Official Derailed thread... Wait, what?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by Zaius Ex, Feb 28, 2012.

Page 806 of 815
  1. Damion Sparhawk

    Damion Sparhawk The Missing Link Viking

    Messages:
    9,453
    Likes Received:
    4,957
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    damn you foreshortening!
     
    Damion Sparhawk, Oct 18, 2020
    #16101
  2. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    Viewing four dimensional space in three dimensions is just as awkward!
     
    SheepHugger, Oct 18, 2020
    #16102
  3. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland


    Laughing. My. Ass. Off! :D
     
    SheepHugger, Oct 19, 2020
    #16103
  4. Lardaltef

    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

    Messages:
    16,957
    Likes Received:
    7,744
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    [​IMG]
     
    Lardaltef, Oct 20, 2020
    #16104
    SheepHugger likes this.
  5. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    [​IMG]
    Liam Neeson in:
    MOVIE HAS TOO LONG NAME BUT WE CAN STILL SQUEEZE IT IN DIAGONALLY
     
    SheepHugger, Oct 20, 2020
    #16105
    MostlyHarmless, Lardaltef and j.p. like this.
  6. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    SheepHugger, Oct 24, 2020
    #16106
  7. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    [​IMG]
    Happy Agincourt day!
     
    SheepHugger, Oct 25, 2020
    #16107
    Lardaltef and Solomance like this.
  8. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
     
    SheepHugger, Nov 2, 2020
    #16108
  9. Lardaltef

    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

    Messages:
    16,957
    Likes Received:
    7,744
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    [​IMG]
     
    Lardaltef, Nov 3, 2020
    #16109
    Orcinus, MostlyHarmless and SheepHugger like this.
  10. Damion Sparhawk

    Damion Sparhawk The Missing Link Viking

    Messages:
    9,453
    Likes Received:
    4,957
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    or, warm, as the objective may be.
     
    Damion Sparhawk, Nov 4, 2020
    #16110
    Lardaltef likes this.
  11. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    Oh he's in Siberia and he's going to be cool even with all that fur.
     
    SheepHugger, Nov 4, 2020
    #16111
    Lardaltef likes this.
  12. Lardaltef

    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

    Messages:
    16,957
    Likes Received:
    7,744
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    [​IMG]
     
    Lardaltef, Nov 6, 2020
    #16112
    SheepHugger likes this.
  13. Orcinus

    Orcinus Veteran DovaOrca Berserker

    Messages:
    2,573
    Likes Received:
    412
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    <Redacted>
    [​IMG]
     
    Orcinus, Nov 14, 2020
    #16113
    Lardaltef likes this.
  14. Lardaltef

    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

    Messages:
    16,957
    Likes Received:
    7,744
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Ætt (Clan):
    Drakjägare
    [​IMG]
     
    Lardaltef, Nov 24, 2020
    #16114
    MostlyHarmless, j.p. and SheepHugger like this.
  15. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland


    When artillery is your religion.
     
    SheepHugger, Nov 27, 2020
    #16115
  16. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    [​IMG]
    Occam's Razor
     
    SheepHugger, Nov 30, 2020
    #16116
    j.p. likes this.
  17. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    [​IMG]
     
    SheepHugger, Dec 1, 2020
    #16117
  18. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland


    I've seen many cultural traditions with complex explanations, often resolving around things such as "I was meditating upon how short the cherry flower's blossoming is and..." or how a viking sits on a cliff watching thunder and lightning, how Indians interpret spirit dreams and how some African tribes had these fervent drummings in the background while the dancers reached a state of trance...

    But Finnish sisu is about whipping yourself to furious angry wrath and cursing so hard that Satan himself would find it excessive.

    And the effects are instantaneous and complete replenishment of your stamina, ignorance of any pain and increased strength.
     
    SheepHugger, Dec 1, 2020
    #16118
    Solomance likes this.
  19. Solomance

    Solomance Well Liked Hirdman MWO Thane

    Messages:
    1,017
    Likes Received:
    621
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Canada
    Ætt (Clan):
    Svinfylking
    Can we get a translation for the non-Finn amongst us?
     
    Solomance, Dec 1, 2020
    #16119
  20. SheepHugger

    SheepHugger Well Liked Viking

    Messages:
    6,547
    Likes Received:
    4,445
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Finland
    "Suomalainen sisu."
    Finnish sisu.

    Man: "Jumalauta saatana!"
    'God-help' (but a curse, more like goddamnit) satan!

    "...et pane kauaa kotikontujeni alla, perkele!"
    ... you won't be fucking for long under (the soil of) my homestead, perkele!

    "Jämpti on niin, perkele... jumalauta... *unintelligible*"
    And it is as so, perkele... God-help (goddamnit?)... ???

    "Perkele! Kyllä jämpti on niin jumalauta! ...perkele...."
    Perkele! And it indeed is as so, God-help! (goddamnit) ...perkele...


    Dictionary
    Sisu
    Sisu is a Finnish concept described as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness and is held by Finns themselves to express their national character. It is generally considered not to have a literal equivalent in English.

    Jumalauta
    Literally, "God help" or "God help me". Despite how it appears to translate it is a curse word when joined. If it were "Jumal, auta" it would mean "God please help me". It's use is like an exclamation and while it implies that it would be good if God would render some assistance it is typically employed more in the sense of a defiance against hardship or alternatively as an exclamation of some degree of desperation in face of adversity in a manner of irritated frustration and anger. Though a sense of despair and need of assistance is also implied.

    Saatana
    Satan. The mere mention of Satan is a common curse. Often intensified by combining it with other words such as "saatanan paska" -literally Satan's shit or "helvetin saatana" -literally Satan of Hell. Commonly also "saatana perkele" and of course "jumalauta saatana".

    Perkele
    Evil spirit or variation of words "god damn" in Finnish and is a popular Finnish profanity. It has a history of being used as a curse: a cry for the god for strength. It still is a common curse word in vernacular Finnish. To a Finn, the word entails seriousness and potency that more lightly used curses lack. Also, when the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland held a popular contest to nominate the "most energizing" word in the Finnish language, one of the suggestions was Perkele because "it is the curse word that gave the most strength for the reconstruction of Finland after the wars."
     
    SheepHugger, Dec 2, 2020
    #16120
    Solomance likes this.
Page 806 of 815