Considering the fire started in the ship's laundry facility, I'm calling this one "Schrödinger's floating dormitory full of dudebro manchildren who have never once cleaned a lint trap in their fucking lives."

Respect your electric clothes dryer, or it will literally burn you alive.

Thank you for coming to my a-guy talk.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the same ship where they were flushing clothing down the toilets. It's pretty likely that the fire is the same people that did that in my opinion.

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Exactly

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[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I gotta believe they're not having each individual sailor do their own laundry unsupervised like a laundromat though right? Surely there are people whose job it is to do the laundry for the whole ship? So maybe these people know their shit well enough to get away with making it look plausibly enough like an accident or something. I have no idea though, I'm just speculating wildly

[–] goferking0 14 points 1 week ago

Or like they toilet system they went with something that only works part of the time or easy to break?

Although idk how you'd mess up industral size laundry systems but also didn't think they could mess up plumbing.

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 56 points 1 week ago

clueless "Sir, there's no way the Sailors did this to sabotage our efforts! Support for the war is nearly 100%!"

'Did the survey specify which side the support is for?'

aware

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago

Sir! you cant prove shit sir!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Big if true, doubt it tho. Still hope they feel anger by being suspected of.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I personally think this one is true. This is the ship that had the toilet sabotage, where sailors were flushing clothing down the toilets.

They fix that and then fires break out? These sailors want to go home and they're trying to force the ship into it.

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You keep suggesting/stating the toilet stuff was sabotage when there is little reason to believe that.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

An earlier report by NPR on January 17 already exposed the toilet problem. According to the report, the vacuum sewage system of the Ford means that a problem with one head can cause all of the toilets in that part of the ship to lose suction, making it difficult for the maintenance crews to isolate a problem. The crews find everything from T-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope clogging the system. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202602/1355709.shtml

If they're finding t-shirts flushed down the toilets that is 100% sabotage.

This ship is only supposed to be deployed for 6 months at a time. It has been deployed for 11 months. They have every reason to be engaging in this behaviour. They want to go home.

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It isn't 100% sabotage, I wouldn't even say it is 50% sabotage

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

you think the crew are shitting out t shirts…?

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I will quote a previous comment of mine on this:

This sounds like liberal "support the troops, hate the cheeto" wishful thinking/propaganda. Thousands of 18-20 year old, genocidal, dumb ass gross men probably flush all kinds of things all the time (bored, cum rags, ran out of toilet paper so used a shirt, had diarrhea and shit themselves, pranks and bullying etc)

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not trying to “support the troops” lmao. I think they’re a bunch of treatlerites who want to go home and play xbox/abuse their girlfriends because they’ve been at sea for 11 months.

Also I would like it to be sabotage because it’ll be funny soviet-chad

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

I would like it to be sabotage because it’ll be funny

based

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it's very likely that a bunch of 19 year olds who signed up to get free college and a dodge charger are super excited about being targeted by Iranian anti-ship missiles eleven months into their six month deployment

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago

Exactly, I find my old t-shirts clogging my toilet all the time. Sometimes I'm looking for a favorite shirt, and after I've looked everywhere, I take apart the plumbing, and it's always there. It just happens.

[–] pisstoria@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I think sometimes they just do things like that without much of a discernible reason tbh. Not a sign of being particularly dedicated to the mission either way though.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Ever see the toilet suction on a ship? That will tear the clothes right off your body, and suck them right down the pipe. I'm sure that's what must have happened. There's absolutely no other explanation for how those clothes got into the toilet. Surely it wasn't done by young sailors who want to go home and get laid.

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 41 points 1 week ago

they probably scared because they are gonna face a foe that can actually punch back. If it was a typical weak foe, these sailors would not have any problem doing their Imperialist duties. What's a few dead poor brown kids, as long as you get free med and college eh?

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware it was on a six month deployment that was extended TWICE and is now on the 11th month

lmao they're absolutely revolting against the brass, extended deployments is a mental health killer for troops, there's definitely sabotage

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like they went from WARfighter to WOKEfighter frothingfash

[–] BearerOfPickles@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

I still love that little picture so damn much

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That behemoth is way over due to return to port and isn't scheduled to return for months. It should return to port every 9 months (iirc) and its been deployed for over a year.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard recently it was supposed to be a six month deployment and has been extended twice (once for venezuala war crime, again for iran war crimes)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Coming Soon - Cuba War Crimes!

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Wondering out loud if aircraft carriers got arms on board someone might HYPOTHEICALLY do a muntinity with?

[–] Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

of course, we disavow such actions.

fedposting

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They do. All US ships AFAIK have an armory for small arms in case of emergency, patrols/lookouts, or they have to go ashore for whatever reason in a war zone. They're incredibly strict and of course there's a hall monitor chud who counts every bullet and gun that gets checked out while keeping everything under lock and key.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What happens if, hypothetically, five people beat the shit out of him and stole his key

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

im pretty sure the small arms on board, regardless of any other theoretical need, are primarily stored and compartmentalized for the purposes of stopping a mutiny from taking control of critical areas and sealing off groups in non-essential areas through strategic control of access hatches/doors/etc. every ship constantly drills "general quarters" (action stations etc) which is a total lockdown in place where movement is tightly controlled, ostensibly an announcement of potential external threats. but it achieves a completely different purpose simultaneously.

the birth of every professional navy on earth was of kidnapping/pressganging men into servitude under threat of starvation, torture and death at sea for even minor attempts to resist work or authority. they have always been floating work camps run by a tyrant with full authority to maintain control.

the bullets for amall arms on large naval ships are intended for their own sailors should tensions come to a head.

[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Definitely, I don't think it would be too difficult to hold major systems hostage with the sheer amount of matériel and super dangerous shit on board

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[–] abc@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They are true pirates

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Another signature?!

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pete Kegbreath will blame it on a DEI recruit.

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

Jam a blåhaj in the lint trap, fill the dryer with oily cotton bathtowels, run on high

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

nicholson-yes

[–] Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Both of these come to mind

I hope they embed right, I'm testing a new Lemmy client

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[–] whiskers165@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

Real American heroes if tru

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know it's probably just them revolting against bad working conditions and not being part of a genocidal imperial hegemon. But then, so were most of the crew of the Potemkin.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

It’s because they may die for a change

[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

First the put laundry where the poop goes...

Then they put fire where the laundry goes...

Where are they gonna put the poop?

[–] rando895@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The poop deck obviously. Frig its like you people never read or something

[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Stop telling me to read Mark died like 500 years ago it's not even applicable I just go by vibes oh wait this is something else never mind

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago

Isn't this the same ship where the sailors were flushing clothing and stuff down the toilets, and clogged them all up?

Clogging toilets is one thing, but setting fire to your own ship sounds like a pretty extreme strategy. These guys really don't want to be in the game.

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actual patriots.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

nah. and patriotism for a bad country isn't a virtue anyway.

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[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Battleshit Fordemkin

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