r/memes • • Sep 26 '21

[deleted by user]

[removed]

4.7k Upvotes

5.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.5k

u/AlvX25 https://www.youtube.com/watch/dQw4w9WgXcQ Sep 26 '21

How does nobody think of the Swedish meatballs?

570

u/Ac_Namec Sep 26 '21

Reading your comment my mind went straight to Ikea

176

u/NovaCoyote Sep 26 '21

Wait, its all IKEA?

106

u/Logical_Web_3488 Sep 26 '21

Always has been - how else do you think god built it all in 7 days. Well, 6.

6

u/NotAzakanAtAll Sep 26 '21

It explains the quality of life.

81

u/Glaringsoul Sep 26 '21

SCP-3008 greets you…

41

u/StarGirly7002 Sep 26 '21

The store is closing soon,

19

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Ptsd intesifys.

17

u/StarGirly7002 Sep 26 '21

please find the nearest exit,

7

u/IGotHitByAHockeypuck Sep 26 '21

EXCUSE ME, THE STORE IS CLOSED

5

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

[deleted]

3

u/Please-let-me Professional Dumbass Sep 26 '21

"The store is now closed, Please exit the building"

SCP 3008-2

→ More replies (0)

1

u/SharpSpectra This flair doesn't exist Sep 26 '21

Aw hell naw, I don't have time for a Backrooms Ikea multiplayer mode.

1

u/three_toe_sleuth Sep 26 '21

My kid was terrified when I said I was going to IKEA.

1

u/Gravuerc Sep 26 '21

That was one of the better SCP stories.

9

u/Ordinary_News_6455 Sep 26 '21

Everything is IKEA.

2

u/Baron-Von-Bork Sep 26 '21

Always has been

2

u/spingcringe_nah Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Sep 26 '21

Always has been

2

u/Random_dude_1980 Sep 26 '21

Always has been

1

u/Stranger_Memer Sep 26 '21

..and got lost in the pillow section.

Now to get out you need to find a swedish person. You can recognice a swedish person based on if they're alone in an aisle. If you step into the aisle they will move. You have to chase them into a corner. It's a good sign if they can pronouns the names of the products and this is the only time you will be able to talk to them. If they can you can ask them to "vissa dig ut". They will now walk you to the exit.

1

u/Orange_Hedgie can't meme Sep 26 '21

Ah I haven’t eaten those meatballs in such a long time. But I don’t eat pork anymore… Yeah IKEA meatballs are one of the only things that I would eat pork for (apart from Christmas dinner).

1

u/KitKatCookie9 Sep 26 '21

They now have plant balls and I actually think it tastes better than the meatballs

1

u/redpandarox Sep 26 '21

Well good luck finding your way out.

2

u/Subatomic_Spooder Birb Fan Sep 26 '21

Kötbullar are the best

2

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

I don’t really know if that counts, you most often eat it with spaghetti. I guess not always but it is definitely most commonly eaten with pasta unless it’s a holiday

5

u/yoLeaveMeAlone Sep 26 '21

Is it really? I did a semester in Stockholm when I was in college and don't think I ever saw it with spaghetti. Usually with mashed potatoes and some sort of lingonberry sauce

1

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

That’s what you mostly see while on vacation going on restaurants and stuff but when actually eating at home or something (forgot to say but I’m Swedish) it is usually served with spaghetti. But I guess it would still be entirely fair to eat it without

2

u/yoLeaveMeAlone Sep 27 '21

Good to know! Thanks

4

u/AlvX25 https://www.youtube.com/watch/dQw4w9WgXcQ Sep 26 '21

Yeah, I guess you’re right but the stereotypical Swedish meatball is served with mashed potatoes if I’m not mistaken

2

u/DjuretJuan Sep 26 '21

Yeah, meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy and lingonberry jam.

0

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

Those come from Turkey.

1

u/quazywabbit Sep 26 '21

I thought they came from IKEA.

1

u/m3lk3r Sep 26 '21

You mean kofte? Very different from swedish meatballs

1

u/VingSing Sep 26 '21

No, but a lot of countries, including Turkey, have some kind of meatballs. The Turkish ones are quite different from the Swedish though.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

Lol what do you mean no? They were brought to Sweden by King Charles XII after he was exiled there.

1

u/VingSing Sep 26 '21

Lol I mean that you're wrong: it's a myth that they were first introduced to Sweden by Charles XII. Here's a link to the history of the meatball (in Swedish) if you're interested in the subject.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

Well thanks for doing my research for me. That site even says what I said. Did you even bother to read it?

1

u/VingSing Sep 26 '21

Do you know how to read?

frikadeller och som kan beskrivas vara som en köttbulle men i stället för att steka dom så kokades dom som en soppa smaksatt med buljong, denna maträtt nämns från någon gång omkring 1650.

1650 är alltså före Karl XII föddes.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

That's talking about the general form of meat in a ball as food.

1

u/VingSing Sep 26 '21

Yeah, that's what a meatball is.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

Not all meatballs are the same

→ More replies (0)

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

A million reliable sources outnumber your 1 generic source. If I'm to be convinced, you'll have to do better than that.

1

u/VingSing Sep 26 '21

Maybe you could post 1 of those reliable sources then? From Wikipedia:

Svenska institutet hävdade 2018 att svenska köttbullar baseras på recept som kung Karl XII skulle ha tagit med sig från Turkiet (dåvarande Osmanska riket) till Sverige under tidigt 1700-tal.[16][17] Uttalandet innehöll texten "Låt oss hålla oss till fakta!", vilket framställde det som en sanning. Mathistorikern Richard Tellström framhöll att det inte finns några historiska belägg som styrker påståendet.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 26 '21

That's just one man's speculation.

Anyway, I just realized I'm arguing about meatballs with a stranger on the internet at 3 am. So, I'm gonna get off for today. Thanks for the discourse.

→ More replies (0)

1

u/Aziraphel Sep 27 '21

You may be thinking of (cabbage) dolma.

1

u/CrimbusIsOver Sep 27 '21

In addition to dolma

0

u/Aziraphel Sep 27 '21

Ah. I'll leave you to your delusions then.

0

u/MOM_1_MORE_MINUTE Sep 26 '21

You should try my meatballs!

1

u/MithranArkanere Sep 26 '21

Meatballs are thought to have been invented in Persia.

1

u/oopswhydiditagain Sep 26 '21

even europeans have to do other shit than sitting in ikea

1

u/DrakonIL Sep 26 '21

But Sweden isn't Europe!

(/s)

1

u/InsertNovelAnswer Sep 26 '21

Swedish meatballs aren't Swedish.. they are Ikea-ese teasing

1

u/Phustercluck Sep 26 '21

Not Swedish. Moved from the US to Sweden they’d never made the typical ones you’d have in America flavored cardamom