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The Highest Point in the Netherlands
- pseudohadamard 2mo agoThe Netherlands isn't that flat. Its highest point is Mt.Scenery at 870m.
- skylurk 2mo agoI guess we can't call it the nether-lands anymore.
- 317070 2mo agoFortunately, the article is neither about the Netherlands nor about its highest point. The title is a joke about hallucinogens.
- LoganDark 2mo agoThe article also literally contains "The Netherlands is very flat."
- csomar 2mo agoIt's either a bot or a meat proxy. I have answered another one to see if they are pro-active. I'd have expected that at least they should process the article but apparently tokens are so expensive in this economy.
- gpxl 2mo agoWhy does every HN thread have to start with someone telling someone else they’re wrong about something?
- Bootvis 2mo agoIt’s a joke. Mt. Scenery is in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands but not in the flat mainland.
- gpxl 2mo agoTIL!
- rollulus 2mo agoWell since you ask: GP is inaccurate because Mt. Scenery is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not the Netherlands. Edit: I was wrong, see skylurk’s comment.
- rwoerz 2mo agoIt doesn't always start like that! Sometimes you get corrected in the middle of a thread.
- rambambram 2mo agoMt. Scenery... never heard of it as a Dutchy. I found out that's in the Caribbean. You just asked your AI God of choice about this, perhaps?
- CalRobert 2mo agoThe Netherlands highest point is in the Caribbean though https://youtu.be/UJkVHgFsF60 https://youtu.be/UJkVHgFsF60
- Scarblac 2mo agoIt is correct though, since 2010 Saba is a "speciale gemeente" of the Netherlands, and its mountain is thus our highest point. Before that it was organised as a separate country "Nederlandse Antillen" with the other Caribbean islands.
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- tmtvl 2mo agoNotJustBikes made a video about the highest point 'in the Netherlands', that's where I heard of it.
- stein1946 2mo agoIndeed, The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from
- yread 2mo agoHigher than Belgium!
- pseudohadamard 2mo agoDon't ever use that word outside of a Serious Screenplay.
- dcminter 2mo agoTell me you're from the US without etc.
- shdon 2mo agoIt's a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which, funnily enough, is of British origin instead of American.
- pseudohadamard 2mo agoBit of an odd comment overall. The fact that I know that the highest point in the Netherlands is in the Caribbean pretty much demonstrates that I'm not from the US.
- dcminter 2mo ago> Bit of an odd comment overall. It is, isn't it? Maybe there was a reason? :) To make up for my tone (which wasn't intended to be snarky but without the missing fact probably came across as such), did you know Douglas once described the experience of trying to get Hitch-hikers made into a film as "like trying to cook a steak by having a succession of people come into the room and breathe on it" which is a description I treasure!
- dcminter 2mo agoI know. Guess which country had "fuck" and which country had "Belgium" in the Rory's description.
- dgellow 2mo agoThat’s considered flat where I’m from :)
- skylurk 2mo agoDon't knock it til you've tried it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(Saba) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(Saba)
- LoganDark 2mo agoI love psychedelics! I use LSD recreationally every few weeks or so. I believe it's related to psilocybin (from magic mushrooms) by also being a tryptamine. Always love hearing about good experiences.
- dgellow 2mo agoThat sort of explains your system (see user profile)
- CalRobert 2mo agoStrangely, mushrooms are illegal in NL, but truffles are not.
- rollulus 2mo agoI don’t find that strange. Our drug policy is not backed by any sort of philosophy. E.g. possessing cannabis is illegal in NL. The policy is the outcome of micro-panics (a few accidents with tourists on shrooms), indecisiveness and fear.
- CalRobert 2mo agoI just thought it was amusing they only addressed the part that grows above the ground in the law. Agree the policy is dumb though.
- pestatije 2mo agoits a power thing isn't it...organised collectives have way bigger influence than individuals...and the most successful organised collective is the business company... nowadays some of them more powerful than nation states... individuals subject to company objectives and other individuals empowered by their position in a company...a vote is no longer the expression of liberty...we are under the whims of corporations... companies are the true sovereign, go, incorporate, pay Irish taxes, and give the middle finger to ur government
- hypfer 2mo agoThat was weirdly and unexpectedly vulnerable, which is nice I suppose. Would've been even nicer without glorifying substance abuse, but, well.
- anewhnaccount2 2mo agoI thought it was relatively balanced. "It happened to work for me this time but it could have gone horribly wrong." That's the truth of psychedelics as a theraputic tool.
- hypfer 2mo agoIt is true that the text comes with disclaimers, but I read them more like the result of a 25 year career in corporate, rather than a genuinely balanced view on the matter.
- akie 2mo agoHow is it abuse?
- hypfer 2mo agoThey're being used as a crutch to fast-track achieve the illusion of a goal. That is textbook abuse, because you're deluding yourself into believing that you're achieving something, when in reality, the only thing you do achieve is addiction. Or so the worst-case outcome anyway. Abuse of course sounds like you're hurting someone else, but in this case, you're just hurting yourself. But you do that quite hard. __ Ego death is hard, but achievable without cheating like that. And - not to be snarky - when laid off, you have a lot of time for the introspection to pull that off without such crutches. The author decided otherwise - and it's their right to do that - but it's still textbook substance abuse, which is objectively bad. Hence my comment to correct that. It shall be read as directed as the reader getting wrong ideas. Not at the guy clearly struggling and just finding something that works for them. If you take a look at the rest of the comment section, you will see why this is ethically necessary. FWIW, it's not the author's fault that this ended up in this place, but it still ended up in this place, and with that, it is harmful, because HN does not comprehend the idea of context.
- hangrybear666 2mo agoI live in Germany and right next to the highest point of the (European) Netherlands, it's only a 5k walk and you barely notice the elevation change. It's not necessarily underwhelming but definitely not overwhelming, in fact it's just whelming - so I'm glad OP got more out of the experience.
- glimshe 2mo agoA well written piece. I achieved financial independence and left the rat race. Very glad I did before I got guillotined like many of my friends. While sometimes I miss being around smart people, I never want to see the inside of a giant corporation building again. I hope Ole Trøan finds peace in his post-Cisco life.
- anal_reactor 2mo ago> And of course the exclusion. Inside a group, then outside it. People I ate lunch with went quiet. The chats went quiet. I became a story other people told carefully. This is why I don't rely on workplace being the place where friendships happen. Whenever I feel like there's friendship growing, I add that person on some app, and then we meet outside of work. In that way even if we part ways professionally, we can still be friends privately. I spam people with game screenshots, pics of food, and racist rants. I invite them to gatherings and outings.
- Arodex 2mo ago"And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things by making a great effort and after years of hard moral training. Now, you swallow two or three half-gramme tablets, and there you are. Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle. Christianity without tears-that's what soma is."