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Not a serious country and not a serious language. (hexbear.net)

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[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 54 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just because NL has the worlds best bike infrastructure does not make them a "good" country. This is the home of Shell, remember. Also they seem far too happy with their colonialist history.

[-] dkr567@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago

And their odd love for blackface.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago

And the chuds defend it saying "uhhhm akshully it's just culture it has nothing to do with racism :smuglord: "

[-] Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

cw racism

A few years ago r/thenetherlands had a cultural exchange with r/indonesia and the thread in r/indonesia was full of GEKOLONISEERT jokes.

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

The bike infrastructure has DUTCH people riding it, therefore it can't be good

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unlimited Car centric urban design on the Dutch

qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I rode on it once, ngl, even with all the Dutch people it's fucking amazing to cycle on. Everyone deserves to be able to have a cycling holiday in the Netherlands to see what's been taken from them.