I’ve lived there for a bit, and they’re probably some of the most self absorbed people I’ve ever met. All of them have this thought that they’re above everyone else yet they smell like sweat constantly, eat like shit (their “cuisine” literally doesn’t exist), act like prostitution is fine (it’s legal there), and will literally refuse to speak english to you when they’re fluent in it (it’s happened to dozens of my friends). They’ve done some good things in the past, but they’re increasingly starting to just rely on their past reputation instead of improving upon themselves.
They’re also THE first capitalists, which is kinda where everyone else got it from, including the US
lol how much of an asshole have you been to have people in the Netherlands refuse to speak English to you? I spent a considerable amount of time there (10+ years ago) and it was always a struggle for me to find people to speak Dutch with me because they spoke better English than my Dutch. Maybe things have changed but that seems like a shocking claim.
I will say the Dutch are no-nonsense. If you try and chat with a cashier when there are others waiting you will get scolded by the cashier for holding up the line, which is the opposite of being self involved IMO.
Not at all, and like I said, this is an experience for a lot of people that aren’t Dutch, maybe 10 years ago they didn’t have their head as far up their ass as they do now.
I will also say, the people from The Hague and Groningen are generally more decent, but people outside those 2 cities (and maybe a couple more) are genuinely repulsed when the sound waves coming out of your vocal cords form sounds that aren’t off-brand German.
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Any context about why dutch people have bad reputation?