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[–] Skua@kbin.social 285 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] Risk@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 145 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] appel@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago
[–] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] 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.

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

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.

[–] Risk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Has polandball come across to the fediverse yet?

[–] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you hit source (jerboa) on the image you get this:

![](https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/cf7fb761-4b72-4038-afee-f8951d4c7f95.jpeg

Which is an interesting format and I wish I could just save your image. I guess this is a request to the devs.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm too drunk for that, but I will try at some point. Thank you!

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm too drunk to meme this chicken

[–] Risk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Try Liftoff ;)

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago
[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] TvanBuuren@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you really? Because I hear from Europeans they hate you.

I joke because personally I love the Dutch, but not necessarily Amsterdam. Such a great country.

The Danes have you beat in friendliness though I think.... They're so damn happy I can't understand it.

[–] megasin1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're thinking of a caricature from Austin powers.

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.