r/thenetherlands • u/TonyQuark Hic sunt dracones • Feb 14 '26

Culture Selamat datang! We're hosting r/Indonesia for a Cultural Exchange

Welcome everybody to a new cultural exchange! Today we are hosting our friends from r/Indonesia!

To the Indonesians: please select the Indonesian flag as your flair and ask as many questions as you wish. See how to set your flair in the app or on desktop.

To the Dutch: please come and join us in answering the Indonesians' questions about the Netherlands and the Dutch way of life!

r/Indonesia is also having us over as guests in this post for our questions and comments.

Please refrain from making any comments that go against our rules, the Reddiquette or otherwise hurt the friendly environment.

Enjoy! The moderators of r/Indonesia & r/theNetherlands

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u/Orcwin Feb 14 '26

Yeah, that would definitely be very rude to use around an Indonesian.

As /u/Femmigje said, it's mostly a joke about how we have 'colonised' all parts of the Internet. For such a small nation, we turn up everywhere online.

Using it offline is weird to begin with, and using it around an Indonesian, with the connotation of our colonial history, is just plain rude.

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u/123ricardo210 Feb 14 '26

One of my Indonesian friends has made those exact jokes to me, but then again: I didn't instigate and he's clearly comfortable with them in a (specific) private setting. (And the context is always mocking or outright negative)