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As a Dutch man, thank you America for being amazing.
FP edit: Love your fellow immigrant. Appreciate their service. My brother serves in the Army, and my sister and I are both ex-USAF. Recognize economic contribution. Yes we were all green card holders and 5 out of 6 are naturalized. Enjoy your beers and drink responsibly!
hahaloser
Did you immigrate in legally?
DVDfromAZ1977
Happy Anniversary brother. 29 years here in the U.S. Pretty crazy looking back at all we’ve accomplished. I remember those suitcases well.
superanth
Thanks for the compliment. Some days just hearing one makes our day. :)
MDmadscientist
You forgot about " as soon aswe got to Times Square and saw the parade we thought it was sforus
messmor
Happy 29 years of being an immigrant!! I moved from Hong Kong to Toronto 29 years ago too!!
Ihave2peens
Donald Trump would approve, because it's not a shit hole country.
Murray30
Right on! Hope you and your family are well and safe. Always loved the people in the Army that weren’t citizens, thought that was kick ass!
Senguie
Can’t see myself ever leaving the Netherlands, we got it pretty good here.
stillbasicallylurking
As an American living in the Netherlands, thanks to your country for being amazing. I’m never leaving!
iAmMurphy
This is your own story? Thank you for sharing, sometimes I take the freedom and security we enjoy here for granted. Happy St. Patrick's day.
TatersGotTots
Glad you made it!
Wolfe65
this would get published by #IamBlend by Tullamore Dew and you could get a free killer vacation or something dope. Thanks for sharing
TheFastpaws
As long as you respect the culture already here & learn English. I'm good.
27yoUGLYvirgin
For one thing I absolutely agree with you. But that's not exactly something you need to tell western European immigrants to the US.
TheFastpaws
It was just a statement for all immigrants in general. That said funny I got downvoted for saying/asking the bare minimum.
TheDodoIsAlive
Remember hearing a friend saying that on a flight from Dublin-NY that the steward announced that they were flying over where the Twin tower
TheDodoIsAlive
Stood, he (being an actual comedian) blurted loud “great then, they’re not in the way anymore” and his mates were like “NONONONONON”
27yoUGLYvirgin
Jesus Christ. I mean who even wants to reminded of the towers when in a plane at all? Let alone hear such a joke.
MrMcCookieMuffin
I would have probably burst out laughing. How was it received?
TheDodoIsAlive
Mumbles of disapproval, but his Irish charm played it off
StalkerMagnet
Why on earth would you move FROM the Netherlands?!
NeedtofavouritetheseWallpapers
Very stable country for basically everything. Also boring as fuck though.
stillbasicallylurking
Exactly!!!
Kiriande
I'm Dutch. Would NEVER want to move to America.
Letstriptogether
I can understand in the 80s. Not now, no, never.
YodelingEinstein
I did, too. Best decision I ever made. The netherlands is on a shit slide.
Frogthebountyhunter
CAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE QUEER COMMIES I'LL TELL YOU HWAT
StorellaDeville
This is kind of funny in a reactionary, regressive, jingoistic way.
StorellaDeville
I mean, I assume that's what you were going for.
Cheomesh
Eh, it was the late 80s. Nobody knew what they were doing. Also, the Dutch were awfully close to the Soviets, uh, physically.
uitSCHOT
awfully close? compared to Alaska being a whole 55 miles from Russia?
Cheomesh
Every thing in the world is awfully close to Soviet ICBMs :(
MediaMuerte
The US has been the beacon of liberty and fresh starts to everyone around the world.
rhetoricalstagnation
Fresh starts, yeah. Liberty, nah.
MediaMuerte
What liberty do others have that we don't?
GBWI
Until, well, recently
MediaMuerte
It is current
RepostFromLastWeek
Maybe money. In my profession, with my skills and experience, depending on who I'd work for I could double, maybe even triple my pay.
uitSCHOT
what profession is that?
RepostFromLastWeek
SW developer.
arranrp
TBH I find the idea of dutch people who don't speak english pretty hard to believe, most do a better job the brits
HaterofWasps
They still exist. And not all English spoken here is as fluent as you may think. These days, kids start learning English (songs) at 4yo 1/
HaterofWasps
And continuing to starting structured English inc spelling & grammar @ 8yo. They're generally pretty good by the time they reach 2/
HaterofWasps
adulthood. Source: I've got 2 bilingual kids going through the Dutch education system. 3/3
uitSCHOT
This story is from the 80's. The Dutch weren't that good in speaking English back then
arranrp
even the 60 and 70 year olds I've met still have better english than most people from the north on england
nitroghost
of* - corrected by a northerner ;-)
arranrp
Yes fellow person who grew up in the north I had a single character wrong
sushidave
Thank you. So many people, even raised in the U.S have fallen into trap of “its cool to Hate America” -every chance they get on Imgur.+1
TheFlyingSheep
Or they just don’t care about nationalism. The country has many faults and people here refuse to believe it
TheFlyingSheep
Sorry perhaps the rampant patriotism to the point of circle jerking about the military is more the complaint then nationalism
Shellzie2010
Yeah, it's like, we finally realized America wasn't perfect and thought that meant we had to hate it. But really it just means we need to1/2
TheRussMartinShow
2/2 start masturbating aggressively while out in public more.
Shellzie2010
Keep loving it and fix some of our problems 2/2
WhyAmIMe
Well said
27yoUGLYvirgin
It's an obvious development though. After decades of downright narcissistic self love it's logical that people are shocked when they start
27yoUGLYvirgin
Questioning themselves for the first time. It's a process. It'll even out some day. It's the opposite in the German speaking countries. We
27yoUGLYvirgin
Have been taught to hate ourselves for decades. It'll take time to realize we aren't half bad.