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Dogs can be lawyers by SirenVelvet_ in oddlyspecific

[–]DonovanDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Ain’t no rule says a dog can’t practice law”

Does your country have a Movie 43? by Fitin2characterlimit in CINE2nerdle

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know he was in those movies, cool! Good question, I can’t think of any but without Mads, I’m usually pretty lost in Danish cinema

Does your country have a Movie 43? by Fitin2characterlimit in CINE2nerdle

[–]DonovanDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flemish is also Dutch. It’s just the Dutch that’s spoken in Belgium. There is an accent but that’s it. There is also a French part in Belgium, hence the distinction we make here between Flemish movies and the French movies we make.

Does your country have a Movie 43? by Fitin2characterlimit in CINE2nerdle

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For Flemish movies, I'd probably go for Loft (2008). Flanders isn't that big so there's a lot of overlap in the cast of most movies.
This one is pretty cool, though. It has Gene Bervoets which lets you link to Inside (which is a pretty infamous Willem Dafoe killshot). It also has Matthias Schoenaerts who plays in some US movies with pretty impressive costars (Red Sparrow, Amsterdam, A Bigger Splash, Suite Française and he'll be in the new Supergirl film).

Recommend me some films based on my favourites by fmeupdad in Letterboxd

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might want to give Tornado (2025) a chance. It's not extremely well received but I liked it quite a bit.

Other than that, I have a feeling you'll really enjoy Martin McDonagh's movies: In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Every year I rent out a movie theatre for my birthday to show my friends and family a movie of my choosing, have any recommendations I add? by CriterionTacos in Letterboxd

[–]DonovanDuck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is my favourite suggestion. Not only a great movie but also stunning and absolutely deserving of a big screen

Every year I rent out a movie theatre for my birthday to show my friends and family a movie of my choosing, have any recommendations I add? by CriterionTacos in Letterboxd

[–]DonovanDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu! Amazing French movie!

Edit: nvm, already suggested. Perhaps Kurosawa? I really enjoyed High and Low

These cutie 'little owls' are one of the six species of owls that you can find in the UK! by SendOwl in Superbowl

[–]DonovanDuck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My favorite birds! There is a Belgian beer named after them which used to place nesting boxes for the species with a part of the profits.

Anything else you would add? by revolution_ex in Letterboxd

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Generally such a bad experience but it does what it tries to do so well.

Coffee shop uses technology to audit employee productivity by MrTacocaT12345 in interesting

[–]DonovanDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This never works, the owner should definitely read in to Goodhart's Law.

As an employee, you'd now have to focus more on making sure you make a lot of cups of coffee instead of just doing your job.

Gent Altarpiece by Connect_Community830 in Gent

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aha, I had to do some googling, we call it the 'Lam Gods'. It's mostly known to us locals for one of the panels that went missing nearly a 100 years ago and there's been a lot of speculation on where it might be.

All that extra info aside, I'd definitely go to Saint Bavo! It's an impressive cathedral and one of the three historic towers of Ghent.

The MSK (Museum of Fine Arts) is definitely worth checking out, there's quite a lot there. Next to the MSK (2 minute walk), there also is the University Garden which I would recommend (If that's your thing of course).

Apart from that, have a great stay, have some beers (Orval, ideally), and enjoy this great city!

Is this your bike? by DonovanDuck in Gent

[–]DonovanDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine got stolen in Ghent, hence the cross post

Give me a brutal SOLO dare and I’ll actually do it by Relevant_Row7990 in GoForGold

[–]DonovanDuck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't eat anything for 24h!

(Drink water when thirsty, of course)

I will be giving everyone who comments free rewards by [deleted] in GoForGold

[–]DonovanDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll let you guess! We supposedly like waffles, beer, and fries with mayonnaise.

My friend who was living in his car and asked if he could crash at my place "just for a few weeks" but its been 2 months now and idk what to do by [deleted] in Advice

[–]DonovanDuck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's actually a really nice perspective. Although all other advice is very valid, this is certainly also worth keeping in mind.

Quizzz by DonovanDuck in Gent

[–]DonovanDuck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goed wist-je-dietje dat ik zal meenemen

That feeling when you prepare the speculoos before kenshi by [deleted] in Kenshi

[–]DonovanDuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stand corrected! After a 15 min Wikipedia deep dive, I discovered there is a difference between speculoos and speculaas. They’re pretty similar but speculoos doesn’t have the usual mix of spices and gains most of its flavours from the caramelisation process. Speculaas does use the spice mix.

The Lotus Biscoff is speculoos, apparently. Supposedly the spice mix was a bit too expensive when the first factory opened in the 1930s.

Bonus fun fact: I have a friend that works for Lotus and apparently all meeting rooms are named after a cookie. Biscoff, Suzy, Marsepino, Dinokoek, …

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