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51 Finnish Nightmares That Every Introvert Will Relate To
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Finland is often considered to be a nation of introverts, and the Finnish people are usually the first to make fun of themselves about it. "An introverted Finn looks at his shoes when talking to you," goes a popular Finnish joke about their personality types. "An extroverted Finn looks at your shoes.”
You don't need to be from The Land of the Midnight Sun, however, to appreciate Finnish Nightmares, a series of funny comics created by Finnish artist Karoliina Korhonen. After all, who doesn't feel at least a tiny bit of social anxiety when standing in an elevator with a stranger? Or what about that awkward moment when you accidentally touch the salesperson while collecting your change? A real horror story for the anti-social Finn. See below for more examples of socially awkward situations that all Scandinavian people and introverts, no matter where they're from, will relate to.
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or just pray to all the gods that someone else has the same stop as you and wait for them to yell.
Or 'tell me about yourself'. My mind immediately goes 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
Lucky I'm not Finnish, I always just take food as soon as I see it :P
I know that feel! Sometimes I go away without being noticed, and sometimes I'm really not noticed. So sad x'D
Can't relate to this. Someone not accepting your generosity can be quite annoying.
The usual way is to start stirring, take out your gloves, cough. I hate it! Oh and of course there is the option of just getting suddenly up at your bus stop without saying anything and charging through.
I' m fine! (Meaning, please, just leave and let me cope with the shame!)
I must have some Finnish blood in my veins. I have to check that out!
Ha this is so true! I hate small talk and empty invites.. I can just imagine how awkward that would be!
hehe. something both autistic people and finnish people have in common.
I must have some Finnish blog in my veins. I have to check that out!
I'd rather catch pneumonia and die, than engage in idle chit chat with a complete stranger!
I hate it. It sounds for me like: "Do you want to buy something seriously or just make a mess here?" Somtimes I just look around to see what is available in that shop and when I really need it I just go in and buy it. If I need help, I can ask for help, you don't need to ask me.
who is interested in small talks anyway? if you care, ask and listen, if you don't, just don't bother..!
I hate this so much! People trying to sell you something do it all the time - it's taught as a method of 'building rapport' - which will instantly kill my desire to buy whatever they are selling, even if I desperately need it!
Get this a lot but don't wanna be petty but why can't they just be quiet and let me enjoy my quiet life???
Yes! I hate this too. Although I now make a point of ignoring these machines and going to a regular check out.
NO WAY will this happen. I am in customer service and we talk about the horror if someone touches yours. What's even worse, sometimes it seems intentional! The pervs!
Yeah! Riding on polar bears and listening to metal. That's epic! I want to do that every day of my life. 😂😂😂
Nope, I like when it's a person totally grabbed to her/his phone. Muahahahah!
Ahhh, bottle recycling machines... Briliant thing to save up to 10 euros for bigger shopping or some night out ;)
It's not the lack of milk that's nightmarish, it's the fact that you just asked for something thwy don't have.
So basically I'm Finnish ! yay
Yeah, me too!
Me three
Me too
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a beautiful Finnish ;)
When someone is speaking close to you that you can smell their body odor, but you can't step back because that would be rude. So you hold your breath, fake a smile and wish to die...
For a Finn smelling someone's bad odor is just a reminder, that you too might smell bad when close to others. One more reason to keep 3 meter gap in future. While close to someone smelling bad, you would also hope it is not you that smell but the other guy. yep, I'm from Finland.
You are not from Finland guys, you just have some kind of social anxiety :D
I think us autistic people and Finns would get along great, each with a cat in their lap. hehe! I think the author is dandy and I can relate. : )
I'm Finnish and I approve this posting! Thank you
I feel like I am meant to live in Finland after reading these!
I think i'm from Finland, rofl.
after reading all this i think im a finn :P
All these years thinking I was Italian :o :p
Very Swedish too!
I used to be like a lot of the examples above, but eventually you have to get over it. It just takes one tentative step at a time. No man/woman is an island - you eventually have to interact with other people some time.
Matti seems more phobic than introverted.
I used to feel like this A LOT. Mindfulness and aging has helped calm it down quite a bit.
I love all of these. I would so fit in Finland!
So how does anyone in Finland have children?
We drink. And then we turn to a total mediterranean person.
You just said that we get drunk and sexually harass meditearraneans. Ugh!
and... uhm... everybody has children, not only Mediterranean's ;)))
Nice to hear about human beings... But it isn't so necessary to drink for that :)
into ?
There are not very many of us. We are facing the same problem as Japan. Our people is getting old. Maybe that's because now days young people do not drink so much.
So bloody true! Yet for some reason the Finnish education system is claimed to be the best in the world. Though most of the people end up like this! Ha, funny! God sake, wanna shake them!
I don't think their personality has anything to do with their education system.
As it turns out, I'm Finnish, not Norwegian, haha.
It looks like I'm an honorary Finnish person :D
I can relate to all this pictures. Is this bad or not ?
Welcome to Finland! You'll fit right in!
I like his hat!
If you guys can enjoy the Polar Nights, then you should move to Finland. Finland has very little sun and daylight during the winter, but we cope just fine, because we are introverts. When the sun doesn't shine, that's when we turn introvert and enjoy the light within ourselves. People who are used to get energy from sunlight, they don't feel happiness in Finland during the Polar Nights.
I live in Italy and here people are totally the opposite ;_; I Wish heartly i was Born in Finland
true
This totally makes me want to go to Finland now, these are my kind of people:)))
Oh my gosh it amazes me on how many of these adds up to me
I related to almost all of these, except I literally only answer people in 1-2 words only
Sounds like half of Latvia is Finnish too :D
These are great! I'm an introvert so I can totally relate...except to the public transportation part, we don't have that in the part of the US where I live although I wish we did. & the bottle recycling machines sound like a really good idea too.
These are great! I'm an introvert and I can totally relate...except for the public transportation part, they don't have public transportation in the part of the US where I live. & the bottle recycling machine sounds like a great idea too.
When you want to comment on a picture but you're too afraid that you'll get noticed
This should be called introvert nightmares. Story of my life.
After reading this, i want to move to Finland.
When we lived in Finland, my sister would encounter strangers in the park by looking them in the eye, smiling, and greeting them cheerfully. It would get most Finns flustered and embarrassed!
I'm from Finland, and i can tell you that all of those examples are very accurate. :)
Hmm, judging by that I could apply for Finnish nationality, 15/15.
According to the 16 personality test I'm 81% introvert, but I can relate to only about 15% of this.
I'd fit the Finnish atmosphere...
Relatable
so me :)))
awesome...
Pretty polish behaviour..
I'm an introvert, but this is extreme introversion. This person should look into working remotely and getting groceries delivered. :-/
I am a stay-at-home mom who avoids social interaction and I order most of what I need online. The Walmart here just started that grocery service where you do your shopping online and they have it ready for pickup. I use that. I don't even have to go into the store most of the time. My kids need some clothes this time, though, so I guess I'll have to go in since getting the right sizes in the first place is preferable to having to deal with people for returns if I get something that doesn't fit right. I think I might be Finnish.
You just need to treat you social anxiety :D
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I'm from Finland(Moroccan father)but I have lived here 30years and this is a nightmare land. No sun, no smiling just darkness, booze and.suicides etc.
You must be kidding, right? Sounds more like your personal problem to me. Sunlight (or changing environment in general) can of course cheer you up but wont remove other problems in life.