Xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIs this how Sealand was formed too?loot.buckodr.inkimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down17
arrow-up1170arrow-down1imageIs this how Sealand was formed too?loot.buckodr.inkXusontha@ls.buckodr.ink to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareXusontha@ls.buckodr.inkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoIt’s a joke about the Netherlands claiming land from the sea
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAfter rereading multiple times to understand it, i think it means the small blob wanted land so “give clay”, the other big bullies didn’t want to contribute, so started taking from the sea.
minus-squareFiripu@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago“give clay”. The Dutch wanted to have clay for their world famous clay baths…
minus-squarePfosten@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoIn the language of Polandball comics, it means “give land/territory”. “Gib” is taken from the German imperative for “give!” Best theory is that “clay” as “land” originates from a bad machine translation. It seems somene created a Wiki that covers these terms: https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Terminology#Clay
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAh, it makes it even funnier. Here’s a heart: ❤️
It’s a joke about the Netherlands claiming land from the sea
but what does “gib clay” mean?
After rereading multiple times to understand it, i think it means the small blob wanted land so “give clay”, the other big bullies didn’t want to contribute, so started taking from the sea.
“give clay”. The Dutch wanted to have clay for their world famous clay baths…
In the language of Polandball comics, it means “give land/territory”.
“Gib” is taken from the German imperative for “give!”
Best theory is that “clay” as “land” originates from a bad machine translation.
It seems somene created a Wiki that covers these terms: https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Terminology#Clay
Ah, it makes it even funnier. Here’s a heart: ❤️