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[–] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's not sunk! it's still above the water!

it's not runaway inflation! the rate is half of what it was last year!

it's not pseudofascist culture war! there's a lot about the progressive left to be afraid of!

I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you! neener neener

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

It's just a flesh wound!

[–] GrumpigPoopBalls@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Al-Qaeda say they have taken out the World Trade Center towers, but we’ve obtained pictures from 9:58 a.m. today showing them still standing

[–] NedIsakoff@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Al-Qaeda say they have taken out the World Trade Center towers, but it was actually the planes that did it.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

They're really going for the We're technically correct, the best kind of correct

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago

Look! Some of the ship isn't full of seawater!

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago
[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well sure, mate. You never put somethin' in the boot? Since I likes ya, I'll say it's now or never for this beaut. I got a few other folks who've shown interest. Might not be available for long, if you know what I mean.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

tfw selling a container ship on gumtree

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ship is doing just fine, except for a bit of clipping.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

I don't know navy, does that make this ship a clipper?

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Image having to deal this this for 30 hours straight while towing it to port.

https://youtu.be/hDfED-kLGi4?si=iqB7-HmGbZ0ASbsg

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The insurance company will be delighted to hear this

[–] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

lol, the insurance company sending a link to this article attached to the claim denial and having to eat it due to the weakest copium

[–] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

kirby-jammin Low - Rye - Duh kirby-jammin

[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

I will grant you that the ship in this picture has not sunk. But this looks like a situation where we're gonna need continual hourly updates on if the ship has sunk for... one or two hours?

[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ship is seaworthy if they use royal navy standards

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Nah, not by Royal Navy standards. I doubt the average tanker crew has slave laborers washing their clothes for them. The Royal Navy knows you shouldn’t go sailing if you have to wash your own clothes.

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

'actually according to the BBC you can't quadruple my insurance rates behold:

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[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Willfully sailing your ship into an active war zone that you’ve been explicitly and repeatedly warned will result in the sinking of your ship sounds like literally the most perfect grounds for claim denial that there could ever exist

It’s like submitting a life insurance claim after your dad volunteered to be a crash test dummy

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder if there's a way to defraud the government here. I assume the british PM made some sort of announcement about securing the Red Sea. If there's some law in the books where corporations can request indemnity due to the failure of government policy, why a choice judge might even grant it.

[–] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dude if the ship is sinking it is sunk

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know about ships. Is it possible for a ship this fucked to be restored? Is it worth the effort?

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Because if not, this literally fits the definition of "sunk" in the context of a conflict because it's out of commission. Even better because probably there were fewer casualties than a fully sunk ship.

[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Depends a lot of the ship's construction. They might have a lot of rooms under board that can be sealed individually, so in this picture it might have stopped sinking, and is fine. Then you can re-float it and get the punctures fixed at a drydock somewhere. It would still cost a shitload, supposing the thing isn't totalled, of course, which is the hidden variable here. If it's not sinked, but fixing it is not feasible, then it's as good as sinked, it's only good for scrap.

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also the engine room was flooded, so I think the only yard this vessel will ever see again is a shipbreaking yard.

[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

just read the article, yeah apparently they hit the engine room, who knows what state it's in, shit's fucked, my money's on scrap too; hope it was insured! lmao

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

The one insurance lawyer that made sure wartime damages aren't covered

packwatch

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Perfect analogy for the UK. Nuh-uh we haven't sunk, we're still technically above the water line.

[–] odmroz@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Idk looks like the front fell off :/

[–] axont@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm guessing the article was put out for the sake of insurance or something? Like they're trying to convince someone the boat can still get towed, which is probably unlikely because the Houthis have more missiles and would probably shoot a tug boat too. And even if it does get towed, the boat got shot with two missiles, one of which hit the engine room. There are bigass holes in it and it's got days of water damage. Good luck salvaging it.

[–] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

You sunk* my battleship!

*but not for insurance purposes

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Flat earthers will look at this photo and tell you it's just an optical illusion due to light refraction or some shit

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago
[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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