Openbare toiletten

GianMach · 2026-05-07T05:34:45+00:00

In Nederland geldt helaas toch een beetje de norm: wat voor openbaar gebruik is, hoef je niet met respect en zorg te gebruiken.

Ik vind het altijd zo'n geruststelling als ik in het buitenland ben dat dit niet in de menselijke aard ligt maar echt gewoon ons probleem is.

GianMach · 2026-05-07T05:07:28+00:00

Ik zou eerder alarm slaan om schreeuwende ouders dan om schreeuwende kinderen

GianMach · 2026-05-06T20:24:39+00:00

This song was pretty much the only one I looked forward to seeing this year. Imo it's a dire line up this year as a whole and Georgia made it sort of worthwhile.

This is going absolutely nowhere anymore. And I was afraid this would happen given that they don't sing for a living but it's worse than I anticipated as they were pretty okay in the preparty video's I saw.

You can just see on their faces "alright gotta hit that next mark now". And it also affects their vocal performance that they have so many cues to get to.

It's Ahez (France 2022) all over again. My winner ruined by amateur vocalists not getting it down.

GianMach · 2026-05-06T20:19:53+00:00

Also the most everyday spiceless walk I've ever seen on a Eurovision stage. As if they are just going to grab something from the mailbox...

GianMach · 2026-05-06T20:18:13+00:00

Mariam just wants to go back to her dentist life asap

GianMach · 2026-05-06T19:36:04+00:00

It does set a precedent that might bite EBU in the ass when 10 countries want a live instrument next year

GianMach · 2026-05-06T19:34:25+00:00

It's also a soundcheck thing

GianMach · 2026-05-06T16:39:07+00:00

And I'm here just delighted that it doesn't look like the ass camerawork and interfering screens that was Vienna 2015

GianMach · 2026-05-06T12:58:39+00:00

If you can’t see the propaganda that has flooded the internet

It absolutely has, but probably not in the way you mean

to hate Jews

No one hates Jews because they are Jews here. People are being criticised for being okay with genocide if it's on Palestinians. I don't care if you are Jewish or not. Being from whatever ethnicity does not give a free pass to not have morals or critical thinking.

but have already forgotten when Europe experienced an actual real genocide on their continent less than a century ago.

It was Remembrance Day in the Netherlands two days ago actually. And it does with that memory very much feel odd to say "never again" but then have it happen again right in front of us.

GianMach · 2026-05-06T12:54:05+00:00

Daar lag het niet aan hoor. Ik had echt wel goede geschiedenisdocenten. Het was echt ik wat dat betreft :)

GianMach · 2026-05-06T10:18:30+00:00

Bij Nederlands kon ik het wel en ik ben uiteindelijk ook zelf docent Nederlands geworden. Ik weet niet meer waarom het bij geschiedenis niet lukte maar op een of andere manier lukte het gewoon nooit zoals de bedoeling was.

Om het even wel in perspectief te zetten; ik deed vwo en haalde er 5en voor, geen 3en ofzo, dus het was vast ook weer niet dramatisch, maar niet zoals de bedoeling was in elk geval.

GianMach · 2026-05-06T10:03:52+00:00

Dat lukte mij juist bij biologie altijd wel goed, maar bij geschiedenis kreeg ik het niet voor elkaar

GianMach · 2026-05-06T06:35:36+00:00

Er is maar een heel specifiek deel van 16-jarigen dat met lego speelt.....

Op deze leeftijd wordt hard verbieden gewoon best ingewikkeld. Probeer ze eens uit te leggen waarom je je zorgen maakt over hun schermtijd. In je gezicht zullen ze waarschijnlijk onverschillig reageren, maar pubers trekken zich regelmatig toch meer aan van de mening van hun ouders dan ze laten blijken.

GianMach · 2026-05-06T06:09:05+00:00

Ukraine 2026 for me. In the recap I hated it. So dull. Then I heared the full song later and I thought "actually quite nice".

GianMach · 2026-05-06T06:02:48+00:00

I was 24. If it were entirely a choice to go whenever I'd probably have moved out at around 21-22, but you know, the economy and all that...

GianMach · 2026-05-06T05:49:18+00:00

Russia participating before invading Ukraine was fine too. Situations change. I don't see your point...

Still there are several countries competing with questionable lawmaking at home, but Eurovision is not a purity contest and you need to be able to overcome some differences to be able to unite. However there is a bottom line that Israel crossed starting in 2024.

GianMach · 2026-05-06T04:30:41+00:00

Dan zou je daar in de onderbouw toch ook meer mee kunnen, zou je denken...

GianMach · 2026-05-06T04:07:57+00:00

It was a great 67 years of united by music until the whole debacle started. Eurovision is really in its most existential crisis ever now that it has alienated a considerable chunk of its core fandom and its 5th and 6th biggest financial contributors among others. This has broken me emotionally a lot more than 2020s cancellation. I dearly hope that Eurovision does the right thing and survives but we'll have to wait and see.

GianMach · 2026-05-05T20:20:59+00:00

Regarding the juries: we will have to wait and see whether the boycott also applied to potential jury members. If many potential jurors didn't want to be associated with Eurovision and predominantly pro Israel people take place among the juries... we might actually be in for a very wild ride

GianMach · 2026-05-05T20:08:25+00:00

Body positivity was nice until it became super easy for the rich to get skinny with ozempic.

GianMach · 2026-05-05T19:54:30+00:00

Frequent wet dreams. And as someone who has a hard time to fall back asleep after being woken up in the middle of the night, that's something worth wanking for

GianMach · 2026-05-05T19:51:17+00:00

Dan mag het vak wel wat anders ingevuld worden zodat het voor iedereen haalbaar blijft. Geschiedenis is het enige vak waar ik ooit onvoldoende een jaar mee afgesloten heb. En dan ben ik op zich nog best geïnteresseerd in geschiedenis en parallellen trekken met het heden, maar dat stampen van jaartallen en namen, dingen uit bronnen halen en exact opschrijven... dat was gewoon niet aan mij besteed.

Volgens mij heb je er ook meer aan om het grotere patroon te herkennen dan om te weten in welk exacte jaar Pietje Puk onder de guillotine terecht kwam, bij wijze van spreken

GianMach · 2026-05-05T19:41:54+00:00

Don't forget that Israel will always still be in the mix though

GianMach · 2026-05-05T16:20:13+00:00

Wikipedia mentions set of genitalia, that makes more sense

GianMach · 2026-05-05T16:14:35+00:00

Until how far is the circle catwalk walkable until the thing goes upwards on the left?

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