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I'm pretty sure the poors deserve their fate, sweaty
  • Edit: I should probably start by saying that this is somewhat off-topic.

    In the Netherlands we tend to rank our parties along left-right and progressive-conservative axes separately. Conservative-left gets you Christians who care about the poor. In other countries there's also the "I want the government to support our workers", "I want to go back to Soviet times" and "I'm leftist but LGBTQ is wrong" types.

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    Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
  • The English disease of putting spaces in a compound word might be worse... it's not even consistent. It'll be a new example of "Dutch grammar is 50% special cases."

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    [meme] THE CHIMERA
  • Honestly no, never, and that feels more like a problem of not having proper cycling paths. Nobody wants to cycle on the sidewalk.

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    Rule of law protests greet new Dutch government at swearing-in
  • Oh no, of course not. Obviously there's a second party member. I've never seen both members in the same room together though. (the second member isn't a person, it's a foundation founded by Geert Wilders)

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    Why is lemmy so popular in the Netherlands?
  • Aw. We're pretty used to hanging out in English-speaking spaces so there's probably more Dutch folk hiding around. I do know the head admin of lemmy.world is Dutch, as well as one of the main devs of mbin.

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    The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates
  • At least here in the Netherlands, there was a lot of commotion because a data centre tried to buy a windmill park meant to power households as their dedicated power source

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    Eurovision 2024 Grand Final Live Thread
  • Nikki de Jager (who was supposed to be the spokesperson) said on TV that it didn't feel right to hand out points. The Dutch broadcaster then told the EBU to just figure it out themselves.
    Käärijä (Finland) also stepped down but got replaced, and Alessandra (Norway) already stepped down earlier because of Isreal.

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