Fortunately, the article is neither about the Netherlands nor about its highest point. The title is a joke about hallucinogens.
replyIt'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.
replyThe article also literally contains "The Netherlands is very flat."
replyWhy does every HN thread have to start with someone telling someone else they’re wrong about something?
replyIt’s a joke. Mt. Scenery is in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands but not in the flat mainland.
replyTIL!
replyIt doesn't always start like that! Sometimes you get corrected in the middle of a thread.
replyWell since you ask: GP is inaccurate because Mt. Scenery is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not the Netherlands.
replyEdit: I was wrong, see skylurk’s comment.
Saba joined the Netherlands in 2010
replyNice, I stand corrected. A “special municipality”, TIL!
replyMt. Scenery... never heard of it as a Dutchy. I found out that's in the Caribbean.
replyYou just asked your AI God of choice about this, perhaps?
NotJustBikes made a video about the highest point 'in the Netherlands', that's where I heard of it.
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replyIt 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.
replyThe Netherlands highest point is in the Caribbean though
replyIndeed, The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from
replyI guess we can't call it the nether-lands anymore.
replyHigher than Belgium!
replyI've recently hiked to the highest point of Belgium, it's 693 meters but because humans have some ego thing attached to round numbers they built a 7 meter tall stone tower you can ascend to hit 700m.
replyDon't ever use that word outside of a Serious Screenplay.
replyTell me you're from the US without etc.
replyIt's a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which, funnily enough, is of British origin instead of American.
replyThat’s considered flat where I’m from :)
replyDon't knock it til you've tried it
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