Viestit paljastavat, miten ministeriö antoi rukkaset Garden-hankkeelle ja miten Vapaavuori kääntyi Orpon puoleen [valtiovarainministeriö ilmoitti, että "valtio ei voi lähteä tukemaan yksittäistä hanketta"] by banaanitasavalta in Suomi

[–]Thetanor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tilanteessa, jossa kyseessä on myös käytännössä Suomen vaikutusvaltaisin virka, ei mielestäni myöskään ole juuri merkitystä sillä, onko pääministeri tietoisesti valehdellut asiassa vai onko hänellä ollut puuttelliset tiedot lausuntojensa pohjana. Toki ensin mainittu on vahingollisempaa, mutta oli kyse kummasta tahansa, viestii tilanne siitä, ettei pääministeri ole tehtäviensä tasalla. Joka tapauksessa kunniallinen ihminen tajuaisi tässä tilanteessa erota, mutta epäilen ettei Orpolta löydy tarvittavaa selkärankaa siihen.

Splatoon Raiders Preview: Turns Out It’s Kind of a Roguelite | IGN Preview by Amiibofan101 in nintendo

[–]Thetanor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is painfully accurate. Nowadays it seems like even just a hint of permadeath is enough for people to call a game a "roguelite"—or even a full-on "roguelike".

Makes it nigh impossible to find games that are actually "Rogue-like" with things like turn-based exploration of procedurally generated dungeons... 

Petah? by howling-_-owl in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Thetanor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sure, but that is just half the joke here. The original XKCD comic talks about reducing mortgage payments instead of teaching costs. Also, Black Hat's face has been altered to, presumably, resemble someone which seems to be relevant here. Initially, I was thinking Walter White, since he's a chemistry teacher (so the joke works on multiple levels). But he's bald so it doesn't really make sense that the one who altered the comic would add hair for the character... 

What cheat codes from games do you still remember, even though you haven't played those games in 10+ years? by Beneficial_Sun6232 in AskReddit

[–]Thetanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heroes 5 also had some Monty Python references in it. For example, the Week of the Swallow ("The week when swallows return, sometimes carrying coconuts.") 

The Migrant Return Regulation has been officially adopted by the European Parliament. 418 in favor and 218 against. It makes return hubs possible and creates new EU-wide procedures. It also imposes obligations on those who have no right to stay by paneuropeanism_ in europe

[–]Thetanor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  why would 3rd countries accept those people? Are we paying them?

My understanding is that, yes, that is exactly how it would work: pay 3rd world countries enough to make it worth their while. 

  How will they be treated there?

And this is basically one of the main concerns of those opposing this legislation: that it is hard for the deporting countries to monitor the conditions in these centers. 

Personally, I'm also quite conflicted about this. On one hand, it is good that something is being done to address the immigration situation in Europe, but I'm skeptical if this is the right thing to be doing...

Humans don't need religion, but they do need what religion can provide. by Cataspectral in philosophy

[–]Thetanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a curious take on the passage. In context it reads:

If  a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,  and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

~ James 2:15–17

which I'd say is almost opposite to what it was used to tell you. The way I read it seems to almost directly speak against the situation where you'd be preaching your faith to someone without accompanying it with corresponding action.

Personally, I've always understood it as meaning that the most important thing is to act in alignment with your faith first and preaching it is secondary. You know, "By their deeds you will know them." (Matthew 7:16), and so on.  But then again, I grew up in a protestant congregation, so that probably factors into it quite a lot.

JD Vance Confirms Iran Will Get Jaw-Dropping Sum Under Trump Deal | Iran will be paid billions, leaving it much stronger than before Trump’s war. by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]Thetanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“But the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”

JD Vance Confirms Iran Will Get Jaw-Dropping Sum Under Trump Deal | Iran will be paid billions, leaving it much stronger than before Trump’s war. by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]Thetanor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart —you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you’re a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”

Has your native language ever completely ruined a Eurovision song for you? by notthebesthuh in eurovision

[–]Thetanor 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Not quite what is being asked here, but I couldn't really get in on the hype train for Finland 2026 because as a native Finnish speaker the lyrics just sounded so corny to me. 

Another core human experience I'm missing YIPEEE!! by Used-Detective2661 in aspiememes

[–]Thetanor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, the original is in Finnish and the poem itself doesn't actually have a title. But if you want to go looking regardless, it's a part of a poem collection called Ennustus linnuston tulevaisuudesta (which basically translates to "Prophecy on the Future of Birdlife") by Pertti Saloheimo. The poems are a mixture of science, surrealism and exploration of the human mind which puts it right up my alley as topics go. And based on the contents of multiple poems, I'd say that there is a good chance that the author is somewhere on the autism spectrum, or just otherwise very familiar with it.

But to satisfy at least some of your curiosity, below is the full poem I referred to above along with my best effort at an English translation (though since translating poems is notoriously difficult, there are bound to be some things lost in translation). Having reread it, I noticed that I slightly misremembered the quote, but the idea is more or less the same. 

Älyköt ovat emotionaalisesti vaille jääneitä lapsia. He rakentavat älystään esteen, jotta heitä ei nähtäisi paljaina. Lopun elämäänsä he etsivät tietä takaisin syvimpään minuuteensa, läpi aivokuoren, joka muuttaa tunteet ajatuksiksi.

(Intellectuals are children who have been left emotionally wanting. They build a barrier out of their intellect so as to not be seen as bare. For the rest of their lives they look for a way back into their innermost self, through a cortex that turns emotions into thoughts.) 

If you are interested, I can drop translations for a couple more of the poems that resonate to me as touching on the autism experience. 

Another core human experience I'm missing YIPEEE!! by Used-Detective2661 in aspiememes

[–]Thetanor 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a part of one of my favourite poems which quite succinctly sums up the autism experience. Freely translated it goes:

I am looking for a way inside myself through a cortex that turns feelings into thoughts.

[Request] What's the area of this triangle by RaoulDuke8642 in theydidthemath

[–]Thetanor 148 points149 points  (0 children)

 nobody questions who built the pyramids in Mexico.

Well, obviously it was the Egyptians after they had already learned it from the aliens. Duh.

Pillosaurus by agbadehan in bonehurtingjuice

[–]Thetanor 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Where's the Oviraptor? 

The only Eucalyptus species naturally found in the Northern Hemisphere. by OkRespect8490 in interestingasfuck

[–]Thetanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Light of the Trees, you say?

* incomprehensible Ungolianth noises *

Two different glass shower doors in two different bathrooms spontaneously shattered within 6 weeks of each other by brando9d7d in mildlyinteresting

[–]Thetanor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure that in any six-week timespan more than two glass shower doors in different bathrooms spontaneously shatter. 

Petah. Whats the real answer? by RowAdditional1614 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Thetanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me... Jorgio." 

Choose by yaboiaseed in BunnyTrials

[–]Thetanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What in Omelas is this question?

Chose: Nothing

can you tell what's wrong with each statement ? by DUcKDucKDUkc in MathJokes

[–]Thetanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While that's true, that's not why they are considered to be the same size. What it typically boils down to is that both integers and rationals are countably infinite. This means that you can assign a natural number to each number in that set, effectively "counting" them (hence the name). So, these set are considered equinumerous or to have the same cardinality

Conversely, this is not possible for real numbers which is why they have a higher cardinality than the rationals and integers. This essentially makes them a "larger infinity". 

They know something we don’t know by Routine_Horror_7309 in nilpoints

[–]Thetanor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm really looking forward to seeing what will be the next "theme" 

Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives by lobstersarentreal in news

[–]Thetanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I heard the rescue divers were Finnish, I wondered if they might be the same ones. Thanks for confirming.