#just dutch things

[veiligplekje]

#achterop de fiets *hele band plat* #just dutch things #the netherlands #cycling #bicycle #holland #dutch culture

[msfbgraves]

The Season of the Spirit

Sorry I got the cockles of my heart warmed straight through yesterday.

Saint Nicholas does of course hit people in all the sentimentals: it's about giving to children, specifically, not adults, and about selfless giving. It's direct giving - physical toys, no vague monetary donations that could line other people's pockets. No greedy board member is going to hoard glitter gel pens, or cuddly toys. It's also about family time together. And it's somehow a symbol for "Dutchness" (it's not but it's perceived to be), so right wingers don't object. It's also so pagan that in practice it's pan religious and atheist.

People have therefore, zero reason not to want to reach out and then, goodness, they can come together so hard.

A mother, a few years ago, started a St. Nicholas themed toy donation drive. Because St.Nicholas loves all children, whether or not their parents can afford to buy them toys. Children should be visited by St. Nicholas. Even children who don't believe in St Nicholas should be visited by St. Nicholas. There's even a line in the most famous St. Nick song

Oh, sweet Saint Nicholas, will you come to me, too?

Please don't quietly pass by my home...

And with growing poverty, Saint Nicholas was quietly passing by homes and it was not to be borne.

The Hague regional radio picked up on it. A year later Leiden picked up on it. There was a donation point for gifts in the The Hague public library, ages 0-18. They hoped for 20,000 presents, that would be grouped in to packages by age, and distributed around the greater The Hague region on the eve of Dec 5. From a bonafide Santa's Workshop, the way it is always portrayed in stories about Nicholas and his helpers. They flat out created a real life Santa's workshop with people packing gifts and sending them to children.

They had hoped for 20,000 gifts.

Around 18,000, a bank donated €1000 to be spent on gifts. People rushed in on the last day with donations. And I mean carrying dolls and cars and sweets and puzzles and plush animals and perfume and make up and electronics and books and craft sets and legos.

They totalled 47,000 + gifts.

This year - this went far beyond The Hague. Extra donation points were set up. 3 more radio stations in neughbouring towns and regions. There was a donation tram for people who couldn't make it to a donation point. A grandmother crocheted 200 fairy tale figures. Ikea set up donation points and promised to match every gift with 2 others (given their margins, I'm sure they made money on that even then, but since all the gifts were bought at retail price anyway, Ikea was as good a place to buy as any.)

The bank donated another €1,000

They'd already set a goal of 50,000 gifts this year.

They totalled more than 88,000. That's the people of one big and one medium sized city. Because children deserve a visit from St. Nick.

This, too, is humanity.

#people being people #st nicholas #Just dutch things

[teacup-tyrant]

Chapter 3 is up! Featuring: Kaz brooding, Inej nesting, poor Lei being terrified of everything and everyone, and traditional Dutch baby gifts because yes of course I researched this, what do you take me for?

ALSO, if you would like some Emotional Damage™ this video is what inspired this entire fic and Lei's personality. Don't say I didn't warn you.

#kanej baby fic #six of crows fanfic #kaz brekker #beschuit met muisjes roze #is what you're looking at here #just dutch things

[fonkeloog]

Accurate representation of me once I get to work:

#we stan riding a bicycle in -7° (19.4) #just dutch things #britt is rambling

[soapkaars]

The local barrel organ is in its enclosure in a garage not far from where I am now, and it’s still playing. Like it’s pretty hilarious because you can hear it down the whole street even with the doors closed, and its giving me the mental image of a hungry animal loudly demanding to be released from its enclosure

#just dutch things

[dazednstoned]

Hosea and Dutch did good by saving John and Arthur, but that doesn't automatically make them faultless parents.

They molded Arthur and John into ideal outlaws who obeyed them (intentional or not). So much so that BOTH Arthur and John ended up prioritizing the gang over their literal children + the mothers of their children.

Arthur never actually made it out of the outlaw life. John struggled for 8 years trying to leave behind old habits. You cannot tell me that wasn't a direct product of Dutch and Hosea raising them.

I doubt they had any malicious intent, but that doesn't absolve them of everything. I think a big thing rdr fans tend to do is favor intent over the actual results of a character's actions.

It's explicitly clear that the cycle of violence didn't begin with John and proceed with Jack, it began with Hosea and Dutch.

#this isn't to say they're bad or good #they're just flawed people #yk a main thing in game for ALL the characters #I've seen multiple posts about this today #so here's more of my unsolicited opinions #hosea matthews #dutch van der linde #john marston #arthur morgan #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2

[goldevolution]

#dutch van der linde #rdr2 #my art #kind of. barely. im just drawing over some image i reblogged. but its the closest thing to art ive done in many months

[whilomm]

note: pollmaker is thinking of the USAmerican lottery system (powerball, mega millions, state lottos, scratchoffs, etc), but poll applies to other countries lotteries systems so long as its still the same concept of "big ol state sponsered gambling shit", but not like casino style gambling. u know what i mean, Lottos.

questions for the tags: how regularly, what stuff you play, if you have limits for yourself, if you feel like its a Problem for you, and for funsies the usual 'first thing youd do if you won the lottery' shit

reblog to have absolutely zero effect on your luck either way. just like, absolutely no change in luck whether you reblog this or scroll past. this is the luck neutral post reblog in the next 30 seconds or dont who give a shit

#buzzy #REMAKING BECAUSE I FORGOT THE FUCKING NO OPTION CHRIST im bad at this #do u ever spend so long thinking about every possible 'OP WHY DIDNT YOU MAKE AN OPTION FOR THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION' #that u forget the fucking 'no' optik #polls #poll #lottery #lotteries #the lottery #gambling #okay to repeat my personal answers: yes but i do only $3 per week and ONLY the texas lotto #i do my lucky numbers and i do a multi draw (does the next ten drawings w the same numbers) so that i dont gotta #pay attention to it for a couple of weeks #which makes it less of A Thing #so im not activelt rhinking about it as much #im ya kno impulsive and in the past it was 'ohh $5 per week and scratchoffs' but that meant too much of a #'oh but this week ill spend an extra $5 ive been good....' #and it was too easy for me to justify going overboard #i know 'not playing at all' is the better option but this scratches the itch just enough that i dont feel tempted to impulse buy scratchoffs #while also being p hands off so im not obsessing over it as much #ya kno? #yeah im consistently wasting money but it keeps me from IMPULSIVELY wasting EVEN MORE money #and it means i can keep lotto winning dreams jn the back of my mind #also first thing id do is go to doctors and find out wtf is wrong w me #well not the FIRST first. first first is probs getting myself a little treat like some dutch bros

[arthursfuckinghat]

"I was gonna say you're like a son to me.. but you're more than that."

"It ain't that complicated!"

How quickly that shoulder pat of comfort turned into a condescending one.

#he makes me feel so emo #this life was never meant for you but your fate was forced #the way dutch (and hosea) talks to arthur like he's stupid will never sit right with me #like they've been by his side over 20 years they KNOW he isn't stupid because if he was he would have been gone a long time ago #not only is arthur incredibly emotionally smart but he's a trained conman vault breaker gunslinger horse rider you name it #the fact that his own adoptive parents break him down like that hurts #it's a manipulation tactic on dutch's end - break your victims self esteem to make them chase your praise and approval #hosea I believe has just gone along with that kind of attitude but in a different way he just likes to jest lightheartedly #arthur doesn't see the difference though and it's understandable but he takes it to heart #the worst part is that hosea sees through his tough guy act and has called arthur out on it #his act is a defence mechanism to protect himself from being too vulnerable - in arthur's mind #and it isn't a sudden thing it's very likely something that has built over the years given the life he has lived #and hosea notices he knows this #but they still jab at arthur #oh it hurts #is he your son dutch? or is he your guard dog? your personal workhorse? #playing through the second time is opening my eyes more and more #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #mick rants #mick gifs #arthur morgan #dutch van der linde #liveblogging #you guys gotta understand - arthur seeks and longs for dutch's approval he'll never say it but it's the key motive behind his loyalty #and arthur *rejects* dutch's comfort #he doesn't *want* dutch to pat him on the shoulder because he knows dutch is digging them an even deeper hole #he doesn't want that touch he craves #it's so insanely monumental for such a small scene because it shows us how arthur feels without telling us

[pastelauroras]

this is how I see the friendship dynamic when buckleway and harringrove start dating btw

#harringrove #buckleway #billy hargrove #heather holloway #robin buckley #steve harrington #steve x billy #robin x heather #just two gays sipping tea while their bisexuals fight each other over stupid things #that headcanon that heather would hate steve at first… real #pic is from last year’s belgian/dutch big brother btw lmao #billy antis dni

[neversetyoufree]

She can't keep getting away with this

#I just finally got my hands on a physical copy of volume 5. so I was looking at this omake again #and one google search later. here we are #a god damn famous painting about eating oysters in a way that evokes both horniness and the transience of pleasure #done by a dutch painter during the era when vanitas paintings were a big thing in the netherlands #god damn you mochijun #it doesn't say it in the screenshot. but vanitas paintings as a genre did start specifically as a dutch thing #I can't believe this #I hope I never stop finding little details like this #this woman is insane #I love it so much #also to be clear I did read about this in places other than wikipedia. I know how good sources work. #but this was the easiest way to get matchy screenshots #vnc #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #comparison #ID in alt text

[msfbgraves]

Leader of the Dutch Rich Assholes Party, historian by training: "Look, I will fuck everybody over, make the rich richer, the poor poorer, have migrants die at sea, victim blame minorities, give tax breaks to the rich during a cost of living crisis, support Netanyahu without question, increase the King's unconstitutional power, but I will not form a government with the National Socialist Party."

New Leader of the Dutch Rich Assholes Party, sociologist by training: "Of course I would, after a pandemic and during a spike in inflation, during which the trust in traditional government is at an all time low and the political landscape has never been as splintered, form a government with the National Socialist Party. No, I do not know what the Weimar Republic is, why do you ask?"

National Socialist Party becomes a relative majority in the Netherlands, beating the Dutch Rich Assholes Party on a landslide

Everyone: It'll be fine. It'll be fine 🙃🙃🙃 No, we didn't know that "Nazi" is an abbreviation of National-Socialist, btw. And that they combined a pro labour agenda with extreme nationalism and a hatred of religious minorities. It'll be fine, right? Even if these Dutch National Socialists are anti democratic in their Party structure and only recognise a leader who has any and all say? What could possibly go wrong???

#Just dutch things #dutch politics #the netherlands

[pinkysberg]

i will be going on an unhinged rant later about how dutch does not like women beyond how they make him appear and that annabelle was murdered before dutch could inevitably get bored of her and now uses her death as a justification for his ongoing fued against colm, when the real reason is he just wants revenge for the sake of coming out victorious.

#also because he's gay but that's just my thing #anyway #rdr2 #dutch van der linde #thinky

[shittywriterbrain]

i love watching ofmd over and over again because every two minutes i'll hear a line and be like ohhh that's where that thing i say every day is from

#seriously when something pops into my brain ill just assume its from ofmd #i once took an entire day to figure out that “hello? anybody home?” in the funniest german sounding accent was actually from ofmd ep 6 #yk when the dutch come onto the revenge #but sometimes its from j&w or good omens and the thing is most of the things i quote are from bertie azi or stede #who all talk very similarly #anyway. trying to figure out where “thats the spirit” in a very particular voice is from its been on my mind for two days #probably ofmd until proven otherwise #our flag means death #ofmd #NOOO NOOO I HAVE IT ITS YONDERLAND JESUS CHRIST #that took me way too long #dont know what exact scene or character tbh but i know its mat #good lord #(its from the very first episode i think. i found it in one of my edits. and its elf in debbies flat)

[fonkeloog]

Everyone always romanticises the dutch and how we do everything by bike (myself included). But I don't think you understand the absolute HELL that is cycling against wind that goes 30 km/h (18.6 mph).

I am dead. No one talk to me until my lungs have stopped burning.

#just dutch things #britt is rambling #i love my bike but this is ridiculous

[soapkaars]

Just Dutch things

Finding pepernoten from last fucking year in the pockets of my wintercoat

#just dutch things