#THIS IS BOATS

[screampotato]

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.

#boats #shipping #shipping discourse

[sometiktoksarevalid]

#music only audio #art #painting #boats #storm #seascape

[mckitterick]

Drone Dragon 1500

1,500 drones light up the sky over Shenzhen on June 22 with a flying dragon

this amazing display kicked off China's Dragon Boat Festival, taking place on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese calendar, commemorating the ancient poet Qu Yuan

#drones #dragons #light shows #china #dragon boat festival

[langernameohnebedeutung]

If tumblr dies we should all regroup on vivino the wine-rating app. Can follow, can like, can post pictures, can post text. Just mention a Pinot and Chianti for the first few months until we outnumber the genuine wine people

#im kidding but I also don't want to worry about another tumblr apocalypse but also thinking about preparing some escape boat

[mydearbasil]

The pirate captain and the shark lady 💕

#mermay #sharklady #mermaid #pirate #captain #wlw #illustration #sea #boat #ship #muhkta #belle

[plumadot]

boat boys on hermitcraft. losing my mind

#i super like them and their silly dynamic #look at me trying to colour properly and kinda failing oh well #also trying to draw better shapes i suppose #hermitcraft #hermitcraft season 10 #traffic smp #smallishbeans #ethoslab #smalletho #boat boys #plume art

[tinyetho]

Haven't been able to watch his new episode yet, but OVERANALYZE? SmallishBeans Joel. You did this to yourself, you obsessed Ethogirl

#boat boys #smalletho #hermitcraft #smallishbeans #sCATTER HE KNOWS #is this boat boys canin #i cant wait to watch the new episode

[toboldlymuppet]

here in the storm, i found peace in you

#izzy hands #israel hands #jim jimenez #ofmd frenchie #fang #archie ofmd #frenchie #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmds2spoilers #spoilers #s2 spoilers #breakup boat crew #these guys esp have found a way to my heart

[cerealdog]

Session 3 is just people being appalled by other people's decisions

And important questions

#secret life smp #slsmp #mumbo jumbo #goodtimeswithscar #ethoslab #smallishbeans #inthelittlewood #solidaritygaming #i couldn’t remember the dog's colour #boat boys #i guess #my art

[scavengedluxury]

When politicians say they want to take Britain back the 1950s and they actually deliver.

#oxbridge boat race #uk politics #water pollution #can some future Ministers fall in pls

[kithj]

good games i've played on itchio lately:

please tell me you love me - chat with your guild members for the last time before the game's servers are shut down

GIRLKILLER (covet) - there is a girl who looks like you, and today you're going to kill her

cover me in leaves - stuck in your small hometown, you get your first tattoo. and then a few more, and more, and more

don't rock the boat - play through the different perspectives of a women's crew team as they are stalked by something in the water

GUTLESS - you are the captain of a deep sea vessel. your mission doesn't go well

so, about last night... - you wake up sick and weirdly hungry after hooking up with someone at a party. you spend the next night trying to find her.

close the window, my love - short bitsy poem about closing the window. sound on! this creator has a lot of short bitsy works i recommend.

there is a beautiful star - just a short, cute side scroller. lots of short, lighthearted games from them, definitely recommend for a mood booster.

#these are all p short except for so about last night gutless and rock the boat #still not super long tho #these are all on my itch page too but whatever lmfao #also cringe i feel so awkward writing descriptions but i dont really have a lot to say personally #except. Good Game 👍 #also sorry recommending gutless a second time sue me #i think girlkiller is my favorite atm... i like the ambiguity in that one and two different endings #games

[keepsaken]

pov: they’re trapped in etho desktop background limbo forever

#keepsakes #hermitcraft #boat boys #dlsmp #boatboys #etho #ethoslab #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #smalletho #double life

[tsukiiuna]

From Gem's stream today, at around 1hour30minute mark

#etho #ethoslab #ethogirl #geminitay #grian #joe hills #hermitcraft #hermitblr #smallishbeans #boat boys

[calocreek]

I saw this post and I was like, its...its boat boys....

#hermitcraft #joel smallishbeans #ethoslab #boat boys #smalletho #smallishbeans #trafficblr #double life #calocraft #<- mcyt tag #fanart

[jondrettegirls]

[ID: A page of a play. It reads as follows, "Theseus: Stop. Give me your hand. I am your friend. / Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood. / Theseus: Stain them, I don't care." End text.]

Herakles - Euripides (Tr. Anne Carson)

#on my own. #sorry the formatting on this is weird theres a page break bleh #anne carson #euripides #quotes #herakles #theseus #herakles&theseus #i just thought ab this play again and god… like a little boat being towed along by a big boat…… #quoteblr #wordblr #euripides was rlly into this huh. w/ orestes & pylades ‘not to me not if its you’ like. he was rlly into this specific dynamic

[solbellaria]

Fandom found dead

#WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM #boat boys #smallishbeans #ethoslab #hermitcraft