Friday's papers: Ruined Moomins, Finland unprepared for future warfare, and where's the beef?

a year ago by Jessamyn to c/moomin

The saturation of Moomins in everyday Finnish life might be diluting Tove Jansson's original work, writes one Helsingin Sanomat columnist.

I'm interested on others' thoughts on this. I got into Moomin after Finnish family started gifting me mugs, and I now have a sizable collection. To me as a foreigner, the mugs were my gateway to the actual books. Is your experience that the children around you are getting burnt out on Moomin before they're old enough for the books?

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threelonmusketeers 5 points a year ago

Huh, that must be a Finnish thing. In North America, I don't think I've ever seen a Moomin-branded product in the wild.

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hungryphrog 6 points a year ago

Yeah, we have Moomin mugs, Moomin towels, Moomin bags, basically Moomins on everything you can put a Moomin on. I think that most households have at least one Moomin item. Sometimes mozzarella is called Moomin meat.

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threelonmusketeers 3 points a year ago

Sometimes mozzarella is called Moomin meat

This is unsettling.

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JohnSmith 6 points a year ago

To unsettle you a bit further, cottage cheese is called Moomin mince.

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threelonmusketeers 1 point a year ago

I'm not sure what to do with this information. Maybe I should buy cottage cheese.

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