hyves

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[–] hyves@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Pfff as if. We also have FvD (forum for democracy), and JA21 which split off from FvD because FvD started saying the quiet part out loud

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago

Sadly, not a well-known show in the Netherlands (apparently there was even a Dutch version that got cancelled after 12 episodes)

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if he's just being careful politically. Farmers are a polarised topic in the Netherlands.

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago

Not to be confused with "ontroerend goed", which moves you (emotionally)

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In Dutch, "haai" (shark) sounds very similar to "hi" (the English word), same for "hooi" (hay) and "hoi" (hi). Which leads to this hilarious comic I saw once where a shark meets a bale of hay ^edit:^ ^somehow^ ^I^ ^typed^ ^bay^ ^of^ ^hale^

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

In Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog, which is essentially one village split between the Netherlands and Belgium in the messiest way possible, I think it's based on where the front door is

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Honestly no, never, and that feels more like a problem of not having proper cycling paths. Nobody wants to cycle on the sidewalk.

[–] hyves@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least here in the Netherlands, there was a lot of commotion because a data centre tried to buy a windmill park meant to power households as their dedicated power source