mysticalpineforest
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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy.
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Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).
When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".
When the boat is still being built, your say "it".
When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".
When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".
When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.
If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").
If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")
If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").
If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.
If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.
I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.
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In the club saying shit like "frankly" and "in all honesty"
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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to miss the application window
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well have you considered that maybe the unstoppable force is in love with the immovable object
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why is there no emoji for pinky promises. what have we come to as a society
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having online friends is so fun! but watch out! the distinse......
#use my simple solution!#it's easy! its called just gather enough online friends that one will be within 2ish hours of you whenever you travel anywhere!#shoutout to my last trips to:#st louis missouri#memphis tennessee#washington DC#literally spain#all of which i got to see my internet friends!#(well i did not see the one in spain but that's cause i was not allowed to leave the group so SHH)
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Personality test, is 80f/26c too hot for you?
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I just feel like the eclipse should be a federal holiday
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i feel like conversations around the inaccessibility of academic info focus way too much on difficult language and not enough on the fact that you need to pay a million dollars to access any paper or book that is remotely nuanced or talks about anything outside of the mainstream information narrative
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at the end of the day you must make poetry out of it
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is that simple task bothering you queen
#PREV WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TASKMASTER THEN#PLS#NO ONE I KNOW GETS IT THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE GOTTEN
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no no no, it’s totally fine—will you excuse me for a moment? (steps outside to shriek and sob)
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anyone else afraid worried concerned anxious freaked out etc etc
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