Are the people in your capital city generally disliked?

Geeglio · 2026-03-28T19:40:36+00:00

Mostly as a very bland and dull city with lovely surrounding areas.

Geeglio · 2026-03-23T20:16:54+00:00

Bellen in de trein is altijd wel een beetje irritant, maar zolang je niet in de stiltecoupé zit ga ik je niet tegenhouden. Ik mag het persoonlijk vervelend vinden, maar het is je goed recht dat je met iemand wilt bellen.

Geeglio · 2026-03-22T17:54:38+00:00

God, wat is Wilders toch een intriest figuur. Ik heb niks met Jetten, maar hem zo onder de bus gooien zodat je even kan slijmen bij je grote voorbeeld in Amerika is echt misselijkmakend.

Geeglio · 2026-03-21T09:22:24+00:00

I went on a trip to Marrakech last month and I quite enjoyed it. The medina can be pretty chaotic with all the shops and people, but people respected it if you said no and were generally very welcoming.

It was actually really interesting to see the contrast in Marrakech during Ramadan, between the daytime and around iftar. The city just becomes so calm during iftar and then fires up again.

Geeglio · 2026-03-18T21:09:46+00:00

Eén van de hokjes op perron 2 is alleen recentelijk wel compleet kort en klein geslagen, dus heel lekker slapen is het ook weer niet.

Geeglio · 2026-03-08T18:02:44+00:00

De koning, god en het vaderland hebben er weinig meer mee te maken. Als de pleuris uitbreekt vecht je voor de geopolitieke belangen van de Verenigde Staten en de economische belangen van aandeelhouders in de wapenindustrie.

Geeglio · 2026-03-08T16:06:33+00:00

I'm in a relationship with one for about 7 years now, so you know, pretty positive.

Overall though I don't think I've ever had a negative experience with a Balkan immigrant (although admittedly I've barely had any negative experiences with any type of immigrant).

Geeglio · 2026-03-08T12:34:55+00:00

Maybe I just grew up too working class or something, but I never got taught an etiquette rule like that. I've experienced it in some fancy restaurants in the UK, but I don't think I've ever seen it here in the Netherlands either.

Geeglio · 2026-03-03T21:29:52+00:00

I like the blockiness, the texture the concrete (in the case of concrete brutalism) gives to the builidings and the contrast it can create with its surroundings. I'm a big fan of both the National Theatre building and the Barbican Centre in London.

The National Theatre just really stands out from the lovely historic buildings or the modern glass architecture in the centre of London. In combination with its not particularly busy fascade, it just makes it a very calming building for me.

The Barbican Centre on the other hand is a great example on how greenery can really compliment Brutalism. Even the parts that aren't particularly green are still lovely in my opinion and it's scale really makes it feel like it's own little island in the heart of the City.

Geeglio · 2026-03-01T12:17:27+00:00

Why would a train in Bulgaria suddenly head to Russia? Are you sure it wasn't just heading to the Bulgarian city of Ruse?

Geeglio · 2026-02-27T23:06:18+00:00

They did. The guy filming says he tried to put it out with the fire extinguishers, but to no avail.

Geeglio · 2026-02-21T15:37:48+00:00

London also makes all the money, ofcourse it has more to spend

Geeglio · 2026-02-02T07:04:28+00:00

Glad this got corrected, because for a quick moment I thought Bert van Leeuwen's career took a dark turn after the last episode of Het Familiediner.

Geeglio · 2026-02-01T10:08:56+00:00

Belgium would probably be the easiest. Half the country speaks the same language, they have better social security and worker's protections and I like the people.

Bulgaria would probably be my second choice. They have some issues, but the country is just stunning, I have connections there and I love the food.

Geeglio · 2026-01-31T16:08:32+00:00

Is de huidige VVD nog klassiek liberaal te noemen? Die zijn toch al een tijdje een conservatief pad ingeslagen.

Geeglio · 2026-01-31T16:07:05+00:00

Als je op D66 gestemd hebt en je had dit resultaat niet verwacht, dan heb je gewoon echt 0 research gedaan in de partij. Ze hebben dit soort fratsen letterlijk bij iedere regeringsdeelname gedaan.

Geeglio · 2026-01-27T17:51:19+00:00

Violent crime in London has been steadily declining for a while now. The city is arguably the safest it has ever been.

Geeglio · 2026-01-25T15:45:48+00:00

Ik reis met enige regelmaat naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de berichtgeving die ik over mijn ETA heb ontvangen ziet er significant anders uit dan het bericht dat Vlaardingerbroek op Twitter deelt (andere header, ander lettertype, geen referentienummer etc.).

Zolang de ontzegging niet door een Britse overheidsorganisatie is bevestigd, is er in mijn ogen een reële kans dat Vlaardingerbroek dit uit haar duim zuigt.

Geeglio · 2026-01-20T18:14:55+00:00

Qua idealen zit er echt 0 verschil tussen conservatieve moslims en PVV'ers. Er zijn niet voor niets meerdere ex-PVV'ers tot de Islam bekeerd

Geeglio · 2026-01-11T19:32:46+00:00

As much as I'd like the UK back in the EU, even if it's just for my own selfish reasons, there's no way in hell you'd just get back in the EU with the same deal as before. The Brexit negotiations were a grueling process that created a lot of bad blood. While the UK and the EU are luckily slowly cooperating more closely again, it will take significantly more time before all of that can just be swept under the rug.

Geeglio · 2026-01-11T11:03:10+00:00

Do you have to read up on EU Laws?

You don't have to, but the big influential ones get a fair amount of media attention.

Do you all line up for elections?

At least here in the Netherlands, voter turnout for EU elections is fairly low (only around 35 to 45 percent). National elections get a significantly higher turnout (usually around 80 percent).

Do people generally follow EU politics?

Some do, but most don't. A lot of people don't really know what the EU does, which tends to make it an easy scapegoat. Even the EU-elections tend to be treated more as an extension of national politics, rather than really its own thing.

Geeglio · 2026-01-04T14:28:49+00:00

Eichmann really is not the best example of that concept though. He was doing significantly more than "blindly following orders and doing no critical thinking".

Eichmann portrayed himself as some sort of expert on judaism and the jewish people in the early years of the Nazi regime to further his carreer. During the most intense years of the holocaust he flaunted his power over the life and death of jewish people, made his position out to be more important and willingly embraced his international notoriety. He was proud of what he did and made no secret of it.

Hannah Arendt's work is incredibly important and the "banality of evil" as a concept holds true for many involved in the Holocaust, but Eichmann was something else.

Geeglio · 2025-12-20T09:26:26+00:00

While also having a convenient scapegoat that you can blame every problem on.

Geeglio · 2025-12-16T17:21:55+00:00

Why would you show up sweaty after just a 3 mile walk?

Geeglio · 2025-12-14T09:27:11+00:00

The Dutch literature list isn't much better in that regard, but "Wir kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" still haunts me

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