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I was fully expecting this to be about a micronation founded by the crews of the stranded freighters last week. Wouldn't have been the strangest thing to happen

by mckirk 6y ago

I was fully expecting this to be about a micronation founded by the crews of the stranded freighters last week. Wouldn't have been the strangest thing to happen recently.

pjmlp 6y ago
Me too, it would be bound to happen if they would start to be stuck longer that they did.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  Without a second ship at the other end to trap people in, no one was gonna be stuck more than a couple weeks; they'd all eventually decide to unload at a port or go around Africa.
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    True, but still they would need to socielize during those weeks.
    - ceejayoz 6y ago
      That's already standard. The Asia-Europe route the Suez is used primarily for takes weeks already. Sailors get good at isolation and getting to know the dozen or two people on the boat.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
I did see a few ships that were attached to each other; would not be surprised if the crews had a get-together on there. I mean they would all have been quarantined for weeks already (broadly speaking), so low chance of getting the 'rona.
- mckirk 6y ago
  I had seen one comment on here suggesting we fly over there and start a Burning Man Middle East[1]. > Days of partying in the desert, opening random containers, driving little excavators. Oh what could have been... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033
  - arcticbull 6y ago
    That's a great way to end up in turbo-prison en route to execution -- unless you're a prince of some sort. They're not a fan of drugs, to put it mildly.
    - samstave 6y ago
      >They're not a fan of Market Competition,...
    - mckirk 6y ago
      Damn, that's a good point. I suppose we'd need a small sovereign piece of land for that kind of thing... a kind of micronation, if you will.
      - mometsi 6y ago
        Forget land. I can't wait to set up my Aztec-style reed float in Bitterlakeistan for Drowning Man 2021.

by mckirk 6y ago

I was fully expecting this to be about a micronation founded by the crews of the stranded freighters last week. Wouldn't have been the strangest thing to happen recently.

pjmlp 6y ago

Me too, it would be bound to happen if they would start to be stuck longer that they did.

ceejayoz 6y ago
Without a second ship at the other end to trap people in, no one was gonna be stuck more than a couple weeks; they'd all eventually decide to unload at a port or go around Africa.
- pjmlp 6y ago
  True, but still they would need to socielize during those weeks.
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    That's already standard. The Asia-Europe route the Suez is used primarily for takes weeks already. Sailors get good at isolation and getting to know the dozen or two people on the boat.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

I did see a few ships that were attached to each other; would not be surprised if the crews had a get-together on there. I mean they would all have been quarantined for weeks already (broadly speaking), so low chance of getting the 'rona.

mckirk 6y ago
I had seen one comment on here suggesting we fly over there and start a Burning Man Middle East[1]. > Days of partying in the desert, opening random containers, driving little excavators. Oh what could have been... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590033
- arcticbull 6y ago
  That's a great way to end up in turbo-prison en route to execution -- unless you're a prince of some sort. They're not a fan of drugs, to put it mildly.
  - samstave 6y ago
    >They're not a fan of Market Competition,...
  - mckirk 6y ago
    Damn, that's a good point. I suppose we'd need a small sovereign piece of land for that kind of thing... a kind of micronation, if you will.
    - mometsi 6y ago
      Forget land. I can't wait to set up my Aztec-style reed float in Bitterlakeistan for Drowning Man 2021.