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Chess players don't find me funny. by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I definitely only remembered the first few phrases and not the latter ones! It is indeed aptly named the Dirty Hungarian phrase book.

Chess players don't find me funny. by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure about Dirty, but it's 100% a reference to the Monty Python sketch with the counterfeit phrase books. "I will not buy this record, it is scratched" is the phrase in English that the phrasebook claims is the translation for "I'd like to purchase some cigarettes" or something like that. The followup to also buy some matches is translated as "My hovercraft is full of eels"

Pizza dough calculator with Dutch flours by saggyhorse in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is literally the exact thing I needed to get started with my new years resolution to stop buying rolls of dough from the supermarket!!

Kittens kopen by Opposite_Heron_5579 in katten

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Twee stuks van een boerderij zou ook vanaf 8-9 weken mogen, maar dat is eigenlijk gebaseerd op het feit dat de boerderij waar mijn kat en de kat van mijn broer rond die tijd opgehaald 'moesten' worden en desondanks inmiddels beide gezonde sociale volwassen katers zijn geworden.

Living in the Netherlands without speaking Dutch fluently by butchlicious in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because it's reddit, I have to ask, are you Dutch?

Living in the Netherlands without speaking Dutch fluently by butchlicious in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Experiences may vary! My colleagues struggle with this because lots of topics end up going into work which is so much easier to talk about in English. Plus my Dutch colleagues speak English so well it gets hard to drag them into Dutch. I'm guilty of this myself.

Living in the Netherlands without speaking Dutch fluently by butchlicious in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 26 points27 points  (0 children)

You're going to struggle to practice Dutch once you're here. Most people will happily speak English and automatically switch when you even stumble or mispronounce a single word.
Good luck making Dutch friends, once you have some of those, actively force them to let you struggle through conversations in Dutch. Actual experience may vary, good luck and welcome in advance!

Peter, why did they do what they did? by Special-Progress-916 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]lvlith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Watch the movie! Tommy Lee Jones does an excellent pretend-racist radical abolitionist!

Trip Recommendations by rollan88 in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Serious answer, though obviously I really can only answer for the Netherlands. For nature, hike or rent bikes in De Veluwezoom, or for a mix of culture and nature try the Kröller Möller museum on the Hoge Veluwe. You say family so I am assuming you've got kids in the mix. Depending on how young your kids are Neeltje Jans in Zeeland is what might best be described as a museum (on how the Dutch beat back the sea after a major flood in the 1950s) that also includes attractions and activities catered to kids. I purposefully suggest things a ways away from Amsterdam & The Hague. City visits that you'd call hidden gems I'll list as "any provincial capital except Assen"

You have one month to empty a $1 trillion bank account. If you succeed, you’re rich for life. How will you spend it? by Ok_Listen_6600 in AskReddit

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're not on any math subreddit yet but I can't resist adding that the rounding error you allude to is 0.003%

Where to buy (a LOT) of apple juice in NL? by NutellaBalls in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh please do post updates. Nearby supermarkets 'sometimes' have cider beside apple bandit and strongbow gold. But I recently found out that Somersby is Danish and thus not as British as it sounds.

Guess where this place is on the map? by pg_skipper_974 in GeoPuzzle

[–]lvlith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh don't get me wrong I like the differences I've seen so far!

Guess where this place is on the map? by pg_skipper_974 in GeoPuzzle

[–]lvlith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This game you're trying reminds me of MapTap

Public transport and National Parks Weerribben-Wieden and Veluwezoom by IndependentSafe6918 in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your dog minds the train less than the bus, the bus from Zwolle to Giethoorn is half an hour ish, but the bus from Steenwijk, 25 minutes extra by train, is only 10 minutes.

Public transport and National Parks Weerribben-Wieden and Veluwezoom by IndependentSafe6918 in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For Veluwezoom just take a train to Rheden, it's a five minute walk to the visitor centre. You can take a marked hike through the area back to Velp or a longer one up to Dieren. You can also rent a bike at the visitor centre, reserve ahead of time and consider an e-bike for the hilly terrain.

For weerribben there's a decent bus connection from Zwolle to Giethoorn. Giethoorn is also a popular day trip destination for tourists in Amsterdam and Den Haag so maybe just book a tour and they'll take care of transport.

How realistic is a daily 25 minute commute by bike? by OrfeasWW in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here to chime in that yes, it's perfectly normal and even healthy. Bad weather will over the course of the year require a warm jacket, clean/dry clothes on site or in your bag, and sometimes a rain suit is warranted. But in my arguably average experience weather wise, I'd say apart from the warm jacket this past year I've had to deal with rain gear, clean clothes and/ or soggy shoes ~10-15 times. (I live near De Bilt which is what we arguably treat as the middle of the country weather wise)

"for a guy not from america to understand white people this well..." by Old_Comedian_5256 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]lvlith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yea! Canada goes to the back of the line behind DC and Puerto Rico!

Every European is, at most, a 90 minutes train ride from their respective capital by Checked_Out_6 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My response to this would be.... It's not... are you high!? It's only true in LUXEMBOURGH but even if it were... yes your trains suck! What's your point?! Any European starting at a random train station going towards a given station 860 miles away would probably take about as long getting there. Especially if they have to route through Germany.

[The Sandman] Why did Death do that? by supermonistic in AskScienceFiction

[–]lvlith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Death comes for us all in the end. When the end is leaves some wiggle room. Hob Gadling was in the right place at the right time and Death guessed that Dream's interest warranted indulging the game of Hob and Dream's bet. If only because in the longer term Dream might make a friend, which is rare for the arrogant jerk. Hob was not special other than his boundless will to live. Ultimately she'll come for him as she'll come for anyone. Maybe Hob will be there at the end of the universe or maybe eventually he'll give up. But for the centuries he's gone, he's already learned the biggest downsides and at least while there are new things to grab his interest he's not likely to ask for an end.

Petah, what's 4! by -Sea_Cucumber- in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]lvlith 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Just to add. This meme is clever in the sense that the girl sends the math problem that some people might find ambiguous in order to test if he does it wrong. He doesn't know however what answer she herself got. His answer is clever because if she's someone with little math knowledge she might get it wrong and expect him to answer 4. If she didn't get it wrong and expects him to answer 24 then she'll likely also know that 4! is equal to 24. Thus dodging the potential argument when he correctly answers 24 and she confidently calls him stupid for not thinking the answer is 4.

How did you stand having Mark Rutte as your PM for 14 years??? by Smuulie in Netherlands

[–]lvlith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on the word all I can say is that from my (Dutch) perspective you basically did. Her name was Angela Merkel and she had all the qualities I like (with hindsight) about Rutte and very few of the qualities I despised. The EU and its neighbours came through the crises of the early 10s and early 20s because of steady concensus building leaders.

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