Dutch people really hate water huh
This looks like something someone would make in Rollercoaster Tycoon
Even knowing it’s real, it feels like one of those photo-realistic concept art pieces, or a weird AI diffusion that screwed up how bridges work.
That looks like a neat experience until there’s a slight breeze.
Looks inefficient resourcewise.
The Dutch, not content with merely driving the sea back, now seek to taunt and humiliate it
OP’s image needs to be captioned with your comment and then ever so slightly jpegified. chef’s kiss
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
It’s a matter of time before we start manually adding iFunny banners at the bottom for authenticity
EDIT: Linky as tall images don’t do well in web, unless you are an ant.
Has polandball come across to the fediverse yet?
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Beautiful
If you hit source (jerboa) on the image you get this:
Fucking masterpiece
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And it was the result of beautiful team work. Good job team, I hope that meme takes off.
Not unlike the mighty Beaver, the Dutch have an instinctual drive to bend water to their will
And much like the beaver, many of our artificial flavors are made from the expressed anal glands of the Dutch.
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We try our best ;)
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.
You’re thinking of a caricature from Austin powers.
What the fuck is this place. The hills look like a PS1 game
Not a hill, its a levee
What happens if it breaks?
Amazing music!
Looks like the hill has fur
🎵 a cut-out bridge beneath, hills with the furrrr… 🎶
I was thinking Sketchfab
The Netherlands is the PS1
I feel like that shit floods every time it rains lol. I’m curious how they would drain it.
Just drill drain holes in the bottom. Duh! Oh wait…
I assumed it was like an infinity pool were any water that goes over the edge is caught and drained. In this case, using a pump to either put it back in the water part, or in some kind of holding tank to handle heavy rains and stuff.
Congratulations on being the smartest person in this thread so far, no one else has apparently ever heard of a pump before
I not proud my internal dialog went exactly like that.
how they would drain it.
Since a lot of land is below sea level, the Netherlands basically dry pump their country all the time anyway.
Wow. There is very small margin for overflowing here…
That just adds to the fun.
Don’t worry the Dutch know what they’re doing when it comes to water.
There’s probably an overflow spillway for the whole pond out of frame.
Correct. That bridge is meant to flex on water control. This is near a place that is susceptible to river floods.
Is it a “bridge” though?
Feels like it’s more of a “trough” than anything else.
It’s a dam.
You are dam right.
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I’m going to get a pet beaver and name it God, so I can yell “God, dam it!” with impunity.
It’s a bridge too far
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or too low
It do b ridge
Double dam
How does this work? Wouldn’t even a light rainfall cause it to flood in on itself?
The bridge is waterproof and the water is a moat. You can find more info about it here.
I appreciate that, but even waterproof things can be underwater and moat water can rise. I’m curious about how the drainage works.
It would have drainage on a slope that goes to somewhere even lower.
It’s all water besides the bridge now
Even the history of this is fascinating. This is the “Moses Bridge”, and it’s a renovated part of the old dyke system that was used to prevent attacking armies from getting in - because the dykes and levee’s had blocked the sea so effectively, they realised they could stop attackers by… flooding them out. Literally.
When it came to renovate this area, they wanted to provide access without denigrating the fact it was an old defensive structure, hence this unique sea-level bridge.
The world loves dutch pragmatism. “You don’t want this? Well, fuck it. We just do it that way then. Everyone happy? Fine. Done.”
Germans could learn a thing or two…
Truman Show IRL
Is there an underpass for fish and such?
Naw, fish can jump over or pound sand.
No, there’s a fish bridge just off scene.
