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[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 70 points 1 year ago

It's a joke about the Netherlands claiming land from the sea

[-] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

Ah, it makes it even funnier. Here's a heart: ❤️

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

but what does "gib clay" mean?

[-] Pfosten@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

In the language of Polandball comics, it means "give land/territory".

"Gib" is taken from the German imperative for "give!"

Best theory is that "clay" as "land" originates from a bad machine translation.

It seems somene created a Wiki that covers these terms: https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Terminology#Clay

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

"give clay". The Dutch wanted to have clay for their world famous clay baths...

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 2 points 1 year ago

Give land/territory

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

After rereading multiple times to understand it, i think it means the small blob wanted land so "give clay", the other big bullies didn't want to contribute, so started taking from the sea.

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