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1) Darude - Sandstorm
16
14%
2) Madness - Nightboat to Cairo
7
6%
3) Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
9
8%
4) The Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song (May or may not include kazoo or flute versions)
51
46%
5) Something with a ukele
4
4%
6) Benny Hill Theme
5
4%
7) Hasselhoff Option
3
3%
8) NO MUSIC, THIS IS NOT FUNNY GUUUYSSS
6
5%
9) I have a perfect suggestion; something else!
11
10%
 
Total votes : 112

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Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:26 pm

Carthatska wrote:
Punished UMN wrote:I've said too much already, but just know that the Weyland-Yutani Corporation strongly advises against this course of action. If it were to become necessary to destroy the vessel, it is imperative to use some form of thermonuclear device, preferably one deployed from orbit.


Wey-

Thermo-

I just-

What?

Are you familiar with the existence of the motion-picture industry?
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Postby Carthatska » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:28 pm

Punished UMN wrote:
Carthatska wrote:
Wey-

Thermo-

I just-

What?

Are you familiar with the existence of the motion-picture industry?


Well, now that I've looked that up, I am.
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If New Caledonia was very French and also independent.

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Postby Christian Confederation » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:28 pm

Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.
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Postby Chan Island » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:30 pm

Carthatska wrote:
Punished UMN wrote:I've said too much already, but just know that the Weyland-Yutani Corporation strongly advises against this course of action. If it were to become necessary to destroy the vessel, it is imperative to use some form of thermonuclear device, preferably one deployed from orbit.


Wey-

Thermo-

I just-

What?


You're right, he's already said too much. Never speak of this. :p
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Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:31 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.

Or we could invest in institutional reforms which will reduce the chance of human error leading to such an incident and have institutional benefits in terms of reducing corruption in international commerce (get the laughter out of your system) instead of spending billions of dollars to prevent a problem that has happened exactly one time since 1870.
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Democratic Socialists

Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:31 pm

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Postby Carthatska » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:32 pm

Punished UMN wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.

Or we could invest in institutional reforms which will reduce the chance of human error leading to such an incident and have institutional benefits in terms of reducing corruption in international commerce (get the laughter out of your system) instead of spending billions of dollars to prevent a problem that has happened exactly one time since 1870.


or just stop all shipping. Everywhere.
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If New Caledonia was very French and also independent.

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Postby Christian Confederation » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:34 pm


Clone the dog a billion times
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Postby Christian Confederation » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:35 pm

Kannap wrote:

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This idea... I like it
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Postby Heloin » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:35 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.

Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:37 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.

Ok. You fund it.
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Postby Christian Confederation » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:37 pm

Heloin wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:Just make the Canal as wide as 3 of the largest Ship in the world sideways, As deep as 3 of the tallest ships in the world, then ban ships over a certain size. Then just have a 2 way canal with more than enough space between the boats and the edge to prevent a similar incident. Then if we want 2 lanes in each direction we again fallow the 3 X 3 rule.

Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future
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Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:39 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:
Heloin wrote:Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

Lewd art has poisoned your mind. I never thought it would happen to you.
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Postby Chan Island » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:40 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:
Heloin wrote:Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future


No way, that's such small potatoes.

Reject Sinai Peninsula, embrace Ultra Instinct Ludicrous Thick Canal
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Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.

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Postby Christian Confederation » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:42 pm

Chan Island wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future


No way, that's such small potatoes.

Reject Sinai Peninsula, embrace Ultra Instinct Ludicrous Thick Canal

You don't mean, the Sinai Sea?
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Postby Heloin » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:42 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:
Heloin wrote:Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

Excavating roughly 71,250,000,000 cubic metres of earth is not easy and would likely never be worth the effort.

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Postby Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:43 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:
Heloin wrote:Building two 1500 metre wide and 250 metre deep trenches sounds like such a waste of time and energy.

You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

This is all well and good, but you'll be the one funding this project, won't you?
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Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:44 pm

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

This is all well and good, but you'll be the one funding this project, won't you?

No, all the posters on /tg/ will subscribe to his Patreon to fund their MEGA THICC canal waifu in the world's first IRL Deviantart project.
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Postby Saiwania » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:51 pm

Ifreann wrote:The Ever Given is 400m long.


There is probably an upper ceiling of how large a ship can be practically speaking. The best replica of Noah's Ark anyone has ever built to my knowledge, isn't sea worthy.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:51 pm

Heloin wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

Excavating roughly 71,250,000,000 cubic metres of earth is not easy and would likely never be worth the effort.

Not with that attitude.
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Postby Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:53 pm

Saiwania wrote:
Ifreann wrote:The Ever Given is 400m long.


There is probably an upper ceiling of how large a ship can be practically speaking. The best replica of Noah's Ark anyone has ever built to my knowledge, isn't sea worthy.

Because when compared to modern steels wood isn't really all that impressive as a construction material.
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Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:54 pm

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:
Saiwania wrote:
There is probably an upper ceiling of how large a ship can be practically speaking. The best replica of Noah's Ark anyone has ever built to my knowledge, isn't sea worthy.

Because when compared to modern steels wood isn't really all that impressive as a construction material.

Tell that to Zheng He.
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Capitalist Paradise

Postby Auricania » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:54 pm

Saiwania wrote:
Ifreann wrote:The Ever Given is 400m long.


There is probably an upper ceiling of how large a ship can be practically speaking. The best replica of Noah's Ark anyone has ever built to my knowledge, isn't sea worthy.


But then all the Ark ever had to do was float. Transport was not the objective.

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Postby Punished UMN » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:57 pm

Auricania wrote:
Saiwania wrote:
There is probably an upper ceiling of how large a ship can be practically speaking. The best replica of Noah's Ark anyone has ever built to my knowledge, isn't sea worthy.


But then all the Ark ever had to do was float. Transport was not the objective.

You would encounter all of the same structural dangers just floating as you would sailing. The story of Noah's Ark is most likely allegorical, in ancient Christian interpretations, it was interpreted as a parable for Christ guiding his flock through the perils of the world.
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I have borderline personality disorder, if I overreact to something, try to approach me after the fact and I'll apologize.
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Postby Chan Island » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:58 pm

Christian Confederation wrote:
Chan Island wrote:
No way, that's such small potatoes.

Reject Sinai Peninsula, embrace Ultra Instinct Ludicrous Thick Canal

You don't mean, the Sinai Sea?


YES

Heloin wrote:
Christian Confederation wrote:You don't see the big picture. Mega Thick Canal is the Future

Excavating roughly 71,250,000,000 cubic metres of earth is not easy and would likely never be worth the effort.


Says you.
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Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.

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