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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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One of my favourite things of christmas season is that i get to play cards with all my extended family, my dad and his sister and her husband and in laws and sons and nephews and all. We play with a deck of carte piacentine all these low stakes games like sette e mezzo or salta cavallo etc where the real fun is out-psyching the other players before even handing out the cards and being your most obnoxious self possible so as to make them doubt their play and say it was your plan all along when they inevitably lose, generally creating as much chaos as possible. Then, when everyone is tired and about to go home for good, my dad or my aunt will whip out the deck again to play mazzetti and depending on lady luck there'll be endless gloating or shame for the whole festive season and beyond

Do y'all have any favorite card games?

#also uno honorable mention cause i was always in the middle of uno tournaments at summer camp

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In the cellar!! In the cellar for one thousand years!!!

you bottle Miette??

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Here's a link to the dunmeshi manga :3

https://deliciousdungeon.com/

thanks, anon...?

#ask #what was this about anon #not that im not happy to post about dunmeshi i love it #but was this a non sequitur or is a reply to some old post? #i cant rememberrr

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they used to make smackable technology. you used to be able to hit your tv when it didn't work good.

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guy sitting in front of me in class was vandalizing wikipedia and i kept reverting his edits as soon as he made them and he couldn't figure out why it was happening

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No, you know what, everyone be nice to Liam Hemsworth. He's not the step Geralt, he's the Geralt who stepped up.

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it is so jarring and weird when a fantasy book is like “ok let’s go around the circle and have each character talk about which lgbt umbrella category they identify with” like ok your fantasy world doesn’t have to be feudal europe but can it not be 2023 twitter please

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Height gap romance except the shorter one is frequently depicted in situations where they are contextually taller. The taller one sitting while the shorter one looms over them. Both of them lying in bed with the taller one’s head pressed to the shorter one’s chest. The shorter one straddling the taller one’s lap and leaning down for a kiss. The taller one on their knees as the shorter one tilts their head up. Please, it makes me go feral

#this is literally stolitz no i dont take criticism

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I havent seen this week's dunmeshi episode yet and im already fearing for my life laios what did they do to you was it shuro it was shuro wasnt it laios i love you dont be sad

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #laios touden #im here dodging spoilers like a pro #a pro at failing ofc ive had to quickly scroll past so many gifsets its unbelievable #i only know something went down and it involved laios and now im *fear“

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#i so wanted to say fma but alas #it was sword art online #if were talking ab what i watched on the tv as a kid tho id have to say pretty cure

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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash) "following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you "random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you "For You" - you found this on the For You page "recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post "other" - you found this post some other way. comment how? "reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post "reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post

with that out of the way:

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Me watching ready set love: what in the omegaverse is this straight au

#ready set love #cmooooon yall cant tell me this is not how to omegaverse 101 but make it straight

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I feel a spiritual link with the main character of Ready, Set, Love, who gives zero fucks about the life-changing game she's won a chance to be in and is instead spending her time stuffing her face at the buffet table

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I've only been into Max for a couple of years. But you've been in my life forever. Chal...it's time you were true to your heart. I just want you to be happy, Chal.

#in my mind they kissed

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Usually when a manga/anime references western lit you should just assume it’s window dressing and not read into it- which is totally fair, western writers do that all the time with everything. However, Ryoko Kui is very detail oriented and ‘Laios’ sounded like Greek to me, so I thought maybe this would be the exception.

It turns out that that Laios/Laius is, in fact a Greek mythological figure. However, I . don’t think it’s supposed to mean anything.

Probably. It’s nothing. It’s fine. It’s nothing and that’s fine.

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But I would be really curious to know what list Kui was looking at to end up naming her Main Character after the father of fucking Oedipus

#to be fair op ive been wondering about that since day one #i saw he was named laios and went ???? what do you mean hes named laios. laios laios? laios of laios fame? #lol