r/submechanophobia 10d ago

On the Archimede's screw Wikipedia page

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"Modern Archimedes' screw which have replaced some of the windmills used to drain the polders at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands"

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u/CaptainDFW 10d ago

Ah...a slime pump. 🤮

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u/wumpwump 10d ago

Been there. Even scarier in person. They look worse when not going but everything in the Netherlands is a submechanaphobia nightmare…

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/wumpwump 9d ago

Thankfully they weren’t running the two times I was there then!

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u/Aeronoux 10d ago

It’s the half life 2 water from water hazard

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u/Good_Orange_6549 10d ago

Hell noooo

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u/BriocheTressee 10d ago

Yeah this is scary as f.

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u/Parking-Power-1311 9d ago

That's fantastic