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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Finland isn't what I'm quite so worried about yet.

Its more Estonia. And Latvia. And Moldova, Romania, Poland, Chezchia, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc.

Hungary and Belarus I think we can say are pretty much already Russia.

Also I didn't know about the Kaliningrad Oblast, anyone know what the fuck happened there?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Kaliningrad was German before (Königsberg) but was annexed by the Soviets after WW2 and Russified. At the time there was a land border through the Baltics. When these former Soviet states broke free, Kaliningrad remained Russian.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 points 6 hours ago

That raises a lot more questions

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Why? Lol

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah kaliningrad oblast came like as a surprise to me as well some years back. Like what the fuck is a piece of Russia doing there?!

Estonia is a EU and NATO country. It's not part of NORDEFCO but we still have exercised with them extensively I believe especially after joining NATO.

Finland is the backbone of the Nordic defense.

And that's my favourite role. In the army we won the rope-pulling contest with me as anchor. The other teams wore fucking boots while we had sneakers on (because dress code says no boots with exercise gear) so they broke military dress code and accused us of cheating.

I know I wasn't the strongest member of our group (we had one EU judo champion who could toss a 10-20kg exercise ball to the ceiling of a sports hall like 10m high), but I was the most unyielding one with the most spirit and anger and that's infectious.

I like to think I channeled the spirit of Óðinn:

As mentioned above, Odin’s name can be translated as “Master of Ecstasy.” His Old Norse name, Óðinn, is formed from two parts: first, the noun óðr, “ecstasy, fury, inspiration,” and the suffix -inn, the masculine definite article, which, when added to the end of another word like this, means something like “the master of” or “a perfect example of.” The eleventh-century historian Adam of Bremen confirms this when he translates “Odin” as “The Furious.”[1] Óðr can take countless different forms. As one saga describes Odin, “when he sat with his friends, he gladdened the spirits of all of them, but when he was at war, his demeanor was terrifyingly grim.”

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/odin/

(as a side note odin was way gayer than ppl think and slightly genderfluid and I respect all lgtb and im not a racist, it's just something you have to mention when talking about norse myths)

And thats wholly tangential but it's what I bring to the table.. Let Vanja fucking try opening up another front.

“Silmien Välliin” - Finnish Anti-Russian Song

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 points 6 hours ago

Ok so I learned a lot there

But I like your spirit. Makes me glad y'all are there and not the US

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Fascinating! Thanks for this mythology lesson. I once read that although referring to the same god, "Wodan" is Odin on a grumpy day. Would you agree (I believe it was a modern Norwegian practitioner saying this, it was a long time ago, though).

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 1 points 7 minutes ago

Wodan, Wotan, Woden, Uuoden or Wuotan are just the continental germanic spellings of the name, while Odin is nordic. They all go back to proto-germanic Wōðanaz.

The Old English Wōden of course going back to the Anglo and Saxon invasion of England.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert. It's think the name might just be derivative, but obviously with the time it takes for a name to change, their aspects might change as well.

It is a fascinating site.

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 2 points 6 hours ago

I think a lot is personal perspective too. Anyway, Odin has a special place in my heart. A lot of deities from around the world do. The archetypes are us, after all.

Thanks for your reply.