Saw this on Mastodon and had a laugh. Not sure if it’s real, but it’s funny.
It would be much funnier if they dropped the “except you” part, implying that you’re not in your right mind.
This is the exact kind of stupid, childish advertising that has me shopping for plane tickets to Helsinki.
Welcome! :)
You and me both, BB. This is the kind of crap that gets me motivated.
I guess I am lame. I was there in July, when every true Fin is not to be found in Helsinki because there in their summer homes next to a lake.
This is real. I saw it up when I started my first year at Helsingin yliopisto, which was the second half of 2018. I think it stayed up for quite a while, it may have even been up until Vappu (May 1). I believe it was for Europe’s largest hackathon -Junction 2018.
I wish to go to Finland one day, I wish to test mine cold resistance against theirs. My best is -10 in a suede jacket, t-shirt, and standard cargo pants because I put my jeep into a ditch because fucking black ice.
But for how long?
About 4 hours maybe more, IDK that’s just around the amount I was bored for and there was a solid chunk of time where I just stood around like a jackass.
Until I get really sleepy.
The duration really makes the difference here. I went to school in a tshirt at - 5°C several times because I wasnt outside for mor than five minutes in one go. But I really felt it when my train got cancelled one time and I had to wait 45 minutes in the shade for the next one.
Wind and humidity also play a big role. I am fairly cold resistant but as soon as you add wind to the equation thin single linen or cotton layers become inadequate for the occasion.
Wander up to Luleå in Sweden if you can some day! Don’t go through Heathrow, legitimately the worst building I’ve ever been in, Take Icelandair through… Iceland. There is an ice road here you can walk, skate, and even drive on. Gets to -30c, though I’ve heard some years get as low as -40. They put a sauna out on the ice and cut a hole next to it so you can go right from the sauna to the water
Sounds glorious, gonna save your comment for hypothetical future reference.
C or F?
F, I’m from California after all.
I’ve always had this romantic idea of meeting a woman from Finland, fall in love, and maybe, not likely, find peace.
When I was younger, I had that dream too. But it was a dude instead of a lady. And we would start a heavy metal band.
And never speak finnish❤️
The perk would be that a large portion understands Swedish, which would also be the reason why everyone would naturally hate me. :)
a large portion understands Swedish
Absolutely not the case, except for some Swedish speaking regions that are only a tiny part of the country and consist of villages and small towns.
Like 90% of Finns can’t even have simple conversations in Swedish.
which would also be the reason why everyone would naturally hate me.
Why would “everyone” hate you?
It was a joke that you seemed to take very seriously. The pun of the joke was that since Sweden and Finland have been rivals for centuries, ranging from wars, to sports, it would be rather awkward for a Swedish person to live in Finland. I know that this is not true, I’m fully aware that both countries have thousands of people living in the other country and that generally speaking, this is not an issue. This was again, a silly joke that did not reflect any truth. I hope you have a terrific Friday!
It was a bad joke because there’s people that genuinely think these things.
Thank you for sharing, I value your opinion about what’s considered a good or bad joke.
Was an ok joke I think.
But there is a difference in hate if you just speak swedish or are a swedish speaking finn. Though in my experience bot are quite rare (note here that I am not in a very good position to estimate this). But there is much more ill will towards learning swedish.
That would be nice.
As someone from Winnipeg, why would I be afraid of warmer weather?
On a serious note I’m thinking of moving from northern Minnesota to Winnipeg. Any tips? What’s a good neighborhood to look into?
Would be glad to help if I can. It’s probably easier to say which neighbourhoods I’d avoid and then leave it up to you which area of the city you’d like to be in. There’s no highway system in Winnipeg, so commuting by car can be pretty annoying. Portage and Pembina, two of the major routes through the city have so many traffic lights. Very annoying. So being close to where you want/need to go is important.
Generally, anything north of Portage Avenue in the downtown area is pretty rough although I’m sure there are some exceptions. For example the Wolseley neighbourhood is nice. North of that area is much rougher. I enjoyed living in the area south of Wolseley: Crescentwood, Grant Park, River Heights, Osborne. Nice and central so it’s not too hard to get around and decent amenities. Corydon avenue has some great restaurants.
I’d also personally avoid the Waverly West neighbourhood. It’s somewhat newer and was built right next to the city dump. I feel like that’s crazy but lots of people live there and enjoy it.
Other than that I can only speak in generalities. I prefer the south, the north has a rougher reputation except for North Kildonan which has a large Mennonite population. If you speak French then St. Boniface in the east is pretty nice. Their stop signs say “Arret” which is a bit weird because they say Stop in France.
Sub-freezing temperatures during winter is way, way better than just above freezing. Snow helps so much in making winter passable. You can do winter sports and the snow reflects the light making it on average a lot lighter than if everything just melts away. Plus the snow is really pretty.
I’m sure Winnipeg has a few degrees of margin before being condemned to the type of misery we have to cope with in winter over here, though.
Humidity does have a huge effect on chilly temperatures. Winnipeg is somewhat humid for where it sits in the continent, but nothing like Helsinki.
I just saw the tourism score comparison on Weatherspark and it gives absolute proof that Winnipeg is a better place to go in mid-November. 😂
According to the link Helsinki is worse in many other areas in November though:
- 40% more cloudy sky
- Less than 50% as much fully clear sky
- More than 100% higher daily chance of precipitation
- About 2.8 times the amount of rainfall (Edit: a lot less snow though)
- 87% as much daylight
Throughout the year Winnipeg may be worse in some aspects than this, but Helsinki is definitely worse in November on many scales.
You have to compare the rainfall graph with the snowfall graph. It all turns to snow in Winnipeg. But Winnipeg does have beautiful skies.
Ah yes that is true, that was misleading. To me those beautiful skies sound like they make Winnipeg a nice place to live, even with the cold. Helsinki sounds like it just has nothing going for it.
It’s hilarious to me that venetian snares made an entire album about Winnipeg “Winnipeg is a frozen shithole”
I read bastard instead of badass. But the energy matched.
Is November even the worst time to visit Finland? I’d assume January or February
January and February have snow and cold and sometimes sun.
November is just wet, dark and miserable.
Sounds similar to anything from Paris and above in Western Europe, just maybe a few less degrees.
Different darkness. Once worked 0830 to 1600 daily in a dark lab. Didn’t see the sun for about a month in November.
The dark is the difference. Sunrise was at 8.00 today and sunset was at 15.45.
Basically if you work 8-16 you don’t see the sun until springtime… 🫠
When I moved to Portland, they told me it’s not the cold that gets you, it’s the darkness.
Not too different from New England!
Except we still have 10 hours of sun for the next couple weeks and we’ve had a severe drought. Today was the first significant rain in over a month. More like 6 weeks.
It depends. You can get -20°C in November too. But yeah, mostly it’s just miserable and far more so than in central Europe.
I have been to Helsinki in November, I loved it. Nice and cold and dry and also got some snow. Awesome people, great food, I would totally go back.
Nice! Often in November, it is just cold rain, and eternal darkness. January-February are the best winter months!
I think this is real. Was originally made several years ago.
Helsinki isn’t so bad in November, actually. I’m in Oulu, wayyy further up north. Starting to get into the oof territory. I would probably feel stronger about this if I was not mildly drunk.
Hey we’re practically neighbors I’m in Luleå Sweden :3
Isn’t being mildly drunk sort of a prerequisite for winter where you are? It gets mighty cold where I am and I feel like that’s true.
Yes but are you also mildly nude?
As far as my arms go, yes.
The definition of kalsarikännit means being drunk on the couch with your underpants on. I have my underpants. And jeans. And t-shirt. 'Cause winter is coming. And…
Fff sshh
[goes to the kitchen to look at the thermometer]
OK not bad yet, but it reminds me I need to finally get Frostpunk off my Steam backlog this winter, been too long. …What were we talking about? [falls face first on the phone with nose on the submit button]
Frostpunk in the winter is great. I first played it in North Dakota during the 2019 polar vortex when the windchill got down to -50 degrees freedom units (-45 Celsius) with my new game-syncing lights. As the in-game temp got colder and ice crackled across the screen, the lights would brighten white to match and I became more and more aware of the cold creeping into my room through the house’s insulation. It was super immersive. I hope you get the chance to play it this winter!
I was there for that winter! Idk if it was 18 or 19 [edit after posting i checked. It was likely february 9th 2019] One of the -48f nights (ambient mind you, just west of Tioga, was told later wind chills were like -75-90) I went back out to site on my days off to help a friend fix an air line on one of our pumps. Spent about 4 hours out in it straight, was on site for a while longer in and out making sure his spare stayed operational. I will never be able to truly describe how that felt. It was cold enough to trigger fight or flight, and then you have to decide to stay in it, and then have to make mechanical, proper decisions. I lost like half of a tool kit in the snow because I could not feel anything, I had to watch my hands. Eyes squinted, keeping them open froze the tears and it was a constant minor burning sensation. I had to touch metal bare skinned to get a couple of fittings off, and started threaded when putting it back together. Lost skin but not that much, but still some.
The week or so before that night we’d had a couple feet of snow and williston main street via 1804 by Scenic Sports had about a foot of snow on it when I set out. Such a special memory for me it was one of the few times it was literally me vs the world.
The light pillars at night and sun dogs in the day when it is fucking cold are pretty spectacular
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That’s super cool! I’ve never played it. How long does it take to complete?
I think it depends on your experience with city builders and resource management games. Having played games like Tropico 4 and some Sim City 3000 I managed to get through the main story on my first try in one 5~8 hour sitting. My friend who is less experienced lost entirely after ~2 hours and stopped there. It’s pretty tough until you know the mechanics, but that’s also part of what makes it so rewarding to survive.
I’ve played every sim city and cities skylines. Seems interesting I’ll have to check it out.
The DLCs are also worth giving a shot. One of them is a prequel that gives the game mechanics a little twist and the other is a collection of missions based on the main game with secondary objectives other than fighting off the cold. Awesome game and should be pretty cheap on a sale
I have never seen snow in person before, having my first winter in Finland sounds cool. I’d love to do that.
Seeing snow is very nice. Living in it isn’t so much. It’s so fucking heavy and expensive.
I don’t miss shoveling snow that much, no, but winter sports are amazing, so I have to disagree
I’m in Germany and was teaching a class as a group in the course of a teaching degree (basically, every class period a different pairing from our German language pedagogy class would team up and teach the same students in a subsidized German lesson), and my partner for the early morning December class was from Vietnam, experiencing her first winter. She was an hour late because she was completely unprepared for icy sidewalks and literally couldn’t walk to class.
She finally got there after she made makeshift crampons out of crumpled tinfoil, which was both clever and very cute. Nobody held it against her, but all found it a little funny (she did, too).
Edit: basically, you just need the right gear and it’ll be fine, but you might feel differently about it from how you expect to. Some people love it, but most people from warm places don’t.
When I was in Urumqi, I was hanging out with a guy from Shenzhen. I asked if he liked snowboarding, he said yes, but he doesn’t have a snowboard.
We get to the mountain, and there’s some hints, on the ride over I’m talking about falling on ice, and he says he has fallen a couple times. Maybe it’s translation or he just meant bad falls. He says he doesn’t know how to put his boots on, so I figure maybe he’s only ever used boa laces. We take the gondola to the top of the black diamond, we get our boards on. Guy says “How do I stand up”.
Not only had he never snowboarded before, he had never touched snow before.
So I helped him ride to the bottom and got him practicing on the bunny slope.
Even if you don’t love it, I think it’s something nice to experience.
Thank you for the comment, pretty informative and engaging!
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Kinky Helskinki
What makes it kinky? Names and addresses please!
I love Finland. Gotta go back sometime.
Pretty sure your laugh was real 😉
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