(I mean, at least in the Metropolitan area) Earlier I waited in line at a shop in Helsinki and behind me was a large group of schoolkids, all various people of colour and all speaking American English with each other. It's a fairly common occurrence in Eastern Helsinki and makes you feel like you're in the US or Canada

It's interesting how quick things have developed just since I was a kid

I think it's cool but it seems to cause Finnish boomers enormous existential anxiety of the Great Replacement variety

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Finnish is a cool language. The linguistic nerd in me is a bit sad at that. Tried learning it at one point cause me dream was to see Sonata Arctica in their home country. I tried for a couple years, but to no avail. Also, that band totally fell off. Like, holy shit.