Reacting to Reddit posts about the Netherlands (as an expat)

[@dutchuncle2716]

If Netherlands is really no.1 as least racist country, than that's quite depressing actually. It's definitely not the worst, but there's still plenty of racism going around here.

[@user-zx8oy2jf4d]

Boohoo get a helmet. Most groups have carefully labored themselves into deserving their stigmas.

[@axMf3qTI]

@@user-zx8oy2jf4d a Helmet? The fact you talk about groups says enough tbh.

[@dutchuncle2716]

@@user-zx8oy2jf4d Shut up, people like you gives us white guys a bad name. Some might even believe we deserve that stigma.

[@Species1732]

According to ICERD we dropped 2 places and are now third behind Canada and New Zealand .

[@moladiver6817]

Don't confuse stigma and bias with racism because they're not the same. Very few people in The Netherlands are truly racist. It's just really rare. That doesn't mean there aren't any potential improvements left of course but that's mostly due to bias and group identity. It's the same for women trying to get a job in a traditionally male industry. The same goes for skin color, age group, religion, you name it. Any group label will do. People tend to include others who they feel will fit better in the existing group. It's part of human nature and how our brains are wired. That's OK as long as you're aware and try to put it aside and give people from different subgroups the same chance for the job, to enter a friends group etc. Racism is a very specific phenomenon where someone truly and consciously hates someone of a different ethnic group. This is luckily a very rare thing in The Netherlands.

[@frisianmouve]

To be fair to the Belgians and after going through a lot of border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands only a few are with the Dutch side being clearly better and I have also found two where the Belgian side actually seems to have a better road quality. What did strike with me is that the cycle paths are way more consistent and safe on the Dutch side with multiple examples where it'd just be cycle lanes on the Belgian side turning into seperated cycle paths on the Dutch side

[@YouTubeUserCMXVIICDI]

About Americans with big trucks: "... and sometimes they're farmers". WHAT?! The Netherlands ranks behind only the US in agricultural exports.

[@YouTubeUserCMXVIICDI]

Also- German and Dutch walls are likely brick, not concrete. It's should be hard to confuse old European architecture with Soviet brutalism.

[@tuinbuddy3385]

Those 100% cards on the empty shelves (is it?) in AH is for the boys and girls who wiil fill them soon with the products which have a reduced price(Bonus) in the coming week. So you will only see them on Sunday late. I donnot know why they use this with specific 100 % on it. I will ask the next time when I see them. When this photo was taken they have removed the left products who will get their normal price monday.

[@dpashutskii]

nice, i didn't know that.

[@TetyuiBedfi]

The story about the Dutch surnames is actually true. A lot of people didn't have surnames before the French occupation and when they were told to register with a first and last name they just thought up some funny ones.

[@dpashutskii]

Google says it's a myth :)

[@8alakai8]

the opend trash cans are sinds they introduced deposit on cans so people open the trash to look for cans

[@quillometer]

Everything is petite and tiny here, precisely because the roads are designed for safety in mind, which includes making the drivers of huge cars feel like they're impeding on others when they move their huge vehicles through a tiny neighbourhood street. This feeling of impedance makes them more alert and thereby reduces accidents. And that's important, because from the seat of those huge trucks, you can't see a child right in front of your bumper.

[@Centurion101B3C]

Dutch dilemma: Free Sh!t.

[@tuinbuddy3385]

Important for you to know: the traffic situation. There are painted shark teeth, so the car have to give priority. Is that only in the Netherlands? I haven t travelled a lot an I haven t a car license. If that shark teeth are only in the Netherlands that is very dangerous if foreigners don t know the meaning, because they are everywhere in the country.

[@terabbs]

But you have to know the rules of the road in the country you drive in. In the UK they have a double blocked line that means the same thing and you will only see that in the UK.

[@dpashutskii]

You always have to research the local traffic rules. Plus, it's always duplicated with the actual road sign. Road markings are just additional alerts.

[@bepsnet]

The shark teeth on the road means for the person in front of them that you have to stop and the other has priority. So in the video the pedestrian and the bike have priority over the car.

[@Species1732]

There is also a pretty big yield sign next to the road but sharktooth, priority rules and priority signs do not apply to pedestrians because although they are road users, they are not drivers. So bicycles have priority but pedestrians have not.

[@bepsnet]

@@Species1732 I ask in a forum: In the image you shared, there is a car approaching a junction with haaientanden (yield triangles) on the road, indicating that the car must yield to other road users. A pedestrian is crossing the road in front of the car. In this situation, the car must yield to the pedestrian. Haaientanden mean that drivers must give way to all crossing traffic, including pedestrians. The pedestrian has the right of way, and the car should stop to allow them to cross safely.

[@Species1732]

@@bepsnet Nope. Shark teeth, priority rules and priority signs do only apply to drivers (in the meaning of operators of vehicles or "bestuurders" in Dutch). Pedestrians are not "bestuurders". You do not have to take my word for it: Google "haaientanden en voetgangers" and you'll find the Dutch "Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990" (Traffic Rules and Traffic Signs Regulations 1990) I admit it is a "sneaky" question for a traffic exam and I think the city planners should have added a zebra crossing for pedestrians because it is confusing and requires an in-depth knowledge about the obscure difference between what traffic signs mean for a road user ("weggebruiker") and a operator of a vehicle ("bestuurder").

[@user-xi2zy2mv4e]

Nee voetgangers hebben hier geen voorhang. Volgens mij heb jij ook geen rijbewijs want dit moet je wel weten. Als de voetganger voorhang heeft dan zou hier een zebrapad zijn of een doorlopende stoep. Dat is niet het geval hier.

[@Species1732]

@@bepsnet By the way: The driver has the right of way but better stop anyway because in case of an accident between a car and a pedestrian, child or cyclist, the driver of the car is liable for damages according to Article 185 of the Road Traffic Act (unless he/she can proof force majeur which is very difficult in most cases). It is a provision in the Traffic Act to protect vulnerable road users like pedestrians, children and cyclists

[@axMf3qTI]

BELGIUM!

[@matheushenrique-tv1zo]

Great video

[@dpashutskii]

thanks!

[@mikhaildavidenko3841]

Those trucks don't belong anywhere near the city. Especially lyfted shiny pavement princesses. For most farm, construction or delivery work van is gonna be way more practical.

[@dpashutskii]

Agree. You can also rent a trailer pretty easily in the NL to occasionally deliver all the stuff you need (for construction for example).

[@xdmcnugget5411]

22:05 100% just means that the esl label is fully charged and needs to be connected to a product.

[@jooproos6559]

Houses with cardboard walls are a minority!!I even pronounce that most off the walls in the Netherlands are of stone or concrete!!!I think that the source off that statement comes from people in a hotel..There are the dividing wals mostly from carbon..

[@zoutewand]

Pronouns? 🏳️‍🌈🤨?

[@jooproos6559]

@@zoutewand Is it wrong?I have let it checkt.If i have it wrong then it has red string over it.

[@zoutewand]

@@jooproos6559 no don't worry :) I was making a silly joke about pronouns and gay people (not in a mean spirited way either)

[@jooproos6559]

@@zoutewand Ok!

[@dpashutskii]

Yeah, the cardboard image was on the US side. They often have them in America.

[@mandelni]

The Netherlands is the most boring country from KZbin

[@bigbunny5600]

I agree with that everything is so scripted KZbin doesn’t match with the Dutch. KZbin showed only the rainbow and flowers of the Dutch. However in reality the Dutch are depressed and sad and I wish it was more explained

[@axMf3qTI]

Nope it's not the taxes. It's because companies like Ahold think we like discounts. So cosmetic products are always on discount in one store chain or an other. The discount price isn't really discount it's the actually price so when you go to the Etos and a product you want doesn't have discount you actually pay more. Better go to the Kruitvat to see or the product in on discount there. There has been an entire "keuringsdienst van waarde" episode on exactly this topic. Also most of time you need to buy more than 1 of a product to get the discount. So be prepared to have a mini warehouse with cosmetic products under you sink. I have 4 bars of Dove 3, tubes of Colgate. 2 toothbrushes on storage right now.

[@mariadamen7886]

Kruidvat is owned by AH.

[@axMf3qTI]

@@mariadamen7886 Nope Etos wel.

[@8alakai8]

if you come to the the netherlands not speaking english or dutch you will learn english not dutch,i had a polish girlfriend for 2 years and she could only speak a little english she said after one year i dont learn dutch she said she was thinking she would learn it but you dont we switch to english

[@dpashutskii]

it depends on the city. Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Utrecht/Den Haag and other big cities - yes. In smaller towns - people rarely switch.

[@DW-lh6rd]

Great video. At 17.25 the question is Amsterdam or … Portugal or… (I’ve lived in Portual for a while👍, but that’s not the points)…. Amsterdam is a city (and very much loaded with tourists)… Portugal, Spain, Greece are countries… Compare apples with apples. So Netherlands vs Portugal and Amsterdam vs Lisbon (though I love portugal😍🤣)

[@dpashutskii]

I meant Netherlands vs South of course :)

[@michelvoortman4725]

Belgium. Badaboom!

[@nimwey7701]

You were wrong about the pedestrian, pedestrians and cyclist have always the right of way when "shark teeth" are in front of the car, nice video tho

[@mymemeplex]

Wat ik overal lees is dat haaientanden voor bestuurders zijn, en voetgangers zijn geen bestuurders. Sharkteeth handle priority between "bestuurders" i.e. 'drivers', and pedestrians don't drive anything, so they don't get priority.

[@donderstorm1845]

@@mymemeplex this is correct, but oftentimes when there are sidewalks, sharkteeth are accompanied with crosswalks to "fix" this.

[@dpashutskii]

Not in the case of dashed lines.