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Met a guy at a German language meet-up who let me know that I was first person who didn't ask him any questions about / discuss WW2 or nazis.
He actually grew up in East Germany in the 80's— also not great, but no one he talked to even knew that Germany had once split. They only wanted to talk about WW2. It made him very uncomfortable.
We got to discuss a lot about American culture and people's weird obsessions and developed a close relationship. It was fun!
If I had a dollar for every American mentioning Germans/WW2 when I told them I'm Dutch, I would be retired now.
as a northern european I'd ask how many dikes do you own
edit: dikes is not a spelling mistake (i think)
"dyke" is British English and "dike" is American English for a levee or flood bank. I don't own any of those because they belong to the government.
Both spellings are also slang for butch lesbians, and owning those has been illegal for about 160 years now.
How about windmills, you must own a couple of those
My dad owned part of one of the first wind turbines in the country, does that count?