Finland. A beautiful country with a rich culture, history, and language. However, what if Finland was a ruse? That's what some people online, including those in r/finlandConspiracy seem to think. The theory goes that Finland was actually created during the Cold War by Japan and the Soviet Union, that the space that Finland takes up is actually just empty ocean that the Japanese can fish in without environmental concerns (because, to quote these nutjobs enlightened ones who know the truth, "nobody's going to expect fishing regulations to be broken in a place where everyone thinks there's a landmass will they? ") Apparently, all Finnish cities are in Western Russia, Northern Estonia, and Eastern Sweden. The latter is also where Finland's capital, Helsinki, is according to these theorists in their stickied post detailing "all [we] need to know." (Archive) Nothing in this post seems to account for where Finnish history comes from.
And before you go, "This is clearly a joke, @MormonofID", the very first rule of the subreddit states:
The rest of the rules are as follows:
The third is pretty standard, nothing to really comment on.
The fourth is actually kind of refreshing, and also kind of makes sense. They want to expose this "conspiracy", so politics isn't really too much of a factor.
The fifth is rather interesting. Yes, the sort of thing it disallows makes sense, especially with Reddit cracking down on that sort of thing, but I do find it interesting that they do believe Finnish people exist. This is addressed within the sticky linked above.
This is weird logic, even by conspiracy theorist standards. It's strange that they outright admit there are people who genuinely think they live on a (supposedly) non-existant landmass. Ignoring their logic that the GPS coordinates and maps are faked (something that could be debunked with a boat), how on this blue-green, mostly harmless ball of rock could this facade be kept up for as long as these people claim? Regardless, this is a fascinating rabbit hole that I hope to go farther down.
And before you go, "This is clearly a joke, @MormonofID", the very first rule of the subreddit states:
So, this does appear to be genuine.
The rest of the rules are as follows:
The second one is one I find quite interesting. They clearly are at least somewhat aware that this claim sounds ridiculous, but turn their nose up at conspiracy theories that are arguably just as ridiculous-sounding, like flat-earthers and chemtrails.
The third is pretty standard, nothing to really comment on.
The fourth is actually kind of refreshing, and also kind of makes sense. They want to expose this "conspiracy", so politics isn't really too much of a factor.
The fifth is rather interesting. Yes, the sort of thing it disallows makes sense, especially with Reddit cracking down on that sort of thing, but I do find it interesting that they do believe Finnish people exist. This is addressed within the sticky linked above.
This is weird logic, even by conspiracy theorist standards. It's strange that they outright admit there are people who genuinely think they live on a (supposedly) non-existant landmass. Ignoring their logic that the GPS coordinates and maps are faked (something that could be debunked with a boat), how on this blue-green, mostly harmless ball of rock could this facade be kept up for as long as these people claim? Regardless, this is a fascinating rabbit hole that I hope to go farther down.
DDDDDDD" Jokes.
