[Doriana] Chocolate Gulag

[Doriana]

Andrea (H/A/F) has never been to Belgium and has no relevant connections to the country. So why do people ask her if she's Belgian?

ROIMBT

[Earnest]

Is license plate relevant? Ay document?
Would people ask her after having seen her also without her saying anything? Also without knowing her name? Maybe after having known her family? Someone else?

[Doriana]

Is license plate relevant? Ay document? No to both
Would people ask her after having seen her also without her saying anything? Yes Also without knowing her name? Yes Maybe after having known her family? Someone else? No to these

[hominid]

Does she look like a specific Belgian person? Does she "look Belgian" (I don't even know if that's possible)? Do the people asking her legitimately think she's Belgian? That she might be Belgian? Are they legitimately wondering if she's Belgian? Are they making a joke?

Is it relevant what her actual nationality is? What country she's in?

[Doriana]

Does she look like a specific Belgian person? No Does she "look Belgian" (I don't even know if that's possible)? Yesish, explore Do the people asking her legitimately think she's Belgian? That she might be Belgian? Are they legitimately wondering if she's Belgian? Are they making a joke? Some might legitimately ask/wonder/think if she's Belgian, others might be making a joke

Is it relevant what her actual nationality is? What country she's in? Yes to both

[GalFisk]

Belgian products relevant? Clothing? Customs? Traditions? Music? Language? Culture? Food? Drinks? Relevant where the people asking are from? Are they asking nicely? Unpleasantly? Mixed? Neither? Confusedly? Is she European? African? Asian? American?

[Doriana]

Belgian products relevant? Clothing? Customs? Traditions? Music? Language? Culture? Food? Drinks? No to all with an -ish for customs, traditions and culture Relevant where the people asking are from? Yes Are they asking nicely? Unpleasantly? Mixed? Assume this Neither? Confusedly? Some might Is she European? This African? Asian? American?

[GalFisk]

Are the askers European? African? Asian? American? Do they ask this at any time? Any place? When they ask, is she in her native country? Are they?

[hominid]

Is the Belgian flag relevant? Confusion with the German flag relevant? Is she German?

[Doriana]

Are the askers European? Yes African? Asian? American? Do they ask this at any time? Any place? No, one specific time/place When they ask, is she in her native country? Are they? Yes to both

Is the Belgian flag relevant? Confusion with the German flag relevant? Is she German? Yes to all! Nice leap!

[hominid]

Does she wear black, gold, and red to represent Germany? Are the colors actually arranged in the pattern of the Belgian flag?

[Doriana]

Does she wear black, gold, and red to represent Germany? Yes Are the colors actually arranged in the pattern of the Belgian flag? Yes - two more details left to finish this off!

[hominid]

Sports teams relevant?

[Doriana]

Sports teams relevant? Very much so!

[hominid]

Is she wearing a sports outfit/jersey? Is the outfit intended to represent Germany? Belgium?

[Doriana]

Is she wearing a sports outfit/jersey? No, but OTRT Is the outfit No intended to represent Germany? But yes Belgium?

[hominid]

Hat? Flag? Sports equipment? Something on her body? Hair? Tattoo?

[Doriana]

Hat? Flag? Sports equipment? Something on her body? This Hair? Tattoo?

[hominid]

Face paint?

[Doriana]

Face paint? Yup!

********SPOILER********

Andrea is watching a soccer/football match at a pub with friends. To show her support for the German team, she applied some black, red and gold face paint. However, she got the order of the colours wrong, ending up with a Belgian flag on her face. Other people ask her if she's Belgian, either jokingly or because they're genuinely confused.

Well done, hominid!

PS: The title is taken from this John Oliver segment in which he calls Belgium "a loathsome chocolate gulag with no objective reason to exist"