sixthrock:

todays-problematic-ship:

astraltrickster:

folieadeuxsday:

folieadeuxsday:

watching a video about this cargo ship that blew up in texas in the 40’s and it’s like . i know that with a lot of incidents especially older ones like this the reason that the safety standards were so shitty was because they literally did not know that these kinds of disasters COULD happen (and in many cases these disasters are what MADE the safety standards better) but sometimes you just learn about this shit and you think. how could all these people be so stupid

- cargo of the ship consisted of twine (flammable) peanuts (flammable, oily) and cotton (FLAMMABLE) from houston and POST WAR AMMUNITION (OH MY GOD) FROM CUBA

- additional cargo they were picking up in texas city was LOOSE BAGS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE that the dock workers described as being ANOMALOUSLY WARM UPON BEING LOADED INTO THE SHIP ??????

- small fire breaks out in cargo hold, instead of putting it out with water that could damage the cargo the captain decides to close all the hatches to try to make the cargo hold airtight and smother the fire (stupid but you can kind of understand how they got there)

- the heat of the trapped smoke in the cargo hold instead causes the aforementioned LOOSE BAGS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE to undergo a chemical reaction and turn into nitrous oxide, massively increasing the pressure inside of the airtight hold

- one of the hatch covers fails

- mfw all the pressure in the cargo hold is released at once causing an explosion that fucking levels everything in the port within 2000 feet

- mfw the shockwave shatters windows up to a hundred miles away

- mfw on-fire twine and peanuts and fucking grenades are raining down over texas city

- mfw some of the pieces of the ship got launched into the sky faster than the speed of sound

- mfw they found the ship’s anchor inside of a ten foot wide crater over a mile and a half away

- mfw this was one of the largest and most devastating non-nuclear explosions in world history

- mfw this could have been avoided if they’d just taken the L and put the fire out with water

also worth a mention: the SECOND boat that exploded in a very similar manner the next day which was an even more violent explosion, but less devastating because most of the port was. you know. already leveled and evacuated

someone running rescue and recovery after the FIRST boat exploded noticed that the second boat’s cargo was on fire and reported it….and this just went. ignored. for several hours. until someone was like “oh shit better get this under control” and tried to move the boat to no avail and they just gave up and evacuated

next day it started raining glowing-hot metal boat chunks all over the city. AGAIN.

Today’s problematic ships are the Grandcamp (first explosion) and High Flyer (second explosion).

holy shit

boldly-kirk:

did a lot of ppl in the star trek fandom grow up with a star trek lovin’ family or did you have to like, see the fact that star trek exists and actively go “yes. this is what i want in my life. space gays.”

aimmyarrowshigh:

aimmyarrowshigh:

i just bought a velvet-flocked statuette of a crow wearing three delicate strands of pearls and the very gay salesperson took one look and said, “oh, i’m glad you’re buying her. i love her. what’s her story? where’s she going? what are her plans?”

SHE!!!!

snorlaxatives:

one thing about me is that i am viscerally against inconveniencing retail and food workers… the checkout guy just mistakenly asked to see my ID because he thought my sparking water was hard seltzer and my ass just showed it to him instead of saying anything. i think i would rather die then correct him in his home turf

captaincrusher:

Cheers to every trekkie. From the 60′s until now. 

Cheers to the trekkie that was really into Star Trek during a 6 month period in 2003. The trekkie that passed around meticulously handcrafted zines in the 70′s.The housewife that watched Amok Time on the tiny little tv screen in 1967 and was forever changed. The trekkie that only ever watched one movie. The trekkie that’s slowly drifting away from the fandom as newer things become more interesting. The trekkie who sees the characters as family. Cheers to the people that have been trekkies for over 50 years. 

Cheers to you, trekkies. 'IwlIj jachjaj!

jumpingjacktrash:

dovewithscales:

goodboysandgirlswhoplaysmash:

charlesoberonn:

charlesoberonn:

Shortstaffing should be illegall

“But what if I can’t afford to hire more employees?”

If you have more customers than your employees can handle and you’re still not making enough, then you need to sort out your finances. Raise prices if necessary.

Your overhead isn’t worth more than your workers’ health.

“And if that’s not enough, then just buy more money!”

Listen. If you cannot afford to pay all your employees a living wage and employ a number of people equal to the workload, then you are bad at business management and should consider exploring other career paths. Such as being a cashier.

y’all might be thinking that small businesses would get the short end here. but the thing is, all the small businesses i’ve ever worked for or been involved with, when they didn’t have enough employees to cover the time, the owner worked it themselves, or they closed early/opened late.

the places that consistently shortstaff are big franchises, especially fast food chains. they prey on desperate workers who can’t afford to say no, and use them up like they’re disposable. it’s disgusting and it should be as illegal as hiring 9 year olds or holding paychecks hostage.

monstarfunk:

quasi-normalcy:

You need to work your ass off to become an astronaut, but literally anyone can be abducted by aliens. Just saying.

some are born in space, some achieve space travel, and some have space travel thrust upon them