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[-] Skua@kbin.social 283 points 1 year ago

The Dutch, not content with merely driving the sea back, now seek to taunt and humiliate it

[-] Risk@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

OP's image needs to be captioned with your comment and then ever so slightly jpegified. chef's kiss

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 144 points 1 year ago
[-] appel@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago
[-] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago
[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

And it was the result of beautiful team work. Good job team, I hope that meme takes off.

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[-] Scribbd@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Countryballs, the Dutch are asking their neighbors for clay. All saying no in disgust. When Dutch ball goes to the sea, there is no objection. Dutch ball claims clay. I would say it should be 'geef' instead of 'gib', but who am I to judge.

EDIT: Linky as tall images don't do well in web, unless you are an ant.

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

I have no idea why you think it would be improved by slight adding of jpeg, but I agree, and I don't know why. It feels like meme salt. Or maybe meme umami

[-] Skua@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

It's a matter of time before we start manually adding iFunny banners at the bottom for authenticity

[-] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Not unlike the mighty Beaver, the Dutch have an instinctual drive to bend water to their will

[-] RooRLoord420@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And much like the beaver, many of our artificial flavors are made from the expressed anal glands of the Dutch.

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[-] Zozano@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago

What the fuck is this place. The hills look like a PS1 game

[-] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago
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[-] LazerFX@kbin.social 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even the history of this is fascinating. This is the "Moses Bridge", and it's a renovated part of the old dyke system that was used to prevent attacking armies from getting in - because the dykes and levee's had blocked the sea so effectively, they realised they could stop attackers by... flooding them out. Literally.

When it came to renovate this area, they wanted to provide access without denigrating the fact it was an old defensive structure, hence this unique sea-level bridge.

[-] heeplr@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The world loves dutch pragmatism. "You don't want this? Well, fuck it. We just do it that way then. Everyone happy? Fine. Done."

Germans could learn a thing or two...

[-] Missnalgas@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 year ago
[-] buycurious@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Feels like it’s more of a “trough” than anything else.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago
[-] MxM111@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Kerrigor@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Don't look a bridge horse in the mouth

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[-] Entropy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 1 year ago

I feel like that shit floods every time it rains lol. I'm curious how they would drain it.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago

Just drill drain holes in the bottom. Duh! Oh wait...

[-] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I not proud my internal dialog went exactly like that.

[-] heeplr@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

how they would drain it.

Since a lot of land is below sea level, the Netherlands basically dry pump their country all the time anyway.

[-] mrmanager@lemmy.today 43 points 1 year ago

Wow. There is very small margin for overflowing here...

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 year ago

Don't worry the Dutch know what they're doing when it comes to water.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 24 points 1 year ago

There's probably an overflow spillway for the whole pond out of frame.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Correct. That bridge is meant to flex on water control. This is near a place that is susceptible to river floods.

[-] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That just adds to the fun.

[-] ProximaC@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

So it's the Berlin Wall for fish...

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

"Fuck you fish" -The Dutch apparently

[-] rodhlann@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

This looks like something someone would make in Rollercoaster Tycoon

[-] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Even knowing it's real, it feels like one of those photo-realistic concept art pieces, or a weird AI diffusion that screwed up how bridges work.

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Dutch people really hate water huh

[-] DaveNa@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Looks inefficient resourcewise.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Is there an underpass for fish and such?

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[-] Pat12@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

And if it floods then....?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago

it doesn't flood, this is the netherlands

[-] sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago

Holy shit this comment fucking killed me. It's so funny.

I understand that a flood in the Netherlands would spell catastrophe but it sounds like the water just can't flood there, because it is the Netherlands, not because of the amazing stuff that they built

[-] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Why do you think water evaporates in the mincraft nether?

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[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

That looks like a neat experience until there's a slight breeze.

[-] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It's all water besides the bridge now

[-] bentsea@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

How does this work? Wouldn't even a light rainfall cause it to flood in on itself?

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