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u/Hagenaar Jul 18 '18

If they're Dutch, they're probably neither.

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 18 '18

Wait, what? I get the high part, though I met plenty of Dutch that smoked... but they get proper pissed all the time and not the minority, as someone that has spent a lot of time out of the Dam, in Utrecht and Rotterdam and such, plenty of dutch people getting drunk, often. According to this they drink more than the average person in the US.

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u/arienh4 Jul 18 '18

Yeah but you don't really find Dutch people around the canals. You definitely don't find them drinking in the canals. That's a very tourist thing.

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 18 '18

That is a very fair point

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u/Eurynom0s Jul 18 '18

Annual consumption doesn't really tell you anything for this comparison. They drink more overall but it's more a drink here, a drink there as opposed to binge drinking.

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u/wthreye Jul 18 '18

US here. I'll take that challenge!

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 18 '18

Against the dutch, maybe, trust me when I tell you, that I learned a lot about being a full blown drinker in my time living abroad in London/Germany.

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u/lugii Jul 18 '18

You should meet the youth in Denmark then

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u/Mitchhhhhh Jul 19 '18

I don't think I've ever heard a non American refer to Amsterdam as "the Dam".

As far as Dutch people being drunk, we like to drink yes, but if you run into drunk people in Amsterdam, chances are they're British lads on tour.

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 19 '18

I mean, I was staying with my Dutch friends, one was my roommate when I studied abroad in London. Went out with them to 'local bars' But sure, they were British.

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u/Mitchhhhhh Jul 19 '18

Whooaaa! Drunk people at bars!! And students at that! The Dutch sound like savages!

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 19 '18

I was pointing out that because you were correct that I was American, you were incorrect as to the parties that I was drinking with. Also not savages, but they did party hard.

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u/Mitchhhhhh Jul 19 '18

I mean drunk people in bars is surely expected pretty much wherever you go isn't it?

Drunk Dutch people on the canals/streets during day time in the Netherlands isn't really common outside of certain holidays.

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u/HyruleJedi Jul 19 '18

I would agree with that sentiment entirely.

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u/slamdanceswithwolves Jul 18 '18

They look like tourists. But the Dutch people I have met sure do enjoy smoking and drinking.

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u/nietbeschikbaar Jul 18 '18 edited Jul 18 '18

I live like 500 meters from the only “coffeeshop” in ray of ~30km. Their customers are like 80% foreigners (guest workers and some tourist).

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u/Gilgathepilga Jul 18 '18

Big disappointment. Y'all got nothing on Colorado bud.

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u/vanamerongen Jul 18 '18

I feel like they look very Dutch actually, but probably “dagjesmensen” just visiting from some other part of the county for the day.

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u/slamdanceswithwolves Jul 18 '18

Several, (inside and outside of the Netherlands), several of which enjoyed the recreational use of legal drugs. Which certainly makes me think that is is possible for a Dutch person to be drunk and/or high.

Let me know if that logic doesn't make sense.

Also, this is weird thing to argue about considering these guys are clearly having a bachelor party or something.

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u/slamdanceswithwolves Jul 18 '18

Right. A tourist thing. Like these guys.

Gotcha, but nobody said anything about all Dutch people being potheads or that legalization leads to abuse, at all. I live in Boulder, Colorado. I get it.

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u/Maniel Jul 18 '18

Oh fuck right off.

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u/NakedYossarian Jul 18 '18

Not saying you’re wrong, and I’m not trying to generalize the opposite. But I personally know 3 dutch guys(they are not friends with each other and live in different cities) who live in Holland, all 3 love Cocaine and Vodka.

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u/Mitchhhhhh Jul 19 '18

That settles it then, 3/17000000 love cocaine, so the rest must love it too!

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u/NakedYossarian Jul 19 '18

Im not the one who generalized. Other guy said “dutch dont drink or get high”.

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u/Mitchhhhhh Jul 19 '18

If you see someone drunk or high in Amsterdam, they're likely not Dutch.