what made me think of this was I told a buddy we want a cow and his literal translation answer was
"What trauma do you have that makes you want a cow" 😂
Discussion
So whose words were perceived as offensive here?
Nope, not at all, we both laughed. It's hard to explain why.
The non literal and somewhat non verbal communication was something like. "Brother, help me understand because wanting that is very different." I don't know how to translate it fully
Dutch culture is the same the closer you are the more "rude" it gets