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[–] gibmiser 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Who the f*** else would be able to tie all those God damn knots and figure out nautical terminology?And star charts and what the fuck a sexton is

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A sexton is a religious position (not that kind of position, you scoundrel).

A sextant is a device for measuring latitude, usually at sea.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

A sexton is a religious position

Honorary title for clergy who have a ton of sex?

[–] gibmiser 5 points 2 days ago
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sextants can also give you your longitude if you have some star charts and a good chronometer

[–] Iheartcheese 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

fuck

Don't mind me, just here to corrupt any children you may have spared.

[–] gibmiser 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know why my speech to text selectively censors fuck sometimes. I think it's funny

[–] Iheartcheese 1 points 2 days ago

I used to have that problem. One of my Samsungs it would constantly turn itself back on all the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Iheartcheese 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love that this guy became a meme because he did a huge amount of work perfecting no-till agriculture, and saved waterways and farmland all over the world with his techniques.

He deserves to be remembered forever in meme form. Honest work, indeed.

[–] Iheartcheese 2 points 2 days ago

I didn't know that. I honestly thought he was just some farmer from a random interview that went memey