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SharanskyWailer t1_jb7vv9t wrote

This is actually a huge honor. I hate that it takes visits like this to remind us that Washington has very big Finnish-American population, especially right across the bridge from Astoria over in Oregon.

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Fartknocker500 t1_jb8hw4t wrote

My family is from Astoria, all Finns. I thought the Finnish president coming to WA is really amazing.

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kr9969 t1_jb8pjvb wrote

Same with my grandmas side, they spent their time between Astoria and Aberdeen, where they had a cranberry farm just a little ways away in grayland.

Fun fact, my grandmas family name is in the cranberry museum there.

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TheFairAmerican t1_jb9s1po wrote

I might be one of the few who knows what that means lol. Very cool though. (From a swede finn)

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mods_r_jobbernowl t1_jb8ig05 wrote

This is the first i'm hearing of Astoria having a lot of people of Finnish descent.

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SharanskyWailer t1_jb8j0ok wrote

It's a not-so-well-kept secret. I had the pleasure of talking to 70-something year-old Finnish man at a fundraising lunch at the lodge there that there were so many in the area decades ago (into the 1960s and 1970s) that they still spoke Finnish with each other in everyday life.

Apparently, Astoria had one of the largest populations in the USA outside Minnesota and Wisconsin. Those who haven't passed away have mostly left the area. The same old man complained bitterly about the economic decline and how there is so much poverty and addiction in the area instead.

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lurkerfromstoneage t1_jb93dlb wrote

UP of Michigan too for sure. Heck they even have Suomi College. Am Finn-American with a large Finnish family from MN, WI, MI. Didn’t know about Astoria either I’ll need to look more into that!

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freckledtabby t1_jb9vnz2 wrote

Great news!
Many Scandinavians migrated to Western WA for the fishing industry. It feels good dropping an "Oh-ya" every now and then, sure-in-ya-betcha!

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I_miss_your_mommy t1_jbawfi2 wrote

I'm a little embarrassed I didn't even know Finland had a president. I've only heard of their PM.

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swirlingreality t1_jbccpet wrote

I thought The Finnish President was that hot lady. When did it become this dude

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rosesandpiglets t1_jb7tw2z wrote

Cool, let me know when the Kind of Norway comes back.

Lol, apparently no one liked my Poulsbo humor

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anti-zastava t1_jb7utaq wrote

Hopefully these people can keep their hands out of our pockets...

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JacktheTrapper t1_jb7xj61 wrote

Finland is one of the most progressive countries on the planet with a population of around 5 million people. They’re doing fine without our money, educate yourself before you type

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anti-zastava t1_jb88llf wrote

I'll get downvoted to oblivion, but we shouldn't give money to the ukrainians either.

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Gwtheyrn t1_jb8exk1 wrote

And I'd prefer if we didn't have to give money to Idaho, Mississippi, or North Dakota, yet here we are.

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KooterPoundist t1_jb8pjjg wrote

lol what a generalization. what does "giving money to nazis" even mean? are we asking for their ideological affiliation and then handing out wads of cash? are there nazi battalions we fund per accordance of their anti-semitism? are you even operating on any sense of fact? newsflash, these all share the same answer.

at any rate, you could easily apply that to anyone funding any military.

you wanna seem so morally upright but i don't think you actually give a fuck about these things or you'd bring up the wretched domestic abuse laws in Russia, or the rampant anti-semitism in Russian media (read: the ukrainian president is Jewish).

bitches will act like they have standards and meanwhile run implicit defense for fascistic causes, lmfao.

"uuhh m'kay, as long as you don't give money to duh nawzis" as if dude, as if

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OlyScott t1_jb9ifz0 wrote

Did you know that the president of Ukraine is a Jewish man whose grandfather was killed by Nazis?

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Barbarella_ella t1_jb8uomk wrote

You idiot. Finland rates higher than the U.S. on most every meaningful measure of a developed country. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/europe/world-happiness-report-ranking.html?unlocked_article_code=gbs_Z9gBKEdc0tHOCyeQb5LpEHDD2Gvb7Nw42rAPmcGfl3-RDXMBS4-KgrdXrqXrxT3GVhgY81HV617ac4BFgvIMgsq9xWfaoVBYf6Q-THaNC2I2yUm3ehUz-hc9xGzrf7OLRufbMJyyiw5V38afSdqBwBxBrKShX6cap5e5OVxWJIvH-CH2CEBEz7ETo-x750sVTAgeLCgCjCUHn3-rFKBkAgY4Q8kJVP1SZSXrG6iWye6bzGrPVodutWH4nv_zo4Z9ipNWYNIiYyq9eQA1FRF3DQygGcgbk9RchowItzAXESA6kjcFz_No9SU5zL5a2L369pdZn2qvsJ9-6M2ZHsnDyns2zFES15jAoQw&smid=url-share

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Habba84 t1_jb9l612 wrote

What about pick-ups per yearly salary!?

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leela_martell t1_jb9k7kv wrote

If you didn’t want to help Ukraine maybe you shouldn’t have been part of the group of countries (with Russia and the UK) who made Ukraine give up its nukes in exchange of protection (Budapest memorandum) in the first place. Has it never occurred to people like you that when your country inserts itself everywhere that doesn’t only come with benefits but also responsibilities?

Finland has never (and I do mean never, including Marshall Aid) gotten a single penny from the US and we’re not asking for money or even equipment, just partnership.

By the way most Europeans are really grateful to Joe Biden, his government and the gracious people of the US (unlike you) who want to help when asked.

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