Fleppensteijn

joined 2 years ago
[–] Fleppensteijn 2 points 3 months ago

When a lake or river has this color, we call it blue

[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 3 months ago

I did round up a few times. It seems strange to base the tip off a percentage.

[–] Fleppensteijn 8 points 3 months ago

20 odd years ago, getting tired of job interviews and the one time I looked scruffy and unshaven was when they hired me

[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 3 months ago

And now we have a whole industry of people flying around the world to get wasted every day (🇬🇧)

[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 3 months ago

Exactly what people kept telling me my whole life. I'm 40 now and just as skinny.

[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 3 months ago

I get back to Road Rash every couple of years. Just thought about it today actually (after driving a motorbike in T shirt).

NFS2 and Hot Pursuit were good when playing multiplayer.

Also Death Rally.

[–] Fleppensteijn 9 points 3 months ago

English speakers always seem to like mierenneuken: nitpicking, or literally, ant-fucking.

Or maybe fokker, meaning breeder (and a famous last name; and speaking of names, we have first names such as Fokko and Fokje).

[–] Fleppensteijn 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know how common it is, but when I grew up, being smart was basically an insult. Not being posh, but any sign of smartness. I was already a quiet kid, which made me a target (because quiet people are smart? My grades surely disagreed), using "difficult" vocabulary is definitely something you had to avoid; kids better not find out you have "smart" interests like computers or reading or something or you'd be ridiculed.

Maybe people carry their hate with them in adulthood but just don't show it so much (until it's time to vote 🙂)

[–] Fleppensteijn 7 points 3 months ago

That sounds too demanding

[–] Fleppensteijn 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Chairs and tables. Why do I have to squeeze my thighs between the chair and the dinner table and then bend down awkwardly when I eat to not splatter all over? Why are chairs so high and tables so low? Just put the table higher so the food is closer to my mouth and why do we even need chairs anyway?

Milk cartons suck now. In the 90s, we could fold and push to open. Why do we need scissors to open them now? Oh and half of them now have a plastic lid in the middle so you can't even pour out the last drops anymore.

[–] Fleppensteijn 7 points 3 months ago

Considering there was another knife attack in the same town last January, it's strange they don't mention that but do mention terror attacks in other countries. But then an Asian news website may not be the best source for a relatively small incident in Europe.

[–] Fleppensteijn 30 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I agree. It's a loan word from Dutch and after 200 years, it's about time you give it back.

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