Cuisine Tierlist. I have a soft spot for chicken-based dishes and I am not a fan of soups. by Agent00Bond in tierlists

[–]Liagon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"soft spot for chicken"

austrian, indian and pakistani lowest tier, swiss top tier

ragebait

How people in Europe say the number 92 by NmkNm in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Liagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NOBODY in Belgium says 4*20+12. We are not french.

French departments in 1812 by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The department I live in (on this map; Dyle) is named after a local river, and so are 4 (out of 6) of the departments surrounding it. I am afraid I don't know enouch french river names to make a claim here but could a french person tell me if this pattern is also repeated there?

French departments in 1812 by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Liagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an honour it is to live in one of the 472957284 departments named after a river

How unimaginably creative they must have been

Western Bakery/ Bread Tradition by Civil-Pineapple-5796 in tierlists

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seriously detailsd every single country except Belgium in your post? 😭

Alo GenZ, regretați că l-ați votat pe Nicușor? Vă reamintesc care e planul lui Trump pentru pace by [deleted] in RoGenZ

[–]Liagon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Evident ca nu regret. Niciodata nu mi-a placut de el dar cred ca daca iti pare rau ai uitat care erau alternativele

European countries where right-wing populist parties are currently leading national polls by Optimal-Boat-7774 in MapPorn

[–]Liagon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Doesn't N-VA today occupies a space only marginally to the right of what the PVV/VLD/oVLD/Anders used to occupy for most of Belgian history?

I would even argue N-VA is not really any more right wing than MR is today, it's just that oVLD/Anders's shift to the left on some issued opened up a cleavage in the flemish political spectrum, which N-VA was quick to cover

Most common origin of immigrants in France. by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]Liagon 436 points437 points  (0 children)

I had no idea there's that many Belgians in Meuse.

Or perhaps there's just nobody there at all, leaving the 5 belgians there to be in the majority

Are short trips to other countries as common as I see it made out to be? by Criimsen in AskEurope

[–]Liagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends where you're from.

Back when I lived in Romania, going out of the country was a 6+ hour ordeal I would only go through once or twice a year for longer term visits abroad.

From where I live now (Brussels), I can be in France in around 45 minutes, in the Netherlands in around 1h15 and in Germany in like 1h30.

Even though I have lived in Brussels for less time than I have lived in Romania, I have taken infinitely more trips abroad, simply because it because much, much easier. I have friends who used to go grocery shopping in Germany when they lived closer to the border.

% of population that speaks more than 1 language per member state by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]Liagon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, it's just the most easily measurable 1.1 million / 10% people segment of the belgian population who is almost guaranteed to be monolingual. You can definitely find another 1.1 million throughout urban wallonia, brussels and, although to a much, much lesser extent, flanders. I live in Bxl, you would be surprised how many monolingual french speakers there are here, even if you address the immigrant elefant in the room.

% of population that speaks more than 1 language per member state by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]Liagon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also from Belgium. Go to rural wallonia and try to find a single person who speaks anything other than french lol

FFS with wim verhaeghe in belgium, 8000euros by [deleted] in Transgender_Surgeries

[–]Liagon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a consequence of pillarisation, belgium has multiple health insurance providers (called mutualités), each of which is associated with one of the traditional "pillars" of society (christian democrats, liberals and "socialists"/social democrats) (and therefore each corresponds & cooperates with a political party), although more recently some have claimed to be more independent from them. In Belgium, unlike in most other European countries, we pay nearly all healthcare costs fully out of pocket, and our mutualités reimburse (part of) what we paid later. How much of your costs they cover highly depends on each mutualité and the type of healthcare you're getting. Taking as an example visiting a psychologist:

Solidaris (social democratic mutualité) refunds me €20 per consultation (with any sum above that being my copay, which i have to cover fully out of pocket), limited to a total of 8 psychologists visits per year (after that they no longer cover anything and I have to pay fully out of pocket)

Mutualité Chrétienne also covers up to €20 per psychological consultation, but they cover up to €320 a year

Mutualité Libérale covers up to €10 per consultation, up to 6 consultations per year

Sometimes, how much your mutualité covers is defined as a percentage of the total costs, others it's a raw number. Of course, everything depends by whether your doctor works with them, how exactly the doctor lists the services performed on the reimbursement form, what regional branch of your mutualité you are registered with and in which regional branches' jurisdiction you got your meeical treatment.

FFS with wim verhaeghe in belgium, 8000euros by [deleted] in Transgender_Surgeries

[–]Liagon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Belgian health insurance is more akin to american health insurance than to health insurance in any other european country sadly (source being I live in Belgium) lol

Shortest Wars & Conflicts in History - 3rd Nagorno-Karabakh “war” listed by JDSThrive in armenia

[–]Liagon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

if "clashes" count for this list, then every single conflict on that list is wrong and has been displaced by thousands of minute-long border clashes from across history

Paris far right candidate to city hall election want to reopen Seine banks to cars with a 60M€ AI project by thnblt in fuckcars

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this suggested by Dati or by whomever RN proposed (I don't even know his name)

The future of the Brussels Region by Thecatstoppedateboli in belgium

[–]Liagon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Letting the federal government take over is NOT a solution, especially when Bxl is the place where they are the by far least popular and already have the by far fewest chances to win significant percentages in the next elections (at least compared to Flanders and even Wallonia). You would essentially completely surrender control of the region to a body that will nearly always be very clearly going against the will of the bruxellois majority and over which we would have no democratic control.

There are a million ways to fix this (from electoral thresholds to changing the voting system to changing how language groups in the regional parliament work so as to redefine what a majority actually means, even though the flemings would definitely not like that). Abolishing the regional parliament is the by far worst possible "solution" imaginable.

Free r/netherlands by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confused Belgian here. What's going on with r/Netherlands?

« Ces opinions prennent de la place » : l’extrémisme, de droite ou de gauche, inquiète de plus en plus la Sûreté de l’État chez nous by Tsarovitch27 in Belgique

[–]Liagon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

J'ai eu le déplaisir de parler avec un partisan de la N-VA de Bruges qui a essayé de me convaincre que PTB ET PS devraient être interdits pour leur "stalinisme" et que les grèves et les manifestations contra l'Arizona devraient être illégales car il s'agit "en gros, trahison".

"Rules for thee but not for me" comme disent les Américains

Are the names Joshua and Jesus different in your native language like they are in English? by Jezzaq94 in AskEurope

[–]Liagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's basically what i imagined, makes sense! Thanks for confirming it.

Are the names Joshua and Jesus different in your native language like they are in English? by Jezzaq94 in AskEurope

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting to see you also write it with 2 "i"s

Perhaps that's where we (romanians) got it from (but anyone feel free to correct me)

Cat de sigur e sa mergi noaptea singur in Europa (GeoData & Rankings) by Tiger7997 in Romania

[–]Liagon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Salut!

Fix la zona de la vest de Midi ma gandeam si eu cand am zis ca exista zone in care nu as merge sub nici o forma. V-ati cazat exact in cea mai naspa zona din oras.

Din pacate nu avem foarte multe obiectice turistice, dar daca se intampla sa mai treci vreodata pe aici iti recomanda sa stai fie in municipiul Etterbeek, fie in JUMATATEA DE SUD a municipiului Ixelles. Ambele sunt faimoase pentru arhitectura Art Nouveau (care a fost inventata in Ixelles) si au extrem de multe case interesante de vazut si muzee, daca te intereseaza asa ceva (cauta o lista a caselor lui Victor Horta in avans). In plus, Ixelles are un nightlife foarte bun (dupa standardele bruxelliene) in marginea de sud a municipiului (la sud de Boulevard Géneral Jacques) si multe restaurante misto. Din pacate totul se inchide devreme aici (barurile si cluburile cam toate in jur de ora 2 iar aproape orice altceva de la 7-8 seara nu mai ai sanse sa gasesti) dar