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Behold, the Vermeer classic (lemmynsfw.com)
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Pearl with a Girl Earring (Dutch: Parel met het meisje)
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Needs to be a whole series on this:

Girl with a pearl earl
Burl with a pearl girl
Earring with a whirl pearl

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Het* meisje, or more literally: de parel met de meisjesoorbel

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stupid noun genders, *grumble*

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

So parel is actually feminine and and meisje is gender-neutral.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

lol

Nice alt text

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ai did it again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Pixelmator Pro did it again, thank you very much