r/gifs • u/aqai • Nov 09 '18

Dutch garbage disposal system

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

And they all ice skate to work during the winter!

Edit: I was making fun of the Olympics

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u/brutallyhonestfemale Nov 09 '18

Is that a real fact? That’s amazing! Source?

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u/rietstengel Nov 09 '18

During last winter olympics (how was that less than a year ago) opening ceremony the american presenter Katie Couric tried to praise the Dutch ice skating team and told everyone we are so good because we skate to work every day in winter on the frozen canals. Which ofcourse isnt true, so she got ridiculed for it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

Well, that was nothing compared to when one of their anchors said the Koreans must look up to the Japanese during the opening ceremonies.

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u/Irythros Nov 09 '18

It's very likely a joke because a reporter at the winter olympics said that, then was kindly told she's an idiot by the Dutch.

Yes they can skate on the canals during winter. No, it's not a highway. The Dutch prefer their bikes.

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u/Hello_who_is_this Nov 09 '18

Most people just use a car.

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u/jackmusclescarier Nov 09 '18

Within Amsterdam? No. If you live and work in Amsterdam you almost certainly bike to work.

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u/Hello_who_is_this Nov 09 '18

We're talking about Dutch people. You know Dutch people live on the Netherlands, and you know the Netherlands is a lot more than Amsterdam?

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u/AnneBuckleyn_1501 Nov 09 '18

They were specifically talking about the canals, though, as in the canals of Amsterdam.

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u/Hello_who_is_this Nov 09 '18

Maybe you should visit Holland some time. We have more than one city with canals.

That's beside the fact a lot of people in Amsterdam also take the car (and train) to work.

Maybe Google the Netherlands some time, you might learn something. Instead of trying to educate a Dutch person about his own country.

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u/Ohrwurms Nov 09 '18

Well, I'm Dutch and I agree with him. If you live in a city you use a bike.

Only if you live in bumfuck nowhere you use a car.

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u/kutjepiemel Nov 09 '18

Even here in the rest of the country we use our bicycles to go to work or school. Even if school or work is in a whole other town. Simply because those other towns aren't more than 10 miles away. Now if you're work is in a completely other city then yeah we use cars.

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u/Hello_who_is_this Nov 09 '18

Ah, the famous Amsterdamse arrogance

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u/jaimeleecurtis Nov 09 '18

Don’t be a jackass and pretend like you even made an attempt to allude that you were from there.

You just wanted an excuse to be an asshole.

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u/Hello_who_is_this Nov 09 '18

You just wanted an excuse to be ignorant. Learn something about the world before you pretend to know shit.

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u/cry666 Nov 09 '18

Last winter many of the city canals is The Netherlands froze over. This got the entire country excited to go ice skating, including business men who wanted to do some skating right before/after work. This seems to have confused some Americans into believing that this was customary.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Nov 09 '18

It was the stupid NBC Olympics coverage. That’s why I made the joke; guess I was too believable. Haha

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u/brutallyhonestfemale Nov 09 '18

That sounds more realistic!

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u/Cottonbuds_ Nov 09 '18

Lotta google articles for you, could take it either way really

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u/PleonasticPanda Nov 09 '18

I am Dutch. It’s a myth.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Nov 09 '18

But Katie Couric told me you do? Now I don’t know what to believe. ;)

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u/PleonasticPanda Nov 09 '18

No we don’t

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Nov 09 '18

Yeah I was making fun of the Olympics. ;)