• seth@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    He owns a yacht. I’d be interested to hear of a single yacht owner who is a decent person. I’m not sure one exists.

    Edit: Thanks for the cool examples of decent people with yachts!

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      Some people live on yachts and that’s their entire home. So like a 70,000£ yacht, then like 300£ a month in slip (berth) fees, including electric and whatnot. I strongly considered it. It’s roughly the same cost but better than caravan living, IMO.

      It’s a decent alternative to a landlocked home.

      But yeah, millionaires with yachts are a different thing.

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        10 months ago

        That’s a good use case. I’d be interested to know more about the idiosyncrasies that come with that lifestyle, like if they go out to sea when a storm is expected, or just weather it out in the harbor.

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        10 months ago

        Noah would’ve been a genocide-complicit, doomsday cult prepper, similar to those who build private libertarian cities on the ocean or some planet as a climate adaptation strategy.

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            Not sure if you read your history book (the Bible), but he only brought 2 of everything. Including mosquitoes, flies, tardigrades, etc. Everything else died.

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              Not sure if you read your history book (the Bible), but he brought seven pairs of clean animals and birds (Gen 7:2-3).

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              Yeah, not sure if you’re intending to be combative, but not every Christian believes that flood narrative is literal historical account.

              I was just being a little silly.

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        10 months ago

        Wasn’t he the one that banged his daughters? Idk there was a few of those types in the bible.

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          10 months ago

          Lot.

          And actually, to be “fair” to him, his daughters raped him.

          As written it’s not strictly his fault. Even if his parenting skills clearly lack.

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        10 months ago

        That’s an excellent exception, and quite interesting. Thanks for the link!

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        My cousin did this with her wife and they are very decent.

        The thing was a floating money pit though and was usually broken down and was sometimes uninhabitable because of various issues.

        Then the hull got damaged in a storm when waves banged it against the dock over and over again.

        Now they own a nice little house.

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      10 months ago

      My ex-teamlead owns a yacht (if he didn’t sell it). The catch is that yacht is worth about $40 thousands, not $4 millions.

      Also there was a person in USSR who built a yacht and circumnavigated the Earth on that, not everyone who do own a yach own that luxury slab of floating gold

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          10 months ago

          Somehow the response got lost 🤔

          It did float even though it was not new and not spacious. Then again, there are sail sport yachts that may be even cheaper but can’t be used as a home or to navigate an open water.