Hoi Sam, af en toe denk ik dat het woord “taboe” verschillend wordt geïnterpreteerd, snap je wat ik bedoel. Het gaat niet over de verschillen van meningen, maar simpel dat men niet over iets wenst te praten. Dat geld is kennelijk overal een taboe. Maar ja, ik heb je al verteld dat ik zelf geen taboe heb of herken. Maar kennelijk is het voor en paar mensen ook een taboe om openlijk op beeld met jou over dit onderwerp te praten 🤣🤣🤣! Lieve ❤️groeten van Hil.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Haha je hebt giljk, Hilde! Ik denk taboe kan veel dingen beteken. Maar leuk om te zien hoe mensen het interpreteren!
@MichelBaek
Жыл бұрын
So nice that you came to the south to get a better view on the subject, since opinions vary a little bit between the north and the south. Some KZitemrs only ask for opinions in their own city and therefore don’t get a good representation of their country. But you are a professional KZitemr who knows how to do it right. P.s. ALMOST 7K SUBSCRIBERS! 🎉❤️❤️❤️
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Michel! Yeah, I felt it brought a lot more value to this subject if I got the perspectives out of different regions :) It means a lot how much you've been cheering me on as the channel crosses these different milestones! Thank you! 7k incoming! :)
@accidentalgenius8252
Жыл бұрын
Do you really get a better view when you ask people from the south though? Awfully close to belgium!!! Haha
@lucbloom
Жыл бұрын
Yes, this is important
@SKAFIFI
Жыл бұрын
Was a pleasure being interviewed by you!
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Yo, man! Thank you for taking the time to be in the video! I hope you enjoyed it :) Hopefully we run into each other again in the future. Maybe with truffles haha.
@dashawnbennett7274
Жыл бұрын
Wow. That's fascinating. I appreciate the North/South differential. One of the things that drew me to the Netherlands was the fact that it is possible for a society to be somewhat conservative and still embrace Coffee Shops and openly have a Red Light district, long before other countries. Laws, values, and opinions have changed a bit since I was there over 10 years ago, of course, but I'm still intrigued. I have to say that calling someone a plague or a cancer is pretty intense. These words have a crystal clear meaning to everyone and goes way beyond random epithets. Also interesting is that it is the younger people who mentioned it. Cheers 🍷to another great video, Sam. Much insight.
@eeeesyywuwiz2836
Жыл бұрын
It's because in English they curse with things that are taboo, like sex. In the Netherlands sicknesses are taboo and so they are used as curse words
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, DaShawn! And I agree with the points you mentioned!
@willzyxOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps when you go back to Maastricht sometime, ask them about how they find themselves different from the North/West/rest of the Netherlands. Some people that are originally from there have very strong pride in their city, and definitely don't think they're the same. Even for Limburg as a whole, Maastricht is a special case. A regional newspaper once held a poll of who people think is the biggest threat to their local culture, and they picked other Dutch people as number one, ahead of foreign migrants.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Interesting concept!
@Hadewijch_
Жыл бұрын
I was missing the taboo of talking about having a psychiatric illness.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
I saw something like that in the comments, but no one mentioned that in person :)
@markjustus
Жыл бұрын
Heel goed om dit te zien. Heel andere antwoorden, veel diverser dan in de andere video. Lijkt mij behoorlijk volledig aan het worden.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Dankjewel, Mark!
@trentfowler2888
Жыл бұрын
As always this was great and very informative. I'm fascinated by some of the answers and how frank they are. Thank you for the subtitles as well. It is helping me learn much better than DuoLingo. :)
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Really nice to hear, Trent! Thanks!
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
And yup, no beating around the bush here haha.
@sacation6057
Жыл бұрын
please try to do this as well in villages in somewhere like overijssel or gelderland, the results are very interesting. And i am also curious about Utrecht. but i think you still only captured a small biased subset of the population. Also it would be very interesting to compare the older generation, mid-age working generation and students with eachother, since i can't find myself in most of the answers in this list.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Ik kan dit in de toekomst doen :)
@mlgmeistros4278
Жыл бұрын
1:55 is really a thing, I had a Canadian exchange student as a friend and he would often wear sweatpants to school. Nobody in the Netherlands does this, while he assured me it was quite normal in Canada. If you look at American movies, also a lot of people do this. It's something I've never considered a 'taboo', but a lot of people commented on it and it's just not something people here really do (especially white boys at the higher level high schools, called havo/VWO and outside of the big cities). People who do here are often considered 'trashy'. I guess I did know a girl who would go to class in sweatpants, but for some reason that seemed differend (also it wear like incredibly high end branded clothes and it was a complete jogging outfit)
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, as an American, it was very common for me to go to school or walk around in sweats/shorts.
@Maussiegamer
Жыл бұрын
at my school it is actually forced to wear jeans
@vincent2636
Жыл бұрын
Always excited when you post
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Vincent! I'm always excited to share with you all and see the reactions! haha
@nerysvanbeurden8434
Жыл бұрын
As someone from North-Brabant, cursing with cancer is something that I really wish would disappear. It's so disrespectful and there are enough curse words that you can use. like the dutch word for vagina, which I use a lot. I believe people curse with cancer more in the randstad, which is probably why you didn't hear it as taboo there, it's something that might be too common to comment about.
@TTTzzzz
Жыл бұрын
Your posts are excellent.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Dankjewel, Peter! Glad you enjoy them :)
@Terrgaz
Жыл бұрын
Talking about mental illness is a taboo in The Netherlands. Dutch people always push on and keep going until they are mentally burned out. Accepting that and talk about it is also a big thing because people are ashamed of it.
@clairebillingsley7068
Жыл бұрын
The woman who said wearing sweatpants is taboo is so right. I went to the Maastricht library during exams wearing sweatpants, and you could’ve sworn I walked in naked. People were not impressed
@handsoapsoup5907
Жыл бұрын
Leuk nieuw video idee. Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe daar op gereageerd gaat worden! Ik kijk er naar uit. Altijd leuk om te zien dat je weer een nieuwe video geupload hebt!
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Ik ben ook benieuwd! En dankjewel! Ik vind het heel leuk dat je zo graag kijkt die video's!
@keesdriessen565
Жыл бұрын
I live fairly close to Amsterdam, but I'm originally from Limburg and I still come here often. It is true that people in Limburg are more conservative and people in the Randstad are more open-minded. The Randstad is also looked up to in the province, perhaps also looked down upon, but this is mainly because the rest of the Netherlands is often 'forgotten'. I do think that people, especially in Limburg (my own experience), are more involved in how you really are. Unfortunately, it takes a while to get to know the people there better.
@dennisengelen2517
Жыл бұрын
So nice that you actually bother to get a different POV from other regions in the country aswell! Many people generalize an entire country's population on how the people are in a certain area and make it look like everyone in the country is like that aswell, while there are small or sometimes big differences depending on where in the country you are! A West-Vlaming isn't a Limbrger in Flanders, a Flemish guy isn't a Walloon guy in Belgium and someone from Nordrhein-Westphalia isn't like someone from East Germany either. Kudo's for doing something that not many others care to do! :) EDIT: Mind me asking what kind of 'conservative answers' people have mentioned off-cam?
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Dennis! I really enjoy experiencing and learning about these different regions in the Netherlands :) As for the conservative answers, some people mentioned things like being gay would be considered taboo for example.
@dennisengelen2517
Жыл бұрын
@@exploringtheforeign Haha yeah imho that's the case everywhere, only difference is the government gives you almost equal rights as straight people and the occasional close minded people in the better countries to be lgbt, though in my experience the only people actually verbally or physically harming lgbt are younger Muslim men who do this and other ridiculous stuff because they're insecure about their masculinity but that's more in places where there are more Muslims than locals and even there it's still okayish. What are your overall experiences in the Netherlands and what do you like /dislike compared to where you're from? Also, have you been to Belgium aswell? And if so, where specifically and how was your experience there and what were the things and differences you've noticed over there compared to the Netherlands /US? Sorry for all these questiond by the way. 😂
@ruurdsanders
Жыл бұрын
Great that you also went to other area’s in the county. I fully agree with the guy in Eindhoven on the taboo on discrimination and our acknowledging our historic role in slavery. It took our government decades to apologize without giving anything back (making Keti Koti a national holiday for instance?). The fact that people are reacting so heavily on zwarte piet shows that they have no clue what the represents and how bad it is. We Dutch people always pride ourselves on being so open minded but we close our eyes for the past and act as if didn’t happen. When we do something racist we just write it off as something accidental without looking at the big picture.
@markjustus
Жыл бұрын
Taboos (overlapp with mentioned ones): money/income, grief, sexual preferences, talking to your boss/colleagues what you think of him/them directly, not wanting to attend family gatherings (you have to have an excuse if you can't attend a birthday for instance; you just can't say that you just don't want to come), what you vote for (to avoid conflicts with loved ones/family/colleagues; people you have to interact often, close or more intimately with), what you have (like houses, cars etc. especially when it is much more than the other person has), talking with your partner about exes and nice moments you had with the ex (especially when it was a really big thing. A thing you current partner also would have liked to have this experience with you).
@LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN
Жыл бұрын
The first guy in the interview talking about shrooms does _not_ sound like he's from Maastricht, but instead, judging from his accent, from the Rotterdam area. Maybe he moved south. But he's right: talking about psychedelic substances is kinda taboo here. [Edit] The guy @ 2:27 is the spitting image of American cartoonist Robert Crumb 👍🏻🤣.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Ah interesting, I'm not all the way good with pointing out the different accents/dialects. And haha, yeah I think he made a really great point! And I actually never heard of Robert Crumb until now haha.
@SKAFIFI
Жыл бұрын
Shroom guy here! You're correct, I moved to Maastricht a couple of years ago. I'm from Roosendaal originally.
@ceebee3867
Жыл бұрын
So funny, i actually went to the smartshop in Maastricht this week to buy truffels (for microdosing) and had to bring my aunt along and we got the same discussion. She thought it was dangerous and i pointed out that alcohol is far more aggressive but unfortunately socially accepted. The world would be in a better place without alcohol but using herbs and mushrooms instead😅
@teddydavis2339
Жыл бұрын
You are making me fall in love with the Netherlands.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Haha, is that a bad thing?
@samr5857
Жыл бұрын
Interesting vid, love your work!
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sam!!
@Nuevocasa
Жыл бұрын
Schelden met ziektes is inderdaad iets typisch Nederlands. Je ziet alleen wel regionale verschillen. In het oosten hoor ik mensen het woord 'kanker' bijvoorbeeld niet gebruiken. In de Randstad veel meer.
@Stadtionalist
Жыл бұрын
I don't think anything is considered a taboo. However, people might be weary to give an (honest) answer if they're being put on the spot by a stranger, first trying to figure out if and what purpose there is to the person asking. Once there is a base of trust, all limitations go out of the window, including talking about money, salary, spendings, etc. And afaik Dutch people are relatively upfront with how they are doing and feeling. As in, there are not many cultures in which its normal to answer anything else than 'Good', 'Fine' or 'Great' on the answer 'How are you' at the start of a conversation but in the Netherlands, people will, without hesitation, tell you they're not feeling/doing great if they aren't.
@Mukkuk
Жыл бұрын
I'd say one of the bigger political taboos dutches get defensive about or outright ignore, are related to negative aspects of our so called merchant's mindset. For example we love to emphasize that during colonial times we weren't as imperialistic as say England or France, but we rather not mention that we did enact A LOT of violence in the name of consolidating trade interests in many places in the world. Or we are proud to tell of the VOC being the first company with what can be called a modern shareholder construction, but we gladly forget to mention it went bankrupt due to gross financial mismanagement. Or don't you ever dare calling the Netherlands a tax haven, while there being a lot of dodgy constructions for multinationals based in here. Finally, and this is something that is slowly changing, there is a significant portion of Dutch people who believe that racism isn't a thing in the Netherlands (save for single incidents) and to suggest otherwise can result in some rather heated conversations.
@randomdutchguy
Жыл бұрын
Goed te zien dat je het een beetje regionaal hebt bekeken 😏👍🏻
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Ja ik vond het super leuk om te doen!
@dslight113
Жыл бұрын
i earn 1900 euro give or take, i doubt that anyone actually feels that giving your salary is taboo , its that company's that have mixed salary's will often tell you that : don't tell you colleague about your salary because (which isn't even true in most cases) u earn slightly more. they don't want you 2 tell them how much u make because you or the other will find out that he is lying about whether u earn more then the other or visa versa it is taboo for the company sure, for people not so much .
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Very open of you, Jos! :)
@dslight113
Жыл бұрын
@@exploringtheforeign hehe , np!
@gerbentvandeveen
Жыл бұрын
I earn 2753,- per month. Have a gross mortgage of €630. And for myself 178, - in health insurance. 48,- road tax per month. What is it that people are ashamed of? Oh yeah! I am a Member of the BBB.
@dutchflyingpilot
Жыл бұрын
Goeie serie!
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Dankjewel!
@badsamaritansofficial6704
Жыл бұрын
Not talking about the salary serves a purpose. Because salary is 100% negotiable in NL, so you could be doing the same job as someone else for way more money. If you talk (brag) about it, that might put others down or create troubles at the workplace since they'll start asking for an increase as well.
@TheLazyDutchGardener
Жыл бұрын
Man: truffels... Ik: ja beetje dure ingrediënten kopen, best taboe in deze tijd van inflatie, dat... Man: alcohol kan toch ook gewoon? Ik: huh?
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
hahah
@lhjmhdj
Жыл бұрын
Typically the lady mentioning talk about money as a taboo clearly had an accent from way up North, certainly not born and bred in Maastricht.
@kkemp221
Жыл бұрын
If he means the truffels which are rare and hard to find , they are only to find in the more (expensive) restaurants and not part of the daily diet in the netherlands. If he means 'paddo's i can only agree
@richardbrinkerhoff
Жыл бұрын
Talking about one's salary or religion is also taboo in the US.
@squarecircle1473
Жыл бұрын
I feel as if a lot of people somehow did not understand what the word taboo means. Many people ended up describing what disagreeable behaviors take place in the Netherlands, which is a different thing. For instance, cursing at a person is not really taboo; it is antisocial behavior.
@dutchyjhome
Жыл бұрын
Hey Sam, well you've gotta ask yourself: why are things taboo to begin with? I mean obviously things can be discussed, but when a society as one has decided that certain things are better left alone...why would anyone like to poke this bear? I understand that for you this still is your adventures way to discover the new country you're living in, but be aware of the fact that certain thing are to be left alone for a reason. So trying to find out why things are better left alone is a better quest than to try and open up Pandora's box, by trying to get people to break open their heavily sealed Pandora's box and so try to get them to talk about taboo's. You may end up in the Strong Opinion Section (SOS) in which you'll probably are forced to choose sides: You are with the person you talk to or you are against the person you talk to and if you choose wrongly, in the perspective of the person you talk to, you may end up in (verbal) violence...Since nuances in the SOS (Strong Opinion Section) are simply not there. Of course you must do whatever you believe is the right thing, however you can't say though that I did not warn you. The last thing I want is you getting in to all kinds of trouble because you simply did not know why the thing are the way they are ;-)
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks Dutchy J!
@samialchafi8702
Жыл бұрын
Liked the video! What are examples of the conservative answers you recieved off camera?
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sami! I would say the more conservative answers dealt with stuff regarding sexuality.
@JustMe-sh8nd
Жыл бұрын
@@exploringtheforeign So you did not include them because you are a prude American like all of them?
@Arjay404
Жыл бұрын
While the situation obviously isn't like it is in the US with workers essentially being abused and taken advantage of I think the idea of having a taboo around how much you earn to be detrimental for workers. Companies would love for you to not discuss your salary with each other because that way they can get away with paying someone less then they should. Now obviously you shouldn't talk about it out of the blue because then it's a bit tacky, but for example coworkers that do the same job as each other should totally know what each other are earning, because if they know what each other is earning they can compare to each other and figure out if the company is paying them fairly. Do you really want to keep salary a taboo if that means that you earn 30% less then your coworker who does the same job as you and works just as fast/hard as you? That just doesn't seem right. Now along with that I would say that people need to not see each other as competitors, you and your coworker shouldn't be opponents, you should be allies with each other and the opponent should be your employer. What I mean with this is that if you and your coworker in the same position earn (random easy number) $10, but your coworker is lazy and slow and ends up doing the job 20% slower or 20% worse, then you shouldn't be upset that you are both paid the same even though they essentially do less work.Just think about it, yeah that coworker is slower/worse at their job and they are getting paid the same as you and you might think that's unfair and might even complain, so that coworker may get their pay cut or you may get your pay increased, but at the same time there is going to be another coworker to which YOU are the slow or worse worker and would you really like it if they went and complained and got your pay reduced? Probably not. So you should know each others pay, not so that you can determine if each person is paid accordingly to the amount of work they put in, but in order to figure out if the pay for everyone at an equal level is fair. Just imagine yourself being the person that is being taken advantage of by their job and not paid fairly, would you really want that to continue happening just because people don't talk about their pay? It's easy to think that not talking about that is good if you think you are being paid appropriately, but how would you know if you didn't compared. Don't make salary talk a taboo, the only people it benefits is companies.
@baskoning9896
Жыл бұрын
You know whats also taboo? Cannabis use. Amongst friends, its no problem. But if ANYone at work knows you use cannabis, a large percentage of people (40 to 60 percent or something in that ballpark) will see you now as 'that drug user'. Because only 20 percent or so use cannabis regularly: there is also a large portion of people who want absolutely nothing to do with it. For them its like saying you are a heroïne addict.
@Gianluca-ROTTERDAM
Жыл бұрын
My home town Maastricht.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Echt een mooie stad!
@Gianluca-ROTTERDAM
Жыл бұрын
De sjuünste stjad ing de welt. (Maastrichts dialect). Ben je toevallig ool in de grotten en heuvels geweest hier. Als het goed is ligt er morgenochtend 10 cm sneeuw hier.. Ik woon op 210m boven het zeepeil lol.
@Sarah-do9my
Жыл бұрын
come to deventer, a taboo, being chronicly ill, you are treated badly.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
Ik ben er al geweest :) kzitem.info/news/bejne/p4WAt3-rpYCpiqQ
@Sarah-do9my
Жыл бұрын
@@exploringtheforeign aaah I missed you
@Sarah-do9my
Жыл бұрын
@EXPLORING THE FOREIGN btw did you like Deventer? I always work in the west, due to too much education haha, never could work here. it's more a blue color city with a lot of people (you did the item about taboos) are very easily triggered to swear intensly.... that's the only thing I don't like about my town. but I grew up here and simultaneously in Drenthe, there the people are more curtious (right spelling?) and more neighbourly, wich I like more. what are your thoughts about this town?
@H1SCOTTY
Жыл бұрын
I don’t really think there are many taboo’s, most even weren’t taboo more what is offensive to them or what they wouldn’t do. Like racism isn’t taboo, that’s the whole thing you will read lots of offensive stuff in th comments in a black Pete discussion, and they even don’t realise it is offensive to other people. And when pointing that out you’ll hear “I will say what I’ll say “ or “you can’t say anything anymore these days “. I would talk about money maybe not with everyone but with friends family an colleagues. Swearing with diseases isn’t taboo, when you saw the Comedy Central Roast of Famke Louise they were swearing with cancer (one I wouldn’t use any time because I’ve lost so many people to this disease also other sicknesses who still are common I wouldn’t use), HIV AIDS, That’s of course a program that is loud and offensive but people use cancer not only for swearing or the disease, but also for exaggerating a word like “cancer nice”. Also in football stadium, AFC AJAX is because of their Amsterdam origin know as jewish, and so you’ll hear in the stadium songs with “Jews on gas”. I would never wear a jogging pants especially not in public, it isn’t taboo it doesn’t look very flattering but people will wear it (including you if I’m not mistaking and of course it looks great on you 😅). I grew up on a farm, and stil living in a residential home I like to wear old clothes when I’m at home, when I’m going for groceries I’ll change clothes and wear simple “weekly” clothing, and it’s again other clothing what I would wear for a evening with friends or family. Drugs aren’t a real taboo, at a festival they will ask me if I would want some. Lots see XTC as a common supplement at a party, and it is less addictive and damming than alcohol, but it’s still forbidden. Like sex it will be a topic at early age at school, and the use doesn’t cause big problems. I’ve been talking about death with my mother since I was twelve years old, about donating organs, cremation or a burial, my risk full driving and the risk of dying. I would say at the football club that I wouldn’t want to get older than 35 (I’m now 42) years old, and that would give raised eyebrows so I stopped telling. Maybe not you paycheque but more people who have money problems or asking for help ether way, when I was going to a psych my father wasn’t really supportive. When I asked he went with me and he told them straight to their face they were depending to keep people coming and they wouldn’t cure anything. And nudity is more taboo than in the past because of social media, but maybe now Insta is freeing the nipple it will be more common to see topless woman at the beach.
@exploringtheforeign
Жыл бұрын
If you haven't already, check out the video where I did this in the north :) kzitem.info/news/bejne/1qussYiAoWucrGU and let me know in the comments what you think of these taboos or what you find taboo!
@thedutchest
Жыл бұрын
Noord brabant is the only true south netherlands. Limburg is a different country
@johnstafford7288
Жыл бұрын
A lot of these things i havnt come across i always get a smile a hello by strangers ive had many friends into drugs and drink but no form of violence or swearing it do's depend a lot on yourself how people react to you perhaps ive just been lucky or because i'm an old white Englishman that might play a roll even when young coming to the Netherlands in the 70s no hassles though. Not talking about death is understandable when all you want to do is be alone with your sorrow, Didnt get the first bit something about truffles thats new to me,
@JustMe-sh8nd
Жыл бұрын
Truffels are the same (almost but very very similar) as magic mushrooms, when digested you get some hallucinations (don't compare with LSD ;-) )
@johnstafford7288
Жыл бұрын
@@JustMe-sh8nd Ah yes magic mushrooms i know did try some truffels not. Thanks for the explanation.
@LindaCasey
Жыл бұрын
🌹🌹
@SIG442
Жыл бұрын
Sweatpants should be worn in your own home if you are single. If you are not, don't wear them. If you want a date, don't wear them. Sweatpants in the Netherlands has a VERY bad image, often seen as worn by criminals, criminal families (females within those families), lazy people and those people that can't be bothered to show up looking at least somewhat decent. It shows a lot of disrespect towards those you meet. DO NOT BUY THEM! Oh great, another person that has no clue what's behind the Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet thing yet screams its taboo while also not understanding that word. It's thousands of years old and is GLOBAL, but as one of the few it got modernized into what it is today which is for kids. Or do we want to go back to the old day where the black pete is portrayed as a devil? Please see this video for more information about the actual heritage and dare to state it's racist. It's WAY older then both the slavery that got slaves into America, older then America and even older then most European countries if not all of them. It has NOTHING to do with slaves even at all! kzitem.info/news/bejne/1qiPqJifa6eJkqg The guy complaining about the Netherlands being not so social, yet as one of the few he walks around like that and wonders why no one likes to talk to him. Because how he looks perhaps? It's weird to most Dutch people so they are careful as it might be a dangerous person that needs to be avoided. People are more careful then hateful or 'anti-social'. Also the social scale is different in big cities vs smaller places where pretty much everyone knows each other. Big cities have more crime, danger and there for people rather keep to them selves. That is the reason why people prefer to avoid that guy. The boy stating about the swearing, yeah that's a big issue. No one can deny that one. Specially in bigger cities while smaller towns generally don't have the problem. The problem that caused this mainly is American movies and social media. But just as much the criminal world. Talking about money, depends on where you are. Talking about death, same. Not stating who you voted for is kinda a normal thing. You shouldn't be spreading too much who you voted for. This isn't America. Yet the political correctness, which is American, is being way to much applied in a country that is the furthest away from it. Which will turn ugly sooner or later. People here already starting to have more then enough of it and tell these crazies to shut up. "Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" (Just act normal, then you're acting crazy enough) In other words, don't act out without good reason or try to be the center of attention. A real taboo should be ramming your personal ideas, religion, political views etc. down the throat of others. That might work in America or other countries, but in the Netherlands this will cause problems. In the Netherlands we prefer to keep religion and politics privately as it causes no or few problems then. They are YOUR thoughts, keep them to yourself! It's like your privates, fine that you have them, but not everyone needs to see it!
@dslight113
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an actual taboo i feel is , coming late. i hate it and a lot of my friends seem 2 hate it 2 , except this Surinamese guy , he is always 3 hours late or something...
@exploringtheforeign
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I'm terrible with time haha
@cogitus
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To have conservative (right) ideas is taboo. Everything has to be left and woke nowadays. I can name examples but I will be canceled in the comments immediatly. So you can have your opinion, as long it is the lefts opinion..
@superliegebeest544
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Ive.watched.several if ur.videos. but ur avoiding rotterdam for some reason? Its the best city in the whole coutry. The mentality is.sublime. unique and no noncese. And I.tell u this as a dutchie that fled the country. Because its turning into a hell hole.
@exploringtheforeign
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My King's Day video is in Rotterdam😁 definitely not avoiding there
@PrinsMaandag
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Sex is a big taboo
@cyrielwollring4622
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Dressing nice is typical Maastricht thing.
@exploringtheforeign
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Interesting; do you know why?
@cyrielwollring4622
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@@exploringtheforeign They are the capital city of Limburg. Some people from Maastricht think that people from outside the city are peasants. Other Limburgers from outside Maastricht look at the city as Dutch look at Amsterdam, or Americans at New York City. I lived in Maastricht for 5 years, and felt like an outsider there as I am not from South-Limburg.
@exploringtheforeign
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Ah, gotcha. I never knew this is how Maastricht was seen. I did know that it was the capital city of Limburg, though haha. What stood out to me, though, when making this was how little Dutch people I could find haha. It seemed like 75% of the people I tried getting in the video weren't Dutch.
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