Finnish humor

there is a definite flavor to Finnish humor

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[1kyboard]

Brian Jason, i hope you weren't driving while watching the video

[tidsperiod]

187,888 lakes according to wikipedia.

I think finnish humor is unique for its black irony. You think something is funny because it's true. And you can laugh about it because you admit what is true. In Sweden for example you laugh at something that is not quite the truth, you wouldn't dear telling the truth - because it might be offensive.

I honestly - Im a swedish speaking finn - think that finnish people are among the most honest people in the world. Very thinking as well, thus often depressed

[Nickname006]

I think Finnish humor is similar to British humor.

[kulliakaikille]

there is no fare or hate in our "Temple". Come as you are.

[banhornman]

@rosteriperse Samaa ihmettelin :D

For the poster of this video: As a Finn I think the best joke was in the end, when you said something like : "That OK, because that's all part of being funny: When you don't get it. See you later". That definitely was Finnish-kind of humor, intentional or not. It almost literally made me LMAO.

[nusadua66]

Thanks for your insight. I now have a better understanding of my good Finnish friends and their off the wall humor

[jormaanttila]

Finns draw sublime pretenders down and see them "as such" very concretely and in practical way. This is undouptedly common in all cultures' humour. Looking things sarcastically coud still be speciality of Finnish humour, if there is any special humour or even any humour in Finland.

In best way Finnish humor could be, that things are not made funny, but things thought to be funny are taken seriously and literally.

[jormaanttila]

In Finnish humour, if it has own speciality, fine and sublime is seen in prosaic or prophane way. Being noble or civilized is seen just hollow pretending. Other older western cultures are easily seen in this way as pretending and unauthentic.

[Zuomigundi]

@TheCrosbonez There are 5000 years old remnants of sauna in Finland. Oldest something-that-could-have-been­-sauna found from Sweden is a little over 2000 years old. Sauna as a word is prefinnish and means "warmed hole".

Fucking swedes. Only thing they invented is homosexuality.

[SuomiBroadcast]

@TheCrosbonez No Sauna is Finnish. Coz the other things that are called "Sauna" are not real Saunas

[rosteriperse]

On tuo jenkkilä niin kehittynyt maa mut missä kaupungissa näät sähkötolppia suomessa? Isoja voimalinjoja on ja näitä pikkutolppia ei ole kun maantien varressa jos on nykysin enään sieläkään. Jenkeissä on kaikki asuinalueet täynnä noita piuhoja.

[hoogerson]

You mean that its really fun to to put all the weirdest stereotypes on the pedal espeacially the weirdest :D but you gotta understand that its obvious bullshit to the core to get the irony of the

(somewhat)funny stereotypical actions.

[TheLemonGrenade]

@Audinos They'll do their job, in most cases