Imagine taking a cruise in a warzone! A story to tell your grandkids!!
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DaftPump4 days ago
+12
I'm curious about the fate of some of those passengers employment status. If some employers fire them for failing to show up for work, but they're stuck in a war zone. Clumsy.
EDIT: Good news on this front. Thanks.
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XanderTheMander4 days ago
+209
The passengers were repatriated long ago. Literally the first paragraph of the article says that the ships had no passengers and a skeleton crew. Not that anybody reads articles.
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Shirolicious4 days ago
+62
I used to blame people for not reading the articles before commenting. Lately though, with almost every website/post here being behind a paywall I dont blame them anymore. Neither for even taking the effort of clicking to check whether its paywalled or not.
More often its paywalled. This article included.
Though its still okay if you open from PC directly but totally fucked from mobile.
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MommyLovesPot8toes3 days ago
+9
Click the dotted Listnook menu on the top right of the article and choose "open in default browser". It gets you past a ton of soft paywalls.
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Shirolicious3 days ago
+2
Thanks for the tip, will give that a try
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FlyingDiscsandJams4 days ago
-1
I don't have time to read every single article, I skim the comments for context & quotes to decide if the whole thing is worth my time, especially when it's more of a curiosity like this. I really wish the news & politics subs required the OP to include a submission statement explaining why it's important or newsworthy, you shouldn't be able to copy a headline & a web link and post it with nothing else.
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MommyLovesPot8toes3 days ago
+3
I like that idea. Other subs do things like that.
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FlyingDiscsandJams3 days ago
+2
We need it badly now that half the news posts have completely over the top headlines.
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Public-Position77114 days ago
-4
Now we’re blaming the paywalls?
How about people are idiots?
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i_sell_you_lies2 days ago
+1
How should one read if they cannot?
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Public-Position77112 days ago
+1
Use ChatGPT.
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old_righty3 days ago
+2
Did the skeletons have jobs to get back to though
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irrealewunsche4 days ago
+15
I would imagine that the passengers flew home weeks ago.
edit: FTA - "The two ships, Mein Schiff 4 and Mein Schiff 5, both staffed with skeleton crews and no passengers"
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Mo_h4 days ago
+1
passengers employment status... should be the least of their worries. Especially when life itself is at risk!
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DaftPump4 days ago
-2
Yes, we all get that. I won't be surprised if we see follow-up stories of some passengers getting canned. :/
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ronimal4 days ago
+4
Presumably you would also not read those follow-up stories.
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TrueSithMastermind3 days ago
+2
It probably wasn’t a war zone when those ships first arrived.
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uberdilettante4 days ago
+1
No need to tell them, they’ll probably watch the documentary on Netflix in a few months… 🙃
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that-isa-madeup-name3 days ago
-1
Imagine taking a cruise
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fullchub4 days ago
+63
I’m calling it right now. Trump is just waiting for the VA referendum on redistricting to finish tonight, then he’ll go back to bombing Iran. The two-week ceasefire was just a smokescreen to give Republicans the best chance at keeping those 4 House seats. If Republicans lose, I think he’ll bomb Iran even harder.
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texachusetts4 days ago
+25
A republican president can murder thousands of people if it is related to his job (a coup is job related for example because it is simply “more job”) and a democratic president can’t cancel onerous student debt according the John Robert’s Supreme Court.
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SadZealot3 days ago
+6
Well they lost, so I guess we'll see how the bombs fall tomorrow
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SlightlySublimated4 days ago
+10
"Over on this side, you can see homemade Iranian gun boats! Look how they welded on MLRS rocket systems and belt fed machine guns! Isn't it just wonderful?!"
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SY01234 days ago
+17
Honey I found a great deal for a cruise vacation!
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beegtuna4 days ago
+2
“Let go on Carnival’s Strait cruise”
“What cruise?”
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