r/MadeMeSmile • u/ansyhrrian • Sep 05 '26

Good Vibes It's pretty awesome that finding love in a Finnish grocery store is apparently intentionally designed.

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u/CessuBF Sep 05 '26

Where did you see them? I haven't. Maybe I am not paying attention.

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u/omegabaryon Sep 05 '26

Well not gonna disclose my location but a Citymarket near me has them for example. I think it depends on the manager of the store if they get them or not.

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u/omegabaryon Sep 05 '26

Not the same I think. In Finland it's owned by Kesko

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u/LuceDuder Sep 05 '26

[kesko] Idk the Finnish phonetics cant be really perfectly translated into English. If you speak Japanese/know how its spoken then its kinda close to [けすこ] (ke-su-ko) with the u in su silent.

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u/Racxie Sep 05 '26

This is something I noticed when learning Japanese is how much a lot of the phonetics sound so much like Finnish, with a few exceptions like ‘R’ which is very much on the opposite ends of the spectrum for both languages.

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear Sep 06 '26

Knew a guy who was doing a PhD in how the phonetics of languages affect people's moods, specifically suicide rates, because Finnish and Japanese despite not being related have similar phonemes and high suicide rates, while other unrelated languages which have higher intonations have less. I don't know anything more than that but it's an interesting idea.

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u/Racxie Sep 06 '26

Definitely interesting. I know that both languages are considered some of the hardest to learn for foreigners (or at least native English speakers), and at least with Japanese it tends to lack…’expression’ (at least compared to English), though I don’t know if that’s the same for Finnish as well (as my Finnish sucks so I’m having to try relearn it.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just one of those “correlation doesn’t imply causation” things given both countries have other reasons for unhappiness (Finland has long winters & highest unemployment rate in EU, and Japan has overworked employees, stigma around mental health, poor economy etc.).

Either way probably not the right sub for that kind of discussion lol.

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u/kog Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

YSK it's just called Kroger, no S needed

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u/Appropriate-Ear-9701 Sep 05 '26

No, citymarkets are owned by Kesko

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u/Mechanicserino Sep 05 '26

Disclose my location XD sybau

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u/DaBrookePlayz Sep 06 '26

I was in the Pori area last year but traveled around the west side often. Maybe I am also oblivious, but I never saw any of these.

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u/thirtyseven1337 Sep 06 '26

Step one: get a plane ticket to Finland ;)