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Originally Posted by troutman
Can nations be introverted?
Introverted - Canada, Switzerland, Iceland
Extroverted - USA, Brazil, Ireland
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Reminds me of this post I happened across a while ago (at the time I was curious about this exact thing, and thus reading about Finland's notorious introversion)...
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Well if this is a contest Finland wins. Denmark is the most continental and extroverted of the Nordic countries. Sweden and Norway are far more introverted. However even the Norwegians and Swedes thinks Finland is very introverted. So it's really over the edge, turbo-charged, on steroids (valium?) introverted.
So when finns interact it's really quiet. It's humorous in a subtle twisted way.
*Two people sit in a kitchen drinking coffee. Clock is heard ticking in the background.*
And that's about it.
*If a stomach happens to growl, the other Finn slowly streches out his hand, to slowly push the basket of crisp bread to his friend without even looking.*
Sauna bathing is a vital part of the culture. Here the Finns feel the heat, get warmed up and might say a word or two. It's usually "Löyly" which means sauna steam. If the Finn is feels extroverted and talkative he might even say "Lisää löylyä", which means more sauna steam. After getting hot and tired of beating themselves with twigs. They all run out and roll around in the snow. Then it starts all over again.
I wonder if it was the Finns who invented telepathy and uses Nokia as a mock up to hide that secret. I'm only half-Finnish so I don't know.
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