Bill Maher, Fran Lebowitz express utter disdain for "unintelligent" rural folk.

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

a reply to: chr0naut

Yes, not until New Zealand adopted DEI hiring policies. Now you have an environmental mess and families who depended on that waterway for income will suffer. But hey, at least you have a lesbian navy captain...hooray for progress...go DEI!

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

a reply to: chr0naut

Yes, not until New Zealand adopted DEI hiring policies. Now you have an environmental mess and families who depended on that waterway for income will suffer. But hey, at least you have a lesbian navy captain...hooray for progress...go DEI!

31 years of Naval experience with the British Navy, The Australian Navy, and now the New Zealand Navy.

LOL. You are just showing how gullible you are.

originally posted by: Boomer1947

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: QuixoticNinja

Most leftists have utter disdain for those who don't think like them.

I'm not sure about the "most" part, but some certainly do.

Of course, the exact same thing could be said about those on the right in their disdain for those on the left.

N'est-ce pas?

Having disdain is one thing, that's normal. The level the left has is a whole other ballgame. They want to cancel and shutdown everything and everyone who doesn't think like them.

originally posted by: Dalamax
To the 100th what?

Jks. 🙂

a reply to: LSU2018

.001

Anything more or less would negatively impact the entire job.

ETA: I'm referring to barrels.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Dalamax
To the 100th what?

Jks. 🙂

a reply to: LSU2018

.001

Anything more or less would negatively impact the entire job.

ETA: I'm referring to barrels.

That’s some fine calculating dude(tte) 👍

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

What the Gateway Pundit article doesn't tell you is that the ship was a research vessel, actually doing a survey of the reefs when it struck the reef and ran aground. It is one of the risks of such research.

a reply to: chr0naut

New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism.

happens all the time, nothing to do with DEI

Yes, it does happen all the time:

List of shipwrecks of the United States

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

Y’all have 8 Navy ships total. We have 430 🤣🤣🤣. Ridiculous comparison kiwi. Heck you wankers don’t even have a submarine, you can’t be a real country without at least one submarine but with your mate’s navigation skills I can see why. Maybe she was just driving on the wrong side of the reef?🤷‍♂️🤣

originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: QuixoticNinja

I gotta laugh at folks like this. Let all us blue collar folks disappear and see how fast they whine. There are far too many like him who think food comes from a grocery store and meat just magically appears in the deli case.

To them, hard times is when there's an avocado shortage.

Well, gray collar fairs no better with these halfwits. I work on the industrial/energy side of cyber sec. I'm the senior chimp in my department. I do everything from board level hardware repair to pentetsting to physical pentesting. I can assure you of one immutable fact, they think anyone who does any sort of work with their hands from physicians to applied physicists and engineers to plumbers and electricians are utter scum and beneath them.

They've become a bunch of ugly AF Eloy to our hot AF MAGA Morlocks. Speaking of, my wife is making brunch. Ya'll have a good day. Stay toasty, frosty, dry, dubious, dangerous, and dashing! Have a good'n.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Boomer1947

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: QuixoticNinja

Most leftists have utter disdain for those who don't think like them.

I'm not sure about the "most" part, but some certainly do.

Of course, the exact same thing could be said about those on the right in their disdain for those on the left.

N'est-ce pas?

Having disdain is one thing, that's normal. The level the left has is a whole other ballgame. They want to cancel and shutdown everything and everyone who doesn't think like them.

I really don't partake, per se, in disdain for others. I'm more of a, "well, you're a d*ck", sort of fellow. Disdain is bandied about like the words 'hero' and 'genius'. The Left ultra-liberal (which isn't really liberal), however, most certainly has disdain for my ilk.
We are a reminder that everything can't be solved by calling AAA or some government agency and not all decisions need be made by committee. Sometimes, you just got step out the door and accept the fact we are all just monkeys on a string. Dopes on a rope. Whatever? And if your proverbial chute doesn't open, well, say your prayers.
See, the Left, in my opinion, wants guarantees that life cannot, does not offer! I've had three business that were doing well when forces external to me destroyed them. The '08 housing crash, a bad accountant, and heath issue (now remedied) that came out of nowhere and benched me for a year and half.
In the liberal mind, it's not fair and I should just crawl in a hole and be a victim. Let daddy gubament fill the void. No. That is not my way, and that isn't the real American way! If life gives you lemons, you say I don't want your damn lemons! You demand to see life's manager! And you tell life---keep your lemons! I'll go pick my own citrus!

originally posted by: KrustyKrab

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

What the Gateway Pundit article doesn't tell you is that the ship was a research vessel, actually doing a survey of the reefs when it struck the reef and ran aground. It is one of the risks of such research.

a reply to: chr0naut

New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism.

happens all the time, nothing to do with DEI

Yes, it does happen all the time:

List of shipwrecks of the United States

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

Y’all have 8 Navy ships total. We have 430 🤣🤣🤣. Ridiculous comparison kiwi. Heck you wankers don’t even have a submarine, you can’t be a real country without at least one submarine but with your mate’s navigation skills I can see why. Maybe she was just driving on the wrong side of the reef?🤷‍♂️🤣

by definition, they now have 6 ships and 1 submarine. It's a static display, but a submarine none the less.

originally posted by: KrustyKrab

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

What the Gateway Pundit article doesn't tell you is that the ship was a research vessel, actually doing a survey of the reefs when it struck the reef and ran aground. It is one of the risks of such research.

a reply to: chr0naut

New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism.

happens all the time, nothing to do with DEI

Yes, it does happen all the time:

List of shipwrecks of the United States

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

Y’all have 8 Navy ships total.

After the sinking, we have 10 active Navy ships - HMNZS Aotearoa, HMNZS Canterbury, HMNZS Hawea, HMNZS Otago, HMNZS Philomel, HMNZS Taupo, HMNZS Te Kaha, HMNZS Te Mana, HMNZS Wakefield and HMNZS Wellington.

We have 430 🤣🤣🤣.

The US Navy actually currently has 470 ships: List of current ships of the United States Navy

Ridiculous comparison kiwi. Heck you wankers don’t even have a submarine, you can’t be a real country without at least one submarine but with your mate’s navigation skills I can see why. Maybe she was just driving on the wrong side of the reef?🤷‍♂️🤣

With the AUKUS defence agreement, we don't necessarily need our own submarines to be defended by submarines from Australia, the UK and the US.

Of course, with antisubmarine equipped aircraft, submarines no longer hold their stealth advantage. They are far slower to get from place to place, and their warfighting capability is less than with surface ships, aircraft, satellites and missiles/drones.

In the 21st Century, with now almost ubiquitous satellite tracking of ships and submarines, it does not make economic sense to keep funding such anachronisms.

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: KrustyKrab

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

What the Gateway Pundit article doesn't tell you is that the ship was a research vessel, actually doing a survey of the reefs when it struck the reef and ran aground. It is one of the risks of such research.

a reply to: chr0naut

New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism.

happens all the time, nothing to do with DEI

Yes, it does happen all the time:

List of shipwrecks of the United States

But apparently, not in New Zealand, with only one Naval wreck since WWII.

Y’all have 8 Navy ships total. We have 430 🤣🤣🤣. Ridiculous comparison kiwi. Heck you wankers don’t even have a submarine, you can’t be a real country without at least one submarine but with your mate’s navigation skills I can see why. Maybe she was just driving on the wrong side of the reef?🤷‍♂️🤣

by definition, they now have 6 ships and 1 submarine. It's a static display, but a submarine none the less.

Nope.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Dalamax
To the 100th what?

Jks. 🙂

a reply to: LSU2018

.001

Anything more or less would negatively impact the entire job.

ETA: I'm referring to barrels.

That's the thousandth. .01 is the hundredth.