achievement unlocked
going to Albert Heijn you guys want anything
this country feels slightly less fake than last time but it does not Entirely feel real. too many reflective bodies of water in the night and weird trains
Dutch β€œpeople” will really call anything β€žpizza”
how it feels to deliberately spread misinformation about the Dutch online
ahh, Amsterdam feels like Berlin, in that it's too famous, a hip capital city where English-language marketing campaigns for random vacuous international bullshit make sense to run
real ones don't live in capitals
whoa this city has casinos? the Dutch really do allow everything. Sweden had like three or four government-owned ones but COVID killed them or something
oh this is also a state monopoly! neat
central amsterdam does in fact smell of weed everywhere it is Like That
god i wish i hadn't forgotten the FFP3 masks
if anyone knows of a store in Amsterdam where i might be able to buy some FFP2 or FFP3 masks i'd be very grateful
an oomf β€” whose dutchness ought to have been betrayed to me by the ij in their name β€” suggested going to a large hardware store. hadn't thought of that! sure enough, a Gamma store was in easy reach of public transit and had a few FFP1s, FFP2s and FFP3s
in the Netherlands, it's vital to have your prison clothes ready for the "king's day". it's when everyone displays their fanatical devotion to the king by reminding themselves they are only alive by his grace, their execution by drowning stayed by his majesty's divine floodwalls
NES-on-a-chip famiclones will outlast civilisation
it says something about me that i have to stop myself from saying β€žik kan niet nederlands” instead of like β€œhello, English?”
whoa the 3M Aura is comfy, this is probably the comfiest FFP2 mask we've tried

@hikari

If you like Auras, then you might also like these:
https://ppeo.com/goods/kn100-mask/

Auras were my old faves, these are my new faves - fit is similar but they have elastic instead of plain rubber bands, and i.m.e. the rubber bands were often the point of failure. Also black ones go better with my clothes!

I do still get Auras to give to the dentist though.

#masks

KN100 Mask Laianzhi HYX1002 Particulate Respirator, High Fit, Ultra High Filtration Efficiency, Headstrap, Reusable, Comfortable, Durable - PPEO

Three panel design boat style fish-shaled black mask particulate respirator KN100 - PPEO black aura

PPEO
@hikari the 3M auras are really good, i buy them in bulk.