*”As we are in the midst of voting season, we want to remind our community to always prioritize safety while out on the water,” Benitez said. “Make sure you do a safety check and ensure that your boat is in good working condition.”*
Surely “boating season” was said and not “voting season”?
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KimJongFunk1 day ago
+360
I checked the article and it says “voting” so either that’s the accurate quote or no one proof-read the article before publication :/
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Useful-Plankton82051 day ago
+246
I have noticed many publications don't proofread anymore.
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cakesalads1 day ago
+146
"Claude AI says it's good to go. Ship it!"
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lostroadrunner221 day ago
+47
Bake em away boys!
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DisillusionedPatriot1 day ago
+19
uhhhh chief
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finalremix1 day ago
+21
Do what the slop machine says.
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ZinGaming11 day ago
+12
Writen by AI and proof read it too.
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WoolooOfWallStreet1 day ago
+5
Probably had AI transcribe it at first too
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inspectoroverthemine19 hr ago
+1
Its cool, I have my AI agent read it and then comment on it for me.
Next up: AI priest, so he can believe things for me. Its exhausting.
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Dependent-Poet-95881 day ago
+28
The publishing process has been in decline for a long time. From 2008, "Death of the Copy Editor": https://www.nationalreview.com/media-blog/death-copy-editor-kevin-d-williamson/
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09f3jns1 day ago
+17
There is no punishment for typos. Online journalism is a competition for attention, and editing & proofreading wastes time.
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roscannon1 day ago
+8
Yup! If spell check is good then publish.
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SkunkMonkey1 day ago
+6
Proofreading is a dead profession. If it passes a spell and grammar check in Word, it's good enough to publish.
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CptMurphy23 hr ago
+5
AI gets audio transcription wrong a lot. Because you know, it would take too much human manpower and time to listen and write it down. It's like, a whole sentence.
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Three_Twenty-Three1 day ago
+11
My local news channels gave it up years ago. The number of times they've written that a vehicle's "breaks" failed is frightening.
And then to make their coverage worse, they do no follow-up of any kind. If a detail didn't make it into the first report, it doesn't exist.
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Jaws_the_revenge22 hr ago
+2
Tbf protecting the boating demographic before midterms is probably a pretty high priority in Florida
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freedom_french_fries22 hr ago
+1
Vibe editing
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MAGAHATESTHEUSA1 day ago
+34
Boater Fraud
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Thousandtree1 day ago
+2
Someone should check the voter rolls for Boaty McBoatface, just to be safe.
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FreeUsePolyDaddy1 day ago
+28
Somebody gotta make a meme about "mail-in boating". 😂
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Enshakushanna1 day ago
+5
no red squiggly line under 'voting' so must be all good!
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Current-Brain-19831 day ago
+4
"Blessed are the cheesemakers..."
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DDRDiesel23 hr ago
+3
Sounds to me like someone used a dictation software and didn't bother to double-check
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ailish1 day ago
+2
I'm assuming no one proofread it.
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happensix22 hr ago
+2
Probably a remnant of transcription service they’re using. I work in the field and see it happen a lot. People get too reliant on it being right.
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pablofromspace1 day ago
+41
I will boat, por donal trom
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Capital_Past691 day ago
+29
Whatever floats your vote
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jeremec1 day ago
+4
This should be a sticker and a shirt if it’s not already.
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Runefather1 day ago
+41
AI transcription for sure. Same thing you see on YouTube.
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the_eluder1 day ago
+13
Voice recognition is simply terrible. For instance my phone understands 'Call Juan'. However if I use Juan in a sentence, it always understands it as 'one'. And don't get me even started on possessives.
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Yoyodyn_Banzai_20991 day ago
+16
Florida GOP: “Anything to win an election.”
Mostly kidding, as this was clearly a typo. But we are in some strange times.
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darksunshaman1 day ago
+3
It's *always* voting season.
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regular-cake1 day ago
+2
They don't want to lose anymore gullible republican voters before the midterms... I'm guessing Florida man operating boat without proper safety checks was maga
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BaggyHairyNips20 hr ago
+1
Or are they signaling that it was a political assassination?
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Melodic_Ad56501 day ago
+1
Spanish speakers commonly mix up V and B. But still needs to be edited.
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jonnyrottwn1 day ago
+582
Someone didnt have their blowers on likely...gas fumes...kaboom
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jalapenochips1 day ago
+250
Yep or filled the rod holders with gas, RUN YOUR BLOWERS PEOPLE, and take a damn boater safety course. The amount of people that think they can just jump on a boat without any knowledge is astounding.
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TsarOfReddit1 day ago
+67
What is a blower?
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jalapenochips1 day ago
+119
Since boats have to be sealed up from water, there is a fan in the engine bay that blows out gas fumes, usually I run it when starting up then probably about 10 minutes into my boat run. If the fumes collect, it can cause an explosion.
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OldeArrogantBastard23 hr ago
+51
To note, this is mainly an issue with boats with inboard motors.
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littlerelaxation17 hr ago
+2
and I/O?
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TsarOfReddit1 day ago
+31
Thanks for the info. Never considered the sealing aspect of a boat to cause an issue like that. Also I’m shocked you didn’t make use of that perfect set up
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jalapenochips1 day ago
+8
Yeah no problem!
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jonnyrottwn23 hr ago
+3
Insinuating a perfect crime? Thats pretty cold man
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manchegoo13 hr ago
+2
It's not the sealing. The engine compartment is not air tight, and is sealed with just a normal trap door usually on top. It's just a confined space is all. The engine is inside the hull on an inboard.
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gospdrcr00023 hr ago
+6
Im assuming this is an inboard only problem?
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Interesting-Ice731322 hr ago
+12
Correct, I’ve seen videos of jetskis exploding too. Which of course is also an inboard.
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fluffyendermen22 hr ago
+6
why not just run it the whole time?
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Benmarch1522 hr ago
+7
Relatively loud and unpleasant on some boats
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airfryerfuntime15 hr ago
+3
You *can*, they're just kind of annoying and it wears them out faster.
I run the blower for a couple minutes before starting the engine, and if I'm trolling.
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SethAndBeans21 hr ago
+15
*Sigh...*
Your mom's a blower.
^^someone ^^had ^^to
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vahntitrio22 hr ago
+6
Inboard motors are in a compartment inside a boat, along with fuel and fuel lines. The blower blows fresh air into the compartment. If you don't, the fumes may get concentrated enough to ignite the whole mixture when you go to start the engine.
Boats with outboard motors don't require these since the engine is alrwady in open air.
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TsarOfReddit17 hr ago
+2
Good to know. My experience on waterways is with kayaks and John boats - so it’s about as rudimentary as you can get, I guess. I wonder if planes deal with something similar
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jonnyrottwn17 hr ago
+2
Sometimes rudimentary is the best fun
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YourMomsFishBowl16 hr ago
+2
What is a boat?
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Alicatsidneystorm23 hr ago
-10
Hopefully you don’t own a boat.
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TsarOfReddit18 hr ago
+3
I don’t, I live in a land locked state. If boats were a part of my life - then I’d likely know more about them. But thanks for the useless response anyway 👍
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Dahcchad23 hr ago
+9
Or hegseth ran another illegal boat attack and fucked up, which is as likely
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Reasonable-Turn-594020 hr ago
+2
I was imagining two cops, one kind of crazy and young and the other old and ready to retire, finding out that there's a katana wielding coke dealer on a boat and the only way to stop him was to douse the cocaine with gasoline and then light it while jumping off the boat in slow motion
but I don't know how boats work
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jonnyrottwn17 hr ago
+2
Thats Kash Patel and mix of the Move Sahara with Matthew McConaughey, when they pull a "Panama"
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Competition-Dapper22 hr ago
+2
Maybe Crockett and Tubbs were trying to get ahold of Calderon
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KimJongFunk1 day ago
+64
FYI this happened yesterday but I hadn’t seen it reported and thought it was notable so I posted it. This article has updates from today.
Article text:
> A total of 11 people were hospitalized Saturday following a possible boat explosion near North Miami Beach.
> Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesperson Erika Benitez said crews responded just after 12:30 p.m. to reports of a possible vessel explosion near the popular boating area near the Haulover Beach marina.
> More than 25 units responded, including boat fire crews, ocean rescue teams and partner agencies such as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard, Benitez said.
> “Upon arrival, our crews encountered multiple patients with various degrees of injury, including burns requiring medical attention,” Benitez said.
> Officials upgraded the response to a Level 2 mass casualty incident due to the number of patients and the need for additional resources, she said.
> The Haulover Sandbar, near Haulover Beach marina, is a shallow boating area known for lively parties in North Miami Beach.
> Officials said the cause of the apparent explosion remains under investigation.
> “As we are in the midst of voting season, we want to remind our community to always prioritize safety while out on the water,” Benitez said. “Make sure you do a safety check and ensure that your boat is in good working condition.”
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Big_Knife_SK1 day ago
+22
The phrase "possible boat explosion" seems overly cautious.
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Lirael_Gold1 day ago
+10
It's party season, a *small* explosion on a packed boat could injure a bunch of people
Doesn't mean the boat itself has detonated, but we won't know until the investigation is complete, so the language used is cautiious. There's a lot of shit on a boat that could "explode" and people could have brought other things aboard (gas fired BBQs etc)
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Ginger_Anarchy20 hr ago
+2
Especially during a holiday weekend. A lot of boats congregate together at sandbars or mooring spots and an explosion on one can still injure people on others.
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Terrik13371 day ago
+23
Why are we hospitalizing people over a possible boat explosion? Shouldn't we wait till it explodes first?
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MidLifeCrysis751 day ago
+4
Great point.
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keskeskes106620 hr ago
+2
Health insurance adjuster: Hmmm, those burns seem like a pre-existing condition. Claim denied.
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lol-11718 hr ago
+1
Yeah that seems like it causality violation.
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That_Country_76821 day ago
+16
Miami and boats, name a more dangerous combo.
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ericchen20 hr ago
+6
Hantavirus and boats.
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Pumpkins_Are_Fruits23 hr ago
+5
Lake Lanier and Boats
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airfryerfuntime15 hr ago
+1
Lake Tahoe and boats.
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LowCar197513 hr ago
+1
chevy tahoe ans boat ramps
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mavric911 day ago
+105
Possible boat explosion? What does that mean. A boat either exploded or it didn’t. And clearly people got hurt so something happened.
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da_chicken1 day ago
+43
No, you've got it wrong. It's a Possible Boat. Maybe it was a boat. Maybe it was a boat. Maybe a ship. Or a schooner.
It's like the opposite of the Heart of Gold from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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701251 day ago
+6
Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?
Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.
Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats.
Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats.
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smackson1 day ago
+1
Fun fact for this thread:
[Adams credited Stoppard as an influence.](https://www.darkermatter.com/issue1/douglas_adams.php)
Naming u/dachicken for completion.
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Osiris321 day ago
+5
> Or a schooner.
It's a sailboat!
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da_chicken1 day ago
+7
A schooner IS a sailboat, stupid head!
(Thanks for noticing the reference)
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Drone3141 day ago
+43
Happens all the time, you're supposed to vent the engine compartment on power boats to ensure no combustible fumes are present before starting the engine. Hard to say if this were the case but gasoline vapors in confined spaces generally are what does boom on a pleasure boat.
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macnbloo1 day ago
+9
Probably Venezuela taking out American drug dealers
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Enshakushanna1 day ago
+3
it would be better to use something like "apparent boat explosion" because with this fucked up world, it could be a drone for all we know
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El_Bugbeeto1 day ago
+3
That's what I was wondering. Did the f****** boat explode? Was the boat still there in one piece? It was around noon when it happened, reportedly.
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FnordRanger_51 day ago
+2
Right? There no middle ground here where ‘normal boat condition’ overlaps with ‘exploded boat condition.’
Like… “the boat may have exploded or maybe it’s just a real messy boat we’re waiting to hear back from our man on the ground”
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songtothegrave1 day ago
+2
I read that second part in Mitch Hedberg’s voice.
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platetone23 hr ago
+1
I was cracking up about that last night... the segment I was watching kept saying "possible" and I'm like, is it that hard to tell?
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USxMARINE14 hr ago
+1
Maybe it was my granny
She got hit by a bazooka
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Denman201 day ago
+36
Ya know, we live in a time where the first thing that came to my mind was… did our military blow up another boat?
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Legitimate_Wave_52581 day ago
+13
I gotta admit, you're not the only one....
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ailish1 day ago
+2
I did think that immediately, unfortunately.
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Historical_Lab86191 day ago
+5
I've seen two boats explode. Both were caused by a buildup of gas and someone forgetting to lift the motor covering before starting the engine.
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brickyardjimmy1 day ago
+14
Has Pete Hegseth made an announcement about this yet?
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400footceiling23 hr ago
+5
Possible boat explosion? Either it exploded or it didn’t.
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Zaptryx1 day ago
+3
GTA6 marketing gonna be lit
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GrandmaForPresident23 hr ago
+3
What is a “possible” boat explosion
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Cheap_Atmosphere32761 day ago
+2
Hope everyone pulls through. Boat fires and explosions are terrifying.
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FinancialSpite1 day ago
+2
One second you’re just trying to enjoy a day on the water and the next it turns into a disaster headline, that’s terrifying.
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Lemfan4621 hr ago
+2
Possible explosion? Either it exploded or it didn't.
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tiny_chaotic_evil20 hr ago
+2
*oh great. now in the final stages, the hantavirus explodes! o.O*
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FnordRanger_51 day ago
+3
They don’t whether or not the boat exploded?
Solid journalism.
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xavPa-641 day ago
+3
I believe it was a boaking accident
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BWWFC1 day ago
+2
"possible boat explosion..."?
know much of life is down to a POV/context, but would seem if there, regardless of "pov" you'd know with the simplest rudimentary inductive/deductive reasoning, not necessarily the reason for exploding.. but that an "explosion" did happen within the sphere of a boat:
yes sir, that-there boat, done just exploded ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
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wheresabel1 day ago
+2
Considering that area is a n*** beach it was most definitely a party gone wrong
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Bishopjones21121 day ago
+2
Was this another strike by the pentagon? Hope everyone makes a full recovery
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i_am_voldemort1 day ago
+1
Doesn't Haulover Inlet have that infamous spot where boats capsize and sink?
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RidetheSchlange1 day ago
+1
If it would happen anywhere, Miami would be it. Wonder if they were shooting another "I loooooove Donald Trump" video.
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ailish1 day ago
+1
I'm glad no one has died yet according to the article!
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RunningPirate22 hr ago
+1
\>“As we are in the midst of voting season, we want to remind our community to always prioritize safety while out on the water,” Benitez said. “Make sure you do a safety check and ensure that your boat is in good working condition.”
I’m guessing they mean boating season?
And I’m assuming that they didn’t run the blowers before starting the engine
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likeastump20 hr ago
+1
My cousin works for TSA. He claims this was the work of a mn Exedrin addict with a flamethrower. BR CAREFUL OUT THERE!
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RadicalOrganizer17 hr ago
+1
Can't wait to see this on Miami boat ramps
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BIGCH33S31 day ago
+1
Probably blown up by the Trump administration
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No-Celebration30971 day ago
-1
Did this administration fire on a boat again?
-1
shizzy01 day ago
-2
Surely these were drug traffickers the US tried to execute without trial or evidence because we’re just lawless pirates now. /s but fr
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StingingGamer1 day ago
Oh so this is the "Creative" Marketing GTA 6 will have!
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D_Angelo_Vickers22 hr ago
+1
It wasn't a cruise ship.
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seventhchapter1 day ago
Wow, that's horrible I was nearby miami beach just passing by... Will be praying for their families❤️🙏
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AnonSpartan71 day ago
Just another case of cocaine diplomats
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Tome_Bombadil1 day ago
Cue Carl Winslow: "TRUUUUUMP!"
Southpark version: "What, just cause a boat blows up you gotta look at me? During voting season? C'mon guy!"
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