The Dutch Are NOT Normal / Life of an American Living in The Netherlands
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Yoooo Welcome to the Vlog diary of an American Living In the Netherlands! Ive been on a creative whirlwind with the day in my life vlogs all while working full time here in the Netherlands and today we're talking about Things that are taken for granted here in the netherlands That I hear complaints about all the time. I love living here in the Netherlands and love The Dutch culture and believe when i say that... This is How The dutch are changing my mindset in the best way.
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Yoooo Happy Monday!!! Hope You Guys are doing well! I have to ask.. What is normal to you?
hi sky if you want to become low-key in the Netherlands go stealth mode that way nobody knows you're crazy 🦇 coco 😂 people don't notice you living life becomes easy 🇳🇱🙈🙏🏻👍🏻
Normal to me is being the same as most people, something like that. I'm Dutch too and I love to stand out in the crowd, you don't have to be like everybody else, (whoever everybody else is..🤔) Being an individual is much more important to me and probably to loads of other people too, Dutch or not. (PS: Great channel!)
so as a dutch guy i think having sensible progress to a more efficient life/country is het meest normale om te doen
@@bofty9094 I agree with you there
efficient zijn in je leven is het beste wat je kunt doen altijd koppie koppie houden en de dingen slim aanpakken 👍🏻
ik doe dat bijna ongezien thema stealth ik wordt zelfs wel eens vergeten 🙈🇳🇱
You know what's not normal? 100€ voor een blikje in die water 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I'm glad you had fun making the video, but all your examples of "doe normaal" center around Dutch accomplishments. As a Dutchman I can tell you that "doe normaal" is about checking your attitude and using common sense rather than what you can achieve. And I'm sorry to say, but my fellow countrymen are more and more looking to the US as an example, which isn't common sense.
Agreed. Those people moeten eens normaal doen.
Yeah my impression of the phrase “doe normaal” is more that you should stop doing something inconsiderate/embarrassing, not that everyone should be the same.
Wait what? Who is looking toward the US as an example for anything? We don't need to be following no third world countries.
Doe maar normaal dan doe je al gek genoeg.
we ain't looking at the us, it's just that social media in general blends every part of the world together we almost become one sadly enough.
About the nutrition score. I believe the score is comparitively between the same category. For instance, the B of the Dorito's is compared to all other chips/crisps and not food as a whole. So it might be a B for chips but maybe a D or E for food as a whole. So be carefull when choosing an item and thinking it's healthy because it says B. Correct me if I am wrong.
That’s exactly right. IMO that it’s all relative is not explained enough.
damn, this is a bummer, I was buying doritos because I believed,,, oh i guess they are not that bad I guess I can eat half a bag
Yeah but a lot of ingredients are banned in other countries so in fact it could be better than the same bag in the US
We got this score from France.. but it is not good at all!
Yeah this score system is a scam
“Doe normaal” is also part of a saying “ Doe normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg”, meaning “Act normal, then you’re acting crazy enough.”
@@Mus.Anonymouse Hahahah
@@Mus.Anonymouse I’ve heard of this before hahahaha it always makes me laugh when people say it.. I don’t know why 😂
@@Mus.Anonymouse thanks for adding more context :)
It's more that you don't have to jump through hoops to be accepted just be you.
No one ever says that though.
I posted this on another video about "Doe Normaal" and think I should post it here as well
I feel people from outside the Netherlands misundersand the "doe normaal" idea. It is perfectly fine to stand out and be better than others. It is more about how you deal with it. Bragging about it or looking down on others because they perform less is what is talked about. So you are an ace in IT, or Law, or Science... so what.. others might have skills you don't have. In the end, we are all needed in this society, the scientist is not more or less important than the baker or the garbage collector. That is the idea behind "doe normaal". Sure.. celebrate your achievements but don't go around being elitist. :)
Notable Dutch inventions beside Bluetooth and WiFi: The Submarine, The Firehose, The compact Cassette, the CD and DVD and BlueRay. the Micro AND Telescope, the Eye test, "Fair Trade", Hardcore and Hardstyle, trtiangulation, The Mercator (world) map and the Atlas, the Continental drif hypothesis, Python, and that is just a "short" list of inventions and inovations.
Exactly this! It's not so much about what you're doing, but how you're dealing with it. A better, more true to form translation, would be: "be humble". But with the Dutch being the blunt folk that they are, it's become what it is: "just act normal, you're acting crazy enough" (full literal translation of the saying)
"...don't go around being elitist. " Actually, please do, the more the merrier. In the end it will make it non-existing. As it should be.👴🤷♂
@@mavadelo yooooo thanks for putting us on! I just said in a comment earlier that no Dutch person I’ve talked to explained it like this. To me this makes a lot of sense. But why so so many Dutch people so that it means to try to be Normal and not stand out.?? I just asked someone at the cafe after reading this.. and she said the same. It means to fit in. No one ever mentioned it the way you mentioned it. But I love that. Dude you’re gonna have to be my “go to” for info! When i need to ask something 😂
@@mavadelo we’ll have to work something out :)
@@ItzSKYVlogs ' But why so so many Dutch people so that it means to try to be Normal and not stand out.?? I just asked someone at the cafe after reading this.. and she said the same. It means to fit in.'
This could be the language barrier. We still are better in explaining ourselves in dutch than in Englsh. It is very hard explaining different saying and customs in foreign laguages and/or cultures.
To be fair, the Dutch didn´t start the war. The ocean did.
🤣 True story...
The Dutch invaded the sea ....
@@nas4appsthe sea did first
We were provoked.
The sea was there first😂
Great video!
Doe normal is actually not the whole sentence. It's: Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg. Which translates to: Just act normal, that's crazy enough.
So it's not about goals or achievements, but more so about the way you carry yourself in life. Don't brag, don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself, don't flaunt your money, don't be loud in public.. all that stuff.
Exactly this. It's like: even though you invent bluetooth you should still behave normal or average.
Doe normaal *is* the whole sentence. "Dan is je al gek genoeg" is a jokey later addition.
"Doe normaal" is all about modesty and not letting ego get in the way of logical thinking.
I lived abroad for a year, doing so made me apreciate the things at home more. Like central heating, drinkwater from the tap that wont make you sick, working traficlights, cops that you cant bribe etc. Also, the some of the underground garbage container that you show in your video @ 3:49 have sensors that send data to a company which uses this data to predict when it should be emptied based on how fast garbage is collected. Routes are dynamically planned. Wastevision is one of the company's that does this here.
Hi, I'm Dutch and I feel like a lot of the things that we Dutch do, create or invent is driven by efficiency. Work smart instead of work hard. And this drive for efficiency is also one of the reasons that we are very direct; transparant communication helps with trading and doing business in an efficient way. We go straight towards our goal and are very good at creating some consensus so that we can move forward. Also, the freedom of expression that we feel here to say what we think sets the stage for a lot of creativity and innovation.
You are saying we are lazy😂😂..
But it is true, we are small but we want to be big. To be the best in everything we must be efficient, smart and fast.
But I'm not sure if we now a days still make big brake troughs after 2000....
@@jasper221176 Are you kiddin'!? By being smart we're not automatically lazy. But a creative process consists of at times being receptive and at other times being active. You need time to relax and be passive to be able to be receptive to new ideas 😏
And we are still doin' great! Never heard of ASML? Never heard of Dutch being the most efficient farmers in the world, Never heard of top notch Dutch water management technology? Never seen our orange football fans and Kingsday celebrations go viral on youtube? Never heard of Rotterdam being the third biggest harbor in the world? And our country being the number 1 investors in countries like Kazakhstan, Romania, etc. And what about being world leader in exporter of flowers?
I could go on and on. We are not as small as you'd think! 😏
@annemarel first part of about lazy was a joke.
I heard absolutely about ASML..but the foundation was before 2000.
I mean break through like AI and other game changing inventions.
There must be....
@@jasper221176 Ok, I found a few already:
The Groasis Waterboxx is a device designed to help grow trees in dry areas. It was developed by former flower exporter Pieter Hoff, and won Popular Science's "Green Tech Best of What's New" Innovation of the year award for 2010.
2002: ambilight by Philips
2001: same-sex marriage (we were the first to legalize it)
2005: Air Fryer
I'm a Brit, I came to NL in 1974 on a six months contract and I'm still here 50 years later.
I live in Haarlem and I love watching you walking around the best city in the world. 😘
PS I hate the new bottle cap, someone found a solution to a problem that never existed. 😖
I'm afraid it does exist ... but I understand your frustration.
@@bartrammeloo5046 What is it then, please explain? 🤔
@@VickyRussell-122 By keeping caps attached, the EU hopes to prevent them from becoming separate pieces of litter, which can be particularly harmful to marine life. The law is part of the EU's broader Single-Use Plastics Directive, introduced in 2019 to tackle plastic pollution.
And as stated it is introduced in the whole of the EU and even flooded Britain's market, simply because it is cheaper to service the larger market, while it is not too much of a hassle on the smaller market.
Hi, I am Dutch and I looked it up on the internet. And I found this. “Normaal” in Dutch frase “Doe Normaal” or sometimes “Doe eens even normaal” is just slang for “just behave”, “don't embarrass yourself” or “stop being a clown” and/or “get your act together”. So I think you're taking "doe normasl" too literally ;) Greetings from Den Bosch. Ps love your video’s.
"Get your act together" is indeed the better translation. Standing out is not bad here... If you get your act together ;)
@@Elite3kampioen lol
Thia is the best translation in my opinion
Yup that's exactly what it means 100%
Zeggen ze dat niet in Den Bosch? 🤣
Dutch engineers helped New Orleans with their storm surge barrier and other projects with water management in the US like New York, and Texas ports as well
Which apparently isn't widely known because we don't brag about it. It is like we are doing the demure mindful trend for centuries before it became a social media trend
Nutri-Score system was developed in France. It is also used in Belgium.
Where i live most products are in French and Dutch. They will be sold also in Belgium.
Almost everything from Unilever is multi language around here. And supplied by a single huge warehouse.
And the English - ofcourse - have their own slightly different system.
and Germany
It's also already here for quite a few years.😅
It's not so much 'don't stand out' in a way your character can't be visible or noticed, just be considerate of others and the space you share with them.
You seem to forget that "Doe normaal" is also being said by the Dutch to the ocean itself. And it had better listen or else...
@@Project_Erasmus 🤣 🤣
@@Project_Erasmus yoooo this just made my day. I can’t stop laughing 😂
😂
The B on the Doritos are compared to other chips. It's not compared to an apple 🍎😅
@@betty6676 ahhhhhh I thought so! .. but still.. those Doritos got a B? How? 😂
@@betty6676 thanks for the info :)
@@ItzSKYVlogsthey keep adding less sugar/salt and more healthy ingredients. I dont like it personally, i like my chips better tasting and its okay if they arent as healthy, i dont eat chips daily.
@@ItzSKYVlogs they are probably better than most other chips, with mais (corn) instead of potato as a basis. But sadly, as I learned today from your comments they are not really that healthy
The Doritos classified with a B score is niet normaal 😂
It is. They compare the doritos to similar type chips and rank them that way. Not a nutritional score in general.
I recently read a book about the catastrophic 1953 flood that gave rise to the Deltaplan. What struck me most that it was caused in large part by sheer neglect and incompetence. Before 1953 there was hardly a unified strategy to combat the sea, and the rules that did exist where often undermined, sometimes literally by breaking dikes to harvest salt on the flooded land. It was really, really bad. Many officials were asleep, the telegraph warning from the meteorological society only reached three people in Zeeland because subscription was voluntary. The majority of the waterboards or dike overseers didn't get any warning. Waterworks that did exist where often neglected or insufficient. And on top of that the Germans had build trenches and bunkers in many of them. It was an absolute mess. The Dutch learned their lesson the hard way. Also much of the reclaimed land used to be land, that was until people dug out all of the peat or simply due to sinking of the drying soil. Large parts are still lost to this day, like the Dollard. The Netherlands has dozens of lost villages that remain submerged. So "winning" yes. But not only. And not always.
There was a war not too long before 1935.
Don't forget that in most countries occupied during the Second World War and in the years that followed, the infrastructure suffered from neglect, including the dikes in the Netherlands and Flanders.
"Doe normaal" is more like "don't be a show off", "don't be an idiot" and "use common sense".
I find bottle tops staying on the bottle extremely annoying. I rip them off every time.
Who invented that should be punished
@@worf792 yeah, should be forced to drink out of those bottles for a day. with the damn cap scratching the mouth and liquid spilling all over himself
Tbh they're super convenient for me, I hate when I have my hands full of stuff and end up dropping the cap. Also if it helps even just a tiny bit with loitering I think it's a good trade-off
I am amazed that you are amazed about the garbage containers. I don't think a second about it. It is sometimes annoying, but it is not something spectacular. I saw a video from an American citizen who was amazed that we sit outside in the sun at a terrace drinking coffee or what else. I simply can't imagine that people don't do that in the USA. It is so much fun and relaxing. The more I learn about the USA how happier I am that I live in the Netherlands. The police here isn't aggresive and constantly violating our rights. We sit outside in the sun to enjoy ourselves. Everything is well organized. Okay, sometimes a little bit to much, but for the most part it is a blessing. I can't and won't live in a country as the USA where the only fun you can have outside your house is shopping.
I am amazed that you thought this American represented American society. Of course we sit outside: in our yards, front porches, beaches, pools, lakes.
Great video (as usual)😄
I love these kind of video's, especially when someone from another country thinks we are not "normaal" or we dont act like it, but for us it's the most normal thing in the world, especially the battle with water. And we are helping a lot of country's around the world with that battle :)
Your channel is SKY rocketing....and well deserved.
A massive HI from the UK 💪
Doe normaal, just means...stay modest no matter you're successes!i. I think that is the best translation of that frase.
Reminds me of a story of a foreigner applying to an office job. He was greeted by a kind woman at the lobby and asked if he wanted some coffee and directing him to the floor where the job interview was going to be. He being rude af because in his eyes she was beneath him as she was just some assistent or some coffee lady and wanted to impress authority. When they got to the office she sat down at her desk as the director and the one who was going to take the job interview and immediately rejected him
Thanks for your great videos. Just wanted to share that "Doe normaal" is about "we need you", "we depend on each other", being able to know what expect from each other. Of course it sucks to be told to act normal when you're trying to be creative. So creative people leave the polder and join other groups where being creative is the norm.
Neeltje Jans, would be a nice one, a lot of information about the "war against the sea". And a nice saying: "Hier gaan over het tij: de maan, de wind en wij". Free translated: "The tide is ruled by the moon, the wind and us." Just the whole Deltaworks is awsome. (Afsluitduik is also a good one.)
"Doe normaal" is still pretty literal, as in normative. It's pressing someone to respect social norms, like not littering bottle caps. It's not about not standing out, it's about not acting like you are better or more important than others, to take more liberties. Loudly revving your engine to show off your car for example. If you just gently rumble your Lamborghini towards the open road no one will say "doe normaal".
The public stock company was actually the specifically Dutch thing, with lots of very ordinary Dutch buying stock of the VOC, also for the fact that it was going to take the war for independence to the Asian interests of the Portuguese and Spain. But the VOC soon saw much more opportunity than initially anticipated so when the carpenters, butchers and maids would sell their stock to the rich merchants who were building generational wealth anyway, the VOC could reinvest the profits instead of paying dividends. The rich merchants could afford to wait patiently for much bigger ROI much latere so those were willing to buy the ordinary people's shares. Eventually the VOC didn't pay dividend for it's first 31 years, but grew quite big.
Your explanation about "doe normaal' is the best i've read so far , thank you !
@@bregtolla Thanks. I feel it's been interpreted and repeated wrongly by non Dutch speaking expats and foreign students in particular and negatively. Looks like our Itz Sky fell victim too that a bit too. It's not like I always understood it all.
About the nutritional score, When you see A on a bag of chips, it doesn't mean healthy chips, al it means is that among chips this has rating A, so there are chips that might have more salt and fat, and they would be B/C/D.
The nutriscore is relative within the product range. So as far as chips/crisps (or whatever you call chilled fried carbohydrates in plastic bags) Doritos are relatively healthy or better, less unhealthy.
The way I've understood it, "doe normaal" is more about staying humble, not bragging, and staying focused on what really matters... some of the achievements you mention are actually due to the attitude of "doe normaal" (in a roundabout way) because we agree that sometimes we need to make sacrifices for the common good (like fighting the ocean, haha).
“Doe normaal” is often said to correct someone with high self-esteem. “Doe normaal” is also used to correct someone who is unrealistically overdoing something. “Niet normaal” is often an expression of admiration.
Hey man! I was also surprised with some of the same things you mentioned. I was on France and I did see the nutriscore, and the water cap and this last one was surprisingly great! Who knew such a simple update could have this big impact.
It’s great to watch you learning, keep it up! ✌️
Kinda true, in general people say "doe normaal" when they mean "shut up" and it has little to do with the "do not stand out" mentality
You are a great storyteller, I never got bored for a minute.
To me “Doe normaal”, is the same as “stay humble”…. But thats a personal opinion.
The “nutriscore” is a bit tricky. For example the chips that you pulled out in de video had an B score. But this score is based on other chips brands and how the chips is processed. So with the nutriscore you have to compare the score with similar products.
Keep up the good work, love your content
Great vid. You have a new fan. Loved your comments. My first time here, clearly not my last. Keep up the good work, mate.
On nutriscore; it’s relative within a category. So Doritos are snacks and as a snack the better option. Not compared to all stuff
makes sense, at least, I understood nutriscore the moment they started doing it in our country
it’s basically a rating, some foods are very processed and bad on the stomach, body, tend to trigger allergies faster.
Back in 1996, I was still working at an IT consultancy firm in The Netherlands (I am Dutch, now in the US.) On one of my trips to the US, I brought some (very early) wifi products back with me, and started playing with them at the office. So, I made an access point in my office, and my officemate and I walked around with a wifi 'card' stuck to the lid of the laptops. My manager (next office down hall) considered it "uhhhh?!?", and the owner considered it totally BS, "wont stay long". Well. You just mentioned what happened with wifi and BT .. ;p)
I have a deep and irrational hatred for the bottlecaps. There's that tiny drop of liquid in that cap that you WILL find on your shirt after you're done drinking.
I still take it off and simply screw it back on afterwards
Bluetooth is not really a dutch invention. it was invented by a dutchman. but he worked for Ericsson at that time.
thats dutch enough dude
Dude! Love your videos. I started watching you as prep for my week long trip in the Netherlands last month. The bottle cap that stays with the bottle blew this American mind!🥷🥷☕
LOL. You even have to pay a deposit on that bottle and in every major supermarket you can return the bottle and get your deposit back or it will be deducted from the groceries you buy there. So almost 100% is recycled. Very normal. 🙃
Views going crazzyyy brotha ✊🏾✊🏾
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi were actually invented by Hedi Lamarr. She was an Austrian American Actress and inventor.
Thank you! I came here to correct this!
@@rondalucy It is so annoying how history is erasing women. And then men complain that women don't invent anything.
she didn’t invent it, she made the blueprint for the idea, but she didn’t put it together and made the thing
but true, I guess that could be written off as she had less opportunities to do so
@@snoopstheboss994I don’t think that’s the case, I think it’s because she didn’t technically invent it, coming up with an idea without a prototype doesn’t mean you invented it, but they are removing a part of the inspiration that created wifi. basically not giving credit to her work in the project. but I see that is fixed, cuz google does mention her name a lot.
Hey I am also a expat living in the netherlands for 6 years. Just need to throw something in here. So if the Dutch invented Wi-Fi, that means much like ho most people mispronounce BMW. That means we've also been mispronouncing Wi-Fi, since the dutch pronounce it "Wee Fee". Which is how I got used to calling it, so it was so strange going back to South Africa earlier this year for the first time in 6 years and having people look at me like I was crazy when I asked for the Wee Fee :)
Doe norrmaal is a command to behave.. For example, when somebody breaks public stuf like a trashcan or a busstop, you yell Hé doe normaal!
that´s `doe ff normaal. there´s a difference ;-)
@@randdebiel8321 Nee, turbotaal is voor millennials en jonger.
Also the Compact Disc is a Dutch invention.
The Netherlands were also the first country to recognize the USA as an independent nation.
8:00 We also invented the CD and DVD.
We also have the nutriscore thing in Belgium. Also the word for stock market in Dutch is "Beurs" which comes from the surname of a family in Brugge in the 13-15th century.
those bottlecaps that stay on are, afaik, a european union thing. i still see plenty of bottles with the standard caps aswell. they were meant to reduce littering of the caps... I dont think they do. anyone who thinks theyre annoying will pull them off.
Nice one. Some other minor dutch inventions: CD's, DVD's, the Orange Carrot, the first world atlas, Python programming language, blender software, Gin, Doughnut, the Fahrenheit scale, Leyden jar (first battery). Ow and the Dutch machines used to create the high end computer chips.
Hey SKY, Dutchy in Germany here.
The bottle cap is also in Germany.
I believe it's a European idea for lesser plastics in the environment
Between the ages of 5 and 12 or there about, I heard my mother say this very often. Being a bit of a tomboy wild girl, I was very enthusiastic, and energetic, and sometimes loud. From my mother, it meant, hey, tone it down a little, and read the room, there are more people around and everyone is hearing you in the entire neighborhood.
Unspoken of course, other than "hey, doe es normaal... " The "then you're acting crazy enough" part, is said once or twice, but after that, only the first part ever makes it. It was a gentle chastising.
And within groups of adolescents, "yeah yeah, doe maar normaal...." Also can set social boundaries in a friendly way, using it as an indicator of "okay, now you're sticking your head out of the field a bit much"...
Also, other Dutch inventions/achievements: the CD (joint effort by Philips and Sony). The first lab to achivement liquifying helium (Heike Kamerlingh Onnes had a Nobel prize for that early in the 1900's). Creating a tulip bulb market exchange then crashing it, centuries before the USA reinvented a stock market exchange crash about a 100 years ago😪. Inventing a clock (in the 1600's) that would remain working OK on a ship (the sail ships of that era would be bad for a 'normal' pendulum clock). In school we learned the Dutch invented the printing process, but that was contested nowadays... Did you know the first name for Australia, given by the Dutch, was New Holland? That's why those 'close by' (to some extent...) islands were and still are named New Zealand.
Don't forget "Van Diemen's Land" aka Tasmania.
I live in the Dutch myself and I can tell you this: The whole mentality here is just about work or learning there's no inbetween! In this country there is no such thing as a good cuisine, no such thing as profuse art and dont let me get started about the music in here!
And house rentals etc are almost like a scam or the prices are way too high or there is no possibility of getting one at all!
All in all there are "A LOT" of things to improve and to work on in here!
About the "Doe Normaal" thing: Over here people are rude, they plainly insult you to your face and simply call it "being truthful"!
the nutrition score is based on similar products, like chips get compared to chips, and vegetables get compared to vegetables, it isn't as direct of an indication of healthiness as you would think it would be.
The top stays on the bottle... when we find the guy that did this, he is going where all the bikes all sleep 🤣
Did you know the Ocean clean up guy is Dutch as well? He invented the system as part of a high school scirnce project assignment. He's cleaning the oceans now!!
Love your videos. You always have content that's interesting. ❤👍
The Nutri-Score is about the score of the food within the same category. Meaning, the cool american doritos is the b tier within the chips category.
Hi, the UK has had a traffic light table on food products for years. I dont know how you missed. 😅 love your video's 🙏🏼
The only sad thing about these videos. They're mostly watched by the Dutch who like to be patted on the shoulder. Americans should watch and learn. People with Pickup trucks are the target of "Doe normaal".
'Doe normaal' doesn't refer to achievements, it's about how you carry yourself having achieved stuff. You don't look down on people, you don't let it get to your head.
Doe normaal is stating: Do not brag about it 😀. We Dutch are always looking into: Can this be more efficiënt or can we solve a problem. If you solve it or be more efficiënt its just another day in the office. This in contrast to the USA where achievements are more "vocal". That's why you will almost neder find dutch people "thrumping" each other.
This one is even worse: He stayed so normal
the truck at 3:00 is a perfect case of 'doe normaal'. We call these kind of cars a 'asobak' . Because it shows of how asocial you have to be for driving one. The opposite of being 'normaal'.
Those new bottles/caps suck... the screw part is shorter. The amount of times I apparently didn't close the top back on correctly and the drink spilled. I know I am not the only one complaining about this in my direct surrounding. The screw part is shorter than it was, so the dop/cap can lift of and be put back on while attached to the bottle. I never had a big issue with losing the caps before. This is new with the plastic retour flessen.
Actually the nutri-score and attached cap of the bottles are the Dutch way of implementing European initiatives. And those nutri-scores can be deceptive. Dorito's are only a rated B because they fall into the same category as chips/crisps. So it's comparison within its own product group. But it's not always clear or logical in which food category a product belongs or should belong. Nordic counties have had a similar system for over a decade now. countries like Germany and Belgium are implementing similar system but are still working on preventing Dorito's getting the same score as carrots.
Did you know that the Dutch considerd building dams between England, Norway and England and Bretagne. It is only two dikes we would have to build to gain a huge piece of land?
Note on the nutriscore: those Doritos are a B.... for a bag of chips.
Bags of chips are still unhealthy, but B-score bags of chips are better than E-score chips.
The full saying is "Doe maar normaal dan doe je al gek genoeg" which roughly means "Just act normal, you'll be acting crazy enough already". With that bit added it all makes sense :p
First of all: I love your videos. Discovered you only recently and I want to say your video quality is really professional, your content is funny yet informative, and you are very good at looking at things from more than 1 side. And you provide a different point of view on my puny country :)
Now, I love your dual interpretation of "doe normaal":
1 - the Dutch saying "act normal, that's crazy enough". I think this is changing a bit due to global influences (yeah thanks USA), but I think the Dutch spirit, much like the German spirit, is quite down to earth. We don't brag very much, probably because coming from a tiny country we are used to not being that influential, well known, etcetera.
2 - there are many things which we Dutch think are the norm ("normaal"), because we forget that our country is very well organised. We've had a lot of stability during the last 200 years (minus WW2 of course) and our economy has steadily grown so as a country we have been able to invest in many things which organise our life very well. I also think that the fact we are so small make things a lot easier. Also, dare I say this to an American: a functioning political system in which people actually make decisions which make all of our lives better, REALLY HELPS. That's all I'm going to say about that ;)
Looking forward to your next video! Come to Leiden some time and I can show you how the Dutch government supports people with a handicap :)
Hahaha the area's you're walking in, I live nearby. I go like HEY I KNOW THIS AREAA the whole video!
It's fun to see and hear how you experience it all. It's such a difference!
Edit: The nutrition score isnt an overall ALL item score, its something the company can put on there themselves.... It's a bit(lot) off.
You are out of the extreme bigger is better. To normal is better.❤
There are a few factors that helped the Dutch to become this innovative.
Of course, the water-fight. Much like Denmark is an innovative country, or Singapore is so innovative; water is the the biggest threat of them all.
Second: A big concentration of highly educated people on a small area. Once again; like Singapore, or what Hong Kong used to be.
Third: The Spanish Inquisition (nobody expected that, but it's true!) 🙃
Thanks to the Spanish invasion of what is now Belgium, a LOT of talent from Ghent, Bruges, Brussels and mainly Antwerp fled to "higher ground", meaning the unoccupied regions above the big rivers in The Netherlands. This literally doubled the amount of artists, scientists, philosophers and money influx in the Amsterdam/Rotterdam/The Hague triangle within a decade or so. That's what kickstarted the "Golden Century" of The Netherlands: Wáy too much talent on a wáy too small area NOT to Break Out.
Of course there are a lot more reasons, but these 3 really, really count.
And indeed, "Doe normaal" is all about not bragging about your achievements, but treating them as normal. "Yeah, I did that. Let's move on."
Which of course stimulates innovation, since the attention sphere is not captured by 1 big ego bragging about itself, but by "wauw! How can we improve thát?".
I hate it when the bottle top stays attached to the bottle when you open it. When you pour the liquid the top gets in the way and I find it belittling and beyond childish!
The Dutch developed 3D RADAR. Already back in the early 1940's, just before WOII broke out. There was and still is a test facility in Den Haag / Scheveningen.
There is an issue with our: "doe normaal"
It has led to people not correcting each other publicly. Indoors, in office we are very direct. But we usually don't correct behavior of people we do not know.
If you have some Swedish viewers they might dispute the fact that Bluetooth is a Dutch invention. It was invented by a Dutchman working for Ericsson (Swedish company).
One way that "doe normaal " is allso used( and which i have not heard here before) ; when you've just heard a wild story that is incredible ... one might respond with : "doe normaal" 😲
The nutrition score is compared to other similar products, so some fruit juices may be a C or an E, but that doesnt mean doritos are healthier than fruit Juice, what it means is that these doritos are more healthy than other crisps with a lower score
Dutch Person here i like to believe everyone has there own version of "Normalcy" i used to be a intern in amsterdam and things i thought were normal were completely alien to others
The nutriscore is commonly misunderstood, the score does not represent an overall health score, rather it says something about the overall health score, when comparing to other products within that category. So for example the doritos, when comparing to other chips, are healthier. But that still doesnt mean that chips are healthy.
Its a stupid category because D product can be more healthy than A products. e.g smoked salomon D and fried fish sticks A
I work in a supermarket in Belgium and we have the same nutrition score on most food products. 😉
Awesome bro.... you have to visit Limburg sometime when you have the time man....
Dude another great vid, makes be happy to be Dutch😎😎
Those big trucks are “Niet normaal”
And the caps on the bottle are “normaal” all over Europe because since this year there is a new European law that requires caps to stay connected to the bottle so they don’t end up in nature but go back to the store with the bottle to get some of your money back (that you paid extra) ☺️
Just a quick note on the abcde food rating thing, theyre rated within their food group. So the chips you bought are relatively healthy for chips, but certainly not healthy. some things are also grouped weirdly and its not always based on the most relevant factors so its really just a rough guideline within their foodgroup.
You want to hear something else that's crazy? Those poles at the crossings where you press a button? In some parts of the country there's actually sensors that detect how many people are waiting and they will speed up the pedestrian light turning green if there's a lot of people. I've lived here basically my whole life and I just found out about this within the last year or so.
You know why they invented these big trashcans? Because the seagulls were always making a mess with the garbage bags. And those codes they also use it in Germany.
Doe normaal can be used next to: loop niet naast je schoenen which would translate to: dont walk with your feet outside your shoes. It means stay down to earth. Dont feel better than anyone else and act all high and mighty. Be humble.
The tops staying on the bottles is a recent thing, last year I think. It's to lessen plastic waste. Plastic bottles of 0.5 or 0.33L now also have "statiegeld" (the machine in the supermarket takes them and gives you a receipt for 25 cents a bottle back), again to reduce plastic waste. Countries making more and more efforts to fight global warming and pollution IS normal in Europe and many other places in the world. Just not the U.S...
Basically "doe normaal" is more like "you can be extraordinary in many ways, just don't give yourself airs because of it" - so don't boast, don't show off, don't think you deserve special treatment just because you're rich/famous/successful.
And another way it's often used is to tell people to not exaggerate, or draw attention to themselves in an obnoxious way. Don't play the clown, don't show off, don't try to draw attention to yourself by being ridiculous or noisy. Be the best possible version of YOU, don't try to be something you're not.
Basically you say it to people who are making a scene - whether it is because they are doing the "don't you know who I am?" thing, or because they're trying to draw attention to themselves in some way.
It's not about not doing extraordinary things or trying to make things better - it's about not showing off. For instance, Dutch schools don't have things like "valedictorians" - there's no competition to see who has the best grades. You're all supposed to do your best, and if you get higher grades than others, there's no reward. You might get praise from your teacher, but if you let it go to your head the rest of the class will quickly tell you to "do normaal".
Edited out the part bout doe normaal as I found an identical comment below
The nutriscore only compares within the same bracket of similar items. So the Doritos being a B means that some other chips are A or CDE
Did you see the UA-cams about how they clean the bikes out of the city canals of Amsterdam? Now that is NOT Normal :)
In my town in central British Columbia Canada, we primarily drive trucks. I'd say 75% have or prefer trucks. I drive a Ram 1500. Side note, Mexico has lables with foods with excessive colories
The nutrition score is based on comparison within groups of similar products. So B does not nevessarily mean it’s good, but within the range of chips it has a good value. Same as pork tenderloin would maybe get an A and bacon an F, since tenderloin is very low in fat as opposed to bacon.
The reason we are always telling eachother to doe normaal is because they are always acting crazy, so the popularity of the phrase doesnt mean we want everything to be normal, its used to temper our crazy friends.
"Doe normaal" is mostly used as a warning statement to tell the other person to act according to our cultural/social norms and values or otherwise "get the wind from the front" 😂("De wind van voren krijgen") eg: Trouble.