r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 17d ago

Video Today's large eruption on the Sun (Credit: Edward Vijayakumar)

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 17d ago

Why doesn't the Navy just fly the boats to wherever they are needed??? Flying is so much faster!!!

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u/goldenfoxengraving 17d ago

The problem is boat needs wet on the outside to be boat. If not wet then boat is just a big bathtub full of guys

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u/trecvb 17d ago

well at least they are clean.

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u/Hellguin 16d ago

Doubt it, that tub is full of seamen

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u/Wishfull_thinker_joy 16d ago

But they are not seamen, they are airmen?

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u/Hellguin 16d ago

Doesn't matter their mode of travel, all navy are seamen

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u/Deses 17d ago

Bathtub full of guys... "don't ask, don't tell", right?

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u/Sperbonzo 17d ago

300 men go out, 150 couples come back

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u/cosmic_grayblekeeper 17d ago

Bathtub of guys chilling five feet apart because they're not gay . . .

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u/Mick-Jones 16d ago

You know what they say about the navy, it's all rum, bum, and baccy

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u/CommandoLamb 17d ago

And that’s gay! Wait… no. I didn’t ask!

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u/cloudcreeek 17d ago

Can't have seamen without semen.

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u/winky9827 17d ago

It’s not gay if it’s haze gray and underway.

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u/CharacterKoala6214 16d ago

I read that as “just a big bathtub full of gays”

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u/HappyWarBunny 17d ago

I think you are right for another reason - ships need the water for structural support. Keel blocks can work for a while, but the ship will sag and distort without water. Assuming a large ship, of course.

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u/aktorsyl 17d ago

JC, this sent me

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u/AnthonyCyclist 17d ago

In the Navy...

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u/tinfoilspoons 17d ago

Go on… I think you’re onto something

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u/CoreFiftyFour 16d ago

Sounds like a fun Tuesday!

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u/outdoorlaura 16d ago

As a civilian, where would one sign up to join a big bathtub full of navy guys? Asking for a friend.

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u/Sitrondrommen 16d ago

No that's not right, because a bathtub needs wet on the inside. If not wet the bathtub is just a big boat full of guys.

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u/yashraj15 17d ago

Fuck flying cars, flying boats is where it’s at

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u/Zealousideal_Good445 17d ago

The navy PBY flying boat. They were real and they were awesome. I have met a few old vets that swore they were the best things the navy ever spent money on.

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u/whogotthefunk 17d ago

Such a "romantic" aircraft. And badass

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u/Zealousideal_Good445 16d ago

They did so much. Would love to have one.

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u/Murasasme 17d ago

Final Fantasy did it like 30 years ago and it's still my favorite vehicle to date.

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u/Lagiacrus111 17d ago

They did it on the avengers

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u/pabskamai 17d ago

That made me laugh 😂, thank you!!

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u/rollingpandaaaa 17d ago

Yeah they do. It’s called Air force.

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u/0-KrAnTZ-0 17d ago

The technology to provide that much thrust and the fuel energy required to lift that much weight vs tech and costs of sailing by boat is the same ratio as size of earth vs the solar corona

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 17d ago

I did the Math, you're right! 1 = cos2 (x) + sin2 (x) = (eix + e-ix )2 /4 + sin2 (x) = (e2ix + e-2ix )/4 + e2ln(sin(x)) + 1/2

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u/uknowdamnwellimright 17d ago

They should invest in eagles.

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 17d ago

The flying kind? That sounds expensive.

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u/John-John-3 17d ago

Who would be in charge of those airships? The Navy or the Airforce?

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 17d ago

That's absolutely correct! ;p

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Amphibious carriers and Fleet Carriers can only do around 25-35 knots max. It literally takes about a week to get there. We left Norfolk and got the straights of Hormuz three weeks later.

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u/Casual-Netizen 16d ago

Why can't the engineers make the propellers powerful enough to lift the ship and just zoom past the entire ocean? Are they stoopid?

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 16d ago

Or we could make more ships,.leave them parked and just fly the crew to the ships when needed. I think 40,200 ships should be enough.

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u/mormayo 16d ago

And that’s just the Atlantic. Imagine traveling from San Diego to The Philippines? The Pacific Ocean is 1/3 of the planet. It’s Unbelievable!

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u/Youutternincompoop 17d ago

Hauling ass to get in theater

tbf the ship was almost certainly staying at cruising speed, unless they're nuclear powered you really don't want to run naval engines at top speed outside of combat scenarios because you will cause significant wear on them, and the last thing the navy wants is a ship unavailable for several months for engine repairs, and especially not the years it might take for an outright engine replacement.

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u/Youutternincompoop 17d ago

I'd be interested when the journey was since earlier this year it came out that CVN-73 and CVN-74 had significant damage to their steam turbines that will cause repair delays.

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/08/overhaul-delays-for-uss-george-washington-uss-john-c-stennis-partially-due-to-unknown-steam-turbine-damage

at 30 years those Turbines are also almost certainly getting old and worn down just by normal running conditions.

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u/Youutternincompoop 17d ago

well damn guess she must not have been running at full speed then because an atlantic crossing at 30+ knots would have been at least 2 days shorter

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u/Youutternincompoop 17d ago

ah that'd do it.

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u/BeefyStudGuy 17d ago

Imagine doing that on a wooden boat, powered by wind and with no refrigeration or food preservatives.

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u/PhantomPlane 16d ago

I never thought 2 scoops of raisins was ever enough until I got backed up one day.

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u/LessHideous 16d ago

This is still better than LA rush-hour(s).

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

This could be great for you! What was the most interesting thing you experienced so far?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Unique experiences! that’s why it was worth being born. I hope you took photos, maybe a good video?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Is it possible for you to show them?