Explanation: During the Winter War in 1939-1940, the Soviet Union performed an unprovoked invasion of Finland. During the war, one of the lines given by the Soviet official Vyacheslav Molotov was that Soviet planes were dropping aid packages of food, not bombs. This blatant lie was taken by the Finns with dark humor - the Finns said, then, that their improvised incendiary weapons were just ‘A drink, to go with the food!’
For this reason, such incendiaries became known as ‘Molotov Cocktails’, a name they retain to this day.
And that’s why Finland is the happiest country in the world today, kids.
I’m tired of that bullshit myth though.
It’s like one of those “bottle of red wine has the same effect as an hour in the gym” things.
You telling me molotoving imperialist invaders isn’t a path to happiness
Not in the slightest. It’s just been a lifetime since anyone did that in Finland.
What I’m saying is that people unwilling to complain or realise problems can’t be called happy just because there’s no criticism coming from them so “they must be”.
I think the happiness rating usually cited was a self-rating poll for one’s own happiness, taken in a number of countries, rather than a tallying of problems cited.
That has its own weaknesses, of course, but it’s a bit more than “They didn’t complain so they must be happy.”
It was a poll of contentedness. Not happiness. Those are adjacent, but definitely not the same (and one of them is a somewhat challenging word you wouldn’t necessarily want to use as a pop journalist) Like being fine and being happy are adjacent, but if your gf says she’s “just fine”, you won’t take that to mean she’s really happy, would you?
In Finnish culture there’s also a sort of unwritten rule that you’re not supposed to complain. And a very common saying is “can’t complain”. But if you can’t complain because there’s societal pressure not to, instead of you just not having any complaints, that’s two quite different things.
Sure yeah, we don’t have people living on the streets and whatnot, but we do have problems of our own. Isolation and loneliness being very high on the list. Doesn’t really fit with being “the happiest”.
There’s just a massive gap between how Finns are and how Finns are perceived to be by the world/Internet.
It doesn’t seem like it’s measuring contentment, by data or questions?
What if Finland is miserable, it’s just the least miserable out of all of us?
Finnish calles the Soviets RRAB-3 bombs as Molotov’s bread basket’s.
It for named after Molotov because he denied bombing civilian targets and called the bombing:
“airborne humanitarian food deliveries” for their “starving” neighbours
They weren’t full of gasoline though, as it was way too precious and had to be saved for the tanks we stole from Ruskis.
Our nations booze factories stepped up and that’s where most the fuel for the cocktails came from.
Autists: “The bottle is completely full, half with liquid, half with air. The liquid would be boiling if half was a hard vacuum.”
Engineer: the bottle is twice as big as it needs to be.
You clearly haven’t seen the safety factors engineers apply. If anything, the bottle is too small.
Urologist: that bottle is a piss sample and this person requires immediate medical help.
“It burns when I pee.”
Sounds like urine trouble.
I just realized Molotov cocktails existed before Styrofoam was mass produced.
Also, you can combine them for increased effect.
I heard 2/3 motor oil is better.
Little touch of styrofoam as a spice to the mix.
Just enough to make it sticky. Smells like victory.
What about 50/50 gasoline and diesel.
“Realist”: The bottle is half empty. This is just how bottles are. You believing the bottle could be full someday is childish and stupid.
Pro safety tip: Do NOT place the rag inside the open mouth of the bottle. Doing so will cause the delicious contents to slosh out early during delivery and may soak yourself and your friends in tasty beverage. Tie the rag to the outside of a closed bottle to ensure safe and effective delivery of product
Regular person: There’s half a bottle
Pragmatist: I’m thirsty, give me the fucking bottle.
American following the instructions on page 79 of TM 31-201-1: this item consists of a glass bottle containing gasoline and concentrated sulfuric acid. The exterior of the bottle is wrapped with a rag or absorbent paper. Just before use, the rag is soaked with a saturated solution of granulated sugar and potassium chlorate. Thrown against hard surface e targets such as tanks, automotive vehicles, or railroad boxcars, this fire bottle is a very effective incendiary.
NEI. I must know the previous state to determine whether it is half full or half empty. As is, it is just half occupied by liquid.
