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    Axtremus
    wrote on 29 Jul 2022, 22:48 last edited by
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

    A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

    It makes the Dutch look like communists.

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    • A Axtremus
      29 Jul 2022, 22:48

      https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

      A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

      It makes the Dutch look like communists.

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      George K
      wrote on 29 Jul 2022, 23:23 last edited by
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      @Axtremus said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

      https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

      A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

      Paywall.

      It makes the Dutch look like communists.

      They're not?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • G George K
        29 Jul 2022, 23:23

        @Axtremus said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

        https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

        A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

        Paywall.

        It makes the Dutch look like communists.

        They're not?

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on 29 Jul 2022, 23:29 last edited by
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        @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

        It makes the Dutch look like communists.

        They're not?

        Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

        Please love yourself.

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        • A Aqua Letifer
          29 Jul 2022, 23:29

          @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

          It makes the Dutch look like communists.

          They're not?

          Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

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          George K
          wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 00:00 last edited by
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          @Aqua-Letifer said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:
          Do you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

          Free the Nitrogen!

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • A Aqua Letifer
            29 Jul 2022, 23:29

            @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

            It makes the Dutch look like communists.

            They're not?

            Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

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            Horace
            wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 00:00 last edited by
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            @Aqua-Letifer said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

            @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

            It makes the Dutch look like communists.

            They're not?

            Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

            What's going on over there right now?

            Education is extremely important.

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            • G George K
              29 Jul 2022, 23:23

              @Axtremus said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

              https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

              A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

              Paywall.

              It makes the Dutch look like communists.

              They're not?

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 01:15 last edited by
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              @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

              @Axtremus said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

              https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

              A story on Jeff Bezos’ ginormous yacht and the historical Dutch landmark known as “the Hef” that vividly paints the Dutch psyche.

              Paywall.

              One thing that sometimes works for me is to "click" on the link, and immediately after loads, hit the "reader" icon on the left side of the title bar. If you time it right, it will load the whole article. LOL

              (It worked for me for this article 555)

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              • H Horace
                30 Jul 2022, 00:00

                @Aqua-Letifer said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                It makes the Dutch look like communists.

                They're not?

                Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

                What's going on over there right now?

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                Aqua Letifer
                wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 03:24 last edited by
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                @Horace said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                @George-K said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                It makes the Dutch look like communists.

                They're not?

                Do either of you know about the absolutely crazy shit going on over there right now?

                What's going on over there right now?

                Massive fucking protests. Farmers doing the Canadian trucker thing on every major highway. Setting hay bales on fire. On a lot of overpasses, they're flying the Dutch flag upside down. Which the government is taking down and prohibiting because according to them it's an incitement of violence. So they take it down and people put them back up same day.

                The conspiracy theory is that central planners want farmer land for the tristate city project and are using nitrogen emissions as an excuse to drive the farmers out. I dunno if it goes that far, but most definitely they've thought up some really stupid environmental legislation that's going to fuck over most of their farmers.

                Which is especially insane, because a lot of agricultural advancements that cut back on emissions have come from the Dutch. (That kind of thing was required reading back in the long ago, when I get my bachelor's.)

                Also, y'know, hongerwinter. They're doing the very thing they said they'd never, ever do again: make their food production shaky.

                Please love yourself.

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 03:27 last edited by
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                  Holy fuck they're shooting at them now.

                  https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/

                  Please love yourself.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 03:43 last edited by
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                    What do they think they are, French?

                    I was only joking

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                    • D Doctor Phibes
                      30 Jul 2022, 03:43

                      What do they think they are, French?

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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 03:46 last edited by
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                      @Doctor-Phibes said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                      What do they think they are, French?

                      Or Canadian. Or American. It's all kinda related. Certain kinds of lefty policies are pissing people off.

                      I'm with the farmers on this one. They're actually pretty good with their practices, relatively speaking. And their gripe is, "give us a chance to figure this out," not "go fuck yourself."

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • A Aqua Letifer
                        30 Jul 2022, 03:46

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                        What do they think they are, French?

                        Or Canadian. Or American. It's all kinda related. Certain kinds of lefty policies are pissing people off.

                        I'm with the farmers on this one. They're actually pretty good with their practices, relatively speaking. And their gripe is, "give us a chance to figure this out," not "go fuck yourself."

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 13:01 last edited by
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                        @Aqua-Letifer French farmers have a long history of protesting, sometimes in pretty extreme ways, such as setting fire to buildings and worse, hence my comment…egalite, fraternity and the other one….

                        I was only joking

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                        • D Doctor Phibes
                          30 Jul 2022, 13:01

                          @Aqua-Letifer French farmers have a long history of protesting, sometimes in pretty extreme ways, such as setting fire to buildings and worse, hence my comment…egalite, fraternity and the other one….

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                          Aqua Letifer
                          wrote on 30 Jul 2022, 13:39 last edited by
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                          @Doctor-Phibes said in The Hef. Be Average, That’s Good Enough:

                          @Aqua-Letifer French farmers have a long history of protesting, sometimes in pretty extreme ways, such as setting fire to buildings and worse, hence my comment…egalite, fraternity and the other one….

                          No I got it, but I think this is one of those times where you were more right than maybe you planned. 😄

                          Please love yourself.

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