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2024-11-11
I don't see what sex has to do with it. There are many more non-sex cruises doing the same thing.
Of course. It’s simply clickbait. Worked for you and me, obviously.
Imo, the point is just that the juxtaposition of sex cruises to visit the melting antarctic shelves is incongruous
Maybe they’ll provide lube.
Sex cruises to where? The complaints of shrinkage will be legendary.
Antarctica
Uh, that’s a whoosh, cap’n!
Clever advertisement or what?
I didn’t have that one on my bingo card
"... full-scale bonkathon"
I approve of this
That's a trash article, and Antarctica is the last place anyone should worry about cruises going unless they are chopping up penguins for bird-brunch or something.
The problem is not only the cruise itself, but also all the energy spent getting the people and supplies to run the cruise. Plus the ecosystem is especially fragile, and the Antarctic glaciers are melting too fast as it is, calving icebergs which further damage the environment.
It's no more energy than going on a Pacific cruise
Ships are actually very energy efficient, those people probably would use more gasoline during their daily commute since each of them would drive a car or take a cab. If they went on a plane somewhere for vacation, it would use a lot more fuel
They are all taking a plane down to Ushuaia, and from there getting on the cruise ship. So they're doing both.
The big ones are efficient per person, yes, but these ships are smaller.
The worst part of the waste, particulates from combustion, end up on the glacier, darkening it, making it melt even faster.
Don’t cruise ships use bunker fuel?
so it'll be herpes that kills off the last few penguins? didn't have that on my bingo card...
You can die from herpes? Probably more likely to die from beastiality rape.
As a matter of fact, yes. I was talking to a vet at a friend's wedding, and he casually mentioned that working with simians is a dangerous field for many reasons that you wouldn't think of, like their herpesvirus strains killing us.
Luckily it says it’s extremely rare
Well, yeah. The only way to get it is from contact with an infected monkey, or something that has recently contacted them, like a needle.
With no end to deforestation in sight, and fixing the housing crisis, monkeys have been sharing crack houses with humans
Probably more likely to die from beastiality rape.
I was thinking cruise ship waste but uh.... yeah.... that'll probably fuck up a penguin
If we're destroying the planet anyway, at least this is a more fun reason to do it.
What’s more natural than sex?