I mean to be fair, itâs not like in game translations to Finnish are good, right? Theyâre horrible translated to Estonian.
And since tech world is dominated by English language, the Estonian translations feel so awful Iâve just started using my PC and whatnotelse in English home language.
More like the one of the giants (apparently the main characters in Kalevala arenât giants? Kalevipoeg stays winning hehe) dug holes to eat and pooped them out down southâŚ
I am also sorry if I hurt you, I think I didnât convey my thoughts correctly. I wanted to say that there are ways to see things in a more positive perspective and that it might be helpful to value the past and even the present (because life is still happening all around us and weâre writing our story) instead of denying it. And, like I said, I myself had this feeling of disconnection and I do acknowledge all the negative factors that we have to deal with here.
But you can see for yourself how people here react to me. We have long been enemies with them here on the forum, so Iâm not surprised in the slightest. How quick they are to bring the Z-letter and ânat+onalistsâ into the argument and start throwing personal insults. Iâve met but a few rac*st people personally in my life (towards my country, that is), and -what a surprise! today Iâve encountered more of them than in the whole 3 years. And they all happen to be the people who were part of my previous debates on WoW lore. What a coincidence.
And look, thatâs what he said. But when I simply mentioned that I am proud of my heritage people called me bad names and quickly turned on me. So thatâs just the hivemind mentality for you. Not the first time I see this kind of paradox here and I bet itâs not the last either.
Less romantic than the parting gift of lakes between kin but old timey stories do this sort of stuff. Enjoy your beautiful poop islands.
I tried to talk Finnish to other people from Argent Dawn on discord and it felt wrong 
Me when Nerathion tried to talk to me in Estonian
I think that itâs worth reflecting on how you conduct yourself in disagreements too â belitting Lintianâs position to simply being the result of âpropagandaâ isnât exactly respectful of her lived experiences and definitely gave off a certain impression about your own position (whether thatâs true or not).
So itâs an easter meal, then.
Czechia. It sucks, but then I czech the rest of the world and I am glad where I am.
PS: Why is drama even in a thread like this?
My Finnish friend made me a curry with bananas in it once and it was surprisingly good.
Itâs good, yes - using banana instead of honey to give the sauce that sweetness! Done it too on occasionâŚ
Any of you gals tried welsh cakes? Food of the gods.
Bananas go on bread with peanut butter.
successive decades of governments fear/war mongering and stoking zealous patriotism/nationalism for their own nefarious agendas. People fall into tribalism easily, unfortunately.
People telling you to not belittle Lintian for not sharing your pride in your country is not racism.
No, plenty of people have expressed pride in their heritage here. The issue was how you came into the thread, as Loras said specifically as you just dismissed any of Lintians thoughts and experienced as âpropagandaâ.
I would love to try them at some point.
Look up a recipe, theyâre super easy to make.
Will do!
Oh god I fell right for it, verdammt!
sylt moment
Bringing The Letter into discussion and perpetrating harmful stereotypes is absolutely the wrong thing to do, and I called them out on that.
One of Wikipediaâs guidelines that influenced me in the past, and thatâs applicable to more than just editing Wikipedia, is titled thus: âAssume good faithâ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith
I start with the assumption that people here arenât trying to intentionally destroy each otherâs lives. (There are people in the world who actively are trying to destroy the lives of whole social groups, in the misguided belief that theyâre doing it for the greater good, but I donât believe any of them are present on this forum. The prevailing opinions on this forum are pretty clear to me, and I like most of them.)
Unfortunately, our first interactions with a given person tend to color our later impressions of them. Itâs not anyoneâs fault; itâs how weâre wired as a species, and something for which we have to consciously correct. If you and someone else started on a bad note, then chances are that the disagreements will continue to escalate, with you finding more and more reasons to hate each other and see an ulterior motive behind The Enemyâs every action.
Iâm not saying they are prejudiced against you because of the thread I know nothing about. Iâm not in a position to judge. But I donât think they called you out for being proud of your country. Thereâs nothing wrong with that. I respect people who genuinely want to help their country get famous for the good things about it, and improve on the bad.
Their issue, rather, â as I perceive it â was about calling me out, and about jumping to conclusions about the source of my beliefs without seeing the whole life story behind them. And in that, I think they committed a similar error: they acted overzealous, and jumped to conclusions, believing that anyone who takes an issue with someone like me must be a supporter of Fire Nation leadership.
Dividing the world into black and white is also our tendency as a species for which we have to correct. Putting labels on people we disagree with is easy. Actually understanding where theyâre coming from, even if you end up still disagreeing with them in the end, is harder.