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News & Current Events Apr 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM

2 Cruise Ships Exit Strait of Hormuz After Being Stranded for Weeks

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Mo_h Apr 21, 2026 +238
Imagine taking a cruise in a warzone! A story to tell your grandkids!!
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DaftPump Apr 21, 2026 +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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XanderTheMander Apr 21, 2026 +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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Shirolicious Apr 21, 2026 +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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MommyLovesPot8toes Apr 21, 2026 +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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Shirolicious Apr 21, 2026 +2
Thanks for the tip, will give that a try
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FlyingDiscsandJams Apr 21, 2026 -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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MommyLovesPot8toes Apr 21, 2026 +3
I like that idea. Other subs do things like that.
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FlyingDiscsandJams Apr 21, 2026 +2
We need it badly now that half the news posts have completely over the top headlines.
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Public-Position7711 Apr 21, 2026 -4
Now we’re blaming the paywalls? How about people are idiots?
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i_sell_you_lies Apr 23, 2026 +1
How should one read if they cannot? 
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Public-Position7711 Apr 23, 2026 +1
Use ChatGPT.
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old_righty Apr 22, 2026 +2
Did the skeletons have jobs to get back to though
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irrealewunsche Apr 21, 2026 +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_h Apr 21, 2026 +1
passengers employment status... should be the least of their worries. Especially when life itself is at risk!
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DaftPump Apr 21, 2026 -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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ronimal Apr 21, 2026 +4
Presumably you would also not read those follow-up stories.
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TrueSithMastermind Apr 22, 2026 +2
It probably wasn’t a war zone when those ships first arrived.
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uberdilettante Apr 21, 2026 +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-name Apr 22, 2026 -1
Imagine taking a cruise
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fullchub Apr 21, 2026 +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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texachusetts Apr 21, 2026 +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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SadZealot Apr 22, 2026 +6
Well they lost, so I guess we'll see how the bombs fall tomorrow
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SlightlySublimated Apr 21, 2026 +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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SY0123 Apr 21, 2026 +17
Honey I found a great deal for a cruise vacation!
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beegtuna Apr 21, 2026 +2
“Let go on Carnival’s Strait cruise” “What cruise?”
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_T42_ Apr 22, 2026 -2
Cant wait for the doc!
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