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maffew buildings posted:You're American, you NEVER apologize for not knowing the basics of anything outside of football, beer, big trucks and FREEDOM New country motto: "Nunquam ignorationem tuam excusa."
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maffew buildings posted:You're American, you NEVER apologize for not knowing the basics of anything outside of football, beer, big trucks and FREEDOM  Coming up on my year mark for the last one!
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https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/05/03/a-very-good-girl-deploys-on-carrier-ford-sage-the-therapy-dog/ I saw this yesterday and immediately came up with half a dozen reasons why this was a stupid rear end decision.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/05/03/a-very-good-girl-deploys-on-carrier-ford-sage-the-therapy-dog/ *every sailor onboard, simultaneously* "WE NEED LESS TIME AT SEA, NOT A loving DOG" I would go pet the dog tho. E: I just thought "they should have had dogs on submarines, then I realized that would be an insanely cruel and hosed up thing to do to most dogs 
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Elviscat posted:*every sailor onboard, simultaneously* "WE NEED LESS TIME AT SEA, NOT A loving DOG" If only they made smaller, more sedentary dogs that enjoyed enclosed spaces like boxes. Maybe a different animal altogether, one with an ancient naval tradition behind it.
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Letting cats aboard submarines would result in their learning to get the zoomies, knock over anything that can make a hot noise, and/or start yowling at the mention of "ultra-quiet." You'd be letting a tiny yet highly effective agent of chaos aboard. Also woe be tied to anyone who's deathly allergic to cats.
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I don't know if an emotional support turtle would be as effective.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/05/03/a-very-good-girl-deploys-on-carrier-ford-sage-the-therapy-dog/ Yeah they should have half a dozen dogs instead.
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They used to have boat cats on submarines, I was told. Wasn't sure I believed what I was being told but it seemed plausible Edit: yeah it looks like they had dogs and cats during wwII
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A.o.D. posted:If only they made smaller, more sedentary dogs that enjoyed enclosed spaces like boxes. Maybe a different animal altogether, one with an ancient naval tradition behind it. goat? 
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US Berder Patrol posted:goat? From Patrick O'Brian; a sailor has performed the beast with two backs and six feet on the ship's goat. quote:'Why will they report these things? The goat must be slaughtered - that's but fair - and it shall be served out to the mess that informed on him.'
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A.o.D. posted:If only they made smaller, more sedentary dogs that enjoyed enclosed spaces like boxes. Maybe a different animal altogether, one with an ancient naval tradition behind it. We "adopted" a stray tabby when we were in Guam and named him "Crash Meowntain". They wouldn't let us take him underway tho. E: lost the SD card with pictures of sailors standing around petting Crash, so here's another kitty. 
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Crab Dad posted:Yeah they should have half a dozen dogs instead. The only two good reasons for this are: 1) Pics of the bejeweled good girl in boots, doggles and hearing protection. 2) Petting the good girl. Everything else is nonskid and knee-knockers and just why. My shins have bone chips from knee knockers. E: We had this conversation at work yesterday and the first response was unequivocally 😨 for her feet. SquirrelyPSU fucked around with this message at 02:58 on May 6, 2023 |
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My bone chips from the Navy is in my knee from falling out of my rack blackout drunk in Scotland, and one in my skull, along with some nasty scar tissue, from the water tight door. Also, I stepped foot on a submarine for the last time 1 year ago! 
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SquirrelyPSU posted:The only two good reasons for this are: Yeah, as much as I would love to have some dogs around on a boat, that has to be a really lovely environment for them.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Yeah, as much as I would love to have some dogs around on a boat, that has to be a really lovely environment for them. I’m in Manhattan and the fact that anyone owns a loving dog on this island that doesn’t like…live directly next to Central Park is a goddamn crime against dogs. So yeah. A ship dog would be worse. And I’m not even a dog person.
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Dogs wouldn't do well on a ship long term, but ship cats being back would be a blast. We could even come up with a punny rank or a cat-themed rate for the cats, bigger boats could have a whole kitty hierarchy, mouser 3rd class, mouser 1st class, meowster chief, etc.
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Pussy Officer First Class Meowster J. Nip.
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There are plenty of cuddly animals that can do fine in enclosed spaces. Have a room full of rabbits to go relax in. Let work centers have a hamster. poo poo, there's already a space called the Gerbil Gym, just put some actual gerbils in there.
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If you don't tell anyone, you could have a secret squirrel-space inside your secret-squirrel space!
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Wingnut Ninja posted:There are plenty of cuddly animals that can do fine in enclosed spaces. Have a room full of rabbits to go relax in. Let work centers have a hamster. poo poo, there's already a space called the Gerbil Gym, just put some actual gerbils in there. Rabbits are bad luck on ships cause they’ll eat natural fiber ropes. Gerbils and such will get into wiring.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:There are plenty of cuddly animals that can do fine in enclosed spaces. Have a room full of rabbits to go relax in. Excellent, real life's tribble.
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Cats would be a horrible idea for modern subs. I have no doubt they would cause all kinds of sound shorts.
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Verify range to target. One pspspspsps only, please.
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FrozenVent posted:Pussy Officer First Class Meowster J. Nip. Myeowman Whiskers von Mauser
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Myeowman Whiskers von Mauser Whisker Nimitz Bull Pawsley Purrnest J King Catmirl Leahy William Purrnell John Paw Jones David Farracat Straymond Spruance
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piL posted:Whisker Nimitz Very disappointed that Arleigh Purrke didn't make its way in here. Or (and I know this is a stretch and also kinda  ) Stephen Declawtur.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Very disappointed that Arleigh Purrke didn't make its way in here. I stared at both names' inspirations for 15 minutes before just posting. I'm embarrassed about missing Arleigh Purrke especially. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Mouser_to_the_Cabinet_Office https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_(cat) piL fucked around with this message at 02:55 on May 7, 2023 |
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McNally posted:Charles Clawkwood Jimmy Clawter Alfred Thayer Maowthan Alan Shedard
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Let's get into some fictional ones. Tom "Nicecat" Katzansky Pete "Maverlick" Scritchill (edited this one) Captain Murrell writes itself from The Enemy Below for a submarine cat. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 08:19 on May 7, 2023 |
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ded posted:Cats would be a horrible idea for modern subs. I have no doubt they would cause all kinds of sound shorts. *furiously documenting the frequency difference between Russian and US cats* That trace there? Classic Russian Blue, fire torpedoes. Also, The Purrivans John F(eline) Kennedy
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Put the litter box in AMR and no one will know when it's time to clean it. I am an old sailor so I don't know if the newfangled boats still use amine or have an Aux Machine Room or who moved my cheese
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Still got AMRs and scrubbers, the newer scrubbers are way, way better at keeping the amine out of the air though. Unless your a-gang can't figure out how to fix a mech seal, so they slowly blast the entire amine tank into the atmosphere over a ~30 day underway.
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