Depends if I'm passenger or crew. Working a ship sounds like a way bigger pain in the ass than my job.
You're the guest of honor who tries to interpret an ancient treasure map that you inherited from a distant relative.
You had me at Y.
You had me at Trans.
Actually, it's pretty alright! Being below deck during rough weather sucks and the morning after shore leave ain't great either. But it wasn't a bad gig.
How am I supposed to traverse Antarctica (a continental land mass) in a big wooden ship? Does the ship have wheels and sleds? Because Antarctica is a desert. A cold one, yes, but still a very-much-hostile-to-sea-faring-wessels desert.
Someone will have to get out and pull
I'm questioning the logistics of dragging ships along across the antarctic mountains, but as long as I am one of those riding the ships instead of dragging, I'm game.
Why does this feel relatable
Because it's a mission with purpose. Real purpose, not the "hit that deadline" purpose.
It's an urge deep within us all.
So we gotta be trans to go on the trip?
I mean if that's the price... ๐
Yeah, I think so. And then I guess they make you reverse it on the return trip. Maritime rules are weird.
I will trust you on that. I'm only well-versed on Bird Law.
Transatlantic, yes, but not transantartic. I do not like cold.
My roommate went to Omega Mart a few days ago and all she got me was this pack of chewing gum and maybe covid. Hopefully not the covid, but she's got it right now. :/
Edit: got the covid too.
It doesn't even have to be wooden. Just give me an excuse to wear a big wool turtleneck sweater and a captain that looks this picture of Earnest Hemmingway and I'll do whatever
Can I also wear a big scarf while I gaze contemplatively off the port side?
It would be weird if you didn't
Would probably still be warmer than some of the offices I've worked in.
The fuck I would.
Yeah I know the success rate of those things and I'm not a huge fan of long pork
Shit I just want the office job so I can quit being killed for nearly minimum wage. Plus I hate the cold.
I just want food service workers to be treated like actual people. I love cooking food but between corporate and customers I'm at a limit ๐ฎโ๐จ
I don't know if, knowing what I know now about how Shakleton's trip went, I would sign up for an expedition on the Endurance.
If you sign up for an expedition and things go wrong, you better hope itโs with Shackleton.
If I remember right, he hammered nails through his boots to make primitive ice cleats, hiked out of there with a small group to safety, then immediately returned with help to rescue his men. Dude was a badass.
Their journey is so unbelievable. He and a few of his men sailed 800 miles, essentially in a lifeboat, in the worst sea on earth. When they landed on South Georgia they were on the wrong side and had to hike over the impassable mountainous island to the encampment.
The sea is a cruel mistress me hearties ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
I'll pass on trans antarctic trips. I'm not a fan of the cold, and it's very cold down there. Now trans Atlantic.... YES!
Yeah no one ever got cold on a trans-atlantic ship, no sir, not even in April 1912.
Many good jobs from the past are no more such a shame.
As long as we have access to modern medicine I'm game!
Hereโs an orange
On a scale from 1-100, how many teeth does the surgeon's bone-saw have?
Just make sure to choose the right type of boat.
Cuz shackelton did not.
I wouldn't go on a trans antarctic trip; I wouldn't want the cold air blowing up my skirt.
I read this as leaving one's job because the boss asked them to go on a ship for the office tembuilding exercise or something. I'd have to sleep on it myself, I think.
Me, even after watching the terror: (๐ อส๐)
Eh, give me a one way ticket to Mars and we can talk.
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