Small Talk

Our icy layer starts to melt a bit in high temperatures of sauna, so we'll get a bit more chatty. After leaving sauna, our natural subzero core quickly cools down and we're back to the familiar cold facade.

@diynevala hahaha that sounds reasonable.

@diynevala näinhän se kyllä on... toinen syy miksi jutella on olla humalassa... xD

Saunas are to Finns what dogs are to the English. It's a permit to talk to strangers. If you want to talk to strangers in England, borrow a dog and walk down the street. People will smile at you and ask you what the dog's name is, how old, and say how nice it is. . . . Otherwise they never notice you, it would be intrusive.

Am I the only one who enjoys Finland's speaking?

@ProudHetalian29 don't worry I love it too

@Ouran-After-High Glad I'm not alone.

@ProudHetalian29 no way are you alone, heaps of people here love it

@ProudHetalian29 I'm trying to imagine his voice...

I'd love see this as an animation!

Still my favourite after all those years. Cracks me up every time

Amazingly, the word "Perkele" was nowhere to be found here.

Yep. In high school our class went swimming but me and my friend didn't ever get to the pools because we got stuck talking to some stranger in a sauna for 2 hours.

Silentium est aurum

@Lrhinden why the Latin?

@Ihavetobefinnish
This proverb is latin, and shows that, appreciation for silence, is something very old.

"I had chicken for dinner."

Finland is too freaking adorable.

"Finnish people are most stoic human beings on earth"
http://www.iep.utm.edu/stoicism/

Finnish people are defined by silence. Is that healthy?

"The key to the Finnish character is quietude. Finns rarely enter into conversation with strangers; words are chosen carefully; small talk is considered suspect. Instead Finns revere "sacred silence" and hold that keeping quiet is healthy and promotes thoughtfulness. In his book Cultures in Conversation, author Donal Carbaugh quotes a young Finn who admits, "I never realized that people in other cultures might regard the word 'shy' as a negative word... 'Ujo' or 'shy' in Finnish has a neutral or positive meaning."
"Finland is no place for complainers, and long, dark Arctic winters have shaped some of the hardiest—and most stoic—human beings on Earth.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200701/global-psyche-no-need-words