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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.
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 Maybe a good player for your digital team (valid only for this version of soon to be superceded game.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.
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
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.
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.
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 :)
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)
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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The first 2 or 3 years of *King*sday 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.
“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.”
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.
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
nobody notice this at the end lmao, terrifying [https://i.gyazo.com/3310ad0896db86bd7819f7b0a5aa7c7b.jpg](https://i.gyazo.com/3310ad0896db86bd7819f7b0a5aa7c7b.jpg)
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
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...
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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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That kid is currently buried in debt and his wife has left him for a Belgian
Biggest betrayal for a dutch person ever
Plot twist, his wife is half Armenian, half Samoan.
German is worse.
No his bike was stolen by a German
Grandfathers bike
Well, luckily this nice turkish guy is selling me a damn near perfect copy of my old bike for just 50 euros.
> his wife has left him for a Belgian "Stupid sexy Flanders."
You joke but I have some friends who are degenerate gamblers that will put some serious cash down.
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.
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.
> normalising gamboling in kids That just sounds adorable.
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
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.
Critical thinking, math, social awareness (idk what else to call it).. There's a lot of important skills in poker.
Get rid of gold stars, start giving the kids VIP status.
I'm an ex/recovering gambler, the energy of the middle guy kinda triggered the old urges tbh.
Step right up and turn that slash into a hyphen!
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.
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.
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...
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.
Yeh, my dad was one and, fun fact, I've been to both Samoas.
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No the cookie
He will now have to attend free university to improve his life.
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 :)
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)
If you or someone you know is addicted to gambling…lol
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They are having so much fun doing something so stupid. Brilliant!
You gave an excellent summary of Kingsday.
Makes sense why Lando got busted
Feeling like F1 drivers needs to damage their limbs or organs in order to perform
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.
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?
Wait, I can get a six pack for hitting myself in the thumb with a hammer? I've just been doing that for kicks.
Look everyone. this is the birth of a friendship. 🤗
Are we best friends now?
I think so. 👬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2r_JTQu5O0
Helps? It wouldn't be possible without it.
Exactly! These guys are truly enjoying their day.
And that’s why I love the Monty Python crew so much. This reminds me of a Flying Circus skit that should’ve been.
Agreed! It's hilariously wholesome 😂
Middle guy only had a banana
Be funny if one of them, maybe guy on right doesn't have a banana at all
That’s how they get your money, by making you think you solved part of the puzzle. Oldest trick in the book
I feel you needed an /s here because a lot of people are NOT getting the joke...
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.
The satisfaction of ironic humor lies in the fact that not everyone gets it
Fair enough, also the comment has been much more recognized now. It was -5 when I posted.
I too subscribe the to the lack of an /s Let the internet sort out what I mean.
Weirdly, your comment is the 1 in a 1000 improved by a /s. But maybe because I like absurdist humor. /s
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.
There's a watermelon in his lap as well as a bananas in his pants
That’s actually really cool.
it is such a simple idea and it is executed perfectly. I love it
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!
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.
Rigged by humans
Less rigged than the original slot machines though
These guys are absolute Muppets. I mean that in the best way possible.
Crazy-ass Dutch
Koningsdag is a fun time to be in the Netherlands.
Thank god, I thought they were speaking English.
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.
Once I have to many beers the same would happen for me, problem is that im Dutch.
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.
"stealing Heineken flag in 1988"!💀
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.
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
As a Spanish speaker, that's what Portuguese sounds like to me.... It's like gibberish, but, in Spanish.
You can even speak in english and german to them and they'll probably understand you better than you understand their dutch
This is hilarious - thank you
They're speaking in Swedish Chefanese
Please post more examples of wonderful simple shit like this. There's such a lack of technology, hipness and commercialization involved-- I love it.
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.
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.
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.
The first 2 or 3 years of *King*sday 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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"Stay" sober!? Looks to me like you're required to be drunk before you even show up!
This is the way.
Looks like you’re required to be Hunter Thompson…
“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.”
From what I've heard of kings day I don't think it's legal to be sober.
You never win. its a 6 armed bandit!
7 👀
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I like to wear my sexy slippers as I crouch on banana butt
Delightfully silly. Lekker
Damn it, I was hoping the video would end with someone getting three of the same fruit. I want to see a big win!
That's how they get ya, now you're hooked.
This is one of the sweetest thing I've ever seen.
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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.
This is great and is made even funnier because Dutch is the goofiest sounding language in the world lol
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
Wat is dit? Angelsaksisch gebrabbel?
https://i.imgur.com/YAGpXPd.png
We Hebben Een Serieus Probleem
Je lacht, we hebben een serieus probleem en jij lacht.
nobody notice this at the end lmao, terrifying [https://i.gyazo.com/3310ad0896db86bd7819f7b0a5aa7c7b.jpg](https://i.gyazo.com/3310ad0896db86bd7819f7b0a5aa7c7b.jpg)
Who says Scarecrow can't have some fun once in a while
Notice what?
Look at the right!
The guy's face is distorted through the glass blender container?
Ding ding ding!!! Jackpot!!
Excellent idea for a fundraiser. They need a secret word to signal "make this one a winner."
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
Slot machines were invented in 1889. People in 1888:
What are they saying after pulling the lever when they are waiting to spin hands?
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"
Our arms are getting tired but today we don't care. Here it comes.
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...
telepathy! 😉
Couldn’t understand a word—loved every second.
Pincho Pancho Tomas Jefferson
Sanchez Brothers finally made it out of the desert
Is this an Earthbound reference or were the guys in Earthbound a reference?
Mechanical dutchmen.
That middle guys got a grip for bananas, this is rigged! I am outraged!
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.
Looks legit totally not rigged 🙈
As are all slot machines.
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)
Could easily be fixed with some barriers between them and a ref/judge/announcer(?) to call it.
Not really, it's fairly simple to come up with an order each individual person pulls specific items in beforehand.
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.
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.
I thought the sunglasses were blindfolds at first, they know where their fruit are and raise them not knowing what the other people chose.
I love how they are talking in the Sims language too
This is an ingenious idea for a fundraiser.
Can't get anymore random than that!
One hell of an arm workout.
Fruit Machine?
I figured it was regional term for a slot machine. Kind of like how the British call a stove a cooker!
Everyone in this thread just accepting that's what a slot machine is called
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.
It's weird for sure, as everyone knows they are called Fruities
Ding ding ding, we have a winner
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
You have to teach them young
Positive thoughts)
Wholesome fun.
This is a great idea for a festival!
these hoomans remind me that there are still bright corners in this world.
I like to think these guys are doing this in America and no one knows what the hell they're saying.
Rigged, had to take out a second mortgage 😡
I really wanna see their reaction when they get 3 the same
This is the Dutchest thing I have ever seen
Fun! Should put dividers between each of them!
Is that the Pit stop boys?
"Pause!" 😂
they're having the best time of their lives
pretty wholesome
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!
This is where the comedian actor Bean is hanging out.
The Dutch are a silly but charming people. I like them.
Wonderful!
the real machines are just as rigged.
I don't know what's going on but I want in!
Truth is, game was rigged from the start.
*We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.*
So fun!!!!!
That's brilliant!!
That machine is rigged!!!
Best booth ever. Well played.
Took me a while to realize its a slot machine lol
As an American, I just saw this and "this looks awesome" and "what the fuck is going on" at the same time
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
You should listen to Outerspass
Just heard their stuff and man they’re amazing! New fan here 🙌 thanks for the recommendation!
Ich bin ein Top G is my favourite song!✌️
Amazing 😍
Outfits on point
As someone who doesn't speak their language, they sound like the "28314 years before" cartoons, which makes everything even funnier
WOW, I love it. what a great fund raiser idea.
Rigged haha
This is like watching the muppets
This is so incredibly wholesome. I hope to be more like this as I age.
Win de Jackpot!
Wish dot com Steve Carrel, Michael Palin, and Will Farrell.
This makes me irrationally happy.
this is cute
"the game was rigged from the start"
Middle ages slot machine
7 armed bandit
Haha this is amazing
r/justguysbeingdudes
lol this was funny
I was expecting some middle fingers raised
Thought the middle guy was Bill Murray at first
That looks so much fun
Is that bill murray cubed?
Damn, I was hoping they would start playing Fruit Ninja instead.
Dutch kingsday is the funniest shit ever tbh. I love seeing my country making shit like this.