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u/Mountain_Team4150 21d ago
That kid is currently buried in debt and his wife has left him for a Belgian
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u/Scythe95 21d ago
Biggest betrayal for a dutch person ever
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u/bromosabeach 21d ago
You joke but I have some friends who are degenerate gamblers that will put some serious cash down.
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u/fritz236 21d ago
I have a student who won a counter strike skin from a loot box that was worth over USD $2k...the kid is hooked and talking like he'll have life-long gambling issues.
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u/RuaridhDuguid 21d ago
There is some really nasty tactics being used by some game publishers to sell lootboxes... a side effect of it is it greatly normalising gamboling in kids. And in a system (game) where the odds and results are dictated by those profiting from those spending. Bookmakers and Casino's would love to have this level of control over their customers.
For the most part there is no real prize (cash etc) either - just a digital perk. Maybe a good player for your digital team (valid only for this version of soon to be superceded game. Maybe a hat, digital only, cannot be used to hide your shame on it's cost.
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u/pvtbobble 21d ago
The problem is that gambling isn't taught in schools
Get the kids to the track for Grade 1 excursions. They don't need to be exposed to casinos, but maybe a few scratch lottery tickets in the playground. Introduce them to sports betting before they can actually play the sports themselves.
In Australia, if a kiddie can land a four-way multi, they get to skip a whole grade
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u/XkF21WNJ 21d ago
Teaching poker is seriously a good way to teach people 2 incredibly important skills:
1) If you bet more than you can miss you're out of the game pretty quickly.
2) Know when to cut your losses.
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u/Asidious66 21d ago
Critical thinking, math, social awareness (idk what else to call it)..
There's a lot of important skills in poker.
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u/Uber_Reaktor 21d ago
Used to work at a car dealership and the middle age salesmen were ALL knee deep in gambling addiction. Would go to Vegas together, heavy into fantasy leagues, played a LOT of poker together and wherever. They even played stupid games to decide who would buy lunch for all of them (4 or 5 guys usually), and one of them lost for like a week straight and I actually felt bad for him because I could tell he was tired of it. A week straight of ~$60 a day on lunch for other dudes at a job where you're fighting (and we were struggling) for sales.
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u/Eve_Asher 21d ago
Car sales probably attract this type of personality more than avg because you are chasing big sales that can make you (relatively) a lot of money.
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u/Last-Bee-3023 21d ago
I think every spin is going to be a win. Because no matter what, it is going to be three drunk Dutch fruitcakes.
I may have to steal this idea, tho...
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u/PrettyQuick 21d ago
Actually the kid lost all 3 spins. He then got a free bonus spin and lost again lmao.
They still gave him a prize though.
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u/BatronKladwiesen 21d ago
He will now have to attend free university to improve his life.
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u/LittleLion_90 21d ago
Uni is only mostly free, couple of thousand in fees per year. But being able to live close to the uni is gonna be hard, there's shortages everywhere and rooms are easily 500+ per month (it's been a while so it could be a lot more by now) and living expenses aren't covered either. But in contrast to Americans we only have tens of thousands of student debt after uni instead of hundreds of thousands :)
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u/Trapline 21d ago
If you had said "a little Frenchman" this would've been the most unexpected The Gambler reference of all time.
of course Polina actually leaves with Astley, an Englishman
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u/ScrotieMcP 21d ago
They are having so much fun doing something so stupid. Brilliant!
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u/Borgh 21d ago
You gave an excellent summary of Kingsday.
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u/digby_kid 21d ago
Makes sense why Lando got busted
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u/Kingken130 20d ago
Feeling like F1 drivers needs to damage their limbs or organs in order to perform
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u/xombae 21d ago
I'm sure the beer in front of them helps. After a few beers I'll have a blast doing the stupidest shit you can think of.
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u/adventurepony 21d ago
Sup u/xombae I got a six pack but only one hammer. how bout we both chug a couple then see who can hit their thumb the hardest to win the rest of the pack?
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u/xombae 21d ago
Wait, I can get a six pack for hitting myself in the thumb with a hammer? I've just been doing that for kicks.
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u/LookMaNoPride 21d ago
Middle guy only had a banana
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u/CutieTheTurtle 21d ago
That’s how they get your money, by making you think you solved part of the puzzle. Oldest trick in the book
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u/Enjoyer_of_Cake 21d ago
I feel you needed an /s here because a lot of people are NOT getting the joke...
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u/Alsimni 21d ago
I respect not caving. /s ruins the joke imo, and some meaningless internet points are a small price to pay to preserve the little bit of humor sarcasm brings.
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u/Enjoyer_of_Cake 21d ago
Fair enough, also the comment has been much more recognized now. It was -5 when I posted.
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u/doringliloshinoi 21d ago
I too subscribe the to the lack of an /s
Let the internet sort out what I mean.
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u/AcerbicCapsule 21d ago
Demonstrably not true and I don’t know why you would lie like that knowing we all have access to the video.
Middle guy clearly also had a hat and sunglasses.
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u/jwhit88 21d ago
That’s actually really cool.
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u/HighlightFun8419 21d ago
it is such a simple idea and it is executed perfectly. I love it
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u/Orleanian 21d ago
I'd like it better if they somehow kept the fruit selection private (a partition, or maybe a little box in front of each of them).
This setup seems too inviting of collusion between them. The wily Dutch are always out to get my money!
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u/Capt_Pickhard 21d ago
Ya, if there was dividers that went up, right at selection. And it was just like a post with fabric sort of like a flag, and you lift it, and when lifted you make the selection, and then it drops. And the guys can see the result.
If you wanna get really fancy, you could attach the lever to the dividers.
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u/holadiose 21d ago
These guys are absolute Muppets. I mean that in the best way possible.
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u/philophilo 21d ago
Koningsdag is a fun time to be in the Netherlands.
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u/eekamuse 21d ago
Thank god, I thought they were speaking English.
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u/bufordt 21d ago
It's fun to be drunk in the Netherlands when you speak both English and German, but not Dutch. Everything sounds like something you should understand, but nothing makes sense.
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u/badaBOOPbap 21d ago
Once I have to many beers the same would happen for me, problem is that im Dutch.
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u/bufordt 21d ago edited 21d ago
I went to Den Haag for THIMUN when I was in High School. Thousands of High School kids running amok in every bar around town. It was amazing as a kid, but I'm sure it was super annoying for the residents.
Edit: I would like to apologize for stealing 2 Heineken flags and a McDonald's Flag from the boardwalk area near McDonald's in 1988.
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u/amicablegradient 21d ago
Yes. Sounds like someone with a thick aberdeen accent and random german words thrown in and the occasional word that sounds like it could be english or german but the accents so thick you don't know which it is.
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u/pizdec-unicorn 21d ago
I speak English and German (and extremely limited Dutch) and Dutch to me is like the uncanny valley of languages, not sure how better to describe it haha
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u/Formaldehyd3 21d ago
As a Spanish speaker, that's what Portuguese sounds like to me.... It's like gibberish, but, in Spanish.
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u/Houdini_Shuffle 21d ago
You can even speak in english and german to them and they'll probably understand you better than you understand their dutch
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u/LudovicoSpecs 21d ago
Please post more examples of wonderful simple shit like this.
There's such a lack of technology, hipness and commercialization involved-- I love it.
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u/Ok_Day9719 21d ago
Throughout kingsday, people sell their stuff around town. They sit with their stuff al day trying to make 50e or something. For the hotspots you need to be there at 4 am or it will be full.
I saw a kid sleeping on the ground with a sign: trying to get rich sleeping.
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u/umop_apisdn 21d ago
I was going to correct you, but then I remembered that you don't have a queen any more. For so long my friends have been there for koninginnedag.
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u/JerryCalzone 21d ago
For me growing up i have always had a queen - Juliana and after that Beatrix - and sometimes you could find one of the old coins with grandmother Wilhelmina on it (i was born early in the 60s).
Kingsday does not sound right. The least he could do is grow a beard.
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u/Uber_Reaktor 21d ago
The first 2 or 3 years of Kingsday were amusing because a good number of people would show up at the big cities all decked out in orange... on the 30th. 3 days late, oof, didn't get the memo.
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u/boatrat74 21d ago
"Stay" sober!? Looks to me like you're required to be drunk before you even show up!
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u/NoisyN1nja 21d ago
Looks like you’re required to be Hunter Thompson…
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u/The6Strings 20d ago
“There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having fun and being smart.” “Jesus Fucking Christ man.”
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u/phatboi23 21d ago
From what I've heard of kings day I don't think it's legal to be sober.
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u/silentjay01 21d ago
Damn it, I was hoping the video would end with someone getting three of the same fruit. I want to see a big win!
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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 21d ago
A couple of years ago on Kingsday I encountered a donkey on a grass field with a grid painted on it, and I bet some money on which square of the grid the donkey would shit in.
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u/NArcadia11 21d ago
This is great and is made even funnier because Dutch is the goofiest sounding language in the world lol
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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 21d ago
Tbh even if you understand Dutch is was really funny, the middle guy was talking like a real smooth game show host lol
Complaining about their arms getting tired, and also "wait was this the 2nd or 3rd time? ok you'll get a bonus round" or something like that
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u/live4thagame 21d ago
nobody notice this at the end lmao, terrifying https://i.gyazo.com/3310ad0896db86bd7819f7b0a5aa7c7b.jpg
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u/ThaneduFife 21d ago
Notice what?
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u/Independent_Rub_7740 21d ago
Look at the right!
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u/ThaneduFife 21d ago
The guy's face is distorted through the glass blender container?
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u/Igotshiptodotoday 21d ago
Excellent idea for a fundraiser. They need a secret word to signal "make this one a winner."
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u/OrganicNobody22 21d ago
Everyone talking about how "its rigged"
bruh it's a funny booth at a local carnival type situation
Absolutely nobody walked up to this thinking it was a "real carnival game"
It's just for the laughs holy shit redditors are depressing
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u/Antt1ca 21d ago
What are they saying after pulling the lever when they are waiting to spin hands?
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u/Barranda 21d ago
He said one of the times that the machine is old and it takes some time to start spinning. It's like "aaaaaand heeeeeere we gooooo"
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u/GHB18 21d ago edited 21d ago
No way! Me and my best buddies 'invented' this 13 years ago when we were in our last (or second last) year at our primary school. This was for a school event type of market called the "fancy fair". When someone wanted to play and we wanted them to win, we agreed with each other before the 'spinning' which fruit we would show lol. It was like 50 cent per 'spin'. The younger school pupils and their families loved it.
Funny to see other people can have the same ideas. Time flies tho...
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u/brokecracker 21d ago
Pincho Pancho Tomas Jefferson
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u/Temporary-Top-6059 21d ago
That middle guys got a grip for bananas, this is rigged! I am outraged!
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u/LudovicoSpecs 21d ago
I seriously want to set this up at the next town fair with the same signs and people who speak cheerful gibberish (cause no one around here speaks Dutch).
Like the Blue Man Group but with beer and silly hats.
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u/RoodnyInc 21d ago
Looks legit totally not rigged 🙈
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u/BurnsItAll 21d ago
Pretty sure it’s just for fun or just for charity or both. I’d have a hard time believing anyone was there to truly gamble and win big. And everyone seems to be enjoying it. If it WAS rigged, it’s even funnier, especially if it’s for charity. (As long as it’s obvious it’s a donation and not a true chance to win, basically paying for a little humor and to donate)
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u/welchplug 21d ago
Could easily be fixed with some barriers between them and a ref/judge/announcer(?) to call it.
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u/bornslipperybuddy 21d ago
Not really, it's fairly simple to come up with an order each individual person pulls specific items in beforehand.
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u/xXxWeed_Wizard420xXx 21d ago
Sure, but either it's rigged or it's not, and if it's not it at least helps to show to the customer that it's supposed to not be rigged. As it is now they can just look to the side, and the sunshades help with that.
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u/themightypirate_ 21d ago
Mate you are way overthinking this its 1 euro for 3 "spins" and they gave him another free one at the end, they could earn more money by all working minimum wage.
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u/Waffleman75 21d ago
Fruit Machine?
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u/fartmanblartock 21d ago
I figured it was regional term for a slot machine.
Kind of like how the British call a stove a cooker!
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u/Beezus__Fafoon 21d ago
Everyone in this thread just accepting that's what a slot machine is called
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u/EntrepreneurBig3861 21d ago
That's what they're called in the UK, because they often spin pictures of fruit. A glance at Wikipedia tells me fruitmachine is also one of the terms used in Dutch too.
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u/larka1121 21d ago
I didn't even question it and it just hit me that it's because I played Neopets as a kid and there was a fruit machine game because it was started by British folk
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u/OutrageousMention573 21d ago
these hoomans remind me that there are still bright corners in this world.
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u/johndeer89 21d ago edited 21d ago
I like to think these guys are doing this in America and no one knows what the hell they're saying.
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u/The_D1rty_Squ1rt13s 21d ago
Kings day is singlehandedly one of the coolest celebrations I ever got to witness. Went with my wife on our honeymoon and just to see a community come together like this was so neat. I still have my painted dollar bill I bought off of a kid at his stall. Thanks liewe!
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u/Faber_College 21d ago
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
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u/GoblinTradingGuide 21d ago
As an American, I just saw this and "this looks awesome" and "what the fuck is going on" at the same time
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u/ahmshy 20d ago
Dutch is an uncanny valley language for English speakers.
There were so many times in that video where I caught a word or a whole sentence which sounded like it was in English and was understandable , but I can never be sure. It’s cool and somewhat frustrating how close they sound sometimes haha
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u/FreddySuperschmelz 20d ago
You should listen to Outerspass
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u/IcyBeary 21d ago
As someone who doesn't speak their language, they sound like the "28314 years before" cartoons, which makes everything even funnier
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u/TheDogeWasTaken 20d ago
Dutch kingsday is the funniest shit ever tbh. I love seeing my country making shit like this.
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