▲ 243 ▼ Don Quixote (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by stumu415@lemmy.zip to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I wouldn't normally be pedantic, but because its him, I feel compelled to say, its wind turbine, not windmill, they do 2 different jobs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] officermike@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) Maybe he actually does mean windmill and really hates the Dutch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago I wouldn't put it past him tbf, he's quite a hateful person. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) To be fair, only a small proportion of Dutch wind mills are actual mills. Most are wind-pumps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Like Trump understands the difference. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mokopa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I presumed this is what he meant, because who mixes them up? And, he's that kind of person, who would slate a nation for having history and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] officermike@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) Maybe he actually does mean windmill and really hates the Dutch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago I wouldn't put it past him tbf, he's quite a hateful person. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) To be fair, only a small proportion of Dutch wind mills are actual mills. Most are wind-pumps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Like Trump understands the difference. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mokopa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I presumed this is what he meant, because who mixes them up? And, he's that kind of person, who would slate a nation for having history and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago I wouldn't put it past him tbf, he's quite a hateful person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) To be fair, only a small proportion of Dutch wind mills are actual mills. Most are wind-pumps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Like Trump understands the difference. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Like Trump understands the difference. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mokopa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I presumed this is what he meant, because who mixes them up? And, he's that kind of person, who would slate a nation for having history and culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce. permalink fedilink source parent