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Happy Sinterklaas!

rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
To all of my fellow Dutchmen, Happy Sinterklaas tonight!
To all of our Belgian neighbours, have fun as well on Sunday!

For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, watch this video!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Ato4RU2CU4

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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,768 Arc User
    Happy Sinterklaas! Half of me is of Dutch descent, so I have a vague childhood memory of visiting him and Zwarte Piet once.
  • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
    Groetjes uit Amsterdam.

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    "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Lazarus Long --->Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
  • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Double post...​​
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    "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Lazarus Long --->Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    So where's the booth to meet Krampus? :p
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    My character Tsin'xing
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
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  • organicmanfredorganicmanfred Member Posts: 3,236 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    We usually have this lineup: Nikolaus und Krampus. Nikolaus brings small gifts for the good kids, while Krampus takes away the bad ones in his basket.

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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,485 Arc User
    Sinterklaas is off such importance that even the UN has started to interfere.
    http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/un-committee-calls-for-changes-to-zwarte-piet-negative-stereotypes/​​
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    No, thats because that debate has spread to the point somebody asked an UN commitee to take a look at that specific traditions. And that is all I will say on the Zwarte Piet discussion. The STO forums are neither the place nor contain the people have that debate.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,485 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    No, thats because that debate has spread to the point somebody asked an UN commitee to take a look at that specific traditions. And that is all I will say on the Zwarte Piet discussion. The STO forums are neither the place nor contain the people have that debate.

    Was it the chicken or the egg.. did the UN committee ignite the debate or did it get involved as a result of a debate.
    Personally i feel the UN committee has a tainted opinion on the matter due to being largely American and the still unresolved racism issues which plague that country. That by itself makes the committee IMO unqualified to make the determination about the nature of "zwarte piet".

    But "zwarte piet" and potential biased UN committees are indeed a discussion for another time and place.​​
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    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
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