That painting is Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, considered an iconic national image for the Netherlands. Going to see it in person has traditionally been a rite of cultural passage for the Dutch. The little fuckers with the phones apparently don’t see it that way.
This photo was actually taken in Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum there, since that painting is Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch
Whoever took this photo was lucky – normally one can barely move in that room, since that painting is one that everyone wants to be photographed in front of. Those girls are probably tourists uploading to Instagram or Facebook (but nearly all Dutch women and girls seem to have smartphones surgically attached to their hands too).
The Rijksmuseum is also, coincidentally, where Obummer gave a press conference back in March with Mark Rutte, The Netherlands’ Prime Minister, for the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit. A large part of the centre of Amsterdam was shut down for half a day, just for the Great Usurper’s visit.
Rest assured America, your country isn’t the only one in decline. You may be slightly ahead of us, but the rest of the West is catching up fast!
To be fair here, this is really tame. These kids look between 10-12. When you went on field trips with other kids were you diligently observant of every piece of art you encountered. Did you not gather around a Game Boy or someone’s Walkman?? Or if earlier a deck of cards, etc.??
I think the only glaring issue in this image is that there are no chaperones telling the kids to put away their phones or not have them with them at all.
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Goodbye, America (in a photo) 
my kids don’t have phones
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Most of the photos on here make me go, “Haha, fuck it. Let it burn!”
This one actually made me sad.
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Probably texting a bad boy trying to get banged out
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That painting is Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, considered an iconic national image for the Netherlands. Going to see it in person has traditionally been a rite of cultural passage for the Dutch. The little fuckers with the phones apparently don’t see it that way.
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isnt this in amsterdam?
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That’s the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Clearly America’s not the only once-great power in decline.
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This photo was actually taken in Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum there, since that painting is Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch
Whoever took this photo was lucky – normally one can barely move in that room, since that painting is one that everyone wants to be photographed in front of. Those girls are probably tourists uploading to Instagram or Facebook (but nearly all Dutch women and girls seem to have smartphones surgically attached to their hands too).
The Rijksmuseum is also, coincidentally, where Obummer gave a press conference back in March with Mark Rutte, The Netherlands’ Prime Minister, for the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit. A large part of the centre of Amsterdam was shut down for half a day, just for the Great Usurper’s visit.
Rest assured America, your country isn’t the only one in decline. You may be slightly ahead of us, but the rest of the West is catching up fast!
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Look on the bright side, at least they don’t have to wear burkas yet
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Unlikely, but maybe they’re tweeting how great it is to be sitting in front of the Night Watch.
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I think you should change the title of the blog to ‘Goodbye, the West…’ or something like that.
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Or maybe they’re reading up on the painting on wikipedia. I’d actually give them the benefit of doubt. They seem earnest and serious.
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To be fair here, this is really tame. These kids look between 10-12. When you went on field trips with other kids were you diligently observant of every piece of art you encountered. Did you not gather around a Game Boy or someone’s Walkman?? Or if earlier a deck of cards, etc.??
I think the only glaring issue in this image is that there are no chaperones telling the kids to put away their phones or not have them with them at all.
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