I’m not Finn but just as, if not more, introverted and anti-social than most Finns, and even then I would at least go halfway up the pier and sit facing the other way.
Way too crowded
Close call.
if there were no snow, i might go to the pier and sit at the *very start* of the pier, on the opposite side, looking opposite direction.
but with the snow… it just seems too much like i made an effort to steal their solitute, so i also wouldn’t go. unless i wasn’t seeing properly and thought that it was a duck or other waterfowl at the edge of the pier (i know its a human, but visually, i can’t tell 🙂 ).
but this same post in any other subreddit? people would think we’re all crazy 🙂
Is that a beaver flipping you off?
Is this in Lohikoski?
“Damn! Pekka is always faster.”
I lived 7 years in Finland and it took me some years to get the depth of (my) the personal space. Now that I’m back in Western civilization and truly understand it as it gets crushed everyday. 🥲
Try another day and send pictures of the beautiful nature.
Autism be like:
Source: me
😆
Why did you get so close to that dude? Give them some personal space!
Ugh I got shivers imagining how creepy and awkward it would be if you just walked up and stood behind them admiring the view
Just go there and say “Hi”. You would conquer the pier and claim it yours.
Growded, its so annoying
This is a painting on someone’s living room wall
Oh shit. Not going to lie. My first thought was “occipied by whom?” Now im not sure if im finnish. Going to myheritage first thing in the morning.
🤔 You could have sat facing the other, stoically,never acknowledging the other’s presence …
Stroll down the pier with your phone blasting Van Halen’s “Panama”. Might as well take the intrusion all the way.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after getting back from visiting family in Michigan and wondering your thoughts… Do you think the Finnish quietness is a trait that is inherent or learned? Like, is it in our DNA? Have there been any studies on this?
I have deep Finnish ancestry and have always been the most happy and comfortable when it’s quiet and I am alone. I don’t care for chitchat, and really don’t feel a need to talk much more than to get my point across. My brother is exactly the same way and even more so than I. My Finnish mother is a bit more outgoing, but I’d say overall a quiet person as well. We’re not at all shy, just quiet, the very definition of the Finnish way. Could we have inherited this trait from our grandparents who were born in Finland?
Amazing how one can just look at a random picture of a pier in Reddit think to himself “that looks just like the Lohikoski pier”
You much know him since you approached so closely
Enter the pier. Other dude gets anxious and leaves. You have the pier for yourself. Works every time.
He/she was just as scared as you
Actually if you zoom in there is person on the other side of the lake. So the lake was already occupied even before that person went on the pier. Shame.
Haha I’m the same in Estonia, keeping a respectable distance of 100 meters from anyone when walking along the beach. Enjoying nature in solitude is a special kind of feeling, don’t want to interrupt that.
Too late. You are way too close in the picture. Think of the emotional distress being that close will cause that poor person on the pier!
Palokkajärvi
If you went there, that guy might leave. Many Finns would. Especially if you just loitered around as if waiting. I wouldn’t, but many would.
That is the most Finnish post i’ve seen
Yeah… Might need to talk to a stranger. Would pass if not drunk.
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>I wanted to go on the pier, but it was occupied
That sucks. Try again next week.
Go anyway
You’re pushing the Finnish stereotype there 😉
I’m not Finn but just as, if not more, introverted and anti-social than most Finns, and even then I would at least go halfway up the pier and sit facing the other way.
Way too crowded
Close call.
if there were no snow, i might go to the pier and sit at the *very start* of the pier, on the opposite side, looking opposite direction.
but with the snow… it just seems too much like i made an effort to steal their solitute, so i also wouldn’t go. unless i wasn’t seeing properly and thought that it was a duck or other waterfowl at the edge of the pier (i know its a human, but visually, i can’t tell 🙂 ).
but this same post in any other subreddit? people would think we’re all crazy 🙂
Is that a beaver flipping you off?
Is this in Lohikoski?
“Damn! Pekka is always faster.”
I lived 7 years in Finland and it took me some years to get the depth of (my) the personal space. Now that I’m back in Western civilization and truly understand it as it gets crushed everyday. 🥲
Try another day and send pictures of the beautiful nature.
Autism be like:
Source: me
😆
Why did you get so close to that dude? Give them some personal space!
Ugh I got shivers imagining how creepy and awkward it would be if you just walked up and stood behind them admiring the view
Just go there and say “Hi”. You would conquer the pier and claim it yours.
Growded, its so annoying
This is a painting on someone’s living room wall
Oh shit. Not going to lie. My first thought was “occipied by whom?” Now im not sure if im finnish. Going to myheritage first thing in the morning.
🤔 You could have sat facing the other, stoically,never acknowledging the other’s presence …
Stroll down the pier with your phone blasting Van Halen’s “Panama”. Might as well take the intrusion all the way.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after getting back from visiting family in Michigan and wondering your thoughts… Do you think the Finnish quietness is a trait that is inherent or learned? Like, is it in our DNA? Have there been any studies on this?
I have deep Finnish ancestry and have always been the most happy and comfortable when it’s quiet and I am alone. I don’t care for chitchat, and really don’t feel a need to talk much more than to get my point across. My brother is exactly the same way and even more so than I. My Finnish mother is a bit more outgoing, but I’d say overall a quiet person as well. We’re not at all shy, just quiet, the very definition of the Finnish way. Could we have inherited this trait from our grandparents who were born in Finland?
Amazing how one can just look at a random picture of a pier in Reddit think to himself “that looks just like the Lohikoski pier”
You much know him since you approached so closely
Enter the pier. Other dude gets anxious and leaves. You have the pier for yourself. Works every time.
He/she was just as scared as you
Actually if you zoom in there is person on the other side of the lake. So the lake was already occupied even before that person went on the pier. Shame.
Haha I’m the same in Estonia, keeping a respectable distance of 100 meters from anyone when walking along the beach. Enjoying nature in solitude is a special kind of feeling, don’t want to interrupt that.
Too late. You are way too close in the picture. Think of the emotional distress being that close will cause that poor person on the pier!
Palokkajärvi
If you went there, that guy might leave. Many Finns would. Especially if you just loitered around as if waiting. I wouldn’t, but many would.
That is the most Finnish post i’ve seen
Yeah… Might need to talk to a stranger. Would pass if not drunk.