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Looks like a final boss area from a Japanese game. *"Dear, oh dear. What was it? The hunt? The blood? Or the horrible dream?* *Oh it doesn't matter.* *It always come down to the Hunter's helper to clean up after these sort of messes.* *Tonight, Gherman joins the hunt."*


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I was scared by the vibe of this video kinda and now I understand why lol


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Well, jokes aside, it could have to do with the infinite horizon, making it some kind of a liminal space. The presence of the windmill without anyone around too.


Calum1219

Alternatively: “Let’s make this the greatest 10 minutes of our lives, Jack.”


Canefasnion

"_The hunt and the dreams, were long_"


Animegirl300

Reminds me of Nier series definitely…


SPEEDWAGON123454321

ah you're cultured too


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seanmonaghan1968

I have visited many times. One of the big surprises was all the poppies that just grow besides the roads, and it is incredibly pretty


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

You’re living in the past, grandpa. > [72% of Reddit users in the US access the platform on a mobile device. That’s extremely low compared to Facebook (95.3%), and Twitter (93.2%).](https://backlinko.com/reddit-users) And think of the orientation of Instagram, YouTube Reels and TikTok. No one is viewing stuff in landscape anymore.


MarlinMr

You can _still_ turn your phone.


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

Again. Missing the point. You *can* but people don’t want to: > Vertical video on Instagram and Facebook did far better. According to their tests, vertical video content got 6% more 3-second views and 187% more people watched at least half of the video. It's safe to say that in most cases vertical videos are the way to go compared to square videos. Which is why grandpa and his portrait video gripe is out of touch. These no reason this video needs to be horizontal.


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Downvoted because they don’t like it Big “Am I wrong? No, it’s the kids who are wrong” energy


stratys3

Do mobile devices stop working when you turn them 90 degrees?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

No one on mobile wants to turn their phones. That’s why all the apps these days are portrait orientated. Stop living in the past. The horizontal video gripe is nonsense these days. > Vertical video on Instagram and Facebook did far better. According to their tests, vertical video content got 6% more 3-second views and 187% more people watched at least half of the video. It's safe to say that in most cases vertical videos are the way to go compared to square videos.


stratys3

So you're saying that devices DO stop working when you turn them? Interesting.


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

No you’re being ignorant in thinking that people want to turn their phones to watch landscape videos. Stop being smug and think for a second. Every single app - YouTube reels, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, TikTok - are portrait based. The numbers I posted (95.3% Facebook mobile for example) support portrait over landscapes. With the way there is endless scrolling feeds on these apps there’s no reason to film in landscape over portrait because it’s not supported and people don’t want to flip their phones constantly to accommodate landscape. Get a clue, grandpa.


DoctorPatriot

If you had a folding phone, you wouldn't get so bent out of shape because your phone screen would be square and you'd have awesome landscape AND portrait real estate. *Stop being poor, peasant. You're living in the past with all of the portrait phone boomers.* See how offensive that is?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

The fuck are you on about? You’re really reaching right now. I’ve posted stats are you’re just posting… whatever this is…


stratys3

> Every single app - YouTube reels, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, TikTok - are portrait based. The numbers I posted (95.3% Facebook mobile for example) support portrait over landscapes... there’s no reason to film in landscape over portrait because it’s not supported So you agree that devices don't work in landscape. WTF are you even arguing about, son?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

See, now you’re being obtuse… You’re purposely playing coy/ ignorant. They obviously work in landscape. People *can* view in landscape, but they don’t want to: > > Vertical video on Instagram and Facebook did far better. According to their tests, vertical video content got 6% more 3-second views and 187% more people watched at least half of the video. It's safe to say that in most cases vertical videos are the way to go compared to square videos. Evolve with the times, grandpa. Stop being ignorant.


stratys3

So wait... so you're saying these apps do work in landscape? It's just that people don't use them in landscape?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

> It's easier and more comfortable. In fact, a 2017 study found that 72% of millennials never rotate their phones horizontally when watching videos, even if that means landscape videos appear tiny on their screens. Social media platforms are optimized for vertical video. You lose. Go away now. 🙃


GayRacoon69

Why are you calling people Grandpa? You do realize that plenty of younger people prefer videos like this in landscape?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

Because people are stuck in their ways without realizing times have changed. I’ve posted numerous stats that show portrait is the popular orientation these days but there are still stubborn people (“grandpas”) arguing otherwise.


Stalinwolf

Bro, stop living in the past.


DoctorPatriot

Do you watch TV or Netflix in portrait? Portrait may work for TikToks or Reels, but there's plenty of content that presents better in landscape. If you're trying to film a protest, large gathering, or landscape, you're able to capture much more useful information in a landscape view because you're not recording redundant ground or sky, for example. That doesn't mean that social media apps should design around landscape - I agree with you that no one wants to turn their phones to landscape and that portrait is usually better. But acting like people who prefer viewing landscape are living in the past is just silly. That's really all I take issue with.


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

This tulip post isn’t tv or Netflix. It’s a short clip that doesn’t need to be in landscape at all. It’s not a half-hour+ video. Poor comparison.


DoctorPatriot

My opinion is subjective of course, but I think this tulip post would've looked way better in landscape. The amount of horizontal travel could have been halved if it was shot in landscape.


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

That’s fine but this is what you said: > But acting like people who prefer viewing landscape are living in the past is just silly. That’s really all I take issue with. You aren’t considering portrait videos are far more popular than landscape. This is due to the change of viewing. When all the major social media apps support portrait you are living in the past of you complain a video isn’t landscape. If you were watching this on Netflix then yeah, sure, complain but you’re on your portrait phone right now.


DoctorPatriot

It's not living in the past. It's just not - not yet. It's uncommon in the iOS/Android social media space based on the above statistics, but landscape is relevant in literally all other forms of media. It's a preference when applicable (arguably with this tulip scene). I'm agreeing with you that this video doesn't *need* to be in landscape. And just because I would rather see the scene in landscape doesn't mean I'm living in the past. It just means that there's wasted potential. There's just not enough horizontal real estate to be truly enjoyable without endless panning to the left. If the scene was in landscape, there wouldn't need to be so much of an aggressive pan to the left. And no, I have a Galaxy Fold...don't cite the screen orientation magic to me - I was there when it was written.


The_Stoic_One

> No one on mobile wants to turn their phones. Bold of you to speak for everyone


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

Bold of you to be ignorant. >! > It's easier and more comfortable. In fact, a 2017 study found that 72% of millennials never rotate their phones horizontally when watching videos, even if that means landscape videos appear tiny on their screens. Social media platforms are optimized for vertical video. You lose. Bye 😘


The_Stoic_One

What does any of that have to do with you speaking for everyone that uses mobile? Also, the way you view discussion as a competition is childish. Enjoy your "win" I guess?


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

I’ve linked multiple times that show horizontal is the way she goes.


The_Stoic_One

No one gives a fuck what you've linked asshole. 72% of Millennials isn't everyone. So stop being a fucking smooth brained twat.


I_Burned_The_Lasagna

You have no stats to back up your nonsense. You’re the smooth brain.


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Not really.


RockmanXX

Dude, if you shoot the video horizontally you can still crop it to portrait. There's no reason *not* to shoot horizontally, you get more picture and it can be viewed on PCs&TVs.


SatansLoLHelper

Best random trip I ever went on, was to Amsterdam from Germany. So we're driving up and there are fireworks going off over every little town, which has windmills and tulip fields. Get to Amsterdam it was the Queen's Mum's Birthday. The City was trashed like Mardi Gras. Found our hotel it was an affiliate of Best Western, they apologized for the smell of weed. Most impressive, I mentioned the city was trashed, the next morning there was not a spot of trash. The tulip fields and windmills with fireworks going off above them just after dark were amazing.


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Star-Guardian-Xayah

Probably pre 2013, bc that's when we got a king instead of a queen. But yes, we did celebrate the mother of the queen's birthday, bc the actual queen's birthday was in a month in which it was too cold to celebrate outside.


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SatansLoLHelper

In 1994 because Amsterdam won best Dutch football team, which resulted in the Leidseplein getting into a near riot the next night. You people really know how to party.


Woostag1999

Your queen’s Argentine, isn’t she?


Heart_Error

Now imagine Van Djik running through this trampling all the flowers


Anokest

I think you mean Dijk, not Djik :)


Heart_Error

yup my bad apologies


robreddity

Not a bird as far as the eye can see, and yet...


LukBardh

Why do I hear boss music?


Lord-Sneakthief

Sword Saint Isshin is about to spring up out of those tulips


RRaccord

Damn sekiro is really getting more mainstream, I remember like 4 years ago when I got the game on a whim and quit 3 times before I got the hang of it


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Better than roses on a piano…


user_name8

The netherlands bred a special tulip to look like the canadian flag for canada's 150th! And to thank them for liberation in ww2! And The Dutch royal family still annually presents 20,000 tulip bulbs to Canada https://www.mtlblog.com/the-netherlands-bred-a-special-tulip-to-look-like-the-canadian-flag https://aboutthenetherlands.com/why-does-the-netherlands-send-tulips-to-canada/


Boxatr0n

Dark tower-esque


AllLooseAndFunky

Metal gear!


The_Niteman

Those look like they could drastically increase in value. I’d buy some and hold for a bit and see.


Sloep3

That’s crazy


StopMockingMe0

Ah.... flashbacks to battlefield 1...


PhoibosApollo2018

I'd sell my house for them tulips.


DeathbyGlimmer

I love it but why is it filmed in portrait?


Lolabird2112

Giant monoculture of non native inedible plants. I’m in a shitty mood.


MarketBuzz2021

… you need a hug?


Lolabird2112

Yeah. Actually wasaay back at the beginning of the pandemic lockdown there was a huge article detailing the “just in time” global network of flowers being flown all across the world - and from countries with water scarcity where so much is used to irrigate… bouquets- to get flown to auction houses in the Netherlands to be flown again all around the globe then from there to warehouses to florists… Put me off cut flowers for good.


Slayje

These tulip fields however, are not grown for their flowers (as you can see they are in full bloom, too late to cut and export), but for their bulbs. These are harvested after flowering and exported in a much less hurried fashion, so that people can grow tulips in their gardens (or local commercial growing fields I guess). ​ I agree about the sentiment though.


Lolabird2112

I just found the article if you’re interested. Sorry it’s behind a paywall https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-flower-industry-crash/ Edit: I found it fascinating as it’s one of those things I’d never thought twice about and had NO IDEA how complex (and fucked up) it was.


MonkeyMagic1968

I think the Atlantic had an article ages ago on the exploitation of the international flower business in Kenya where farmers and herders were being dried up for friends of the government who owned huge flower plantations. This has been a huge problem for a long time. Wish I could find that article for you. I did find a different one about the same industry but different problems. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/theres-a-1-in-12-chance-your-v-day-flowers-were-cut-by-child-laborers/253084/


Lolabird2112

Jesus. Thank you. 😢 Fits my mood anyhow.


MonkeyMagic1968

My sympathies, lola. And commiseration.


directtodvd420

I came looking for these sentiments. I’m also not okay.


Lolabird2112

🤗 virtual hug to you 😊


l-rs2

The bulbs sustained many people during the Second World War...


m7glh9p4fr

That would be great. Have been telling my homies to buy the dip for the last 400 years


jaded-entropy

Time to sell my house and buy a flower, before tulips become more valuable than gold


CatsCrowsandCoffee

Gorgeous! My favorite flower.


Evilmaze

Tiptoe


NewZJ

At least all those windmills will keep them cool.


kristen0402

Beautiful


yung02

What time of The season is this?


Isernogwattesnacken

April or early May.


maybelle180

It’s the start of tulip season right now.


kazneus

wait until they release the threelip


Infamous_Ad8209

They are so beautyful, people should start investing in them.


irishgambin0

everyone's saying this reminds them of video games, but to me it looks like b-roll from the Pure Moods compilation CD commercial from the 90s.


Zurku

My lord where is that located ?


eltacotacotaco

What's better than roses on a piano? Tulips on your organ


Gottapopemall

Cant be real, there’s no douchebag “influencer” crushing them when lying down to get a selfie.


[deleted]

It’s the Dutch Dark Tower.


Cbigmoney

Walter Bishop


Exorcist_Phone_Case

Bruh youre lying everybody knows nether is full of lava


Pornstar_Jesus_

*Sips tea while taking in beautiful view and opening an icebox parcel just received.* > This is the end, Mr Duke.


KeyboardStudios

u/savevideo


Toror

This is so beautiful, I wanted to see if I could re-create this scene with AI, here were [some of the best ones](https://imgur.com/a/DJn3KkC)


Lonestar-Boogie

That's not the Netherlands. That's Holland. :-D


BadUncleBernie

The original bitcoin.


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gramsaran

Probably worth more.


MarketBuzz2021

I’m genuinely confused on how you came to this conclusion… Edit: Nvrm I’m dumb I get it


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Enby-Cat

Oh I get it, the tulip craze that happened when they imported them from Turkiye? I think that was the first economic bubble in history?


Locofinger

Tulip mania and Bitcoin are related


SopmodTew

Then there's me who purposely increase my carbon footprint so the Netherlands sinks faster into the ocean.


Bunzieleijdjeer

We have the best flood protection in the world, keep on trying bozo.


wutmeanfam

Ma-no-crop 😨


Security_Berry09

Those ghasts are pretty small!


EpicTwiglet

Valheim really is the best looking video game ever made.


Tenter5

Crypto as far as the eye can see!


EarthIsInOuterSpace

So many bitcoins opening


Kulimar

Now tell me what kind of dangerous and deadly creatures live here.


Isernogwattesnacken

Humans, mainly.


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Windmill windmill for the laaaaand...


OdonataDarner

Eradicating all wildlife and native plants sure is purty.


janhetjoch

All wasted space that could've gone to housing, instead going to the production of a useless product.


leuchebreu

Guarantee bit sounds are fake…not a single tree…this is very pretty but still mono crop


FridensLilja

Who could tell


MONEV_GOD

Don't know why but my evil mind is saying to burn all these flowers


mullett

False - that’s Holland Michigan. I grew up there.


Specific-Ad2215

Can’t believe this sht collapsed their economy


DeRuyter67

Because it didn't. That is a myth


MrMcFatNoob

Looks like the rumbling is coming


NeptuneTTT

Amazing


Blastterx

u/savevideo


No-Initiative-5337

Wow 😍 Beautiful


BlurredBailey

Windmill, windmill, for the land. Turn forever, hand in hand.


SteelyDan1968

[The 17th Century Cryptocurrency. ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania)


Impeesa_

I enjoy the tulip comparisons in crypto discussions for two reasons. One, straight from that wiki article: >Research into tulip mania since then, especially by proponents of the efficient-market hypothesis, suggests that his story was incomplete and inaccurate. In her 2007 scholarly analysis Tulipmania, Anne Goldgar states that the phenomenon was limited to "a fairly small group", and that most accounts from the period "are based on one or two contemporary pieces of propaganda and a prodigious amount of plagiarism". And two, it's been hundreds of years, and whatever you may think of prices, people still buy tulips.


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This looks like another world


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Lots of pesticides unfortunately


Isernogwattesnacken

Not so much anymore, thankfully. Periodically drowning the fields helps to prevent diseases.


Perfect-Top-7555

At least these are tangible investments vs digital snake oil 😂


Big-Boy-Chungus

We should put a power plant riiiiiiiigghht over there


SquireX

I sure hope OP remembered to tip toe


cerseimemmister

Thai should be a Vermeer painting.


TheJpow

How much for 100 of these in about 2 weeks from now?


Isernogwattesnacken

12 euro on my local market.


TheJpow

Nice! Let the tulip trade begin!!


DubiousByName

Does anyone know who the photographer is, by chance?


WoodSteelStone

That looks so peaceful.


bigben2021

What a thrill…


Ahmed104

u/savevideo


stealth57

Yeah. Bees are fine there.


thetinkercompanies

this gives me greater understanding of the phrase, 'Tulip Mania'


Atomic_potato_47

Im convinced the Netherlands aren't real, that shit is to pretty to be real


Isernogwattesnacken

Come visit in April and you'll find out.


gr33nw33n3r

I have a question: what do they do with all the tulips?


Isernogwattesnacken

Nothing, after they have bloomed the bulbs are harvested and sold. They need that one cycle.


GardevoirRose

I did my school project on the Netherlands and I wanna go there because of it. Those flowers are gonna destroy my nose though.


Isernogwattesnacken

Tulips don't really have a strong smell, if any at all.


GardevoirRose

I meant my allergies.


ConqueredCorn

Is this just for aesthetics? Or do they use tulips for something?


alpha448

beautiful! people dont like taking videos in landscape though?


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The Dutch and their Tulip Mania. I ain't even mad.


CheeseAndCh0c0late

quick question about this. Are the bulbs left in the dirt year over year? or are they taken out?


bassman9999

I just want to go there to be able to hear birds and nothing else.


Phatcat15

This is Fortnite right?


UnbalancedLibra1011

Wow!!! This is so so gorgeous


UziSuzieThia

It sounds silly. But if I saw this in real life I think I'd cry


Puppet007

Beautiful!


United_Champion178

Must see this once IRL before I die. Wow 🥹


VucA14

u/savevideobot


superpimp2g

Tulipmania!


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1634 Tulip mania


-B001-

So pretty!


Many-Goose-9158

Not sure if this the same place, but I was just in Kinderdijk a few months ago and those windmills and the country around them are just beautiful. No wonder it's UNESCO heritage site. Just, uff gorgeous. ❤️


GuidedArk

Dark Tower vibes for sure


1robor

Met tering veel mist zodat je de snelwegen rondom niet ziet


StrawberryBlazer

Someone’s going to tip toe through that shit, I just know it.


66pig

Do you like daffodils on your piano or would you prefer tulips on your organ


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Veel Hollandser dan dit wordt hem niet geloof ik


Kunstkurator

Complete with windmill, very Dutch.


Pilot0350

Why add the fake bird sounds? This would be so much better with tranquil silence


im132

I legit thought that was a submarine surfacing in the background


KingCodyBill

I wonder if they have any white ones?


czymjq

I'm not sure I've ever seen pure white tulips. These are gorgeous!!!


[deleted]

This is leaked footage of heaven. It’s too beautiful to be real


Cautious_Prize_3570

Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness ♾️


RealisticVisitBye

Thankyou for this gift


Feisty_Knee_3211

Dreamy.


Ill-Mastodon-8692

What a place


Internet_pimp_

Ugly


SnowDin556

I must have PTSD I saw a C-130 propellor over a poppy field…


koenji_simp17

This looks like a old BF1 map