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[โ€“] heidih49@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

https://www.goeuropean.org/ saved yall a few clicks and the hassle of trying to understand Belgium. Amazing job people, continue boycotting the US

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] djsp@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Support lemmygrad.ml?

[โ€“] heidih49@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

No need to!

[โ€“] joostjakob@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

As a Belgian, understanding Belgium is indeed a challenge! (Most of us don't) If you mean understanding the Belgian language, that's even harder, because there is no such thing.

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

Can we please not recommend H&M, Zara and the like? Buy from better smaller producers.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] gon@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

AWESOME! More voices, more eyes on the cause.

[โ€“] jlow@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

Fairphone, love to see it!

[โ€“] lostbit@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To be honest, itโ€™s actually pretty easy. Once you know whats what its all good

[โ€“] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

All it takes is a bit of forethought and planning. Not difficult at all.