On This Day In History
March 23rd, 2021: A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.
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Yes... this shit again.
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Tumblr @ the most bizarre and obscure things:
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I just think it's important that Tumblr knows a man is cosplaying as the Ever Given and is blocking doorways at Dragon Con 2021.
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my favourite new arrival today to the Suez Canal party is this incredibly conspicuous Russian warship labelled as an oil tanker that’s just anchored amongst the stranded cargo ships. chillin.
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Shipping companies rn:
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IT HAPPENED HERE! IT HAPPENED IN BALTIMORE!
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Maybe you think a ship is problematic, but ask yourself this: is it wedged sideways in the suez canal disrupting 12% of global maritime trade?
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Forever stuck in my heart.
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shipment officers, gently nudging Ever Given with their 8 tugboats: Ever Given move out of the way please so you don’t block the entire global trade
Ever Given, her lamplights enormous: you SHOVE ever given? you shove her hull like the big boulder? oh! oh! no commerce for human! no commerce for human for One Thousand Years!!!
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when a giant cargo container gets stuck in an egyptian canal blocking off 10% of world trade, everyone is like "wow that sucks I guess," but tumblr users pounce like rabid wolves on that shit like
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Y’ALL REMEMBER THESE DAMN 28,000 RUBBER DUCKS
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE SHIP CARRYING THEM, THE “EVER LAUREL”, WAS ALSO PART OF THE EVERGREEN MARINE CORPORATION WHOSE SHIP CURRENTLY BLOCKS THE SUEZ CANAL
Edit: I found this on Wikipedia in an edit from 2018, and it is true
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Image description: an edited tumblr thread. The first message reads “ppl who celebrate stuck boat birthdays are annoying pass it on” and the second reads “fuck this post and happy birthday Ever Given”. End description.
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