> Or are you expected to have to google it?

It's clearly the implication that you shouldn't have to Google for it. That isn't directness, it's passive aggressiveness, which the Dutch are not stereotypically known for.

> That isn't directness, it's passive aggressiveness, which the Dutch are not stereotypically known for.

No need to be passively aggressive if you can be actively aggressive ;)

And you are? The one who deals out the stereotypes?

Is no one allowed to mention stereotypes, because there's no defined authority? The Dutch being direct is about as uncontroversial as you could get.

In any case, the comment I replied to already made the claim. I deliberately weakened it by saying it was a stereotype rather than talking as if it were unconditionally true.

I live in Belgium, near the Dutch border. I can confirm that the Dutch can be passive-aggressive.

I don’t think the capability precludes it from being something they’re not stereotypically known for.