A friend of a friend of mine visited Stockholm from the US. She loved it, but was really puzzled by "all the gay nannies" until she was told they were the fathers.
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Wait what's with the knives? That baby is holding one, his dad is giving one to the other baby... I don't get this reference I'm a brute sorry
SATW always portrays Finland with a knife, so itβs more of an inside joke and not related to this specific comic strip.
All scandinavians has those (fjΓ€llkniv, morakniv,...) but the finnish are portrayed, in Scandinavia, as the most isolated/laconic people,the most "manly" ones, hence the knife. Swedes were portrayed as the gayest in the nineties at least (very "woke"), and so on. It's just cultural stereotypes.
Thanks for these insights, TIL.
...I want a Scandinavian boyfriend now, these knives are really nice!
In sweden you'll get a viking who do the dishes, and has a knife π
When you go into the outdoors don't you have knives too? I don't know how to do anything without one
I'm not much of an outdoors person myself however I do own two foldable knives. Indoors I tend to use kitchen knives and the retractable blades sorts which is actually stationery but yes we agree blades are incredibly useful
However having said that easily half the people I know don't own any blades that cut, not even in their kitchens.
Swedes were portrayed as the gayest in the nineties at least (very "woke"), and so on.
Also because the way their version of the "Scandinavian language" is very flamboyant
There is also a Swedish stereotype that Finnish people always have knives and that they take them out when they're drunk.
Here in the UK its getting more and more common, but we still have to put up with strangers asking "are you babysitting today?".
Like no mate I'm being a parent.
You're not being very apparent if they have to ask.
I think it's pretty ap-parent
Yes but are they an apt parent?
As a Finn I am deeply insulted by yet strongly approve of the knife thing.
reminds me of how in australia you're not allowed to have a big knife unless you have a good reason. i feel like "it's the national identity" should be a good enough reason
What type of knife do you suggest for a small baby? I'm assuming the joke there is that babies have difficulty handling chef's knives and that something like a pairing knife would be more appropriate. Or maybe a throwing knife because the loop makes them easier to hold and they are probably going to end up throwing it at some point, so better to use a knife designed for it?
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