Comrade Willy

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Last I heard, they’re bored and rudders are fun to play with.

    We need to give them some orca proof toys.

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          4 months ago

          The word yacht doesn’t mean wealth,

          Yes, yes it does. It doesn’t mean ‘billionaire,’ but these aren’t subsistence fishermen we’re talking about here.

          It was a $128,000 yacht. If you don’t think people who can afford such a yacht are rich, you are one privileged person.

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            4 months ago

            It was a $128,000 yacht. If you don’t think people who can afford such a yacht are rich, you are one privileged person.

            You’d be surprised how many people own a $128,000 yacht INSTEAD of a more-than-$128,000 house.

            (Of course, there are even more people who live aboard full-time on much-less-than-$128,000 yachts. For example, Sailing Uma probably have a bunch of money now 'cause they’re relatively successful Youtubers, but they started out spending only about $10k total (purchase + initial refit costs) for their 50-year-old, 36-foot boat. There’s an entire subculture of people doing basically nautical #vanlife, and they aren’t any richer than the homeless-by-conventional-standards people doing it on land.)

            • SeemsNormal@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              I’ve met them, they fucked up someone else’s boat in the marina I was at, they didn’t offer to fix or help pay, they just bailed. They definitely fit into the asshole category, in my opinion.

          • Cypher@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            You’re literally attacking middle class people for having a small yacht.

            Your concept of wealthy is really skewed.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              “Middle class” and “small yacht.” Most middle class people can’t even afford a house. This is something that costs more than a luxury car.

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                4 months ago

                Yea no one in the middle class can afford a house, a couple of cars and a small yacht.

                It’s impossible without having billions in the bank!

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                    4 months ago

                    I think there’s enough room in middle class for someone to own a small yacht.

                    You seem to think middle class means poverty and near homelessness.