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Today I Learned@lemmy.worldbyQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
9 months

TIL these are called container ships because they... ship.. containers

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I’m not dumb I SWEAR!! I just never heard the name of them before

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    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9 months

      Congrats, you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000

        • Ghyste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          9 months

          That’s hilarious 😂🤣

            • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              9 months

              You’ve never seen this strip before? Congrats, you’re the lucky 10000

                • Ghyste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  9 months

                  Oh, I’ve seen that plenty. I was just playing a joke on @[email protected] with a reference from a previous thread .

                    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                      9 months

                      That’s hilarious 😂🤣

              • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
                9 months

                And the containers themselves are called shipping containers.

                So container ships ship shipping containers.

                  • dalekcaan@feddit.nlEnglish
                    9 months

                    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

                    • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      9 months

                      And in those containers? Car-go 🤷🛻

                      • Vupware@lemmy.zipEnglish
                        9 months

                        Shipping container ships

                        Carry shipping container ship containers

                        Whos’ contents

                        Are shipped in containers in a shipping container ship container

                      • Tuukka R@piefed.eeEnglish
                        9 months

                        It also contains containers!

                          • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            9 months

                            Which makes it a container!

                              • Tuukka R@piefed.eeEnglish
                                9 months

                                Or, to be more specific, a container container.

                                (Yeah. Just let the buffalo buffalo. Whatever.)

                                  • bradboimler@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                    9 months

                                    If you think about it, the ocean is a container for ships

                                      • Tuukka R@piefed.eeEnglish
                                        9 months

                                        A container container container? Obviously, the planet Earth is a container for the oceans.

                                          • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                            9 months

                                            It’s containers all the way down.

                                              • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                9 months

                                                Container? I barely know’er!

                                      • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
                                        9 months

                                        Each of which contains shipments.

                                        • stupidcasey@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                          9 months

                                          Wait until you hear about my shipment of German Nesting Dolls.

                                        • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
                                          9 months

                                          You’ll never guess what oil tankers carry.

                                            • Archer@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                              9 months

                                              Tanks!

                                                • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                                                  9 months

                                                  I mean… yes

                                              • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                9 months

                                                If you like that thought, you’ll love the ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships!

                                                … see also this jalopnik post.

                                                  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                    9 months

                                                    The amazing part about this is that Jalopnik still exists.

                                                    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                      9 months

                                                      What I find more crazy than a ship being able to carry around a dozen ships is that each of the ships lower in the stack are built strong enough to carry four other ships on top of them even though they aren’t built for that use case at all.

                                                      Imagine stacking 5 cars on top of one another and the bottom one getting out of that without any damage.

                                                      • somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorEnglish
                                                        9 months

                                                        error: markdown failure

                                                          • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                            9 months

                                                            Thanks, I’ve updated it.

                                                              • somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorEnglish
                                                                9 months

                                                                ✅️

                                                          • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
                                                            English
                                                            9 months

                                                            I realized it when i first saw the docker icon. Its a program that lets you run things in containers:

                                                              • webp@mander.xyzEnglish
                                                                9 months

                                                                It’s a pleasing icon 😌

                                                              • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                9 months

                                                                How neat is that?

                                                                Similarly, you can tell that it’s an Aspen because of the way that it is.

                                                                Neature Walk - Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3JodBR-vs

                                                                • Godric@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                  9 months

                                                                  TIL they’re called wheelchairs because they are chairs with wheels

                                                                    • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                      9 months

                                                                        • WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.orgBannedEnglish
                                                                          9 months

                                                                          Maxpages!

                                                                        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                                                                          9 months

                                                                          It’s called a fireplace cuz it’s a place where fire lives

                                                                        • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                          9 months

                                                                          They also contain shipments.

                                                                            • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                              9 months

                                                                              Yes, but oddly, if it goes by ship it’s car-go and if it’s by car it’s ship-ment 🤷

                                                                            • Tronn4@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                              9 months

                                                                              Source?

                                                                              • 𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                                9 months

                                                                                Get off the internet, dad!

                                                                                  • waldo_was_here@piefed.socialdeleted by creatorEnglish
                                                                                    8 months

                                                                                    deleted by creator

                                                                                  • Twinklebreeze @lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                                    9 months

                                                                                    There should be a no stupid til community. Just a random observation. Complete non sequitur.

                                                                                      • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                                        9 months

                                                                                        god forbid a woman realize something

                                                                                      • HikingVet@lemmy.caEnglish
                                                                                        9 months

                                                                                        Just curious, you from a land locked region?

                                                                                          • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
                                                                                            9 months

                                                                                            Or not a native English speaker… and there might be a disconnect between “ship” and “container” and “container ship” in their native language.

                                                                                          • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
                                                                                            9 months

                                                                                            They’re actually called containerships. It’s like friendship but way better.

                                                                                            • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                                              9 months

                                                                                              This is a Fokker. It FOKKS.

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