“精芬”成最火新词，网友：芬兰真是社恐者最想移民的国家……丨外媒说(3)

He’s the kind of perpetually uncomfortable character who hides in his apartment when a neighbor is out in the hall. If someone takes a vacant seat next to Matti, he wants to disappear. He hates being singled out, even for praise, avoids talking to salespeople, and can’t stand working in pairs.
他是一个时时处处都觉得不自在的人，有邻居在走廊的时候，他就躲在屋里；如果有人坐了他旁边的空座，他会想立刻消失；他不喜欢被特别对待，哪怕是表扬也不行；他避免跟销售人员对话；无法忍受跟别人搭档工作。

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这个绘本的中文版出版以后，迅速引起了中国年轻网友的呼应，大家纷纷感叹：这不就是我吗！

于是乎，很多患有轻微“社交恐惧（social phobia）”的网友都自嘲是“精神上的芬兰人（spiritually Finnish）”……

芬兰人热情、好客，对人真诚，又特别注重个人空间。

哪怕是外向的芬兰人在我们看来也可能是内向的。芬兰人有句自嘲的话是这样说的：

“An introverted Finn looks at his shoes when talking to you; an extroverted Finn looks at your shoes.”
内向的芬兰人跟你说话的时候看着自己的鞋子，外向的芬兰人跟你说话的时候看着你的鞋子。

为了证明芬兰人注重个人空间，有位网友在微博上晒出了这么一张照片。

Each seat faces in a different direction, making conversation unnecessary and easily avoidable.
每张椅子都朝着不同的方向摆放，这样就可以轻松避免对方视线，也不用攀谈。

对于习惯了各类拥挤场面的中国网友来说，这样的地方是“社恐者最想移民的国家”（“Finland is a paradise for people with social anxiety disorder”）。

这一网络现象还引起来外媒的注意……英国《卫报》发表文章，关注了中国社交媒体上“精芬”这个词。

为什么数百万中国人都想成为“精芬”？

文章称，《芬兰人的噩梦》中的马蒂在中国成了“网红”：

It is a surprise to see Matti, a socially awkward Finnish cartoon character in the Finnish Nightmares comic series become something of a celebrity in China’s cyberspace. 

我们吃惊地看到，插画绘本《芬兰人的噩梦》中那个不擅社交的马蒂在中国成了网红。

A new term in Mandarin has even been coined to describe people who are like the hero: jingfen, or “spiritually Finnish”. According to a widely distributed definition on social media, jingfen broadly refers to people who dislike socialising – like the Finns, apparently – and take their personal space “extremely seriously”.

网民还造了一个汉语新词来形容这类人：“精芬”，或者说“精神芬兰人”。根据社交媒体上宽泛的定义，“精芬”基本上是指那种不喜社交的人，和芬兰人一样，把他们的私人空间看得“极为重要”。

文章还分析了中国网友为何会对漫画中的人物如此有共鸣：

Matti’s fear of crowds and small talk and his tendency to be easily embarrassed has struck a chord with many Chinese readers, who seem relieved that their longing for privacy has finally been voiced – via the medium of a stick figure from a faraway country.

马蒂害怕人群，害怕和人寒暄，动不动就感到尴尬，这些特质让许多中国读者深感共鸣，他们似乎很欣慰，终于有人说出了自己对私人空间的渴望，而这些都是通过一个遥远的国家的简笔画小人传达出来的。

文章还摘引了豆瓣网友的评论：

“I am a jingfen, please do not disturb me unnecessarily!” wrote an anonymous user in the title of his essay on the website Douban. “Can you see yourself in Matti?” he asked. “He is shy and introspective and the trials and tribulations of life are not just Matti’s nightmare. We’re all afraid of loneliness, but we crave even more for our personal space and privacy to be respected.”

《在下“精芬”，没事就不要打扰了，谢谢》，豆瓣上一篇评论取了这样一个标题。“不知道你有没有在马蒂的身上看到自己？”文章写道：“害羞又内省，日常生活中的纷纷扰扰，也许不仅仅只是马蒂的噩梦。我们都害怕孤独，但我们更渴望自我空间和个人隐私得到最大的尊重。”