Awww, no 100th birthday wishes for Finland yet? (It’s okay, we give you until midnight before we break out the molotovs. I know, I’m too kind.)

@Annoyedreindeer Don't worry, I remembered. Happy 100th Finland

@Annoyedreindeer Congrats, my alcoholic neighbours

@hajlakan Thank you, my pussy-whipped neighbors!

@DarkMage7280 Ha!

Yes - where's the special birthday greeting for Finland?

I was looking forward to seeing all the other Nordic countries celebrate Finland and possibly even the Finnish characters smiling?

I mean once in a hundred years it might be OK to smile at least?

Happy 100 Finland!

@Nisse_Hult I was looking forward to that too.

Finland is 100 years old tomorrow. 6th of December is the Finnish independence day

@Absolut_Kossu
Nice. I guess i will open a bottle of Finlandia tomorrow

@Liki

Don't!
It tastes like sucking on a felt tip pen!

There are much nicer vodkas then Finlandia out there so be kind to your poor taste buds!

@Nisse_Hult
It's the only vodka from Finland that you can buy in Serbia. I usually drink Русский Стандарт.
Finlaldia tastes ok to me and I thought it would be appropriate for this occasion

@Absolut_Kossu Watching Unknown soldier here. I will be awake this morning when 100 years come full. Next year its 100 years of demoracy.

@Absolut_Kossu Congratulations! This calls for a comic, I hope.

I know it's a meme and a joke that's older than me, but why does everyone think Ikea furniture is so impossible? I have assembled no less than two beds at midnight with a dog insisting my lap was a pillow. Is it because people don't look at the instructions? Because you do kinda need those.

@Religion0
Well, you know, in Russia it's a common joke that dealing with something new that needs reading instructions consists of 4 steps:
1. you try to make it yourself
2. you realize that you did something wrong and try to fix it (still by yourself)
3. you realize that you totally failed
4. you read the instructions

We're obviously not the nation that likes instructions. And we're not alone in this

@Religion0 back in the day the really cheap ikea products where infamous for missing some screws and having to much of other types. That correlates with the price they where paying for labor, I think the US was supplied by mexico and Germany by the then communistic east Germany. No fucks where given, it just had to be cheap.

@Religion0 Some IKEA constructs are easy to do alone. Some require two people. I actually seen instruction which along things stated you need 2 people. Though I did it alone, it required some acrobatic skills...

Come now, it isn't _that_ hard to assemble IKEA stuff. The trick is to read ahead to see what it's gonna look like, which usually helps in figuring out why certain seemingly illogical steps must come first, and then follow it very carefully (down to noticing exactly which of the several types of screws in the box go where and when), and then it's usually fine. Most people I know here in Sweden have multiple IKEA objects in their home, and I am no exception. It used to be of lower quality which is probably where it gets its bad rep in (primarily) America from, but it's improved vastly since then.

@Zakator I agree. There are instructions. Just read them first and then put the thing together. Easy peasy.

"Finland’s 100 years of independence is celebrated this week with blue-and-white light shows across Finland and in almost 30 countries around the world. The excitement has been gathering pace up to the last minute, and 50 iconic venues and buildings across the globe will be illuminated with blue and white lights in honour of Finland’s centenary of independence."

http://suomifinland100.fi/news/world-congratulates-100-year-old-finland-lighting-blue-white/?lang=en

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156211839514767&id=246415834930&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fi%2F&_rdr

Country, city Site to be illuminated;
Argentina, Buenos Aires The Usina del Arte cultural centre
Australia, Adelaide Adelaide Town Hall
Australia, Brisbane Story Bridge and Victoria Bridge
Australia, Canberra Telstra Tower, the Old Parliament House, Malcolm Fraser Bridge, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre(Parkes)
Australia, Hobart Railway Roundabout Fountain, Elizabeth Street Mall and the Kennedy Lane Tourism Precinct
Australia, Perth The Council House building and Trafalgar Bridge
Austria, Vienna The Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro The Christ the Redeemer statue
Bulgaria, Sofia The National Palace of Culture
Canada Niagara Falls
Cyprus, Nicosia The White Walls building
Czech Republic, Prague The Dancing House designed by Frank Gehry
Estonia, Tallinn Stenbock House (The seat of the Government)
Estonia, Tartu The Vanemuine Theatre, Võidu sild Bridge, Kaarsild Bridge
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Lion of Judah monument in front of the Ethiopian National Theatre
Greece, Athens The Arch of Hadrian
Hungary, Budapest Elizabeth Bridge
Iceland, Reykjavik Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Ireland, Dublin Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin
Israel, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv City Hall
Italy, Rome The Colosseum
Kazakhstan, Astana The bridges across the Ishim River, St. Regis hotel
Latvia, Jelgava Railway Bridge
Latvia, Riga The Tower of the Town Hall in the Old Town, the Railway Bridge across the Daugava river
Mexico, Mexico City The Angel of Independence monument (Ángel de la Independencia)
Mozambique, Maputo Maputo Fortress
Netherlands, Alkmaar Stadskantine Alkmaar
Norway, Oslo Holmenkollen ski jumping hill
Poland, Warsaw The Palace of Culture and Science
Portugal, Lisbon Belém Tower (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Russia, Lumivaara Lumivaara Church
Russia, Moscow The Embassy of Finland
Russia, Petrozavodsk The National Theatre
Russia, Saint Petersburg The Museum of Ethnography
Serbia, Belgrade Ada Bridge, Palace Albania
Sweden, Borås Accumulator tank
Sweden, Stockholm Globen
Switzerland, Montreux The Mannerheim memorial
Ukraine, Kiev The Embassy of Finland
United Kingdom, Newcastle The Gateshead Millennium Bridge

Omg is the last panel a reference to this meme? https://i.imgur.com/X2h3939.jpg

@Aybecee Oh my...I've seen that before. Thanks for refreshing my memory.

I don't get why so meny people on the internet jokes about the impossibility of assembling IKEA furniture. I mean it's not even that confusing, just follow the usually very clear instructions that comes with your package. It's as easy as building LEGO and even a 5 year old child can do that.

@ryttyr Patience may be a factor? I was the one building my new Ikea wardrobe at age 10 as my mum was just way too impatient because she tried to do several dozen other things at the same time to organize our move. And some people simply aren't good at image based instructions, they want to be told what to do in words. I myself can't watch instruction videos because they annoy me so much I genereally learn nothing from them.

@ryttyr That's not really the reason, I believe. It's because IKEA more or less introduced the customer assembled furniture on such a huge scale. From IKEA you pretty much need to assemble everything larger than your fist, so assembly problems with furniture have become a synonym with IKEA.

I have actually had more trouble putting together furniture from other stores. Maybe because they were meant for two people to sort out, and I did it alone, like that other guy in an earlier comment.

@ryttyr

A LOT of this is about people not following the instructions because they think they're to smart to need them.

Which just proves they aren't...

And then they blame IKEA instead of themselves of course.

And also, it's become a staple joke so I actually think most people who complain about it don't really have that much problem?

@Nisse_Hult probably

@ryttyr Triggered Swede spotted

Come on, now - England may be dull, but Scandinavia certainly doesn't have a monopoly on colourful houses! Check out our local Welsh harbour town:

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/07/ce/e0/8a/harbourmaster.jpg
https://westwalesholidaycottages.co.uk/photos/pages/destinations/aberaeron/aberaeron_header.jpg
https://www.welsh-cottages.co.uk/ceredigion/images/aberaeron-high-street.jpg

This, My dear children is why you read instructions.

@Bluesamurai Hey, it's ancient tradition to think that you're too cool for instructions, thus tradition dictates that you try and fumble with the things yourself, get utterly frustrated and possibly break the thing before you finally cave in (preferably after several hours of trial and error), consults the instructions, facepalm and follow them to the letter.

Don't take this away from us!

@Zervo I suppose it is an ancient tradition.... Carry on then.