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> Law of Conservation of Happiness: Once you're submerged, happiness can be neither created nor destroyed This is an example of the weirdness you were referrin
by mwattsun 4y ago
> Law of Conservation of Happiness: Once you're submerged, happiness can be neither created nor destroyed
This is an example of the weirdness you were referring to because this is something your crew came up with to cope. Every crew has it's own coping strategy and culture, which I learned when we combined Gold and Blue crew before heading into dry dock. The nukes on my Gold crew were almost universally nice and supportive of each other, save for laughing at the guy who had his girlfriend break up with him at 40 words per week.
edit: I was enlisted, not officer but nukes at least blurred a lot of those lines
- x-shadowban 4y agoI worked with an ex submariner in the oilfield and he was fond of this phrase, must be a submarinerism
- mpyne 4y agoWe certainly had that phrase on my boat.
- leoc 4y agoIn the form of "the law of the conservation of misery" it was apparently a favourite saying of Steve Jobs' not-always-loved subordinate manager Bob Belleville https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Discovered_Loops.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... , and sure enough Belleville had apparently been in the US Navy: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=The_End_Of_An_Era.txt&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&characters=Bob+Belleville https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...
- mwattsun 4y agoI was based out of Holy Loch, New London and eventually the yard at Newport News. Never heard it, so maybe it was a WestPac saying