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I’m sorry, English speakers, this only works in Dutch.

But if you insist, a hordeur is a screen door. It’s pronounced very similar to hoarder, which is used in Dutch as a loanword.

This was for the many non-Dutch speakers, y’all can return to your business.

De rest van deze commentaarsectie is hierbij eigendom verklaard van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.

[Dutch] Ik kwam laatst een obsessieve verzamelaar van insectenschermen voor in- en uitgangen tegen.

https://lemmy.world/post/32916710

[Dutch] Ik kwam laatst een obsessieve verzamelaar van insectenschermen voor in- en uitgangen tegen. - Lemmy.World

Hij was een echte hordeur hoarder.

xkcd #3061: Water Balloons

https://lemmy.world/post/26677836

xkcd #3061: Water Balloons - Lemmy.World

Alt text: > Update: The physics department has recruited an astronomer who studies meteor fireballs. Explain: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3061:_Water_Balloons [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3061:_Water_Balloons]

xkcd #3039: Human Altitude

https://lemmy.world/post/24423706

xkcd #3039: Human Altitude - Lemmy.World

Alt text: I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano. Explainxkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3039:_Human_Altitude [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3039:_Human_Altitude]

Why is bees' hair sticky?

https://lemmy.world/post/24220004

Why is bees' hair sticky? - Lemmy.World

Because they use a honey comb.

Is this birdcage made out of nickel?

https://lemmy.world/post/16921004

Is this birdcage made out of nickel? - Lemmy.World

TRANSCRIPT: Me: Is this birdcage made out of nickel? Pet Store: Aluminum I think Me: So there’s no nickel in this cage? Pet Store: Don’t you dare! Me: It’s a nickleless cage Pet Store: GET OUT! [pictured is a long-haired Nicholas Cage, looking fabulous in the sun and wind. To his left, it’s captioned with the text “Worth it”]

Bug: Comment permalinks broken when opening in new tab

https://lemmy.world/post/2642444

Bug: Comment permalinks broken when opening in new tab - Lemmy.world

Pretty much what it says on the tin. If I click the chain icon at a comment with MMB on the website (Lemmy.world, BE: 0.18.3, accessed via Firefox), it opens to a blank tab. If I do so with LMB, it works just fine.

/r/interestingasfuck forced open, lowers its standard of what qualifies as "interesting", gets flooded with adult content [NSFW within two clicks]

https://lemmy.world/post/302050

/r/interestingasfuck forced open, lowers its standard of what qualifies as "interesting", gets flooded with adult content [NSFW within two clicks] - Lemmy.world

I think the title speaks for itself.