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The Netherlands isn't that flat. Its highest point is Mt.Scenery at 870m.
by pseudohadamard 1mo ago
The Netherlands isn't that flat. Its highest point is Mt.Scenery at 870m.
- skylurk 1mo agoI guess we can't call it the nether-lands anymore.
- 317070 1mo agoFortunately, the article is neither about the Netherlands nor about its highest point. The title is a joke about hallucinogens.
- LoganDark 1mo agoThe article also literally contains "The Netherlands is very flat."
- csomar 1mo 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 1mo agoWhy does every HN thread have to start with someone telling someone else they’re wrong about something?
- Bootvis 1mo agoIt’s a joke. Mt. Scenery is in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands but not in the flat mainland.
- gpxl 1mo agoTIL!
- rollulus 1mo 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 1mo agoIt doesn't always start like that! Sometimes you get corrected in the middle of a thread.
- rambambram 1mo 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 1mo agoThe Netherlands highest point is in the Caribbean though https://youtu.be/UJkVHgFsF60 https://youtu.be/UJkVHgFsF60
- Scarblac 1mo 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 1mo agoNotJustBikes made a video about the highest point 'in the Netherlands', that's where I heard of it.
- stein1946 1mo agoIndeed, The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from
- yread 1mo agoHigher than Belgium!
- pseudohadamard 1mo agoDon't ever use that word outside of a Serious Screenplay.
- dcminter 1mo agoTell me you're from the US without etc.
- shdon 1mo agoIt's a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which, funnily enough, is of British origin instead of American.
- pseudohadamard 1mo 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 1mo 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 1mo agoI know. Guess which country had "fuck" and which country had "Belgium" in the Rory's description.
- dgellow 1mo agoThat’s considered flat where I’m from :)
- skylurk 1mo 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)