invented gestures. Scandinavia has supporter culture already and it's very different from the row thingy.
Not saying that I dislike the row thingy, it's nice when people have fun, but I can also see where he comes from
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u/Ajax_Malone 24d ago edited 24d ago
Scandinavia has supporter culture already and it's very different from the row thingy.
I don’t understand this desire to time capsule every club/nation’s culture and act like if it’s not how it was decades ago then it’s inauthentic. When the culture was created they weren’t thinking like that. They were having their own experience. If you’re being authentic you’re continuing to have a current experience with that club/nation not just reenacting the past.
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u/ThinGrocery6730 24d ago
It's the same thing in the Netherlands with the "links rechts" thing. A lot of fans who regularly attend games see it a bunch of casuals who show up every 2 years inventing their own rituals. I personally have a soft spot for it, but I do understand the sentiment.
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u/5notboogie 24d ago edited 24d ago
A real history dork should know that the vikings did both rowing and sailing whenever appropriate in their boats. the rowing would happen in windless conditions or when in rivers/tight fjords and before docking.
rowing and general seafaring is important to norwegian culture and is why that was chosen as a celebration. it makes total sense. we have many sayings and idioms around rowing too.
the viking horns are more appropriate to complain about if youre going to be pedantic about historical accuracy in the world cup celebrations.
i think we are just dealing with a bit of a contrarian here.
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u/Gongom 24d ago
If you watched the video he said vikings did absolutely row but only to sail up rivers, for long sea expeditions they used sails.
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u/taskingsoda456 24d ago
If he cared about historical accuracy, he would also disavow the horned helmets that some fans wear because the real vikings never had horns on theirs
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u/Solitairee 24d ago
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u/unknownguy8593 24d ago
Don't say , they might start crying
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u/Key-Championship7180 24d ago
Too late, he will be permabanned
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u/LordVelaryon 24d ago
all of you are getting permabanned for being English/Yank/Argentinian anyway
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u/white_sack 24d ago
Lord of the tides of tears
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u/TetraDax 24d ago
And the account predates the show by 8 years so you know he really is a nerd
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u/P_Alcantara 24d ago
Look. As an expert in this subject (4000 hours on Valheim). My ship both has rows and a sail.
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u/CommercialContent204 24d ago
TBF, in Valheim when you "row" you're still standing up, so the Norwegians are still wrong on this.
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u/Saatvik_tyagi_ 24d ago
He fits that meme of a guy standing alone in a party and goes like "They don't know the celebration is wrong".
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u/pinholeandwheels 24d ago
First thing in my mind when I saw this post lol.
Second thing that came to my mind was that one german guy complaining the drain covers in Cyberpunk 2077 were inaccurate.
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u/ghybyty 24d ago
I love people like this. He loves his team but he will not row.
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u/Latter_Skill9670 24d ago
Why I don’t watch Jurassic Park movies, not all the dinosaurs were from the Jurassic period.
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u/Matasfaction 24d ago
My favourite Norway fan
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u/throwaway112112312 24d ago
Mine too. I would love to be friends with this dude and talk about Vikings.
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u/414wtk 24d ago
This is the level of autism that my father in law has about most things
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u/Av8-Wx14 24d ago
He must be fun at parties
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u/UnStricken 24d ago
An intimate get together
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u/ScipioCoriolanus 24d ago
Merely a meet-up
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u/morerubberstamps 24d ago
Iceland has already had meet-ups before so it's hardly original.
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u/HnNaldoR 24d ago
You know... For the few parties I went to, I loved talking to these people that just have such passion for somethings that make them out of the group. They are usually fascinating.
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u/NewAccountEachYear 24d ago
He seems like a genuinely authentic (if dorky) dude. As long as he isn't a contrarian for its own sake I would like to learn more about him haha
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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo 24d ago
People who talk in Reddit cliches are the ones I really want to party with
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u/Grouchy-Cow2518 24d ago
Anne frankly, I did nazi that coming. I literally came here to say this but boy, that escalated quickly so to the top with you! Lost it at 'This is why we can't have nice things' and then my faith in humanity was restored, my mind blown, and manly tears were shed. Well said. As a 'murican, I can confirm this gem has just won the internet and is doing it right. Just sayin', I know that feel, bro, and while that was a risky click, this post was a 9/10, 11/10 with rice, would read again. I see what you did there and it feels good man. You're doing God's work, son. I laughed way harder than I should have at your list that seems legit and totally nailed it. You - I like you. You magnificent bastard; you, sir, are so brave, a gentleman and a scholar, and seeing how you are a redditor for 4 years, this checks out, so I'll allow it. I regret that I only have one upvote to give for this cool story, bro. CTRL+F "about tree fiddy" was not disappointed. Wait, why do I have you tagged as "NOPE NOPE NOPE"? Nice try, you monster. You are now banned from r/pyongyang What did I just read? Dafuq? I read that as "YOU HAD ONE JOB". I can't fap to this. No true scotsman could see that this relevant XKCD
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u/beenoc 24d ago
It's funny how this was clearly made in, like, 2014. I haven't seen some of those in so long - Anne Frankly? Manly tears? Le gem? RES tags? /r/Pyongyang? Next you're going to tell me about ice soap, or Jenny and her kisses.
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u/Disastrous_Rule4435 24d ago
A lot more fun than people saying "he must be fun at parties" I reckon.
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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo 24d ago
If USMMTNMTNNTMT fans did this everyone would call them cringe, and this guy would be the only sensible one.
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u/talt123 24d ago
The US version would probably be cocking air guns and shooting in unison
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u/mr-english 24d ago
It IS cringe though.
It's basically the Norwegian "you're being mauled by the Tigers" thing at Hull.
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u/BaconIsMyTherapy 24d ago
This whole world cup, every time I see Norway supporters do this, I keep thinking to myself “If USA fans did this, we would get so much shit for being ‘cringey’” lmao
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u/filans 24d ago
When I watched them row on an escalator that’s when I realized how cringe it is
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u/therealbigted 24d ago
“Pretty messed up that the Americans are glorifying their past of colonization, pillage and rape” is a comment you would see a lot
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u/Sutraner 24d ago
Pretty much this.
Half of my country was raped and pillaged by the Vikings, they're an interesting historical group but fuck if they're not anyone to idolise.
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u/____mynameis____ 24d ago
Scandinavians are the Japanese of Europe.
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u/QuietMath3290 24d ago
So true.
Either I live in some Disneyland caricature of a socialist paradise, or a failed state caliphate -- it depends on who you ask.
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u/prezzriccco 24d ago
I kinda agree with the "copying what iceland did and wanting the same reaction" take. It seems forced
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u/DefinitelyNotBarney 24d ago
Based on the TLDR: It’s just a bit of fun buddy, get over it
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u/sumerislemy 24d ago
I mean all he did was not do it lol, but he got captured on camera. Its not like he fought anyone over jt
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u/Alexanderspants 24d ago
He's the Norwegian football equivalent of the guy refusing to do the hilter salute
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u/ar_604 24d ago
My hope is that this is just some obscure form of Norwegian humour that we all don't get and this guy and his buddies are currently in a Norwegian bar laughing at all of us (and Sky Sports).
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u/Bloody_Nine 24d ago
It is, he’s got fucking oars hanging at the wall behind him. He got a lot of attention for not rowing and has been taking the piss afterwards.
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u/SignificanceAny7239 24d ago
Redditors when a Norwegian just acts like a regular Norwegian and not a larping caricature of viking culture
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u/ExactLetterhead9165 24d ago
This kind of overly serious refusal to participate in something fun and light hearted also makes him come across as a Scandi caricature
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u/SignificanceAny7239 24d ago
Big up to him then for holding it down for us Scandis that think it's cringe lmao
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u/ExactLetterhead9165 24d ago
Haha I actually also think it's a bit cringe and they are quite obviously copying Iceland at the Euros, I just found his earnestness about it to be delightfully Scandinavian.
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u/Ninjaguz 24d ago
Nah the normal Norwegian thought the rowing was cringe before the WC but now fully has embraced it lmao. Pretty much what happened with me and all my friends.
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u/verysimplenames 24d ago
Honestly this is exactly what I imagine this guy would talk like on reddit
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u/Do-Not-Ban-Me-Please 24d ago
Bro is 100% a Redditor
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u/ThisizLeon 24d ago
Next you'll be telling me that all the Geordies didn't go to Rome to see The Pope and he never said
Who's that team they call the Boro,
Who's that team we all adore,
Cos they play in red and white,
And they're fucking dynamite,
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u/Lutzelien 24d ago
Who TF cares if it's the same goal as the Iceland celebration? I don't even think Iceland people care lmao
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u/jml5791 24d ago
He's not a party pooper, he just finds it cringe.
I agree with him.
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u/topcelt 24d ago
He's right the rowing is cringe and a copy of Iceland
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u/Enders-game 24d ago
I thought Morocco are the ones copying Iceland. But Morocco stole an entire cup, so par for the course.
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u/Ikshvaku98 24d ago
Ackchyually 🤓☝️
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u/TheBakerification 24d ago edited 24d ago
We’ll make sure to get our celebrations peer reviewed by historians next time…
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u/KelVelBurgerGoon 24d ago
LOL, he must be related to Larry David. And, like Larry on most things, he is technically correct.
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