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katakowsj  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "But one must try"

Reminds me of a story capturing the directness of communication between men in Finland. The story goes... Two old Finish men, not having seen each other in more than ten years, happen upon each other at a bar. They immediately sit down for drinks. They sit in silence, the first drink comes, they both drink. The second drink comes, they both drink. The third drink comes, one of the Finns raises his glass and says "cheers". The other Finn then asks in a perturbed tone, "Are you gonna talk all night, or are we going to drink?"

One must try, I guess.





alpha0  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

))

Is it "directness", though? My sense of it is that it is the communication modality of 'kindred spirits'.