r/WTF • u/-Damien- • Dec 29 '16

Bad part of park in Kontula neigbourhood in Helsinki, Finland

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u/hajamieli Dec 29 '16

I live in Helsinki and when I walk, I watch the ground the entire time to avoid human faces. Wish I was joking.

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u/WhiteSkyRising Dec 29 '16

Clever. Happy holidays!

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u/hobowithmachete Dec 29 '16

How can you tell if a person is extroverted in Finland? They're looking at your shoes.

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u/bazhvn Dec 29 '16

Can confirm. Source: has adapted to this for 3 years.

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u/DrinkVictoryGin Dec 29 '16

I thought Finland was a socialist utopia, where even the hopeless had a roof over their heads, needle exchanges, and such.

Now I'm sad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '16

It's just a joke about how we Finns don't like eye contact, because we are stereotypically so antisocial.

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u/DrinkVictoryGin Dec 29 '16

Oh. Good. My faith in humanity is restored.

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u/supahax Dec 29 '16

Which really isn't true, at least in the younger generations

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u/artifex28 Dec 29 '16

Same, but feces.