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      2711 months 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.

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      611 months ago

      N̴͈͇̥̞͑̈́͋ͅo̴͕̠̞̻̭̻͆̆͐̂̊ ̸̨͔̤̹̟͈͈̳͚̳̆w̸̡̢̼͓̳͍̮̠̳̹͍̎̒͛̓͐̂̐̈́͛͐̈̽͘ȇ̸̩̞̉́͆̾͗̋̆͑̓̚͠ ̷̡̱̜̫̭̃̈́̈̂̏͋̓͑̃̿͋̅͗͘͜g̸̨̛͖̝̭̹̀̈́͛̆̅̿̇͗͑̐̾̑͜o̷̬͚͙͒̿̆̀ţ̶̡͎̲̝͍̖͖̲̻̯̙̘̽̓t̶̘̜͔̿̎ả̴̛̛̞̗͇̔̋̀͌͗̓̽̎̆̇̏̾͜ ̴̧̧̤͍̬͙̤̘̘̬̹̮̥̋̇̒̉̈́̈́̎͌̉̽̚͠ͅͅc̵̰̘̼̩͑̃̈e̵̡̡̢̦͙̤̪̺̻̦̮̤͗̅̓͆̓̃ͅn̴̙̩͍͓̣̟̜̭̺͇̮̞̉̄̂͆͆͜ş̴͇̮̦͖͚̖̺͚̺̠̌̍̎̿̀̏͒͜͝o̷̟̮͓͈̜̜̜̼͐̈́̽̓̆̀͐̎̏͘ṟ̷̘̣͓͐̅̒̅̈̊͝ ̴̲̟̯̝̝̺̥̜̖̹̇̀̂̊͘ͅë̴̢̢̨̙̖̭̩̩̬̬̺͖͙́̽̋̇̓m̴̛̯̗̻͓̱̗̂͛ ̸̡͓͎͚̻̹̦̹̥͚̗̩̳͊̎̽͐͂͝w̴̨̡̨̛̬͓̹̟̟͓̙̯̠̟̞̰͂̃̿̃̏͝ē̵̫̭͚͖͕̫͕̣̑̈̊͋̈̀́̓ị̷̯̟͐̒̄̓̉̏͊̊̊̓͝͠͝ŗ̶̡̨̢͗d̶̨̙̩̳̉͒͆̓ ̶̧̫̮͋̉̑̆́́͂̔́̍̂̈͆͠ń̸͎̹͔̭̝̗̺͚͍͕͕̗̫̪͐͗̊ͅo̵̡̨̥̗̘͍͉̭̺̘͉̬̊͐̈́̌̉̂̐ͅͅw̸̖̽̓̈

      • GrimSheeper
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        311 months ago

        F̴̛̘͚̰͚̮̞̙̳͉̯̀̈́͌͌͌̈́͗̾̔̆͘r̷̢̉̂̊̈́͌̊̈́́̀̎͛̚i̷͕̤͈͓̝͖̺͍͖̟͒͂̏͂͋ͅc̸̨̹̯̖̝̮͙̣̺̰̹̀͑͒͝͝ͅk̶̡̼͖͐̇͆̊͐͋͌̌̈́́̔͘

        • @[email protected]
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          411 months ago

          O̴͙͈͈͓̪͔̭̩̟̼̗͍͖͂̿̽̆̈̍̑̇̏̒ṇ̶̨̟̗̻̬͈̜̠̫̠͚̊̄͌͗͂̈̓l̵͉̘̍̽͘͠y̸̡͔̺̱̼͇̯͐͌̀̈́́͆̽͌̈́̑͂̈́̏͜͝͠ ̴̢̢͓̖̖̪̦͉̘̫̣̜͎̿̾͑̐̑͋̈̚̚ḇ̷̨̣̭̯̼̦̗̻͐̌̉̐̒͑̾͘͝ͅe̶̛̫̲͕̮̐͋̔́͂́̉c̷̹̝̠͕͓̾́̾̒͌͊͌̽̿̽̒͝͝͠ą̵̛̯̹̱̫͓̬͈̼̲̱̌͊̉̆͂́̌̈u̷̧̨̯̮̝̯̙̤̪̺̹͐̓̓̀̌͘͜s̴͕̪͕͈͒̽̋̊̿̌̐́ė̷̥̣̭̖̫̮̗̹̭́̈́̂̉̊̑̅͑̆̋̒̒̂͝ ̵̤̞̘̺̻̈̀̈́̚͠ŷ̷̨͇̼̼̬͙̙̰͕̹͔̎͂̑̿̆̓̈̃̈̏̅͠͝ō̸͙̬̣͇̥̗͖̟̫u̵͉͉͚͉̪̳͗̿̉͑̔͋̆̀͘͝ ̴̫̖͕̼́̃̂̋̾͋͊͆̃͌̓͠͝͠ȁ̸̧̤̪͙̻͚͈͕̥̺̙̼̟͓̍s̸̨̛̛̛̤̭̤͕̺̳̜͕̙̰͈̮͋͊̎͐̌̔k̶̠͉̣̱̦̮͚̹͖̄̾͂̀̒̽̂e̷̘͈̦̭̋̆̉ď̴̡̂̄͌͊̂̌̀ ̴̭̱͚͓͌ṕ̸̖̱̘̲̯͓̲̙̤̥̬̫̟̒̏̃̔̓̚͜ơ̵͖̔͗̑́̿̒͊̈̌̑̀̒͠l̶̡̫̯̯̙̲̹̦̬̪̤̓̀̿̈́͝͠ͅͅi̴̮͌̋͑̕ͅt̵͚̙̺͓̜̀̏͂̄̽͛͛͑̈́̚͝͠ȩ̴̨̢̥̣̥̬͙̣̜͕͈̅̔͛͌͛̍͆̽̓ͅḻ̶̙̮̭̜̤͕͕͙̯̒̆̌̀̈́̾̓̑͊̉̉́͠͝ͅy̵̜̮̲̣͕̬̜̿̔̈̋̀̓͆

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

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      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]
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      1511 months ago

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

      Problem solved.

      • Nougat
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        The left is always the ship’s left, just like the left side of a car is always the left side of a car.

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          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.”

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            911 months 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”.

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            411 months ago

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

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              111 months ago

              It could, “the car got t-boned on the drivers side of the vehicle.”

              You would ask if the driver was alright, passenger side you may state "oh thank goodness (insert significant other name here) wasn’t with them.

              … better wording recommended, that may sound like you didn’t care about the driver

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            311 months 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.

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            311 months ago

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

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      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.

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    2111 months ago

    Let’s name them something edgy and disruptive. How about calling all four sides “X”.

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    And what the fuck kind of speed measurement is “knots”?

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    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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    311 months ago

    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.)

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

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      “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.

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        Red Right Return actually refers to returning to harbor or marina. The red channel navigation markers and lights will be on your right.

        And not quite; the boat mounted lights indicate to the other boat who has right of way.

        For two powerboats crossing, the one on the right has right of way, and they will see (are given) a green light on the other boat.

        While the other sees red, like a matador’s cape, which tells it to yield. (which doesn’t work for bulls and just makes them angry because they are color blind)

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      Port ----- starboard

      Left ----- right

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

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      111 months ago

      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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      111 months ago

      I was once on a boat where that stairs thingy was on its left side. The port is where you get on the boat, and the stairs thingy is how you get on the boat. The stairs thingy is on the left, so port is left. Works every time.

      I give you my permission to use this mnemonic device however you see fit. You’re welcome.