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Orcas sink one boat, damage another, off coast of Portugal (divemagazine.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Whale Wars continue and we are losing

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

I, for one, welcome our new whale overlords.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Orca are dolphins.
‘So long and thanks for the fish’ was angry sarcasm as they watch us kill the works for building bypasses. So close, but,
The only swimmers leaving the planet are Elons and Dons (on paper).

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Misread that as "orcs," prepared to change my world view, then had it roughly yanked back.

[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It looks like the boat belonged to some sort of sailing cooperative meant for people who can't afford their own boat.

At least that's what comes up when you search for the owners of the boat that are referenced in the article.

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There's a big difference between rich and being middle class, and if you have to pay into a cooperative to afford the experience of sailing, you're not rich.

Do you think anyone earning above poverty wages deserves bad things to happen?

I take it, you have no empathy then for construction workers or unionized skilled laborers.

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Union construction workers and skilled laborers/tradesmen e.g. electricians, plumbers, etc., in America regularly make six figures, I imagine it's not too different in Western Europe.

And how many blue collar workers like that do you know? Because the ones that I know all have what you apparently consider exclusively wealthy hobbies, such as boating.

You just looked at the picture, didn't read the article, much less follow up on details in the article, and now you're spinning your wheels trying to paint middle class workers in sailing cooperative as ultra wealthy.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's a wild science fiction book where the ocean rises up to wipe us out in self defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swarm_(Sch%C3%A4tzing_novel)

Don't read the second paragraph! Spoils it and makes it sound dumber than it really is.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Makes me wonder what the boaters were up to. Orca attacks are rare if at all and there has never been a death of a human by orca attack so far.

Makes one wonder if they were provoked?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Latest scientists have come up with is that they're playing a game.