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[–] Fosheze 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can we please stop censoring words on the internet.

[–] brygphilomena 27 points 1 year ago

I kind of understand content creators doing it because they want that sweet, sweet money. But when I see people who are not getting paid ad revenue censor themselves so whatever social media platform they are on can make more money something is very wrong.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

N̴͈͇̥̞͑̈́͋ͅo̴͕̠̞̻̭̻͆̆͐̂̊ ̸̨͔̤̹̟͈͈̳͚̳̆w̸̡̢̼͓̳͍̮̠̳̹͍̎̒͛̓͐̂̐̈́͛͐̈̽͘ȇ̸̩̞̉́͆̾͗̋̆͑̓̚͠ ̷̡̱̜̫̭̃̈́̈̂̏͋̓͑̃̿͋̅͗͘͜g̸̨̛͖̝̭̹̀̈́͛̆̅̿̇͗͑̐̾̑͜o̷̬͚͙͒̿̆̀ţ̶̡͎̲̝͍̖͖̲̻̯̙̘̽̓t̶̘̜͔̿̎ả̴̛̛̞̗͇̔̋̀͌͗̓̽̎̆̇̏̾͜ ̴̧̧̤͍̬͙̤̘̘̬̹̮̥̋̇̒̉̈́̈́̎͌̉̽̚͠ͅͅc̵̰̘̼̩͑̃̈e̵̡̡̢̦͙̤̪̺̻̦̮̤͗̅̓͆̓̃ͅn̴̙̩͍͓̣̟̜̭̺͇̮̞̉̄̂͆͆͜ş̴͇̮̦͖͚̖̺͚̺̠̌̍̎̿̀̏͒͜͝o̷̟̮͓͈̜̜̜̼͐̈́̽̓̆̀͐̎̏͘ṟ̷̘̣͓͐̅̒̅̈̊͝ ̴̲̟̯̝̝̺̥̜̖̹̇̀̂̊͘ͅë̴̢̢̨̙̖̭̩̩̬̬̺͖͙́̽̋̇̓m̴̛̯̗̻͓̱̗̂͛ ̸̡͓͎͚̻̹̦̹̥͚̗̩̳͊̎̽͐͂͝w̴̨̡̨̛̬͓̹̟̟͓̙̯̠̟̞̰͂̃̿̃̏͝ē̵̫̭͚͖͕̫͕̣̑̈̊͋̈̀́̓ị̷̯̟͐̒̄̓̉̏͊̊̊̓͝͠͝ŗ̶̡̨̢͗d̶̨̙̩̳̉͒͆̓ ̶̧̫̮͋̉̑̆́́͂̔́̍̂̈͆͠ń̸͎̹͔̭̝̗̺͚͍͕͕̗̫̪͐͗̊ͅo̵̡̨̥̗̘͍͉̭̺̘͉̬̊͐̈́̌̉̂̐ͅͅw̸̖̽̓̈

[–] GrimSheeper 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

F̴̛̘͚̰͚̮̞̙̳͉̯̀̈́͌͌͌̈́͗̾̔̆͘r̷̢̉̂̊̈́͌̊̈́́̀̎͛̚i̷͕̤͈͓̝͖̺͍͖̟͒͂̏͂͋ͅc̸̨̹̯̖̝̮͙̣̺̰̹̀͑͒͝͝ͅk̶̡̼͖͐̇͆̊͐͋͌̌̈́́̔͘

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 4 points 1 year ago

O̴͙͈͈͓̪͔̭̩̟̼̗͍͖͂̿̽̆̈̍̑̇̏̒ṇ̶̨̟̗̻̬͈̜̠̫̠͚̊̄͌͗͂̈̓l̵͉̘̍̽͘͠y̸̡͔̺̱̼͇̯͐͌̀̈́́͆̽͌̈́̑͂̈́̏͜͝͠ ̴̢̢͓̖̖̪̦͉̘̫̣̜͎̿̾͑̐̑͋̈̚̚ḇ̷̨̣̭̯̼̦̗̻͐̌̉̐̒͑̾͘͝ͅe̶̛̫̲͕̮̐͋̔́͂́̉c̷̹̝̠͕͓̾́̾̒͌͊͌̽̿̽̒͝͝͠ą̵̛̯̹̱̫͓̬͈̼̲̱̌͊̉̆͂́̌̈u̷̧̨̯̮̝̯̙̤̪̺̹͐̓̓̀̌͘͜s̴͕̪͕͈͒̽̋̊̿̌̐́ė̷̥̣̭̖̫̮̗̹̭́̈́̂̉̊̑̅͑̆̋̒̒̂͝ ̵̤̞̘̺̻̈̀̈́̚͠ŷ̷̨͇̼̼̬͙̙̰͕̹͔̎͂̑̿̆̓̈̃̈̏̅͠͝ō̸͙̬̣͇̥̗͖̟̫u̵͉͉͚͉̪̳͗̿̉͑̔͋̆̀͘͝ ̴̫̖͕̼́̃̂̋̾͋͊͆̃͌̓͠͝͠ȁ̸̧̤̪͙̻͚͈͕̥̺̙̼̟͓̍s̸̨̛̛̛̤̭̤͕̺̳̜͕̙̰͈̮͋͊̎͐̌̔k̶̠͉̣̱̦̮͚̹͖̄̾͂̀̒̽̂e̷̘͈̦̭̋̆̉ď̴̡̂̄͌͊̂̌̀ ̴̭̱͚͓͌ṕ̸̖̱̘̲̯͓̲̙̤̥̬̫̟̒̏̃̔̓̚͜ơ̵͖̔͗̑́̿̒͊̈̌̑̀̒͠l̶̡̫̯̯̙̲̹̦̬̪̤̓̀̿̈́͝͠ͅͅi̴̮͌̋͑̕ͅt̵͚̙̺͓̜̀̏͂̄̽͛͛͑̈́̚͝͠ȩ̴̨̢̥̣̥̬͙̣̜͕͈̅̔͛͌͛̍͆̽̓ͅḻ̶̙̮̭̜̤͕͕͙̯̒̆̌̀̈́̾̓̑͊̉̉́͠͝ͅy̵̜̮̲̣͕̬̜̿̔̈̋̀̓͆

[–] Fosheze 1 points 1 year ago

❤̷̫̣͔̦͎̲̺̲̏͛̽̍̈́ͅͅ️̶͎̾̑̊͑͝

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SomethingBurger 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans don't have freedom of speech. Really sad.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Of f**king course no.

[–] Electricblush 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It has its own terms for a very good reason.

It's relative to the boat, so that if you are standing on deck and looking back everyone knows what you mean and not if you are talking about your reative left or the boats.

[–] Ultraviolet 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Port was also initially Larboard, but it turns out when shouting a direction from the other side of a boat, having two similar sounding terms for opposite directions often results in crashing said boat, so it was changed in the mid 1800s.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you just collectively agree that left is the ships left while you're on the ship.

Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The left is always the ship's left, just like the left side of a car is always the left side of a car.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can't remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.

I don't use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven't forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn't mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.

E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say "a lot."

[–] dufkm 9 points 1 year ago

E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”

That reminds me of the old joke:

A widow was holding a funeral for her husband, when a man asked if he could say a word. "Of course" said the widow, so he stood up and exclaimed "plethora!". The widow replied "thanks, that means a lot".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does drivers/passenger side work when you don't know if you are speaking with British or American people?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also if you always say "left and right" instead of "right and left" (which must english speakers probably do) you can remember that port and starboard are the same order.

[–] XaeroDegreaz 3 points 1 year ago

The way I taught myself to remember is "starboard" has more "R"s in it, so that means "right".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Bricktamland29 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theaters just call it stage right and stage left

[–] cyberpunk007 5 points 1 year ago

Ok so are we settling on bow left and bow right then?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, the enemies gate is always down. My body's left is always my body's left. Just like the ships left is always left from the front lol.

Ain't nobody riding around in a intertube ship lol.

[–] dx1 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's name them something edgy and disruptive. How about calling all four sides "X".

[–] TimeNaan 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All sides should be called Alladeen.

[–] danhab99 3 points 1 year ago

"attention all hands, pirates off the aladeen"

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

Rename all 4 points

Triangle Circle X Square

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And what the fuck kind of speed measurement is "knots"?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's based on nautical miles which are in turn 1/60th of a latitude degree. It's meant for easy conversions when navigating using map coordinates.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pontata 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm knot so sure about that

[–] postmateDumbass 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You know what they say... If you don't know how to tie a word, tie many.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Hey watch your mouth, you can't just erase me!

[–] Imgonnatrythis 6 points 1 year ago

As. Long as no one fucks with poop deck. Don't you take my poop deck away.

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

Yeah, the theater gets stage left and stage right, so why not.

[–] PeterPoopshit 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Port has the same number of letters in it as "left". Starboard does not have the same number of letters in it as the word left.

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[–] WhoRoger 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I can never remember which is which. Is there some easy way to recall which is left and which is right?

(Same goes for red and green light on the sides.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"left" and "port" have the same number of letters. Conveniently, they're also the same direction (while facing forward on the boat).

[–] WhoRoger 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Is there any red port left?" - helps remember red light is left and green light is right, as well.

Probably only works if you know port wine is a thing though.

[–] WhoRoger 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty cool.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Red Right Returning”

When two ships approach each other bow-on (that’s the front of the ship), each will see the red running light to their right. Which if my spatial reasoning hasn’t failed me, means that they’re on the left (port) side of the ship.

[–] WhoRoger 1 points 1 year ago

RRR... Catchy. Thx

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[–] cyberpunk007 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Port ----- starboard

Left ----- right

I always remember that port is short, left is short, in terms of letter length.

[–] Pretzilla 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Red ----- green

Also!

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

If you always say left before right you can remember that port and starboard is the same order. I'll say to myself in my head "left right, port starboard" whenever I need to remind myself.

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[–] tehevilone 2 points 1 year ago

As long as no one brings up "larboard", it's fine!

[–] postmateDumbass 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which side would we tie up to the dock?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both.

#justslipdockthings

[–] ShizuoLamperouge 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, you Left the Port to sail...

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