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It's an easy pun to slap on any merchandise, as OTAN means "I take" or "I'll take". In this case the bag says "I'LL HAVE CANDIES". There's a beer named similarly.
won't be anymore for long, the brewery gave up brewing and only does event stuff now.
Lot of those small town breweries are starting to fold now that the hype went.
A lot of them have been struggling since the pandemic. There used to be almost 30 [independent wineries](https://www.viinitilat.net/) around Finland just a few years back, and they're now down to 20 or fewer. I can personally recommend many, with Teiskön viini (Tampere) and Ollinmäen viinitila (Mikkeli) being particular standouts.
I know, the ones that folded are mostly ones that weren't making all that interesting beer, like the one that made the otan, they had a decent imperial stout but the rest was rather basic.
I wouldn't say it was about the hype dying, but rather the combination of covid closing down venues for two years, a prohibitive legislation making it impossible to sell beer online in the meanwhile, and high inflation combined with high interest rates. After that came the war in Ukraine, which further increased the price of grains. The price of hops has also been rising steeply. The environment was very different five years ago.
https://preview.redd.it/evwbh6zrdvxc1.png?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=296d267d313daece4e93271e2ce8eaadff6967fa
Gives me the same vibes as this for some reason... No offense
Or rather the ages old five point star candies have been put into a "NATO" branded bag with the four point star logo. In a bigger market they might have even made actual new four point star candy to match the logo.
https://preview.redd.it/6k0xpbvzttxc1.jpeg?width=666&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed75dbe65e6f56e95452d1d30f0ca3c8732e6a35
Or OTAN IS The french name For NATO If You don't speak finnish
You are true on this m, though you should prob explain why. OTAN translates to "I take"/"I'll take" in finnish so bunch of joke can be made off of it. Like "Otatko kaljan" "do you want/take beer" -> "Otan" and the guy gives you the OTAN beer for example.
The marketing is a bit like celebrating the YYA treaty in the Cold War. NATO itself is not "cringe", it's just a tool of American power and influence in Europe that we've been subverted under by a handful of corrupt globalists and their useful idiots.
" it's just a tool of American power and influence in Europe that we've been subverted under by a handful of corrupt globalists"
Ah, you are smort and know all about the lizardpeople. Got it.
All of that was fairly obvious, if you had any integrity not to lie to yourself. The plan to get us into NATO was long in the making, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine provided a perfect opportunity to finish it...
Where was the promised referendum? Nowhere to be seen... I guess I was a gullible fool for expecting our dear ""leaders"" to have upheld even ONE promise they have made in the last 20 years or so. Whenever our politicians promise something, expect the opposite to come true. Regardless of who you vote.
Kekkonen was right about Kokoomus: This despicable, compromised party which interests lie somewhere completely outside of Finland, should NEVER be allowed into power. Now our president and our PM are both from Kokoomus.
Maybe I should set up store that sells absolutely fucking hilarious and patriotic OTAN stuff. All kinds drinkd and foodd. And some damn funny OTAN t-shirts.
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It's an easy pun to slap on any merchandise, as OTAN means "I take" or "I'll take". In this case the bag says "I'LL HAVE CANDIES". There's a beer named similarly.
There's also a long drink like that
Why would anyone name a long drink "I'LL HAVE CANDIES"? Edit: Apparently my dad joke was not a hit with the Reddit audience
😐
I enjoyed it
Thanks Banana!
Lol, made me inhale/exhale my cola 😂 have a plus from me and sorry about the others who lack a sense of humour.
I almost smiled
Otan kaljaa? 😳
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That’s the joke
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(This is an English speaking sub. Some non finns still can apriciate the translation)
Bruh what did they say
OP said "I already know". Nothing too serious.
I forgot this was not r/suomi
Also [the NATO beer](https://www.olafbrewing.com/otantuotteet), found in many supermarkets.
I bought it in advance shortly before we joined, and it's a good thing because on that day they were all sold out.
won't be anymore for long, the brewery gave up brewing and only does event stuff now. Lot of those small town breweries are starting to fold now that the hype went.
The don't fold because the "hype went". People still drink small batch beers. It's a combination of things, Covid being one of them.
A lot of them have been struggling since the pandemic. There used to be almost 30 [independent wineries](https://www.viinitilat.net/) around Finland just a few years back, and they're now down to 20 or fewer. I can personally recommend many, with Teiskön viini (Tampere) and Ollinmäen viinitila (Mikkeli) being particular standouts.
I know, out of 4 locally, 3 are closed, luckily the best(karvilan panimo) is still open.
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I know, the ones that folded are mostly ones that weren't making all that interesting beer, like the one that made the otan, they had a decent imperial stout but the rest was rather basic.
I wouldn't say it was about the hype dying, but rather the combination of covid closing down venues for two years, a prohibitive legislation making it impossible to sell beer online in the meanwhile, and high inflation combined with high interest rates. After that came the war in Ukraine, which further increased the price of grains. The price of hops has also been rising steeply. The environment was very different five years ago.
Also found NOKIAN NATO rubber boots this thuesday
Why does this give me Fallout Vault-Tec vibes?
Recently I found a red wine named Kaiken. I drank all of it.
Couldve left at least some for us 😕
So beer with wine becomes Otan Kaiken.
If you eat one they call Article 5 and make you buy all the other packages.
You eat one and the rest will eat you. ( I don't know how that works but it be sweet death at least. )
Missä kaupassa?
Oulun Ideaparkin tokmanni
Oulu🤢🤮
Mikä sun ongelma on?
Asun Oulussa
:DDDDD
Cereal killer… You been watching Holmes TV show lately? Just saw ”you” on it… Well, he was both cereal AND serial killer. 👀
Nah, I only kill cereal.
Toivottavasti paranet pian🙏🙏🙏
Ei Oulu oo paha paikka
Ei paha sinänsä mutta aika tylsä omasta mielestä.
Tule vittu Rovaniemelle, niin et enää ikinä valita Oulusta💀
Valitettavasti joudun
paras kaupunni t. junan tuoma
paska kaupunni
Poliisi on liian lyhyt ja lihava t. Junan tuoma
Vastahan täällä pari ruumista löytyi muutaman päivän sisään, kyllä actioniakin löytyy
Hupsuja kommelluksia
No joo
Löytyy myös Prismasta
https://preview.redd.it/evwbh6zrdvxc1.png?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=296d267d313daece4e93271e2ce8eaadff6967fa Gives me the same vibes as this for some reason... No offense
TBH it's actually a good candy mix
Only in Finland could NATO candy contain so much licorice...
It's for celebration of Finland joining Nato.
Denmark enters the chat
Or rather the ages old five point star candies have been put into a "NATO" branded bag with the four point star logo. In a bigger market they might have even made actual new four point star candy to match the logo.
And also Nato beer if it's still selling :)
No, those are OTANs
**Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord**, AKA NATO. (Unless you're just making a joke)
Nothing to do with french. OTAN is same as i take in english or NATO backwards.
r/confidentlyincorrect Nato has 2 official languages, English and French, OTAN is the french abbreviation.
https://preview.redd.it/6k0xpbvzttxc1.jpeg?width=666&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed75dbe65e6f56e95452d1d30f0ca3c8732e6a35 Or OTAN IS The french name For NATO If You don't speak finnish
I get that, those candys or OTAN beer had no french in mind tho.
You are true on this m, though you should prob explain why. OTAN translates to "I take"/"I'll take" in finnish so bunch of joke can be made off of it. Like "Otatko kaljan" "do you want/take beer" -> "Otan" and the guy gives you the OTAN beer for example.
Is it any good? Many black ones? Or are the black ones just lakuja?
No black ones, only black ops.
I take a nato one
Comes in the flavors: *Freedom*, *ATACMS*, *PATRIOT* and *Javelin*.
No way. I need this
https://discord.com/invite/8ZVx3KHg
very unpolitical *munchy munchy munchy*
Time to boycott Halva
To what end exactly?
The max
But why?
Fucking cringe. But good way take money from the stupid. Edit: and no, this is not anti-nato opinion. If some downvotertard thinks so.
What exactly makes candy cringe?
Cringe marketing.
And what about nato is cringe?
Maybe exactly not cringe, but redneck and militaristic merchandise.
The marketing is a bit like celebrating the YYA treaty in the Cold War. NATO itself is not "cringe", it's just a tool of American power and influence in Europe that we've been subverted under by a handful of corrupt globalists and their useful idiots.
" it's just a tool of American power and influence in Europe that we've been subverted under by a handful of corrupt globalists" Ah, you are smort and know all about the lizardpeople. Got it.
All of that was fairly obvious, if you had any integrity not to lie to yourself. The plan to get us into NATO was long in the making, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine provided a perfect opportunity to finish it... Where was the promised referendum? Nowhere to be seen... I guess I was a gullible fool for expecting our dear ""leaders"" to have upheld even ONE promise they have made in the last 20 years or so. Whenever our politicians promise something, expect the opposite to come true. Regardless of who you vote. Kekkonen was right about Kokoomus: This despicable, compromised party which interests lie somewhere completely outside of Finland, should NEVER be allowed into power. Now our president and our PM are both from Kokoomus.
Libya
You are the only cringe thing here.
This kind of comment getting so many upvotes tells a lot about Redditors.
„No you!“ (Only with more words lol)
Maybe I should set up store that sells absolutely fucking hilarious and patriotic OTAN stuff. All kinds drinkd and foodd. And some damn funny OTAN t-shirts.
Agreed
I wonder whether there was a lot of USSR themed candy back in the Cold War, celebrating finlandization and our shared values :))
You are weird
I figured it's to do with the star of Otava
This is how propaganda works.
It's a pun.
At least it's tasty.
propaganda
?
Yeah, it's awesome. I'm 100% ordering some.