War Room Lounge v190: Resolution Impossible

[TheGreatA]

Did you fall in love with any of the characters?

No. They're not really written in a way that's going to make you care about them.

That sounds way better than Baskervillen Koira. It's next on my list. A finnish friend of mine recommended seitsemän veljestä, is it any good?

"Seitsemän veljestä" is kind of our "epic" (next to "Tuntematon sotilas"), a book that everybody has read, or atleast knows the premise.

It was probably more significant to people of the era, than people today. It depicted "peasant" life as it was, rough, hard, and ugly, rather than as it was glorified by the "poets", such as Runeberg.

The author was also, sort of, our version of Vincent Van Gogh in the sense that he was heckled and criticized in his own time, but after he died in tragic circumstances, he became a legend.

Most of the celebrated books in Finland aren't necessarily masterpieces, but books that appealed to the public, even though the critics hated them.

 

[Sketch]

No. They're not really written in a way that's going to make you care about them.



"Seitsemän veljestä" is kind of our "epic" (next to "Tuntematon sotilas"), a book that everybody has read, or atleast knows the premise.

It was probably more significant to people of the era, than people today. It depicted "peasant" life as it was, rough, hard, and ugly, rather than as it was glorified by the "poets", such as Runeberg.

The author was also, sort of, our version of Vincent Van Gogh in the sense that he was heckled and criticized in his own time, but after he died in tragic circumstances, he became a legend.

Most of the celebrated books in Finland aren't necessarily masterpieces, but books that appealed to the public, even though the critics hated them.

I don’t know. I feel @tonni could develop a connection with the characters.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

I bet those cute Finnish girls have such soft little pale feet

am I right @Prokofievian ?

 

[Sketch]

I bet those cute Finnish girls have such soft little pale feet

am I right @Prokofievian ?

Are you a feet guy?

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Are you a feet guy?

Lol no.

But Proko is like disgusted by feet, so I’m just trying to get a rise out of him (not literally)

 

[The Diplomat]

Lol no.

But Proko is like disgusted by feet, so I’m just trying to get a ride out of him (not literally)

He should hear what @Rex Garoppolo thinks about the subject.

 

[Fawlty]

So basically, Finland has no distinct culture. Seems to be a hodgepodge of some things that people without chronic hypothermia came up with.

 

[Prokofievian]

I bet those cute Finnish girls have such soft little pale feet

am I right @Prokofievian ?

Lol no.

But Proko is like disgusted by feet, so I’m just trying to get a rise out of him (not literally)

I feel like I should explain. There are feet, and then there are feet. No feet are particularly attractive, but if you have yellow toenails and a swollen gout ridden foot, put that shit away.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I was making a joke pointed at a dork who got mad me for saying I enjoyed Rosemary lmao

To be fair, that pissed me off too.

 

[The Diplomat]

So basically, Finland has no distinct culture. Seems to be a hodgepodge of some things that people without chronic hypothermia came up with.

They had a distinct culture, "Finnish Paganism", but it was between two larger cultures. They didn't even make the Viking cut.

 

[BEER]

To be fair, that pissed me off too.

That I like rosemary?

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

That I like rosemary?

I think we were all a little triggered by your love of rosemary tbh

 

[sickc0d3r]

I bet those cute Finnish girls have such soft little pale feet

am I right @Prokofievian ?

Lol no.

But Proko is like disgusted by feet, so I’m just trying to get a rise out of him (not literally)

Abort! Abort!

 

[Prokofievian]

So basically, Finland has no distinct culture. Seems to be a hodgepodge of some things that people without chronic hypothermia came up with.

You would have hurt his feelings

 

[BEER]

I think we were all a little triggered by your love of rosemary tbh

I don't get it, tbh. I never said that I put Rosemary on everything. I just said that parsley, basil, and rosemary where my favorites.

Dude got triggered and explained that you can't put rosemary on everything, and it was fun to pretend like I would.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

You're enabling his pathetic attempt to save face. Let him enter the nexus, tonni. It will cleanse him.

no need to save face.

@tonni apologized to me and even Trotsky gave me the benefit of the doubt and interpreted my post correctly.

hope your day improves.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

That I like rosemary?

LOL

I really need to include a winky emoji or "jk jk"

totally breaking your balls dude.

 

[BEER]

@Social Distance Warrior

How do you feel about this post:

The dude who got punched in the thread in question was not a "peaceful political marcher".

If the post is removed because it condoned violence in general, cool, but don't gaslight me lmao

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

@Social Distance Warrior

How do you feel about this post:

you were not promoting violence and stated an opinon. one of which I'm inclined to agree with.

I thought @nac386 's first post in that thread hit the nail on head. just shameful behavior, all around.

 

[Jack V Savage]

@Social Distance Warrior:

How do you feel about this one? I noticed you neither "liked" it nor criticized it. Please don't keep me guessing again.

TBF, Shakespeare couldn't spell his own name correctly.

But, dude, he probably was the greatest writer of all time. Put aside "understanding Western thought," as it's beside the point. Just enjoy the work (granting that you might have to put a little extra effort in to appreciate it in the beginning). It's like trying to explain the anatomy of a blowjob instead of just leaning back and taking it in.