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My conscription Tweet causes major butthurt

You read the title. There's no other way of putting it. Because of my past experiences talking about this topic, I did expect getting some butthurt idiots responding to me, but... Let's just say, I didn't expect this. The whole thing started couple of days ago, just after my previous post regarding the two pandas that recently arrived in Finland and the rather sinister motivations the Chinese government has when handing out these "gifts". The motivation behind this post was the fact that Finnish media did not do a great job exposing the questionable facts behind this. This frustration with the media, combined with sheer curiosity, led me to try out Twitter ads, which allows you to pay to get more exposure for your Tweets. I'm not planning on making this into a habit, but with the lowest amount of money you could spent with the most basic settings, my Tweet was seen by nearly 15 000 people, with close to 700 actions, about 200 of them being clicks on the li...

Finland falls victim to China's "Panda Diplomacy"

Finland has gotten crazy over pandas. Yes, pandas. Those cuddly little creatures that have become a symbol of conservation work as the logo of the World Wildlife Fund. Ever since the Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a stop in Finland in the spring of 2017 and talked about Finland getting pandas as a gift for our 100th independence day, the country has gone crazy. This has been especially true in the last few days, as the two pandas started their journey to Finland. They landed earlier today in Helsinki and as I'm writing this, they're making their way towards their new home in Ähtäri zoo. Others were exited about the fact, as only a handful of countries outside of China actually have pandas and as such it's a rare honor, while others were a bit... let's just say reserved about it. As you already might have guessed from the title, I fall into the latter category, but before we can take a closer look on why, we have to take a more general look at the matter. Now, as I sai...