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I hear Fallout is popular again.
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not now kitten. daddy’s writing a post for the three people who always give him notes on tumblr
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Getting Underway, by Bob Grimson (1945-)
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Naval Sail Training, by Bob Grimson (1945-)
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Breaking sky, painted with a magnifying glass by Jan de Quelery (1957-)
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40 gun frigate of the Royal Navy from 1768, as a model on deck 2 of the International Maritime Museum Hamburg.
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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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Pip Bernadotte, if it weren't for a giant scythe, your habits likely would have gotten you...
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i would've fucked so hard as a court jester in ye olde i would've jangled my balls and done a little dance and sang my silly tunes i'd be so good at my job. alas i have to be on tumblr instead which is like a poor imitation of it
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A trading brig unloading cargo off the coast near Brixham, by Thomas Luny (1759-1837)
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Färöer/ Redsails sailing
© Gaui H - The Icelander
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somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.
and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.
I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me
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American Privateer PRINCE de NEUFCHATEL, 1844, by Victor Mays (1927-2015)
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Content Warning: Violence, Death, Blood
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