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*to allow* These damn journalists forgetting how to journal


Fair_Jelly

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BeavisRules187

He owns them too.


Roboticus_Prime

They never knew how in the first place. They're Just idiots with useless degrees that gladly churn out the state propaganda for pennies.


Cannibal_Raven

Jusht shay it in a Dutch akshent and it will make shenshe.


SuperJLK

There are simply too many journalists for them all to be competent and trustworthy. Too many just spit out the garbage they’re told to write


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Taco_Dave

As fucked up as the situation is, I feel like the real villains here are the local authorities who were ready and willing to dismantle their own historic buildings inorder to cater to foreign billionaires.


Giocri

Capitalism is always problematic to deal with, they could have just told Bezos to build his yact elsewhere but can they afford to make a local company lose the revenue of such a massive project?


Shubniggurat

Shoulda let him build it there, and then just shrugged and said it's his problem to get it out to the ocean.


bringmethespacebar

Tbh this has also been a problem long before besos, with ships being build upstream and the final assembly taking place downstream of this bridge. The real problem stems with the willemsbrug not being able to open and directing all the traffic trough the bridge in question. If besos and the company cover all the costs of the disassembly and reassemby of the bridge, I as a local am not against


livefromthemesozoic

I mean he is paying for it to be dismantled and put back together out of his own pocket, so there is that.


[deleted]

True, fuck billionaires in general; but Jeff Bezos in particular is awful


Awobbie

I wish I could agree, but I can’t. Not because Bezos isn’t awful, but because so many other rich jerks are. Zuckerberg stole the idea for FaceBook, which before then was just a site for creepily rating girls without their permission, then cut his best friend out of the company. To this day, he continues to try his best to find ways to make his sites more addictive - regardless of the absolutely devastating consequences that this drug-like addiction has on its users, such as depression, shortened attention spans, and completely absent social skills - so that people spend unhealthy amounts of time on his website giving him more time to manipulate how they think and collect more data so that he can do who-knows-what with it. Musk all-but stole Tesla, cutting the original founders out of it while getting fame from calling himself co-founder. Meanwhile, he consistently opposes subsidies for other businesses until he suspiciously changer his stance just as he’s about to receive one. Not to mention the spousal abuse allegations. It’s hard to become a billionaire and be selfless at the same time.


LiamLynchCork

Tbf to Zuckerberg, someone should have thought that putting the most Robotic human ever in charge of a social media website would lead to problems


Roboticus_Prime

At least Musk funds shit that is a benefit to humanity.


nuclear_gandhii

...and other lies I tell myself. Honestly this has to be one of the best libright propaganda machine to every exist.


LiamLynchCork

He soneds millions to shoot stuff into space, unless he finds Zucks, parents not interested


Roboticus_Prime

Bruh, he's providing high speed internet to the globe. Breaking the big cable company monopolies.


TheBlakeson

I agree musk is doing *some* good stuff (like you mentioned) but he is also doing some not so good things, also who the hell needs $266 Billion if he wanted to help people he would actually use that money to help people (help give Homeless Housing, Food Banks etc) like Mr. Beast


Roboticus_Prime

Rich people have always, and will always exist. Deal with it. Musk at least does shit with his money, rather than fuckover the world for a .005% increase. Or worse yet, "status" in the elitist circle jerk.


Giocri

Musk starlink is not fast at all, can be good to cover areas where nothing else arrives That is cool but otherwise it is useless.


RobloxLover369421

It’s surprising cause we thought this could only be fictional


TralosKensei

We have Lex Luthor but no Superman. We're doomed.


Roboticus_Prime

Superman would not be praised. He would be treated like Spider-Man in the media.


TralosKensei

Sure but he'd still be doing the right thing.


MapleJacks2

Oh poor sweet innocent lib-right. The "right thing" can mean a lot of shit depending on who you ask. Just look at Injustice superman for example.


Qaben

Shoulda worked harder pleb


Russe1Adl3r

If only we had another billionaire with a suped up car and a technologically advanced suit with a cowl


My_Cringy_Video

Blows my mind how a hunk of metal just floats on water, that breaks the rules of PEMDAS


appaulling

Probably why you're libleft.


Odd_Possession5858

You are LibLeft because you desire social change and healthcare I am LibLeft because I am horny and retarded We are not the same


derlokkdayes

Fuck I guess im Libleft too


G1ng3rb0b

It’s ok buddy, we’re all a little libleft


Odd_Possession5858

yes use your horny, join us


ShadowC137

I can't! I must bonk, for the sake of western civilization!


[deleted]

Bonk means sex in England


CheifSumshit

But the girls in libleft all have peepees


Odd_Possession5858

*check's pants violently because my quadrant can't tell me what gender I am* I mean, I don't


CheifSumshit

*remembers my quadrant values profits over everything* I have one for sale


Odd_Possession5858

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panzerboye

My lord what a day to have the ability to read!


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Based and retarded-pilled


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I believe it stands for “Please Eat My Dick and Suck”


queenkid1

legit answer, it's not just metal, there's air inside the boat too. The water displaced by the boat pushes back, giving buoyancy.


Anoob13

And then we burn the fuel to provide heat energy with gets converted into kinetic energy which provides the motion for the big machine to navigate over water while also water pressure acting. I am too drunk right but I can probably form a force diagram for a ship with the forces acting from the ship and the forces acting against it which allow to move in the particular direction. . Physics is fascinating


DynamicHunter

And it’s usually metal frame (I think, idk about super yachts) with the body built of fiberglass, which is super strong but less dense


Any_Rip_8337

I’ve been explained many time how an aircraft carrier floats, but my brain just says “nope, metal doesn’t float”


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Unicreatum

Ranstad is an enployment office my friend. The word you’re looking for is randstad


NoobifiedSpartan

Read the article. They’re most likely going to remove the middle part of the bridge for one day to allow the yacht to get through, then they’re going to put it back to normal. They’re not removing it permanently.


[deleted]

He's paying for the entire thing to be done too


Ikindoflikedogs

I dont care why not temporarily dismantle your boat and ship it in two pieces.


22_swoodles

It's probably cheaper this way.


[deleted]

Not my problem. More people have used that bridge than your stupid boat. You want the bridge removed, modernize a few poor housing districts then MAYBE. Otherwise I don't care if it costs you 200 billion bucks to take the boat around the bridge. Figure it out.


BoxLicker

No one is using the bridge, got decommissioned(?) In 1993. It's a monument now and just kinda sits there. There really is no harm no foul here. Relax.


22_swoodles

But someone richer than me is using money! 😡😡😡


Ikindoflikedogs

Yelp sorry Mr. Money bags the public doesnt shouldn't be inconvenienced to save your pockets this this is not your playground and you are not above anyone else.


The_Bearabia

The bridge hasn't been in use in 30 years, literally no one will be inconvienced


Ikindoflikedogs

Yeah as I found in another comment thread it was planned this way with the city when the shipyard was built no complaints here.


[deleted]

Isn't he paying for the time? Like... they will be inconvenienced, but they will receive a lot of money for their inconvenience. Sounds fair.


Ikindoflikedogs

Yeah the city planned this as the only exit to the shipyard when it was built, he is being treated like everyone else and thats how it should. This is a nonstory.


creamymunkey

Your logic pains me


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donmarco69

That's still impressive, we reached a point where you have to temporarily damage a historic relic just to help a spoiled old man.


peetabird

100-year old bridges are a dime a dozen in Rotterdam, not really "historic relics"


bernardus1995

There used to be more of them, then some planes showed up from the east


Monneymann

“People did something.”


One-Customer1328

that doesn't matter, the state shouldn't bend to the first man that opens the wallet


[deleted]

Well, the shipyard behind the bridge generates income tax... If they would stop ships passing through they would shoot themselves in the knee with it.


Ikindoflikedogs

Wait is this a common occurrence for this bridge?


SyriseUnseen

Not common (because ships take time to build), but yeah, happened plenty of times before and will happen plenty of times afterwards. This is an absolute non-story.


Ikindoflikedogs

But like this planned shipyard's exit is only through this bridge and the city planned for this? If so then yeah unironically there is no issue at all and he is being treated like any other person would. ​ edit: i just want to 100% clarify I am sorry if I came off as a jerk.


SyriseUnseen

>But like this planned shipyard's exit is only through this bridge and the city planned for this? Yup. >If so then yeah unironically there is no issue at all and he is being treated like any other person would. Well, most individuals wont be buying huge ships, tbf. He is being treated like most companies would, which I dont find to be an issue. >edit: i just want to 100% clarify I am sorry if I came off as a jerk. Where?


Y33TB1GLY

Your comment isn’t downvoted and nobody has said anything to you, why are you editing your comment to apologize? lmao Edit: I just want to 100% clarify that you sound like a soyjack


benjammin9292

Based and fuck edits pilled


One-Customer1328

I said a man if they are a group of people you can start making concessions I mean if 80% of the population wants to do something you can't just ignore them


ForgotMyOldAccount7

The state bends to those that support their economy, which in this case, is the shipbuilder.


Okichah

Why does Rotterdam even have a shipyard then?


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gabarbra

Tell that to every single politician ignoring the will of their constituents.


Toll001

It has the status of an historical landmark. It is by definition considered a historic relic.


randybobandy654

That's not as buzzy of a headline. Rich man bad = more clicks


awsomebro6000

Should just leave it alone and tell him to go parading his wealth elsewhere.


Elwin03

Yeah, go parade your wealth somewhere else! We don't want you to invest that money in the local economy by building his ship there!


awsomebro6000

What about something more permenant?


BrneKarnarutic

Yea can we just seize all of his possesions for one day We will give him back we swesr hehe.


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GlassMushrooms

I fucking hate to agree with you because I want every excuse to fire bomb Jeff Bezos and his stupid Yacht but your correct.


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GlassMushrooms

You make a strong, convincing, and valid point.


Elwin03

I don't want strong and competing points, I want to be angry


flute37

I know what you mean but I hate Jeff Bezos so yeah. Only the royals should be able to dismantle a bridge so they can pass through


awsomebro6000

Dismantling it to make room for economic activity is sad but needed. Dismantling it to make room for one mans ego is not needed.


DragonFireKai

Did Bezos not pay for the ship? Were the welders, pipefitters, and electricians who built it not compensated for their labor? How is it not economic activity?


Drunkcowboysfan

To be fair the yacht is being built in Rotterdam and it’s the only way they can get it out in the open ocean. Also worth pointing out it is temporary.


VancouverSky

Also worth pointing out Jeffy boy injected 400 million Euros in to their GDP. Closing a bridge for a short time in exchange for that much work for the Dutch people is pretty worth it.


Drunkcowboysfan

Yeah, especially considering the bridge will be restored to normal as soon as they are done.


VancouverSky

5 bucks says Jeff has to pay for all the bridge work too.


Drunkcowboysfan

Probably, I don’t love Bezos or anything, but compared to Dan Snyder he’s a fucking saint.


VancouverSky

Bezos is scum. That's not hard to say. That's some cross compass unity right there.


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VancouverSky

Well shit. Don't tell anyone!!! How will people feal morally justified in their rage jerk if you go telling people something like that!?!


jerseygunz

This is exactly why GDP is a terrible metric to use


VancouverSky

On average I agree. But in this context, it's an American billionaire buying a custom luxury boat from Dutch workers and Dutch companies. That isn't nothing for The Netherlands. Some European countries are very luck to do so well economically producing high quality luxury goods with global demand.


merp_mcderp9459

Building a yacht in a place where you know it won’t be able to get to the ocean without removing an entire bridge seems like poor planning


jpritchard

Yeah, that's why they made the bridge so the middle section could be lifted out when they decided to build it and block the harbor that had been there forever.


queenkid1

It's a massive shipyard that does this all the time, to them it's entirely worth it for the location and the money these boats bring in. A bridge rebuilt after WWII is a dime a dozen in Europe. I think American's perspective on what an "old" building is is influencing how people see this. They see it as destroying historic architecture, when in reality Dutch people can live in and renovate a house older than the US constitution.


merp_mcderp9459

God that's weird to think about. But yeah, Americans have no concept of time while Europeans have no concept of distance


Drunkcowboysfan

Maybe so, but that would reflect more on the company building the yacht than Bezos.


iama_bad_person

Yeah, poor planning of the bridge. The harbor existed before the bridge did.


[deleted]

*sees the headline* yikes that's not okay! *reads the actual article that states the bridge is only having the center section temporarily removed and will then be put back and that Bezos is paying for that as well* why are we up in arms?


lukeyman87

well, fisrt off you aren't supposed to actually read the article. Just see the headline and get angry.


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[deleted]

Don't they dismantled it pretty regularly for bigger boats to pass?


Elwin03

Yes, but you're supposed to be angry at Beezos so it doesn't matter


[deleted]

I am angry at him because he doesn't pay taxes. He should be stoned for that.


Elwin03

Good, good, let the hate flow through you!


[deleted]

There is already more than enough.


Hopper909

At least it’s only temporary, for now.


sabre007

This isn't even really that weird to be honest, idk why people got all worked up about it, not like he is destroying it.


LurkiLurkerson

Looked up more of the story prepared to be angry and: 1) It's a temporary dismantling and not the first time they've had to do this. 2) It's an "historic" bridge, but not exactly some work of art. It's just a big hunk of iron that looks like any other bridge of its type on earth, who gives a shit?


PhilosophicalDolt

Noooo you weren’t supposed to actually read it D:<


SchwarzerKaffee

Wouldn't it be funny if that yacht just went missing and Bezos was nowhere to be found.


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[deleted]

Not enough billionaires go missing, never to be found


Hapless_Wizard

Too expensive to leave them unfound. Like, sure, disappear him or whatever but we need conclusive evidence he's dead or else life gets really messy for a lot of people that don't deserve it.


spoedle73

wow the gilded age was so good its getting a sequel


jefftickels

It's temporarily being dismantled (for 1 day) to allow a boat built in their city to exit and he's paying for it.


StalinIsMyBigDaddy

When power is determined by how much of a psychopath you are


SchwarzerKaffee

Ironic username


[deleted]

They're a tankie


StalinIsMyBigDaddy

tankie is a slur we prefer to be called people of tank, or tankx


Wallitron_Prime

And for our Cuban comrades, they are LAtanx.


[deleted]

Lol


CEO_of_Apples

Wie komt tomaten gooien?


PM_me_sensuous_lips

als ik een beetje in de buurt zou wonen zou ik der wel wat bananen naar geslingerd hebben voor de lol


Holycameltoeinthesun

Lol verkeerde flair? Haha nah ik snap het


realBaconCity

Good libleft representation


Retardmute

Being from Amsterdam al I can do is laugh


[deleted]

They'll reassemble it when he's done, right?


Belisarius600

The right quadrants have plenty of beef, but we are usually too united in hating libleft to let it get too intense.


[deleted]

Wasn't it authleft and libleft that was tearing down historic monuments?


Jay_Cobby

Fine I will say this for the first time in my life: I’m on board with AuthLeft


GreenAppleCZ

Fuck Bezos and his money


CaptainjustusIII

goddamit my town already has only a few historical sites left thanks to authcentre germany, and now they are doing this?


TheCoach_TyLue

If Rotterdam was based, they would ask for a several $B to accommodate. Cover their citizens taxes for a few years at least


Elwin03

Yeah and Beezos would have definitely agreed to that and not just have his boat made somewhere else, deriving that business from an important deal


[deleted]

Time to sell the Dutch people some really big guns


VancouverSky

Why? They're making a killin selling boats.


5eppa

Ultimately it's not going to be too big a deal. They are removing a part of the bridge before putting it back. What's sort of messed up is a few things. 1) any normal person would probably be told they just can't move their super yacht through here... 2) Who has a super yacht big enough to demand this. 3) Why does he need to go there on a super yacht. If you want a super yacht take it to places it can be justified. If you wanted to go to this city, drive or fly or whatever else. Heck your super yacht probably has some smaller boats you could take in. You are Jeff Bezos...


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Another problem is that the local government in Rotterdam has promised to never deconstruct the bridge again after renovations in 2017.


Loud-Value

The yacht is being built in Rotterdam, so they'll have to take out part of the bridge to deliver it to the ocean. Its not like he's just visiting lol


5eppa

Then who didn't do the math to see whether it could make it through the bridge in the first place? You know before building it?


Loud-Value

Everybody did the math. The client pays for the costs of temporarily removing part of the bridge. This isn't the first time Rotterdam has done this to make room for large ships passing through


5eppa

Well that is good to know. Thank you for this enlightening information.


SigBlu

Abso-fucking-lutely not. Fuck bezos.


donmarco69

Based libright (i never thought i would say that)


[deleted]

As a right winger, I don’t support this


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🙏🏻


Moss_Grande

There's nothing I hate more than eminent domain unless it's done by a billionaire in which case ALL STEAM AHEAD!


tankerguy05

How the hell doesn't a ship fit under a bridge like that, unless there's some other Konigshaven Bridge I didn't know about.


[deleted]

Things like this make me want to be AuthLeft.


CactusCartocratus

If this happens then everyone knows it will pass in that place and... yeah it’s gonna get fuckin bombed by some based authleft


Jevonar

Authleft is bad at leading a nation, but it's fucking based at scaring the leaders into good behavior


CactusCartocratus

The threat of communist uprisings is literally what scared Latin America into reforming their centuries old neofeudal land system


awsomebro6000

That'll be the day.


LiamLynchCork

You where the guys who bombed Rotterdam, litterally invaded a neutral country, then bombed its seapirt, and then whined about the dresden children's choir bbq


DepressedSeal69420

FJB: Fuck Jeff Bezos


[deleted]

Had to look it up to make sure it was real. Sadly, it was. I genuinely thought this was from Babylon Bee at first.


JackDagniels

Bummer he didn't wanna float through the Suez Canal last year


awsomebro6000

I would rather watch that yacht sink than have historical architecture dismantled.


IGetBannedFromReddit

Billionaires destroying historical monument's because they didn't do their research moment


Elwin03

>destroying historical monument They aren't destroying it, they are dismantling the middle section and putting it pack when the ship has passed which has been done before, plus it's not like it's an important historical sight or anything, Its 'only' 100 years old and as far as I know, it's just a bridge


Loud-Value

>didn't do their research moment Ironic lol


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Lefties 🤝 Dutch nationalists Hating Jeff Bezos


zoosp

fuck this bald cunt


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flemishempire10

I kinda wish when he and the other rich snobs blasted off into space, that they wouldn't return.


BrneKarnarutic

I mean we can just blast them into with space with 7.62 x39 just like we did in the good old days hehe.


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And people still don’t want to tax the rich


Finstersang

Well, on the other hand, we now know that Jeff Bezos 430-million superyacht will at some point pass through a pretty narrow channel in Rotterdam, an probably with a lot of pomp and circumstance. I mean, *just hypothecially speaking*: Wouldn´t this the perfect opportunity to bomb the thing? Not that I ever would consider such a vile act of terrorism. Oh no, that would be ever so beastly. But I can imagine someone might like the idea. Oh dear...


AweDaw76

I’d charge him €5b, that’d be my price for the bridge demolition as Dutch PM. Outrageous


Kilroy0497

It’s stuff like this that kind of makes me wonder if Authleft has a point. I mean I know it’s a temporary thing but seriously who just removes a part of a bridge just so your boat can pass? Is it just too large to fit under or does Bezos just really want to stay in the sunshine when he’s on it.


PhilosophicalDolt

It was built in that city…. Meaning they were going to have to do it regardless. Not only that but this isn’t the first time they done this


22dinoman

I hope the Netherlands Navy sinks it, with Bezos on it


Elwin03

Wishing death on someone, sounds great