#Netherlands can get it

[hetalia-club]

i'm so sorry for betraying the king. You guys can execute me now.

The King will allow it just this once as he is winning and did not need the vote. But you are on thin ice Ace!

#ask #understandable tho #Netherlands can get it

[castielsprostate]

the guillotine would solve so many issues. SO many issues.

#come on. we can literally bring it back #who's going to stop us???? like??? actually????? off with their heads #we're basically in the modern middle ages. no one can afford anything everyone is getting sick of something. our world leaders are fascists #bring back the guillotine #sjonnie.text #make world leaders scared again. make high society fear for their lives. #also cannibalise the dutch pm for funsies. we can do that also #netherlands

[leclerrari]

ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS: Charles Leclerc looks on in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the Grand Prix of The Netherlands on August 26, 2023 (Photo by Dan Istitene)

#if nobody got me i know dan istitene got me can i get an amen? #charles leclerc #netherlands 2023 #liz.jpg

[123pixieaod]

Inspired by this godly post which unlocked a part of my brain I didn't know existed, and solidly gave me complete and utterly brainrot until I wrote something

A thousand thanks to Lily for her wonderful help :))

"Does Kelly not mind you spending all your time with me?" Daniel asks, because she's Daniel and once she's thought something she can't keep her fucking mouth shut, even if she knows it's trouble.

Max looks up, pausing his set of weights, and blinks at her. Daniel feels her cheeks warm. One day, that mouth of yours will run you straight into trouble, young lady, her mum used to tell her, voice firm. Good girls know when to keep quiet. Daniel used to just laugh at the warning. Her laugh is loud and the opposite of quiet, but she used to know that everyone always loved her laugh.

"No," Max says after a beat and then continues lifting. Daniel hates the way her gaze tracks over him, lingering on the movement of his muscles, the ease with which he lifts the weight. Tawny hair brushed out of his eyes, cheeks dusted warm from the exertion. "Of course not."

"Why of course not?" Daniel asks. She wants to sew her mouth shut. This time, Max didn't look over as he answers.

"Kelly's very secure, she's not like other girls. And besides, she knows you."

It's strange. When Daniel was seven and Michelle eleven, they'd gone rock pool fishing. Michelle had been crouched over a shallow pool of water, her finger delicately brushing the tentacles of the anemone. Daniel had been scaling the rocks, wanting steeper, taller, more.

She'd found the shark first, nestled high at between the rocks, and for a beat she hadn't known what she was looking at. Just details, but nothing collective. Rotting smell. Shrivelled holes where eyes should be. Scales of silver lightning. Rubbery fish picked clean. The flash of bone, pearl white.

Then she realised what she was staring at, and screamed. Her father held her while her mother scolded her. I told you not to go climbing! It's too dangerous, Daniel. Why can't you just be good like your sister and stay by the shallow pools?

And then, later, ice cream. Her dad, beside her, explaining the horror away.

It's just nature, Dani. The waves wash them up, and they get stuck there. They can't get back to the sea, and then the sun dries them out.

They drown on air, Michelle helpfully pointed out, her feet kicking happily as she licked her 99. Daniel just just nodded, ice cream untouched. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the sunken holes, the rotting flesh.

She hasn't thought about that moment for years, but suddenly it washes back over her. She feels simultaneously both. The child, staring at the carcass, frozen in shock. The shark, burning up in the sun, chocking on air.

"What does that mean?" She asks, and somehow her voice is normal, is fine. She's fine. She's not a girl or a shark. She's stupid and a fool and a gawky, ugly idiot, but she's fine.

Max manages to shrug, even with the 50kg weights. "You know. Just that Kelly knows you. She knows what you're like. And she knows me too, of course."

Daniel swallows. She nods. She hates everything about herself.

"That's sexist," she forces herself to say lightly because if the silence stretches anymore, Max might notice and set his weights down and look at her, and Daniel can't bear that. She doesn't want his eyes on her, taking in every blemish and imperfection. The boyish, ratty clothes she works out in and her curls gone frizzy with sweat and her inked skin, so different to Max and Kelly's pale, perfect complexions.

"What's sexist?"

"Saying she's not like other girls," Daniel tells him, setting down the weights she been doing. Instead, she goes to grab the skipping rope, just for something to do.

Max laughs. Daniel's glad she's turned away. Her cheeks are burning again.

"It's the truth. You, of course, Daniel, are not like other girls either." He says it lightly and ends with a chuckle, as if it's all just a joke. Daniel drags a sweaty hand over her cheeks. Burning, burning, burning.

Apparently, in Max's mind, she and Kelly are the same; both not like other girls. Kelly, with her faultless makeup and wonderful daughter and classy dresses and perfect feminity. One end of the scale. Daniel, the other. Barely even considered "a girl." Always one of the boys, only woman in f1 for a reason.

"Thanks," Daniel says. She wants to make it sound humorous, like she's in on the joke too. Instead, it's too cold; muttered as if she actually gave two shits about the conversation anyway. She has an F1 season to prepare for, she's too busy to care about stupid shit like this.

There's a beat of silence as Daniel stretches out the rope, feeling the plastic flex and give. Then, Max exhaling, the gentle bump of his weights against the floor, the workout bench shifting as his centre of gravity changes. Daniel keeps her back to him, ignoring it all.

"I did not mean it as insult," Max finally says, stubborn. Daniel forces a laugh, turning to give him a smile, all teeth.

"Of course not Maxy. I get that." Voice light and blithe. One of the boys.

She thinks he'll drop it, but instead, his frown only grows. Pinched brows, thin lips, cheeks growing blotchy. Blue eyes regard her, intense and unyielding. She burns from the inside out.

"I've upset you," he says, in that blunt, genuine way only he can do. Daniel barks out another laugh.

"Don't be stupid. You're not important enough to ever be able to get under my skin." She gives him another smile with only teeth. She feels insane. Her mother tells her good girls stay quiet.

"I'm sorry," he tries again, growing frustrated now, "I did not mean -"

"I told you, you didn't upset me," she drops the skipping rope without actually using it. "Anyway, I'm bored. Wanna get lunch now? Or are you still trying to pump those muscle with more testosterone?"

Max gives her one last, searching look before standing. They're almost the same height. She wants to shrink to nothing.

"That is not how testosterone works, Daniel," he says with the air of an overworked teacher. He looks at her with a smile, uncertain but genuine. She laughs, allowing him to move the conversation on.

She walks out of the gym first but holds the door for him. He grins, relieved. His fingers skim hers as he takes it and she lets go. A chill runs through her. Cold like scales, cold like ice cream untouched.

Follow up here!

#whole lot of internalised misogyny to unpack here #in my head Daniel is looking like Tash Sultana in the music video for “Jungle” #Max just meaning :))) Kelly knows you and she knows me :))) and she knows we are both two good people who would not cheat :))) #while Daniel just going into an existential crisis of #:((( Kelly knows Max and I :((( and I am zero threat to her because I must be utterly undesirable :((( and not Max's type at all :((( #maxiel #girl!Daniel #for the first time ever lol #my fic #ending involves the tension between them growing and growing #and Kelly watches them share a podium and sees the way Max wraps his arm around Daniel's shoulder and hugs her tightly #and the way Daniel laughs so happily and loudly everyone can hear her #and suddenly Kelly realises she had been wrong and Daniel was a threat #and basically gives Max an ultimate to choose one of them and stop all contact with the other #somehow Daniel finds out and just locks herself away from the world during summer break because it's not even a question who max will pick #and their story ends with Max knocking on her door with looking annoyed with a bunch of drooping flowers #and before Daniel can even say anything he's stepping into her apartment and getting a vase from her cupboard #while complaining about how he ordered the flowers that morning but the florist fucked up his order and of course the flourists in the #Netherlands are much better and soon he will take Daniel there and pick proper flowers like tulips for her #she stares at him in pure disbelief and then starts to laugh. and Max looks over and laughs too and they're still smiling when they kiss #:))))) #apologies but I'm a sucker for a soppy cliched ending lol

[laurasimonsdaughter]

how many languages do you speak? :o

That's a very cruel question to ask a multilingual person, I have never spoken a language in my life

#okay to reblog #for my fellow multilinguals <3 #I'm from the Netherlands and Dutch is my mother tongue #I'm close to fluent in English #my French is an embarrassment. meaning I can understand enough to get by and to correct google translate but can hardly speak it #my German is appalling. meaning I can read it okay because it is similar to Dutch but cannot understand it when spoken nor speak it #and I /wish/ I spoke papiamentu but I never learned more than a few words #beneath-thestyx #for the record I don't mind the question at all ^^ (but I /am/ deeply embarrassed about my french)

[aahsoka]

this is so…… u guys couldnt be bothered to just write and record descriptions for the blind before this …….. ??????? were the audio guides that bad previously ???????? i do Not trust an ai to accurately convey these paintings when you have like . professional art curators and historians probably literally in ur employ who would do a better job ???????

#jordan talks #sorry i saw an ad for this and im just like #rijksmuseum……. disappointed in u and u have some of my favorite paintings 😔😔😔 #just feels kinda……. like u dont care actually about blind peoples experience bc u just let an ai do all that #after the nightwatch restoration u could just not touch ai again ok #that was maybe a fine use of it this isny #i have to wonder if the descriptions are any good. #do it like the louvre and get some tactile shit up in there #have u double checked these descriptions ? why not just write them to begun with its still that much work OTL #all i can find on this is promotional material and no reviews of whether it is genuinely helpful or not #any dutch people willing to sus this out for me …… i cannot afford a ticket to the netherlands #alternatively any european who feels like taking a little road trip. #i will pay u in cool facts about dutch baroque art. #guys we dont need to rb this i have no way to check whether the descriptions are good or not

[popsicle-stick]

trying to formulate a way to word this better, and aware of the shaky ground i'm on saying this as a british person. but i am still thinking about that poll that was like 'vote for the worst european country' and of course england won by a mile (france should have been head to head imo. sorry to french mutuals) but my head is still reeling from the Large number of people in the comments who were shocked and surprised that anyone could possibly vote for spain or the netherlands and were wondering what they could have Possibly Done Wrong. speechless

#the historical illiteracy of this site is genuinely gobsmacking #britain deserves to get its shit ripped but i think if people really believed what they said beyond the memes #we would perhaps be in a better place. or at least have a marginally better understanding of western european colonialism. #again i reiterate i know im the worst person to be talking on this topic but i just couldnt fucking believe it when i read it #this is to say nothing bad about the people themselves of spain and the netherlands at all!!! #i mean as i said i'm from britain. what can i say lol. #there's also a weird paternal fetishising of celtic nations on this site that i've noticed that ignores their complex history but #that is Enough from me on this topic!!!!!!

[renee-mariposa]

So I'm reading Utopia For Realists

This book feels very frustrating to read because he talks about social phenomena, wonders aloud about them, then puts forth his conclusions - and it feels like he's missing a huge piece of the social phenomenon, and as a result, I'm wondering if his conclusion is flawed. And it's infuriating!

Most recent example I've read so far: he talks about the history of the Reduced Hours Work Week (4 day work week, 15-hour work week, etc), noting the rise in popularity of the idea in the twentieth century, then the sudden halt of progress in making the idea reality, noting that women entered the workforce in the 80s (attributing it solely to "the feminist revolution") and workers in the Netherlands ("the nation with the shortest workweek in the world" he claims) being expected to be on-call more and more in the 2000s. He presents these things without any context or commentary, as if they were just an incidental finding in 'our modern life'. Like, 'gosh, everyone wanted a shorter work week but then women entered the workforce and now everyone is just required to work more hours! Crazy stuff, huh?'

Along with this, it really feels like he's looking at populations in a country as one unified whole, wealth-wise. So, for example, he makes claims several times to the tune of, 'the US is several times as wealthy [today, in 2014] as in XYZ time." So he goes on to ask aloud, 'how are Americans so wealthy and yet so overworked and stressed?'

And like. It feels like there's this huge elephant in the room he's missing: why is he not addressing the presence of and effect of stagnant wages and skyrocketing rent/grocery/daycare/medical costs when talking about these social problems he's addressing? Why is he not addressing Regan's empowering of corporations to be as greedy as possible i mean the effect of Trickle Down Economics on the US economy? Why is he not addressing the fact that 1% of Americans hold, what, 99% of the wealth in the USA? Why isn't he addressing the decline of unions? Why does he make it sound like 'the people' loved these ideas then turned away from them, when it was more likely 'the people' have always loved these ideas and it's corporations who hated them and gained enough power to stamp the ideas out? I know that the term 'enshittification' didn't exist when this book was published but I can feel the absence of the idea like a cardboard cutout in almost every argument he makes. Has the US econonomic situation really gotten so much exponentially worse in the last decade that these problems are only clearly visible now vs 2014???? I read his book and all I can think is, the problem is unchecked corporate greed, the problem is corporations being allowed to grind people up for profit, the problem is the government being allowed to treat the poor as less than human because "people can only be poor if they're bad people, and bad people don't deserve any help".

Like. I can accept that I am probably not the target audience for this book. I already believe that laziness does not exist, and if we give people UBI and more leisure time people will be happier, healthier, and more 'productive' (i.e. do the things they actually want to do). I already believe whole-heartedly that to improve the health of the population, poverty must be alleviated, and to alleviate poverty, you just gotta give people enough money to live on with no strings attached. I am convinced that we need to crack down on corporate greed, but I'm absolutely overwhelmed with how much legal power corporations have in the USA. I feel utterly defeated by how my corporate employer treats the entirety of their workforce (cutting the budget at my hospital while the CEO of the head corporation makes 395 times the median wage of non-C-suite employees), how much bitching and moaning and furious lobbying they'd do if they had to comply with a four-day workweek or even a four- or six-hour workday for all employees. And if that got passed into law they'd find a way to make an exemption for nurses, so nurses would have to keep working 12- and 14-hour days. Mega corporations - unchecked corporate greed - monopolies - are a fucking tumor on the human race, but shrinking them would fundamentally alter our economy as we know it.

I guess this book is frustrating to read because it feels like he's trying to convince regular people that these ideas are good. Which is admirable! If I would've read this book in 2014 it would've blown my mind. Convincing people that helping the poor helps everyone is very admirable! And I suppose if enough regular people become convinced of these ideas, then there will be more power on our legislature to actually implement them. It's just frustrating to me that he's utterly ignoring the presence and effect of corporate greed. And he's not necessarily addressing the people who have the power to get the ball rolling on these changes.

#i had to talk through this to realize what was bothering me #i didn't realize i was being so cynical #long post #corporate greed is constantly on my mind these days bc of the shit my employer is doing #because i'm stuck in it right now it feels inescapable #the author is from the netherlands so i can understand not focusing on the USA i get it #but he does talk about the US specifically a lot! #and he has the fucking gall to say 'well if we didn't have inequality then society would stagnate!' #fuck you #you only say that because the inequality doesn't affect you asshole #inequality is a part of the human condition but that just means it's our job to combat it ceaselessly

[comicbookddr]

Look at these freaks hanging out at the museum just because they think it's cool

I actually made these gifs a long time ago and I didn't like the way they came out, so maybe I'll try remaking them again one day, but for now I'll just post them.

#i had to compress them so much and I didn't get any HQ footage of this scene #if i get my grubby hands on some higher quality copies of season 2 then i can remake them #actually i think i need to get a digital copy of the DVD i bought from the netherlands #so ill try and do that too #my babysitters a vampire #mbav #ethan morgan #sarah fox #rory keaner #benny weir #ethan mbav #sarah mbav #rory mbav #benny mbav #mbav gif #mbav gifs #mbav gifsets #disney channel #disney gif #my babysitter's a vampire

[sewercentipede]

officially back in the states but won’t be home for another 4 hours

ngl im sad to be gone it was so amazing being in real civilization instead of the backwater stix I live in rn, especially an actual city like london…… it’s so funny when I’m in London and the weather is cold/rainy in the summer I’m like “This is the shittiest shit-hole on earth I’d rather die than live here” but when it’s nice and sunny and perfect I’m like “I need to move here immediately”

#but honestly the transit system there……. im obsessed #NYC’s is a hot mess .. Boston’s is like a baby to me(derogatory).. Chicago is meh… LA’s gets a bad rap but it’s actually doable #DC’s doesn’t count to me lmao #oh yeah Netherlands is rly good too. especially cuz u can drink on it lmao #that’s all the cities I’ve used trains in #(in Netherlands case country not city) #aside from dfw’s train but that doesn’t count

[bonojour]

i moved back to the netherlands last friday and i still really feel like someone is holding my throat closed and something heavy is sitting on my chest & i keep tearing up at the smallest things. it is only a temporary state as i am planning to permanently move to denmark in 2024 but holy shit the way my body is responding to being outside of it is shocking to me

#it feels like the covid period when denmark locked its borders and i felt the same feeling (but less) because i was unable to come in #i hate to be so in love with a country #especially one that is used by right wingers in NL as an example of how to deal with the migration issue #but there is something that just. makes me so Happy #but it scares me #because i put all my hope for my future in the hands of a country who is dedicated to making it More Difficult for me to even come in #and there are some things coming up on my path that are going to determine how easy my path will be #like the C1 level language test and getting accepted for a masters degree #But yeah anyway the thought of having to spend more than a year in the netherlands is absolutely crushing me #i wish i could be excited for the sake of my friends #but when one of my friends who i had not seen this year hugged me #i just felt.... deflated and empty #and i still do #although i am now on the flixbus to copenhagen and about 30km away<3 #but eh i might be a bit emotionally unstable the next period #because you can add on top of that that i have also been unable to Relax on my own for almost two months #so i am highly strung and emotionally just a sad wet rat thrown back into the sewers #text #sorry this is incoherent #and there are worse things in the world

[vogelmeister]

Hi, sorry if this is unwarrented but if you want to watch de mol belgium it is on npo start, you do need a vpn to put your location to the netherlands (only the most recent episode is with a free account). I haven't used it this year, so it may have changed, but in the past I've used goplay.be (the belgian national television site) which was free but also required a vpn to set the location to belgium and where I could also watch old seasons. As a fellow widm fan I hope this helps and you can enjoy some more with accents :)

#submission #< damn. im gonna add in the tags #i think id enjoy de mol belgium im more worried bc my dutch level is roughly A1 and i do Not know how to progress #the only reason i can still enjoy widm is bc someone does english subs #i remember i got a vpn last year to watch eurosong belgium which was wild i was in the netherlands i was Next Door #i think i might try and invest in a decent one tho just so i can get dutch media here in australia #but its never unwarrented hahaha

[itwoodbeprefect]

twice in two days now i was somewhat absently listening to a song i didn't personally pick and the lyrics suddenly said amsterdam and i went ?! like a startled pokémon

#i guess andrew mcmahon has café crawled through amsterdam. ed sheeran just wants to know if you can see the stars there #the thing about the netherlands/dutch getting a mention in english language media is that it does happen. it's not unheard of at all #but it's infrequent enough that there's a little folder in my brain with each instance i personally run across archived #so to get two amsterdams in two days...... what's happening. why are you all convening in amsterdam #i still haven't recovered from rotterdam (or anywhere) by the beautiful south but at least they say it could've been anywhere #literally. in the lyrics. #*

[jadesaidshedneverchangeherurl]

that whole dutch bike helmet thing really is just another excuse for americans to point at people in another country doing something differently and call them stupid, huh

#i simply do not care that they don't wear helmets #yeah they'd probably have slightly less head injuries if more wore helmets but like #did you know that the netherlands only had 582 road deaths in 2021 #america when you get your road deaths down to that level then you can start to judge #also there's evidence that helmets make cyclists less safe #in the same way that seatbelts didn't reduce deaths #in that people are far more comfortable driving dangerously around cyclists wearing helmets because they are less scared of hurting them #it is really not that cut and dry and also stop acting so fucking superior

[shedontlovehuhself]

This has me in stitches because it's truuuuueeee! 🤭🤭

#spain and portugal did the nastiest colonization no look at em #germany belgium netherlands france #all they asses can flop #the united states is flopping right now #i just need it to flop harder #colonizers #china japan y'all ain't getting away either #queen elizabeth #the queen dead #the queen #*now look at them

[donghyuckkies]

i've lived in canada for 20 years now but i have yet to gain citizenship. at first it was a matter of personal finance: the total cost is about $800. and the only benefits of becoming is citizen are being able to vote and not having to worry about travelling to the states/having a pr card. however these days the main reason i'm holding off is that i'm not exactly motivated to swear allegiance to a country that cares so little about human rights. not only does this government continue to not call for a ceasefire and has recently withdrawn funding to unrwa. but it also allows premiers like danielle smith to violate the human rights of trans people, especially youth. and don't get me started on the dogshit treatment of indigenous peoples. i do however realize that gaining the ability to vote would enable me to make a bit more of a difference, so needless to say i am extremely conflicted and will continue to put it off (also because i have other procedures i need to complete first).

#just wanted to share my thoughts #writing things out always helps me process my feelings #and no i won't be moving back to the netherlands #my family and friends #my whole life #it's all here now #for better or worse #fun fact i can get top surgery for free here #and starting hormone therapy was pretty simple #i'm currently in the process of legally changing my name which is also relatively easy #but if i wanted to change my name in the netherlands i would have to get a lawyer??? #very strange #mars.txt