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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago

It's just a flesh wound!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The insurance company will be delighted to hear this

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

tfw selling a container ship on gumtree

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months 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?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago

kirby-jammin Low - Rye - Duh kirby-jammin

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

dude if the ship is sinking it is sunk

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

The metaphors for the end of Western imperialism are going to write themselves or be written by deadly serious libs with less irony than a British steel plant.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months 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?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

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

packwatch

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

Idk looks like the front fell off :/

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

You sunk* my battleship!

*but not for insurance purposes

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: