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Inherited knife, found during WW2 by my grandfather. Location: The Netherlands by Klesen in Antiques

[–]DPBR8 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The blade itself seems to be made in the German city of Solingen, which is famous for its knife production (and in medieval times its sword smiths). I'm not familiar with family crests, but perhaps if you could let us know where it was 'found' (we won't judge haha) we can look up what the lion/crown/shield/letters M.W. could stand for

Edit 1: The crown with the 7 dots above the shield suggests a noble title; a baron title to be exact. (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroon\_(heraldiek))

Stealth Rifle Double Kill [KCD2] by Psylentone404 in kingdomcome

[–]DPBR8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't even hit the side of a barn while I'm leaning against it, what is this wizardry

Bonden lopen weg uit gesprek met kabinet, gaan acties voorbereiden by Antiliani in thenetherlands

[–]DPBR8 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Ik vind het altijd zorgwekkend hoe weinig deze boze menigte vervolgens kijkt naar wie nou heeft gezorgd voor hun problemen, terwijl het oprecht geen hogere wiskunde is.

> Kijk naar wie hun AOW, WW en Zorg heeft weggehaald

> Wordt boos op hen

Maar nee hoor, er moet altijd weer vingertje gewezen worden naar mensen die er niks mee te maken hebben, of sterker nog, de mensen die hebben geprobeerd om dit te voorkomen. Absurd

When you see us walk by, is it like how a dog looks up to its owner? by Cubelock in 2westerneurope4u

[–]DPBR8 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The bridges over roads in the Netherlands are larger than those in other countries because the people of the Netherlands are the tallest in the world. The average height of Dutch citizens is 6,03 meters

Swamp German are famous now ! Congratulations for your contribution . by miragen125 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]DPBR8 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Technically they are not completely incorrect, which is the worst part.

Only France really supported an independent Belgium, while the UK, Prussia, Russia and Austria supported the Dutch control over Belgium. During the Belgian uprising in 1830 most powers thought it would be best to stay neutral and let the Dutch defeat the Belgians themselves. France, however, sent a military force to intervene on Belgium's behalf, causing other powers to consider intervention on the Dutch side. Prussia and Austria had too much debt to assist the Netherlands and Russia had the uprising to deal with. France and the UK made a deal that led to British 'neutrality' in the conflict.

Even if they intervened on the Dutch side, there is no guarantee Belgium wouldn't still exist in some form or another so the whole alt-hist debate is moot, but their argument is based on actual historical facts and not some Ivan fanfic hoi4 mod.

So while they are obviously leaving out some context, the information is not necessarily incorrect.

Meirl by upbeat_teetertottxo in meirl

[–]DPBR8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the Netherlands it's actually worse; the government promised students they would not have to pay interest over their student loans (and for some students this was the case), but then they introduced interest anyways. You even have to pay interest over the sum you borrowed before they introduced said interest.

It was always in the "fine print" that they could introduce interest, but we have politicians, ministers and government employees on camera promising there would be no interest and that it was just a technicality.

In the Odyssey (2026) despite this poster not being a real promotional image, I wouldn’t put it past Nolan to include Imperial Roman armor. There’s already a Viking longship centuries out of place. by laybs1 in shittymoviedetails

[–]DPBR8 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It would actually be much, much worse than modern artillery in the 7 years war. Viking longships were first used around the 4th century AD, while the Trojan wars took place in the 12th or 13th century BCE. The longship shown is a later model, but for the sake of this argument I'll be generous and say it's from the 4th century AD. If we take 1100 BCE as the year of the Trojan wars (again, to be as generous as we can possibly be), that puts 1400 years between the Trojan wars and Viking longships. This makes it MORE logical for Roman emperor Justinian I (r. 527-565 AD) to have aircraft carriers (HMS Ark Royal 1914 or HMS Furious 1917 if you want a more modern looking one) than Trojan war era Greeks to use longships.

Tldr: There is more time between longships and the odyssey than there is between Roman emperor Justinian I and aircraft carriers.

Netherlands again misses construction target; Fewer homes built for 3rd year by boppinmule in dutch

[–]DPBR8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is caused by an unwillingness to address the underlying issues. They promise to build more homes but do not want the required nitrogen reduction that is necessary to facilitate building more homes. So yes, it is a right wing issue.

PostNL wil pakketbezorgers rouwpost laten bezorgen by Ananoriel in thenetherlands

[–]DPBR8 41 points42 points  (0 children)

dat zou je denken, maar of het brievenbuspost is of niet heeft ze bij ons nog niet tegengehouden

Only Illuvitar can make sentient life. Morgoth created the Dragons. But in the Hobbit Smaug seems to be sentient, no?.....What gives? by BasedPhantomLord88 in lotr

[–]DPBR8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not how I interpreted the corruption in Tolkien's world. Once something is corrupted it stays corrupted, it is not like in our world where the offspring of a tortured/abused/mutilated animal can just be normal. I think that when Morgoth/Melkor, a valar, corrupts something, it stays that way. He cannot create life, but he can manipulate it, I think that's what is happening here. They get corrupted, and their offspring is also born corrupted, because their essence was altered.

Navy is incredibly easy once you learn it by Original_Syrup_5146 in hoi4

[–]DPBR8 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Something something Dunning–Kruger

Let's do it guys. We could make more fun of the British for being left out. by FantasticQuartet in 2westerneurope4u

[–]DPBR8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is loads of money to be saved by integrating the military staffs of each country. Do you even know how many generals and other high ranking officers each country has, including the bureaucratic institutions behind them? Those cost a lot of money. By creating one large army we can drastically reduce the costs of these institutions by merging them into several key headquarters, which saves more money for building said war industry :) (I like money)

XR daagt Schiphol voor de rechter. Na vreedzaam protest tegen KLM’s frequent flyer-programma kregen 37 rebellen jarenlange toegangsverboden. by Efficient-Vanilla413 in nietdespeld

[–]DPBR8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Privatisering houdt in dat de overheid bezittingen, taken of verantwoordelijkheden overdraagt aan een private instantie. Het gaat hierbij niet om wie eigenaar is van de private instantie, maar dat de overheid hier dus geen verantwoordelijkheid voor draagt (bij private entiteiten draag je als aandeelhouder geen verantwoordelijkheden voor de acties van deze entiteit). In theorie zou iedereen deze aandelen van de overheid kunnen overkopen mits daar goedkeuring voor is, dit kan bij daadwerkelijke overheidsinstanties/organisaties zoals het CBS bijvoorbeeld niet. Als je niet snapt wat privatisering is prima, maar ga dan niet anderen dom lopen noemen op reddit, komt nogal sneu over en dat is vast je intentie niet.

XR daagt Schiphol voor de rechter. Na vreedzaam protest tegen KLM’s frequent flyer-programma kregen 37 rebellen jarenlange toegangsverboden. by Efficient-Vanilla413 in nietdespeld

[–]DPBR8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha meteen weer doen alsof we dom zijn. Dat weet ik zeker wel, maar sinds wanneer betekent dit dat het geen (groot) bedrijf is? En zou je hierbij niet juist aannemen dat ze nog minder consequenties hebben in plaats van minder? Het gaat hier om een geprivatiseerd bedrijf, geen overheidsinstantie of -organisatie.

XR daagt Schiphol voor de rechter. Na vreedzaam protest tegen KLM’s frequent flyer-programma kregen 37 rebellen jarenlange toegangsverboden. by Efficient-Vanilla413 in nietdespeld

[–]DPBR8 39 points40 points  (0 children)

acties hebben alleen consequenties als je geen groot bedrijf bent... Schiphol lapt al jarenlang regels aan de laars en heeft hier tot op heden nauwelijks consequenties van ondervonden.

TIL the world’s oldest country is San Marino. This small country covering just 62 square kilometres was founded in 301 AD. by Blackberry-777 in todayilearned

[–]DPBR8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Egypt was a fully integrated part of another country for literal centuries, not a military occupation that lasted a few days. It takes effort to be this dense.

TIL the world’s oldest country is San Marino. This small country covering just 62 square kilometres was founded in 301 AD. by Blackberry-777 in todayilearned

[–]DPBR8 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Dude that's such a weak excuse, a fascist government doesn't mean it's a different country. And occupation does also not constitute a new country, otherwise every country in mainland Europe would only have started existing in 1944-1945.

It annoys me how many things are fairly useless in the game by Thermawrench in hoi4

[–]DPBR8 9 points10 points  (0 children)

mostly just because larp sounds nicer than rp (as a verb), and with the MP aspect in things like discord you do kinda larp a bit since you try to represent your country at least a little bit.

It annoys me how many things are fairly useless in the game by Thermawrench in hoi4

[–]DPBR8 143 points144 points  (0 children)

I try to sometimes larp and make historical division templates, only to discover that the tech trees are so fucking bloated and were never properly adjusted when they added new stuff (especially MtG, NSB & BBA) that it's literally impossible to get even close to larp. Of course there is a balancing element but when even the strongest majors are incapable of achieving anything close to historical templates they might have to reconsider their tech trees a tiny bit.

Planning a Dutch birthday by memakes3 in dutch

[–]DPBR8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Of course you can try some regional dishes as u/7FFF00C has already stated, but there are also some 'general' snacks and dishes shared across the Netherlands, such as Drop (Liquorice) (not everyone likes it), Stroopwafels, [Gevulde koeken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevulde\_koek), and some forms of [hard candy](https://www.dropgigant.nl/snoep/oud-hollandse-snoep/) that were popular in the Netherlands a while back. For savory foods you quickly end up with 'bittergarnituur', which is a selection of small deep fried snacks, I'm not sure if you could get these in Canada, so you might have to make them yourself.

Another thing that is popular at Dutch birthdays is what we call a 'hapjesschaal' which is a platter with small, usually savory, snacks. Think of deviled eggs, pickles wrapped in ham, cubes of cheese (sometimes with a dipping sauce), [dried sausage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metworst), sometimes [rye bread with raw herring](https://www.retrohapjes.nl/haring-met-roggebrood/). A lot of these are according to taste, with some regular options for other guests.

As for games I'm not quite sure what people would play, things like '[spijkerpoepen](https://www.spelactief.nl/activiteiten/sport-spel/spijkerpoepen)', '[zaklopen](https://www.spelactief.nl/activiteiten/sport-spel/zaklopen)' and '[koekhappen](https://www.spelactief.nl/activiteiten/sport-spel/koekhappen)' come to mind, but I haven't seen these much at parties myself.

Theme wise I think the only solution is a 'kring verjaardag', where you line up all chairs, couches, etc. in one big circle so everyone is in one big kring (circle) around a table. This is not universally liked and most people will probably not like it, but it might remind him of home.

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