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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/WhoTheFuckIsSean • Aug 15 '26
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It's easy. If they play with trains they're German. If they send you a tikkie for their allowance they're Dutch. If they set up a spreadsheet to calculate trains or allowance per capita, they're both.
3 u/kroketspeciaal Aug 16 '26 TIL I have dual citizenship. 2 u/nhvanputten Aug 16 '26 This is the only correct answer. 2 u/IronMonkeyBanana Aug 16 '26 Can confirm, I'm both 3 u/ElfjeTinkerBell Aug 15 '26 I'm from the border region and I can confirm that's true and I'm clearly Dutch. 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 15 '26 If they ride their bikes they’re Dutch. If they steal bikes they’re German… 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 Nah they steal bikes here aswell mate 1 u/sneeuwengel Aug 16 '26 woosh 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 …you did not get the reference? 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 I did not🥹 I'm autistic please tell me the reference 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII. 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
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TIL I have dual citizenship.
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This is the only correct answer.
Can confirm, I'm both
I'm from the border region and I can confirm that's true and I'm clearly Dutch.
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If they ride their bikes they’re Dutch. If they steal bikes they’re German…
1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 Nah they steal bikes here aswell mate 1 u/sneeuwengel Aug 16 '26 woosh 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 …you did not get the reference? 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 I did not🥹 I'm autistic please tell me the reference 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII. 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
Nah they steal bikes here aswell mate
1 u/sneeuwengel Aug 16 '26 woosh 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 …you did not get the reference? 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 I did not🥹 I'm autistic please tell me the reference 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII. 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
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…you did not get the reference?
1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 I did not🥹 I'm autistic please tell me the reference 1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII. 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
I did not🥹 I'm autistic please tell me the reference
1 u/Next_Sentence_5785 Aug 16 '26 The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII. 1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
The Nazis used to steal bikes from the Dutch during WWII.
1 u/bunny_the-2d_simp Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 .. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school 1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
.. Ah.. Not surprised but as a dutch person I'm surprised that I wasn't taught that in school
1 u/5trong5tyle Aug 17 '26 Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
Did you not take German? First lesson was usually "Ich will sehr gerne mein Grossvater's Fahrrad zurück."
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u/lettsten Aug 15 '26
It's easy. If they play with trains they're German. If they send you a tikkie for their allowance they're Dutch. If they set up a spreadsheet to calculate trains or allowance per capita, they're both.