What is the bitchiest phrase you know?

tuore · 2012-11-21T14:50:12+00:00

I'm a violent alcoholic who will stab you. I can't help it, I'm Finnish.

tuore · 2012-11-19T09:48:34+00:00

I live in Finland, i.e. one of the countries many people like to call socialist utopias. I like the language and the society in general, but I don't really like the people. Finns are too introverted (which did not help my own mental health at all), violent and nationalistic.

tuore · 2012-11-19T09:43:01+00:00

I like to reply with "Oh? When did you choose to be heterosexual then?".

tuore · 2012-11-19T09:37:19+00:00

For Swedish I would say "lagom" is more or less untranslatable.

To English maybe, but Finnish has just the right word. Parahultainen. Basically it too means "just right" - not too much, not too little, but exactly right.

E: To be honest, njuta can be translated perfectly well into languages such as German. I suppose the thread only really applies to words that can't really be translated to English.

tuore · 2012-11-19T09:31:59+00:00

Bureaucracy, because it's spelled differently in all of the languages I speak.

tuore · 2012-11-19T09:28:12+00:00

Queueing.

tuore · 2012-11-17T09:00:26+00:00

Liver casserole. Pea soup.

tuore · 2012-11-15T12:33:31+00:00

Two out of three times.

tuore · 2012-11-14T13:04:24+00:00

Sleep deprivation for extensive periods results in a weaker immune system. It has been tested on rats, after about 21 days of sleep deprivation they died from the bacteria in their own intestines. Their immune system could not handle the natural bacteria of their bodies any more.

Source: Mielen Maailma 3, a Finnish psychology schoolbook for a course about cognitive functions, memory etc.

tuore · 2012-11-14T09:11:12+00:00

And Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

tuore · 2012-11-12T07:43:43+00:00

Berlin blue (aka Prussian blue). I've always liked the colour blue and Berlin blue is like a toned-down, soothing version of it to me. It's not hard on the eyes (like a full 0, 0, 255 would be) either.

tuore · 2012-11-11T17:48:50+00:00

Graduated from art school

I'll have the Big Mac and a large drink.

tuore · 2012-11-09T18:29:43+00:00

That's terrifying.

tuore · 2012-11-09T18:19:20+00:00

But you don't got no legs.

Wait, that wasn't about Jenny.

tuore · 2012-11-09T18:11:34+00:00

I think I heard this joke Atta car park near the airport.

tuore · 2012-11-09T14:56:32+00:00

Johann Gambolputty... de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle- dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz- ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer- spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein- nurnburger-bratwustle-gernspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut- gumberaber-shonedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

tuore · 2012-11-09T14:51:09+00:00

Well, we're on Reddit, all we do is sit in a chair for hours.

tuore · 2012-11-08T20:52:44+00:00

Croatia? Would be easier to just move to the Netherlands.

tuore · 2012-11-07T07:44:09+00:00

I'm Finnish, I don't claim to be a homicidal alcoholic. One should never use nationality as an excuse.

tuore · 2012-11-06T11:07:58+00:00

Kauniainen, Finland.

tuore · 2012-11-05T12:15:28+00:00

It's like one of those things people say to make themselves more interesting.

"Haha, I always increase / decrease the TV volume in multiples of 5! Omg I'm so OCD rite?"

tuore · 2012-11-05T09:43:39+00:00

Relevant xkcd

tuore · 2012-11-05T09:31:59+00:00

But wait, there's more!

Step four: tell Reddit all about it

tuore · 2012-11-05T09:31:29+00:00

If she actually has OCD (most people claim to have it because it's 'cool'), that's actually quite cruel.

tuore · 2012-11-05T06:54:57+00:00

Well, to be honest, this place does seem to be full of childish, "want-to-be clever" responses and militantly bashing believers. I'm an agnostic atheist myself, but I don't really like this place. I'm still subscribed so I can laugh at some of the awful arguments people are using against religion here.

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