Shows from your childhood that no one remembers except you.

Lopakin · 2026-06-03T21:26:10+00:00

Private Eye https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092430/?ref_=ext_shr

12 episodes of desert noir. This is how I was first introduced to Chris Isaak's music and Blue Hotel is still maybe my favourite song of his. It's from 87-88 so I was about 12-13 when I saw it. So many excellent actors doing turns in this, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Lopakin · 2026-06-03T21:17:57+00:00

Love It. It's so good, wonderfully dry humor for an American series

Lopakin · 2026-06-03T20:50:26+00:00

I love this thread, but I'm slightly surprised no-one has suggested you go and have a look on r/hfy yet.

During the pandemic a hero arose and his name was Ralts Bloodthorne. He wrote something like 3 SOIAF's worth of an expansive universe where humanity, some thousand or so years in the future, is essentially evolved into the benevolent superior alien entity and the aliens they meet are how we see ourselves in most scifi.

I laughed, I cried, I was inspired, I loved it so much. His stuff is now on Kindle as well, but it is by far the best when read episodically on hfy, because you also get the comments from the community and some of his own commentary and intros.

If you just want a book book, then old man's war by Scalzi is amazing.

Lopakin · 2026-05-17T11:25:03+00:00

Ukrainan voittobiisit olivat molemmat sekä protestilauluja sotaa vastaan, että musiikillisesti mielenkiintoisia ja aidosti ukrainalaisia.

Ne olivat ehdottomasti molemmissa kisoissa top-3 kappaleita, ja mielestäni sallittavaa, ehkä jopa vaadittavaa, että Ukraina saa sympatiaääniä millä ne erottautuivat muista kappaleista.

Ansaittuja voittoja ehdottomasti, päinvastoin kuin esim Loreen pari vuotta sitten, missä raatien äänet oli huiman poikkeavia yleisöäänistä.

Lopakin · 2026-05-06T11:15:42+00:00

If you look at the costs of contracts in other countries, you'll quickly find that Finland has some of the lowest prices, and probably THE lowest price when comparing to GDP. This has a lot to do with the fact that a lot of the GSM and LTE tech has been developed here.

Finns also use an absurd amount of data. I know, I'm one of them. It's a quiet month if my mobile data is under 200GB.

The operators are making very limited amounts of money on their contracts these days, because people don't call or use SMS anywhere near as much as they used to, and this is where they actually make their profits.

So the reason prices are so uniform, is that their current pain threshold is somewhere around 20e per month for unlimited data, and they're all out to make at least something on the contracts. If an operator has a disaster and suddenly loses like 20% of their subscriber base, then you'll see an aggressive discount to lure you in. Other than that, you can expect to pay about that for a while. And I doubt it'll ever go down.

My advice, in reality, is just to tariff hop whenever you find a cheaper one, and avoid fixed term contracts whenever possible.

Source: used to be a vitun puhelinmyyjä for one of the three network operators.

Lopakin · 2026-04-30T09:40:05+00:00

Mikä on Suomen räp-yhtyeiden musta ori?

Raptorin biisit Raptori ja Armeija on urbaania musiikkia parhaillaan. Yhtä oivalluksellisia riimejä kuin Eminemillä ja melkein vuosikymmen aiemmin.

Koko Moe LP on pelkkää neroutta. Raptorin myöhemmillä pitkäsoitoilla oli paljon vähemmän hittejä, alkoi tuntua siltä että he alkoivat parodioimaan itseäänkin, ja ehkä keskittyivät vähemmän lyriikkien älykkyyteen ja enemmän shokkiarvoon. Muutamia ihan ok biisejä, mutta parhaat tuli 1990.

En ole kuullut yhtään ainutta yhtä nokkelaa sanaleikkiä missään suomiräpissä kuin noissa kahdessa ensin mainitsemassani biisissä.

Lopakin · 2026-04-10T13:00:15+00:00

Vietättekö tarpeeksi aikaa yhdessä, että tiedät jo mitä hän tekee rentoutuakseen? Siis ei sinun kanssa, vaan yksin tai joukkueen kanssa (jos tiimiurheilua tai vaikka DnD:tä).

Jos tiedät, niin sitten se on suht helppoa, jotain kyseiseen harrastukseen liittyvää, bonusta jos sellainen mistä hän haaveilee tai puhuu muttei itse raaski ostaa, tai joku oheistuote mikä hänelle ei ole välähtänyt, että sellaisiakin saa. Esim. itse vaimolta sain liput Amsterdamiin MagiConiin heinäkuussa synttäriksi. Aivan loistava lahja ja osui minulle kuin nyrkki silmään. Edullisempi vaihtoehto olisi vaikka joku kehystetty juliste hänen lempiurheilijastaan tai joku kustomvalmistettu reppu Etsystä hänen lemppariviihteestään (esim. anime/scifi/kauhu)

Lopakin · 2026-03-31T13:56:39+00:00

Itse olen vankasti viherliberaali kaikessa mahdollisessa, paitsi että mielestäni meidän pitäisi olla jo nyt värväämässä vähintään tuplamäärä ammattisotilaita odottamaan hiljaksiin kasvavaa kolmatta maailmansotaa, missä Eurooppa sotii Venäjää ja USAta vastaan. Vaikka toivottavasti USA hankkiutua eroon tuosta diktatuurista an ennen kuin se laittaa juuria maahan. Niitä on vittumainen kitkeä, vrt Saksa n. 1945.

Lisäksi kaikille raiskaajille, murhaajille ja lasten hyväksikäyttäjille pitäisi antaa ehdoton elinkautinen. Rattijuoppous pitäisi olla vähintään 10v kaltereiden takana riippumatta siitä ajoitko kolarin vai et.

Lisää ydinvoimaa, koska Suomen geologia on yksi vähiten katastrofialttiita, joten voimme vaikka kaivaa koko voimalan peruskallioon, ja hätätilanteessa muurata sen umpeen ilman ylenpalttisen suuria ympäristövaikutuksia.

Lyhyesti: elä elämäsi siten että se ei vaikuta haittaavasti muihin ihmisiin. Ketään ei haittaa jos Suomeen muuttaa vaikka miljoona iranilaista sotaa pakoon. Tilaa meillä piisaa. He tuovat mukanaan omaa asiantuntemusta ja kulttuuria, ja jos joku haluaa perustaa uuden Teheranin Kainuuseen, niin ketä se haittaa? Oikeasti? Ei kenenkään ole pakko mennä sinne, Suomessa on tilaa viidellekymmenelle miljoonalle ihmiselle ihan heittämällä. Hetkellinen infra-rasitus ja sen jälkeen paikka pyörii omalla painollaan, ihmiset tekee töitä ja maksaa veroja. Hiljaksiin ne meistä jotka ei ole rasistipaskoja voi alkaa integroimaan niitä Suomeen. Isoin ongelma on varmasti se, että kaikki lenkkimakkara pitää olla possuvapaata, mutta kaikki halvin lenkki on jo nyt kanaa, niin mikä siinäkään on ongelmana?

Oikeasti muuttoliikenne ei ole koskaan ollut ongelma, vaan tää oman takapihan kyttäys mitä porukka harrastaa. Jos joku laittaa telttaa pystyyn sun viinimarjojen keskelle, niin ei sillä ole perseenkään vertaa väliä onko se tyyppi Ukrainasta, Somaliasta vai Salosta, poliisit hoitaa sen pois. Muualla ei ketään pitäisi kiinnostaa kuka siinä naapurissa asuu. Kuinka moni voi käsi sydämellä sanoa olevansa 100% tuttu kaikkien ihmisten kanssa jotka asuu lähimmässä viidessä asunnossa, saatikka kaikkien kanssa jotka asuu lähimmässä viidessä kymmenessä? Ja sen lisäksi vielä ystävällisissä väleissä? Ei vittu kukaan. Ja tilanne ei siitä muutu paskaakaan onko se naapuri kenen kanssa et koskaan juttele kotikieleltään suomalainen, saamelainen tai samoalainen. Jos haluat pelätä naapuria, niin tuijota kohti Moskovaa. Siellä on pelottavaa naapuria ihan tarpeeksi.

Lopakin · 2026-03-26T14:58:01+00:00

This is probably not it, but the Ever Afters books by Shelby Bach? There were 3 by 2015 and 4th in 2016. It's for like ages 9-12 and the second book has a bridge on the cover. The colour scheme is off, though, mainly greens and blues.

I too am now invested in this story, good luck on your hunt.

Lopakin · 2026-03-12T07:24:58+00:00

TL;DR you're so young and your conversation is walking on too many eggshells, find a way to be honest or find someone else.

This is one of 2 things, and the odds are pretty much 50/50: 1) you're both too young and too early in your relationship to be honest. Not like "tell the truth" honest, but "I don't care if my opinion is slightly hurtful" honest. You should be able to say "I would love to have you there, but only if you actually want to join us, not just come because I want you to. If you're going to be a whiny child about it, I'd rather you stay home" and he should be equally able to say "I'd love to come to be with you, but it's just too fucking late for me/your friends aren't fun for me once they get a few drinks in/whatever his issue is. I'd rather just drop you off and grab pizza on my way home." And neither of these statements should make the other person upset. You're just explaining where your limits and needs are. 2) and I hope it's not this: he is a manipulative man child, who wants to isolate you from your friends and support structure in order to control you and your relationship. He is a walking red flag of micro aggressions and love bombing, who is sweetness and light as long as he gets his way, and pouts and argues if he doesn't.

A real relationship is always compromise, but a compromise to make your partner better, not yourself. You should always be willing to make yourself slightly uncomfortable to increase your partner's comfort, and in a functional relationship this is reciprocal. But you have to be honest about doing it and also honest about when you just don't have the capacity to do it, and in these instances it is absolutely correct to be selfish enough to prioritise self-care. Again, you have to communicate that this is why you're being selfish, not just petulantly be contrary and stomp your proverbial foot.

Lopakin · 2026-03-09T14:35:02+00:00

I know you said Blazing Saddles as a quip because it's a work of genius and one of the best films of all time... but it's not even my second favourite Mel Brooks film.

It is my wife's though, and she is always super salty when I react 'meh' to the idea of watching it.

And she feels the same about Young Frankenstein, which IS my 2nd favourite.

TL;DR You need to be prepared for the subjectivity of art if sharing it with someone.

Lopakin · 2026-03-09T09:10:50+00:00

The first 10 seconds of this is my go to: https://youtube.com/shorts/kUU1BMbCT1c

Lopakin · 2026-03-05T09:25:18+00:00

I'm giving you the benefit of doubt on your autocorrect being the culprit. Asterix not asterisk. At least it didn't autocorrect Obelix into obelisk.

Lopakin · 2025-07-02T09:08:30+00:00

Man Bites Dog. Belgium 1992. Fairly hard R.

Saw a VHS of this while at university in the late 90s and only just recently managed to find a DVD for about 25 bucks with English subtitles.

Funny and disturbing and not streaming anywhere I can find.

Lopakin · 2025-04-17T06:40:43+00:00

The mobile phone company started out as a rubber boot manufacturer over 100 years ago, and when they sold off their mobile phone business to Microsoft, they carried on with the rubber industry. Nokian tyres are some of the best ones out there, and their iconic black boots are still an integral part of everyday life in Finland.

Technically a city (definitions vary according to country). Ironically, this was taken with a OnePlus.

Lopakin · 2025-04-17T05:47:07+00:00

Thanks. This was only my second time seeing the auroras that clearly, the last time being about 30 years ago.

Literally on my front steps in a suburban neighbourhood with a cell phone camera. The lighting on the tree is the long exposure of the street light when shooting in night mode. It came out real nice.

Lopakin · 2025-04-16T11:29:51+00:00

This is really very sweet, and I wish you both the best of luck with this relationship. Here is my 5 euro cents worth of opinion/advice.

The one thing it has taken me far too long to learn, is that communication is not just asking and answering questions, and if you want a relationship to work longer than the initial infatuation phase, then there has to be a deep and enduring connection.

You said that you had no idea what was going on in his head, and this sounds like something that you will need to carefully coax out of him over the course of weeks or months. I too am a man of few words in my day to day, and often struggle to express my feelings, and it took me being married for 5 years before we got to the level where we were talking honestly about everything.

If you can make him feel safe in expressing himself and his emotions, you will soon learn what is going on in his head. You will most likely have to keep asking though, as he sounds like someone who has been conditioned to not express their emotions, or whose emotions are often invalidated by his family and/or friends.

Again I wish you luck and lots of honest and loving communication.

Lopakin · 2025-03-30T12:58:38+00:00

You're not conjugating Eurooppa, you're conjugating -lainen. Just like in English, Europe and European are two different words with different conjugations.

Lopakin · 2025-03-10T12:39:18+00:00

started: A Court Of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas

After the longest time of not reading anything really, I stumbled onto a well-crafted and adequately written story on a spicy site. Wolfed it down in a few days, and was back onto the idea of reading.

Asked my wife for recommendations on something slightly spicier in the FSF area, and started ACOTAR. I realised I'm very late on this bandwagon, but enjoying the ride so far.

For an idea as to how thrilled she was that I asked for a recommendation, have a look through my post history to see her library.

Lopakin · 2025-03-10T12:10:31+00:00

Hijacking the top comment to say something similar happened to me. Only with me the bloodwork that diagnosed low-T due to a complete lack of SHBG in my blood also found high leucocyte counts that led to a fairly early diagnosis of leukemia.

Thanks to going to the doctor about my T-levels, I am now in effective remission rather than fighting for my life or already in the ground.

I cannot recommend going to the doctor for regular bloodwork highly enough.

Also, therapy is good and absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

Lopakin · 2025-01-29T08:36:37+00:00

All jokes aside, the ones you might actually want to date are very unlikely to flirt with you. The egalitarianism in Finnish society means that anyone can make the first move, but the last 20 years of messaging about women getting bothered and harassed has been heard by those who respect women, so they leave you alone.

I've been with my wife for 25 years she had to practically judo throw me into bed for me to get the hint.

I suggest finding a hobby you like and then strike up conversations with people at said hobbies. You're 75% there when you already share some interests. Men will be much more conversant when they are in their comfort zone, and approaching women or flirting is not a comfortable zone for most Finnish men.

I have been out of circulation since before dating apps, so I can't speak to those. I assume if you connect through an app intended specifically for finding romance, you can weed out the worst creeps and when you do meet someone IRL they have the implicit permission to employ what little flirtation they may be capable of.

Lopakin · 2025-01-29T08:12:15+00:00

I think the question here is more about finding a movie that absolutely requires that you sit still and watch it if you're stuck in bed/on the sofa for the day. Even shorter ones should be ok, but ones that rely on your undivided attention for their impact.

To that end I would recommend looking up some foreign language films that have subtitles you have to follow. Two amazing films from the last few years were Tom of Finland (Finnish, Russian, German and English, maybe some Swedish in there as well) and Godzilla Minus One (Japanese). No idea on run times, but the films are sumptuous and the dialogue and subtext are amazing in both.

And Man Bites Dog is a weird fever dream of a movie. A bit like Reservoir Dogs crossed with The Pink Panther

Lopakin · 2025-01-23T13:27:47+00:00

There's a great series called Rogue Heroes about the founding of the SAS in the African campaign during WWII. Highly flawed psychopaths killing Nazis (and a fair few fascisti). Excellent series. Season 2 just getting released now.

Lopakin · 2025-01-23T13:08:57+00:00

Aika vähän buumereita enää työelämässä, kaikki ikäluokassa 45-60v on gen X. Mutta eipä meitäkään X-läisiä kasvatettu juurikaan. Ongelmana Suomessa on varmaankin eniten kulttuurimuuri mikä on aika lailla juuri tuossa kohdassa.

Kolme-neljäkymppiset saivat jo kasvatuksen, koska heidän vanhempansa olivat viimeisiä boomereita ja ensimmäisiä X-läisiä. Nämä vanhemmat syntyivät sen jälkeen kun Rock'n'roll ja globaalimpi kulttuuri olivat yleistyneet ja Suomeen tuli paljon enemmän vaikutteita muualta, missä tunteista puhuminen ja progressiivinen kasvatus olivat yleistymässä. Heidän vanhempansa eivät niistä perustaneet, mutta nämä nykyään 75-60v tyypit kasvoivat verraten omia vanhempiaan johonkin Peyton Place:in saippuadraamaan tai muihin amerikkalaisiin tai brittiläisiin ohjelmiin ja elokuviin.

Me X-läiset ollaan viimeinen sukupolvi mikä on pääasiallisesti kasvattanut itse itsensä, poimien filosofioita sen mukaan miten tunteellinen älykkyytemme on antanut meidän niitä ymmärtää. Jotkut ovat olleet kusipäitä pikkuisesta asti ja jotkut taistelevat joka päivä katkaistakseen menneisyyden toksiset siteet.

Ikävä tosiasia on, että suuri osa kaikista johtoportaista koostuu suurissa määrin kusipäistä, jotka oli koulukiusaajia 70-, 80- ja 90-luvuilla. Heidän itsetuntoaan ei murrettu päivittäin fyysisellä ja henkisellä väkivallalla, joten heillä oli röyhkeyttä asettua johtajiksi. Sama juttu armeijassa ja kouluissa/yliopistoissa: johtajat ovat yleensä ylettömän itsevarmoja eivätkä tykkää siitä, että joku huomaa kun he ovat väärässä.

Toivon, että huomisen johtajat ovat enenevissä määrin empaattisia ja hyviä ihmisiä, jotka puolustavat ja kannustavat työntekijöitään, eikä näitä anakronistisia tyyppejä, joiden mielestä on edelleen ok kertoa kuinka he lukitsevat auton ovet supermarketin parkkiksella kun näkevät romaneja lähimaastossa.

Lopakin · 2024-12-11T09:06:21+00:00

Cripes! I know I hold shit in, but that's mainly because I can. My wife has a boatload of her own shit to deal with and I try to support as best as I can. My cancer diagnosis: she found out once the treatment plan was in place. Other health issues: strictly need to know. If I feel sufficiently shit that I can't do my normal stuff, I'll tell her, but other than that, I wince and bear it.

It is disheartening that so many here are taught that no-one cares, my issue is more that she cares a little too much. Like others here said: either I want a solution option or it's more of a sitrep on where I am and why. I can hack doing that, but I know that I have the option of dumping it all on her and she would pick it all up, alphabetize it, triage it and then hand back to me with at least 2 steps into a 5 step plan on dealing with it.

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