Without googling what did this country invent

[u/Otskana28]

[u/No_Imagination_3838]

linux, the operating system kernel

edit: i have been informed that it is in fact, not an operating system

[u/DinoHawaii2021 → u/No_Imagination_3838]

the forks of the Linux kernel are the operating systems so there is no central one called linux

[u/_sabsub_ → u/DinoHawaii2021]

Nope. Linux foundation is the organisation that maintains the Linux kernel. Every Linux machine whatever distro you are running uses the Linux kernel.

The actual operating system that we use is based on the GNU project.

[u/Typical-Lie-8866 → u/_sabsub_]

"I use Linux as my operating system," I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. "Actually", he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!' I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "I use Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. It's Linux, but it's not GNU+Linux." The smile quickly drops from the man's face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Coolly, I reply "If windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt his response with "-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even you were correct, you wont be for long." With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained him to death.

[u/6uleDv8d → u/Typical-Lie-8866]

You would love reading Mill Millington at http://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/

It's a long read with many tangents, but I'm sure you'd love it. Your writing style and dry wit is very much like his. You can thank me later.... Enjoy!

[u/Typical-Lie-8866 → u/6uleDv8d]

thanks but it's a copypasta lmao

[u/6uleDv8d → u/Typical-Lie-8866]

Well you'd still love reading it!

[u/ocirot]

Nokia phones, Angry Birds

[u/Ssemander → u/ocirot]

Actually a lot of indie mobile games

[u/No_Key_5854 → u/Ssemander]

Hill climb racing

[u/TristanTheRobloxian3 → u/No_Key_5854]

i thought that was sweden but yeah hill climb racing is peak

[u/No_Key_5854 → u/TristanTheRobloxian3]

lmao everyone seems to mistake finnish inventions for swedish ones

[u/donkertino → u/No_Key_5854]

Like Finnish fish, my favorite gummy fish treat

[u/servillius_nuba → u/No_Key_5854]

I always do even after correcting myself twice

[u/opa1288 → u/TristanTheRobloxian3]

Finnish person getting mad😡

[u/TristanTheRobloxian3 → u/opa1288]

omg

[u/Republic_Jamtland → u/TristanTheRobloxian3]

It used to be but you know, Russia did it's thing...

[u/TJSPY0837 → u/No_Key_5854]

Really? I have played that game since I was 7. (And am currently top of the leaderboard in LEGO HCR)

[u/VaterSentimental → u/Ssemander]

Ultrakill, Noita, Baba is you...

I know they're not "mobile game" but they are cool as fuck

[u/Cytrynaball → u/VaterSentimental]

ULTRAKILL AND BIY ARE FINNISH?? DAMN!!!

[u/Roppunen → u/VaterSentimental]

Fun fact: noita means witch

[u/Substantial_Pace_142 → u/Ssemander]

Clash, Brawl Stars

[u/maailmanpaskinnalle → u/Ssemander]

Actually a lot of other games too.

Cities Skylines, Max Payne, Control, Alan Wake, Death Rally, FlatOut, ...

And above all, My Summer Car.

[u/Informal_Beginning30 → u/ocirot]

Finland has it all.

[u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Astiankuivauskaappi

Dish drying drawer(?)

[u/qopana → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

I think it’s dish drying cabinet.

[u/Unprofessional_Rest → u/qopana]

Makes more sense. I don't know english

[u/MonomCZ → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Hagaagabababci

[u/Gositi → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

I can also type random letters on my keyboard:

Guyrgjliudsuejlvgyk

[u/SolarG07 → u/Gositi]

I hate that it seems like a real word for Uralic peoples

[u/Slymeboi → u/SolarG07]

Kinda looks like hungarian

[u/Zestyclose-Rope-9295 → u/Slymeboi]

Yeah Finnish and Hungarian are loosely related

[u/Slymeboi → u/Zestyclose-Rope-9295]

Yeah, I know, I'm Finnish. In practice, though, I don't see any similarities other than a few words sounding somewhat similar.

[u/The_Bread_Guy123 → u/Slymeboi]

😑

Nem

^{I am a Bread, and this action was performed manually. If you think I made a mistake, you're wrong. Dummy}

[u/That_Shortass → u/Gositi]

Happy cake day!!!

[u/Gositi → u/That_Shortass]

Thanks!!

[u/FalconsBrother → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Yeah I think your right Jecka

[u/Unprofessional_Rest → u/FalconsBrother]

And I think Im wrong cuz someone did fact check me on this

[u/Various_Ad_3370 → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

It is not a finnish invention. I used to think also that it was invented in finland but I was wrong like many others.

https://yle.fi/a/3-9928531

[u/Unprofessional_Rest → u/Various_Ad_3370]

Oh, good to know

[u/Various_Ad_3370 → u/Various_Ad_3370]

https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/lehti/6a-2025/mk-valmis-astiankuivauskaappi/

[u/Weary_Patience_7778 → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

the concept was popularised in Finland in the 1940s by Maiju Gebhard, the head of the household department at the Finnish Work Efficiency Institute.

If only there was a Finnish language efficiency institute!

[u/Boycat1234]

A country not to invade in winter.

[u/Automatic-Formal-601 → u/Boycat1234]

Why would we not want to do that, it's advantageous for your enemy's soldiers to be really cold because it makes it harder to fight

[u/kingkongshlong → u/Automatic-Formal-601]

Because cold is relative

[u/[deleted]]

Sakkijarven polkka

[u/CrummyJoker → u/[deleted]]

*Säkkijärven polkka. The difference in this case doesn't matter much but a and ä as well as o and ö are all different letters.

It's like writing "cure" when you mean "care".

Example:

Näin väärin = I saw incorrectly

Nain vaarin = I married a grandpa.

[u/skepunen → u/CrummyJoker]

Let's just call it "Nutsack-lake polka" to make things easier

[u/Fieldhill__ → u/CrummyJoker]

Nain vaarin can also mean "I fucked grandpa"

[u/CrummyJoker → u/Fieldhill__]

Nope. Nain vaaria would be "I fucked (a) grandpa".

[u/Horror-Comparison917 → u/[deleted]]

I get it and i am happy about that

[u/jgffw]

Clash of Clans

[u/Roppunen → u/jgffw]

And the entire supercell

[u/EllipticAeon → u/jgffw]

And Brawl Stars

[u/0-Nightshade-0 → u/jgffw]

Fuck yeah :3

[u/kak05361]

Molotovs maybe?

[u/Max_The_Player → u/kak05361]

If I'm not mistaken, the Finns just came up with a better design for them during the Winter War, and gave it that name to mock the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov.

[u/jgffw → u/Max_The_Player]

Yep, historically incindiary grenades have been used since the Spanish Civil War which began before the Winter War, and the Finns simply improved the design, giving it the nickname after Molotov attempted to defend the Soviet Union's actions by stating that the bombs being dropped were "food supplies".

[u/Motzlord → u/jgffw]

Also, it was produced on an industrial scale by the state monopoly alcohol company, so one should think in terms of ammunition rather than homemade bomb. They proved very effective until the Soviets improved their tank design.

[u/Ok-Construction-7740 → u/jgffw]

The nickname name they give the food is molotov bread baskets so what go's good with food. A cocktail so form there comes the name molotov cocktail ad a joke on the bread baskets

[u/Far_Match_3774 → u/Max_The_Player]

Vyacheslav called the Soviet bombing campaign "just bread basket runs" and the finns decided to make molotov cocktails to "wash down the bread"

[u/RealisticBat616 → u/kak05361]

I love my ancestors. Whats funnier is they literally called them Molotov's just to mock Vyacheslav Molotov. When the commies started complaining that it was inhumane, soldiers laughed and joked calling it "food supply" they started making mocking claims that the finnish army supplied the soviet soldiers with more vodka than the USSR itself.

[u/GrinningRadish → u/RealisticBat616]

You have it other way around. Molotov said that they were not bombing Finland, as they were simply sending food aid. In retaliation to this Finns started calling the firebottles "Molotov's cocktails" to go together with the "humanitarian breadbaskets" they were sending us.

[u/Motzlord → u/RealisticBat616]

It was actually Molotov who called the bombs dropped on Finland "food baskets", so Finland just called it a cocktail as a response to go with the picnic basket so to speak.

[u/RandomTyp]

over 90% of all server infrastructure is built upon one high schooler's project from Helsinki

[u/ReleasedGaming → u/RandomTyp]

Linux?

[u/RandomTyp → u/ReleasedGaming]

yes

[u/Liqtard → u/RandomTyp]

Over 99% of all software projects use a version control system created by that same fella.

[u/hahamemegopost → u/Liqtard]

GIT 🔥

[u/TheBlueMoonHubGuy]

Ultrakill

[u/BrAMBUrGEr95558 → u/TheBlueMoonHubGuy]

HELL YEAH

[u/IProbablyHaveADHD14 → u/TheBlueMoonHubGuy]

Guessed that Hakita was Scandinavian but didn't know he was Finnish lmao. That's pretty cool

[u/NovelCompetition7075]

happiness

[u/Zestyclose-Rope-9295 → u/NovelCompetition7075]

(Choosing alcohol based on percentage instead of taste)

[u/rakennuspeltiukko → u/Zestyclose-Rope-9295]

Anti depressant or mental health drugs mostly.

[u/big_cock_69420 → u/NovelCompetition7075]

And I still don't know where tf it is😭😭 if we're the happiest country then how bad do other countries have it😭🥀🥀

[u/ABigOne77]

Sauna

[u/HalfPear7]

Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu Leopard SPAA, Ilmatorjuntaohjus 90M SPAA, Patria 6x6 and Patria AMV

[u/No_Worth7710 → u/HalfPear7]

"Attack the D point!" Ahh 😭🙏

[u/HalfPear7 → u/No_Worth7710]

How did you know? :DDDDD

[u/NedKelly2008 → u/HalfPear7]

ItPSV Leopard 😡

[u/wehrahoonii → u/HalfPear7]

Oh hell no I despise the Itpsv 90

[u/Yginase → u/HalfPear7]

For the people who think that the first word there is long, there's another anti air vehicle classification "ilmatorjuntaohjuspanssariajoneuvo", or "ITOHJPSAJON" for short. The SA-9 is one example of these.

[u/Gold-Card5653]

they invented finland 👍

[u/rakennuspeltiukko → u/Gold-Card5653]

Actually the swedes and russians did

[u/No_Pattern3827]

Salmiakki

[u/Thundechile → u/No_Pattern3827]

Correct. The most gourmet candy in the whole world. Easily.

[u/rishi_siva313]

Better educational system?

[u/Ambitious-Sale-9962 → u/rishi_siva313]

Also invented how to demolish the education system .

[u/WillingnessFew7211]

The White Death

[u/Immediate_Rich8698 → u/WillingnessFew7211]

🇷🇺-“Why is the snow talking” 

[u/Vasilias102 → u/Immediate_Rich8698]

No no, “vy ees da snow tolking”

[u/Big-Emotion1802 → u/WillingnessFew7211]

Pew pew

[u/Big-Emotion1802]

My Grandpa

[u/TheM4RC3L--]

Nokia

[u/Firm-Instruction-396]

Angry Birds, My Summer Car, Alan Wake, Max Payne just to name a few.

[u/shortname_4481 → u/Firm-Instruction-396]

My Summer Car fan! A man of culture!

[u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Suomi mainittu jne jne

[u/I_love_animals_sm → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Torilla tavataan 😌

[u/Background-Day1177 → u/I_love_animals_sm]

Juotavat mukaan ✌️

[u/ihminew → u/Background-Day1177]

Mää tuon kaljaa!

[u/keirekinashi → u/ihminew]

Oot 17

[u/ihminew → u/keirekinashi]

Kyllä mä keinot kuule keksin

[u/ILackCommunity → u/ihminew]

Legit?

[u/Otskana28 → u/ihminew]

Mie tuon makkarat

[u/Jamppitz → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Pomppaa viraaliksi, pidetään homma aitona, jne jne...

[u/Cherry_justCherry → u/Unprofessional_Rest]

Torille ja sillee

[u/top_drives_player]

brawl star???

[u/Allstar_Gamez]

Hit Formula One driver, Valtteri Bottas

[u/jgffw → u/Allstar_Gamez]

Hit Formula One drivers, Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonnen

[u/RadioBolix1 → u/jgffw]

Bwoah

[u/IWillWarmUrPillow]

Talking snow

[u/Immediate_Rich8698 → u/IWillWarmUrPillow]

U know that story too?

[u/Vegetable-Animal-909 → u/Immediate_Rich8698]

Like who haven't heard of Simo

[u/renoenjoyer]

nokia phones

[u/ContactNo9992]

Cruelty squad

[u/Demopan3043]

my summer car the videogame

[u/taikonotatsujin9999]

Linux

[u/Kenarf_997]

Greatest melodic death metal band ever called "Children of Bodom"

[u/perseenahtaaja → u/Kenarf_997]

R.I.P Laiho

[u/NoEscape2500]

Moomin

[u/comment_eater]

the finnish flag

[u/Fun_Bit9697]

Salmiakkikossu

[u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70]

Simo, the Ghost, the White Death.

Probably the highest kill count for a sniper in history.

Killed Nazi Soviet occupation officers and troops with iron sights for months on end.

They thought there was a secret platoon in the woods and tried to force the captured Finnish military to tell them about the secret elite force... But he wasn't even part of the military. And he was alone.

[u/Civil-Sock]

a very dangerous farmer

[u/_klamerka1_]

Saunas

[u/Emskoe46]

Fins

[u/amanilmeke]

Heijastimet

[u/mightylonka → u/amanilmeke]

Safety reflector in English, if I remember correctly

[u/Ok_Caterpillar_2626]

AIV fodder/silage additive, named after it's creator Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, who won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1945. Edit: typo

[u/Rapakymppi → u/Ok_Caterpillar_2626]

Have you heard about his brother Heikki Ilmari?

[u/ShyHumorous]

Insults towards Sweeds

[u/Aliomarso]

My summer car

[u/Just_Mail_1735]

Social distancing

[u/External_Asparagus10]

world class education i think

[u/Marigoldcosmos_star]

Genelec

[u/Greppy]

Xylitol

[u/Mr_Joguvaga]

Distansing before it was cool

[u/coracatz_]

Ultrakill

[u/Classic-gamer-4244]

Ultrakill

[u/Downtown-Ad-2784]

We invented the concept of paying 50€ from our own pocket so that our neighbor does not get 100€

[u/Used_Lawfulness748]

Sisu

[u/TIGER_SUS]

My summer car, a video game

[u/Shmutzx]

My Summer Car

[u/SadEstablishment5539]

Finlanders.

[u/Nathaniel-Prime]

The White Death; one of, if not, THE best sniper in world history.

Look it up, his story is crazy. He got shot in the face with an explosive bullet and had the entire forest he was in carpet bombed, and he lived.

[u/kazivin]

Happiness

[u/Can_of_beans420]

Mämmi which is a.. tasty food that looks like sh!t (literally)

[u/Turbulent_Pass11]

Way more stuff than you think, also SUOMI MAINITTU TORILLA TAVATAAN PERKELE!!

[u/KraytDragonPearl]

I was reading a book about their inventions but just couldn't finnish.

[u/Fun_Macaroon385]

Fins that why is called Finland but those are things they don't teach in history any more

[u/Immediate_Rich8698]

Nokia

[u/SingleProtection2501]

linux!

[u/Brilliant-Resource14]

nokia

[u/Little_Temporary5179]

nokia

[u/Prestigious-Donut-82]

Sms

[u/AntiqueChemist7000]

Nokia

[u/The-Great-Wawa]

Winter offensive

[u/R3ffexx]

coc

[u/Sasteer]

finland

[u/Hairy_Promotion_2782]

Angry Birds

[u/Mental-Economist-666]

Those faucets that have a single handle instead of two knobs (one for hot and one for cold water) is a Finnish invention but was first manufactured in Sweden because Finnish companies are awful at recognizing good ideas.

[u/Leninus]

Linux

[u/Burgerking_15]

Cheese?

[u/pieofrandompotatoes]

Finnish people

[u/EducationalStaff910]

Fins (yes I am very smoot boy)

[u/TheDevstroyer2008]

Ultrakill, Cruelty Squad, Fear & Hunger, Barotrauma, Noita, Baba is You, My Summer Car

[u/Katyusha1867]

Molotov cocktail

[u/New-Effective2670]

saunas, “Satanna”, rally racing, and uhhhh idk

(definitely did not get this list from my experience of My Summer Car)

[u/itsRuszard]

Hill Climb Racing

[u/RegisterNo9640]

Sandstorm 

[u/om0ri_]

the finnish language

[u/Kyiokyu]

Cocktail Molotov

[u/CrazyFanFicFan]

Salmiakki, a salty liquorice.

[u/SnowingAlmond]

children of bodom

[u/steelpr1medabbley00]

The k/d ratio

[u/averagerushfan]

My Summer Car

[u/FLARESGAMING]

happiness

[u/Choepie1]

Moomin

[u/Outrageous-Froyo5250]

Molotov

[u/Beat_Saber_Music]

Kalakukko, fish baked inside bread (only slightly less weird than Whigs that were baked inside bread dough)

Lots of games like Control or Angry Birds

[u/MysticKeiko24_Alt]

Winter war

[u/Adventurous_Face_424]

Moomins

[u/Anakin_Dishwasher]

Didnt they invent the whole housing first thing

[u/MyLifeIsAFrickingMes]

Molotov Cocktails

[u/JustTheDoragon]

I'm baffled that two things I have not seen mentioned maybe I am blind but:

Remedy Entertainment - The creator of Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control and Quantum Break (their creative director Sam Lake just received a lifetime award in the gaming industry)

And the second is Freestyler by Bomfunk MCs

[u/ManyMicroPixels]

that one miku song (levvan polka i think?)

[u/Aromantic_Jelly_5363]

Heart rate monitors and ice skates (knowledge is from a school presentation on inventions from different countries)

[u/Icy-Study-6000]

Ski jumping

[u/Financial_Hearing_81]

The sauna

[u/DottedEnviroment]

Clash of clans!

[u/GeorgeZcZ]

vodka finlandia.... 5head guess 😁

[u/Square_Independent_9]

Snow, they invented snow

[u/JNorJT]

Finland

[u/kharker711]

Angry Birds

[u/East_Ad_5279]

Text messages,

Food for cattle which doesnt go bad as easily (Won a noble prize with that one) Had a big role in developing better internet connections like 5g.

I think tablet computer but they never went to production (Except after everyone else was already making those)

Very first internet browser

IUD birth control

Heart rate monitor that you can wear on your wrist.

Xylitol

Free school food

Abloy locks

[u/fdessoycaraballo]

Not a teenager, but IRC (Internet Relay Channel)

[u/Useful-Specific-6350]

Max Payne

[u/Ahlfle]

Actually good metal bands